December 6, 2014
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December 5, 2014
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Bottled Water, Coffee Delivery Business Receives Broker License
December 5, 2014
Pennsylvania Approves PECO's Multiple Bills Per Month Solution to Accelerated Switching, Grants Waivers to Other EDCs
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved PECO's compliance plan to implement accelerated switching, under which electric customers are to be switched to their chosen EGS within three business days, which includes issuing a new bill to the customer when the customer switches in the middle of a billing cycle…
December 5, 2014
PUC Commish: Utilities Must "Carefully Consider" New Long-Term Contracts for Default Service
Pennsylvania electric distribution companies must "carefully consider" including long-term contracts in their default service plans once legacy long-term contracts expire, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner Gladys Brown said in a statement regarding the PUC's approval of a new default service…
December 5, 2014
Pennsylvania Expands Hourly Priced Default Service at PECO
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted an electric default service plan at PECO for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017 which will lower the cutoff for hourly priced default service, upon the deployment of advanced meters.
December 4, 2014
U.S. Dept. of Justice Issues Civil Investigative Demand to PJM
The U.S Department of Justice has issued a Civil Investigative Demand, which is similar to a subpoena, to PJM.
December 4, 2014
Retail Supplier Launches Energy Efficiency Services Company
The parent of ESCO BlueRock Energy has launched a new company, BlueRock Energy Services, to offer energy efficiency and other turnkey energy services
December 4, 2014
NRG-Comcast Retail Supplier Ceases Enrolling New Customers
Energy Rewards, the retail supplier NRG Energy uses for its affinity partnership to offer service to Comcast subscribers in western Pennsylvania, has ceased accepting new customers.
December 3, 2014
License Briefs
Printer R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company applied for a Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license for the sole purpose of supplying its Pennsylvania facilities.
December 2, 2014
Pennsylvania Statewide Residential Shopping Grows During November
Pennsylvania saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply increase during the month of November, with four of the seven large EDCs seeing an increase in residential shopping.
December 1, 2014
Viridian Energy Expands 3DOM Longer-Term Fixed Contracts to New Service Area
Viridian Energy has begun offering its 3DOM 36-month fixed and hybrid electric plans at Met-Ed in Pennsylvania.
November 24, 2014
PPL Residential, Small Commercial Price to Compare to Increase on December 1
PPL Electric's Price to Compare for residential and small commercial customers will increase on December 1.
November 20, 2014
PECO Price to Compare Inches Even Higher on December 1 From New Transmission Charge
PECO has posted updated Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1 due to a revision in the bypassable transmission charge.
November 20, 2014
Duquesne Light Commercial Price to Compare to Increase December 1
Duquesne Light has posted new Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, with several commercial PTCs increasing nearly 10%
November 19, 2014
License Briefs
Star Energy Partners LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas. Star Energy Partners recently applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license as well.
November 19, 2014
Parent of Retail Supplier Acquires Energy Efficiency, Distributed Generation Firm, Expands to Massachusetts Retail Market
ONEnergy, the parent of Sunwave Gas & Power, has acquired substantially all of the assets of AVACOS Clean Energy for $1.73 million (all $ Canadian).
November 17, 2014
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Shipley Choice Receives Authority to Serve New Territories
November 14, 2014
PUC Affirms Authority to Order Retail Suppliers to Issue Refunds
The Pennsylvania PUC affirmed yesterday its authority to require retail electric suppliers to provide refunds to customers under certain circumstances
November 14, 2014
PUC Accepts $59,000 Settlement With Retail Supplier
After receiving more information regarding the impact on customers from the alleged violations, the Pennsylvania PUC accepted without modification a settlement between its Staff and ResCom Energy LLC under which ResCom will pay $59,000 to resolve an investigation into alleged slamming, Do Not Call…
November 14, 2014
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New IDT Energy Brand Receives License in New State
November 14, 2014
PUC Addresses Authority to Enforce General Consumer Protection Laws, Whether EGS Prices Conform to Disclosures
The Pennsylvania PUC has affirmed that it lacks jurisdiction to enforce the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and Telemarketer Registration Act, but that the Commission may determine whether a retail electric supplier's prices conform to its disclosure statement
November 14, 2014
PUC Rules on Whether It Can Interpret Terms & Conditions of Retail Supplier Contract, Set Rate (FirstEnergy Solutions Polar Vortex Pass-Through)
The Pennsylvania PUC has ruled on whether it can interpret the terms and conditions of a contract between an electric generation supplier (EGS) and a customer to determine whether a breach has occurred, or set the rates an EGS can charge.
November 13, 2014
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Energy Transfer Partners Affiliate Seeks Retail Supplier License in New State
November 10, 2014
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Star Energy Partners Seeks License in New State
November 7, 2014
Retail Suppliers Seek Workgroup On Proposed Changes to Customer Protection Regulations (Changes Would Require Signed Contract For All But Internet Sales)
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the District of Columbia PSC establish a working group of interested stakeholders to hold a series of meetings to discuss modifications to the customer protection rules proposed by the PSC.