February 4, 2011
The joint New York utilities have opposed a rehearing request filed by the Small Customer Marketer Coalition related to the New York PSC's recent order that ESCOs may only offer prepaid service when the ESCO is the billing party (98-M-1343).
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January 26, 2011
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. applied for clarification and/or rehearing of the New York PSC's December decision revising the Uniform Business Practices to incorporate the ESCO Consumer Bill of Rights and related provisions, in order to ensure a consistent definition of a residential customer (98…
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January 18, 2011
Exempting New York ESCOs from obtaining new customer authorizations for fixed rate contract renewals with no material changes, with a change in rate not constituting a material change, "is not in the best interest of New York State Consumers and should be modified," the New York State Consumer…
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December 20, 2010
ESCOs will have to receive a new customer consent to renew residential customers onto contracts with material changes, but the definition of material changes excludes changes only in price, or renewals onto a monthly variable rate, under revisions to the New York Uniform Business Practices issued…
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December 7, 2010
Public Power, Energy Plus Holdings LLC Post Residential PECO Rates Public Power LLC has started offering residential electric service at PECO, with a fixed rate of 9.799¢/kWh for 12 months. The product includes an early termination fee of $75. Additionally, Public Power customers receive $500…
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November 16, 2010
The joint New York utilities have recommended changes to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) beyond the currently pending changes addressing door-to-door sales (98-M-1343, 11/15 ), "because the purpose of the amendments are to protect consumers and to help them to make informed decisions about…
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November 15, 2010
The New York PSC should not require the express consent of customers for ESCOs to renew such customers, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments regarding the proposed ESCO Consumer Bill of Rights and related changes to the Uniform Business Practices (98-M-1343).
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October 20, 2010
Niagara Mohawk has proposed that it not implement its plan to provide customers with remote access to their account numbers at this time due to the lack of agreement among ESCOs to fund implementation (98-M-1343).
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October 1, 2010
The New York PSC has posted a draft ESCO consumer bill of rights and modifications to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) in Case 98-M-1343.
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