December 22, 2011
PECO Sees Reversal of Residential Migration Decline
PECO has seen a reversal of the decline seen in residential migration, as the past week saw the largest net growth in migrated residential accounts recorded in several months.
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December 21, 2011
License Briefs
The Maryland PSC this morning granted Xoom Energy Maryland, LLC licenses as an electric supplier and natural gas supplier, including authorization to serve residential customers. The applications were first reported in Matters (9/23)
December 20, 2011
License Briefs
DTE Energy Supply Seeks to Serve Small Volume Customers
December 19, 2011
Pennsylvania Orders Utilities to Consider Use of Annual Default Service Reconciliations
Pennsylvania electric distribution companies (EDCs) will be required to "contemplate" the use of semi-annual or annual reconciliations of default service costs under their next default service plans, in addition to the current quarterly reconciliations, the Pennsylvania PUC directed in a final order…
December 19, 2011
Retail Opt-In Auctions In Pennsylvania Limited to Service After
Opt-in auctions to place retail electric customers in Pennsylvania on competitive supply would not include service prior to June 1, 2013 under a tentative PUC intermediate retail market workplan.
December 19, 2011
License Briefs
Green Mountain Energy Seeks to Serve Residential Customers in New State
December 19, 2011
Energetix Begins Supplying Residential Gas at PECO
Energetix has begun offering natural gas supply to residential customers at PECO.
December 16, 2011
Cawley Seeks Review of Utility Charges for Historical Usage Data
As part of the Pennsylvania PUC's request for comments on the intermediate retail market workplan (see related story today) , Commissioner James Cawley has sought comment on the charges imposed on electric generation suppliers for obtaining historical usage from the utilities.
December 16, 2011
Cawley Asks Utilities to Use Quarterly Reconciliations for Bypassable Transmission Charges
Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner James Cawley has requested that Pennsylvania electric distribution companies reconcile transmission rates, which are a bypassable component of the price to compare, on an quarterly basis rather than on an annual basis.
December 16, 2011
Pa. PUC Issues Proposed Intermediate Work Plan for Retail Market Development
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) yesterday issued a proposed intermediate work plan as part of its Retail Electricity Markets Investigation designed to improve the state's retail electricity market.
December 16, 2011
Pa. PUC Adopts Final Recommendations on Interim Default Service Plans with Eye Toward Retail Markets Investigation
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday voted to issue final recommendations to electric distribution companies (EDCs) concerning the structure of their next default service plan filings, such that the filings, to the extent possible, do not preclude any market design changes that the PUC may ultimately…
December 16, 2011
License Briefs
MC Squared Energy Services Receives New License
December 16, 2011
Pa. PUC Orders Utilities to Send Postcard Encouraging Customers to Shop
The Pennsylvania PUC, via Secretarial Letter, ordered eight of the state's electric distribution companies (EDCs) to mail a postcard promoting electric shopping to small volume customers.
December 15, 2011
FirstEnergy EDCs Seek to "Adjust" Retail Supplier Credit Requirements due to Accelerated Switching Process
The Pennsylvania PUC should provide electric distribution companies with the ability to "adjust" the credit requirements for electric generation suppliers due to the proposed acceleration of the switching timeline, the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies (EDCs) said in comments to the PUC (M…
December 15, 2011
PECO, PPL See Decline in Residential and Commercial Customers on Competitive Supply
PECO and PPL both saw a decline in the number of residential customers on competitive supply during the most recent week, according to the PUC's latest statistics.
December 14, 2011
Consumer Advocate Opposes Settlement on Choice Education, Billing Enhancements at PGW
The Pennsylvania PUC should reject a settlement among Philadelphia Gas Works and retail suppliers to increase customer education and improve operational rules for choice suppliers due to the costs that such measures would impose on distribution customers, the Office of Consumer Advocate said in…
December 14, 2011
License Briefs
Agway Energy Services, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier license as a supplier, aggregator, and broker/marketer to serve residential and all sizes of commercial customers. Agway serves about 87,000 customers in New York and Pennsylvania.
December 13, 2011
Briefly
Energy Plus Holdings Formally Announces Ohio Entry
December 13, 2011
License Briefs
Plymouth Rock Energy Seeks License in New State
December 9, 2011
Briefly
Usource Enters New Marketing Partnerships
December 8, 2011
Residential Migration Growth Nearly Zero at PPL
Residential migration growth at PPL and PECO slowed to a trickle for the most recent week, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
December 8, 2011
IDT Energy Continues Net Customer Growth
IDT Energy recorded another quarter of net customer growth for the quarter ending October 31, 2011 (first fiscal quarter of 2012), with a net gain of 23,000 meters, its parent disclosed in reporting earnings today.
December 8, 2011
Champion Energy Reports Growth in Residential Customer Equivalents
Champion Energy Services is now serving 1,000,000 residential customer equivalents, the company disclosed in a news release today concerning a new website for Texas small businesses.
December 7, 2011
Plymouth Rock Energy Seeks License in New State, Acquisition by MVC Closes
Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC today applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license.
December 7, 2011
Briefly
Parties File Pre-hearing Memos Regarding PPL TOU Generation Mechanism