November 8, 2016
During October, PECO surpassed half a million residential electric accounts on competitive supply, while Pennsylvania saw statewide residential shopping increase by the highest number of accounts in a month since March 2016
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November 4, 2016
Says FirstEnergy Solutions Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection
FirstEnergy disclosed in reporting earnings today that it is engaged in a "strategic review" of its competitive business and is posturing options to "thoughtfully and expeditiously move away from competitive markets."
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November 3, 2016
Direct Energy has filed to withdraw its petition before the Pennsylvania PUC in which Direct Energy had sought to restart the retail opt-in electricity referral/aggregation programs, which had been previously approved by the PUC, but which the PUC suspended prior to implementation.
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November 3, 2016
Dynegy's retail strategy will be focused on organic growth between now and 2018, Dynegy CEO Bob Flexon said during an earnings call
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November 2, 2016
PPL Electric's residential Price to Compare will decline marginally on December 1, while the small business PTC will increase by about 8%
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November 2, 2016
TransCanada Announces Sales of Northeast Generation Assets
TransCanada announced that it expects to realize $435 million in a future sale of Northeast power marketing business, which is expected to be realized going forward.
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October 31, 2016
Report: Restructuring Has Benefited Most Mass Market Customers, "Through Utility-Offered Default Service Products"
From 2011 to 2014, "statewide average annual retail electricity rates to residential shopping customers were higher than utility default service rates," a report from Christina Simeone and John Hanger, published by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, says
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October 28, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a revised compliance plan governing Philadelphia Gas Works' implementation of a remote account number look-up mechanism, which now does not recover costs through PGW's purchase of receivables discount rate, and which instead recovers implementation costs through a…
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October 28, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted, without modification, a partial settlement addressing the design and procurement of PPL Electric Utilities default service for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021, barring any petition for a mid-course adjustment, and also addressed the issue of PPL's obligation to…
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October 28, 2016
Granting, in part, relief requested by Respond Power, LLC, the Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman Andrew Place issued an emergency order requiring Penelec and West Penn to cease and desist from implementing a POR Clawback charge until Penelec and West Penn have filed the appropriate tariff supplements…
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October 28, 2016
PECO, joined by several parties, requested to withdraw its petition at the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of a microgrid pilot, which would have included utility ownership of microgrids and distributed generation, to instead allow for a collaborative stakeholder process to consider microgrid…
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October 28, 2016
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a prepayment (advance payments plan) pilot.
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October 28, 2016
Affects Low-Income Customers Currently On Competitive Supply PUC Reverses ALJ's Recommendation For Changes To Proposed Restrictions Meant To Allow More Low-Income Shopping
PUC Vice Chair: Changes, "Will Likely Force All CAP Customers To Return To Default Service"
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October 27, 2016
Respond Power LLC has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to issue an ex parte Emergency Order to prohibit Penelec and West Penn Power from, "unilaterally withholding from Respond Power Purchase of Receivables ('POR') payments as an offset for a nearly one-half million dollar POR Clawback Charge…
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October 25, 2016
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates for commercial customers with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2016
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October 24, 2016
PECO has posted electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2016
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October 18, 2016
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2016,
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October 18, 2016
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning December 1, 2016
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October 11, 2016
Vista Energy Marketing Seeks Licenses In New State
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October 10, 2016
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2016.
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October 7, 2016
During September, Pennsylvania saw its first monthly decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply since May.
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October 7, 2016
Taxempt Receives Texas Aggregator License
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October 7, 2016
PUC Rebuffs Arguments From Retail Suppliers Concerning Existing Contracts
PUC Claims EDCs Will Raise Default Service Rates As Well (Is This Really Possible Under Full Requirements Contracts?)
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October 6, 2016
PECO has posted results from its September 2016 procurement of default service electricity supplies
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October 6, 2016
North American Power officially announced the launch of its North American Power Business brand which will focus on enrolling commercial customers, particularly through brokers
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