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October 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC authorized PPL's interim accelerated switching mechanism that is not in full compliance with the accelerated switching program adopted by the PUC, but still allows the customer to be switched within three business days for the first off-cycle switch in a billing cycle.
October 22, 2014
Duquesne Light has requested a temporary waiver of certain elements of the Pennsylvania PUC's accelerated switching rules due to implementation of a new billing system which will delay Duquesne Light's complete compliance with the rules.
October 20, 2014
Citing technical limitations cited by the utilities, Staff of the New York PSC has abandoned an accelerated switching proposal based on off-cycle switches, and instead proposes the retention of switching on an on-cycle meter read, with minor changes which will allow more switches to occur at the…
October 20, 2014
Proposed rule changes from the District of Columbia PSC would essentially require double verification of most electric and natural gas sales, adding a written contract requirement to telesales, and a third party verification (or other recording) requirement for door-to-door sales.
October 7, 2014
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a temporary waiver of regulations requiring a minimum number of days in a customer's billing period in order to implement accelerated electric supplier switching, as PECO proposes to implement accelerated switching by issuing a new bill whenever a…
September 30, 2014
PPL Electric Utilities has asked the Pennsylvania PUC, due to technical reasons, for waivers from certain of the provisions of the new accelerated switching rules until July 31, 2015 or later.
September 18, 2014
"[I]n response to input from parties stating the need for additional discussions regarding accelerated switching of energy providers," Staff of the New York PSC will convene a second technical conference to discuss whether and how to effectuate accelerated switching on October 7.
September 9, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC via secretarial letter directed retail electric suppliers to conduct a review of their internal procedures, including any used by a vendor, to ensure they will be in compliance with the newly adopted "accelerated switching" regulations by December 15, 2014.
August 22, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday issued a tentative order proposing to open the next phase of its investigation into whether the retail natural gas market is workably competitive, proposing to direct the Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) to study specific issues, and the tentative order is…
August 14, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC is allowing the electric distribution companies to delay the implementation of instant connects (switch-at-connect, or day-one switching) and seamless moves, in order to allow the EDCs to focus on implementation of a 3-business day switching timeframe.
July 29, 2014
Staff of the New York PSC have proposed that the customer switching timeline for retail electric and natural gas customers be accelerated to five business days, according to an undated proposal filed yesterday in Case 98-M-1343 et. al.
July 28, 2014
The Maryland PSC has deferred adopting on a permanent basis an acceleration in the customer switching timeline, finding that the matter should be addressed in the Commission's generic review of retail market customer protections (PC 35).
July 10, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order to address the timing differences under the PUC's rules for the issuance of electric contract renewal notices and natural gas renewal notices, which are now no longer aligned as the PUC moved to accelerate electric customer switching.
May 27, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved the assignment of new costs to the electric purchase of receivables discount rate at PECO.
May 23, 2014
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced that the state's Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved regulations recently adopted by the PUC to reform disclosures required by retail electric suppliers, and to accelerate the switching timelines.
May 14, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC is again delaying the requirement for the electric distribution companies to mail to customers a postcard promoting the PUC's PA Power Switch site.
May 13, 2014
Direct Energy announced that it is adding a price protection feature to its current residential electric variable rates in each Massachusetts utility service area in which the company operates.
May 8, 2014
The Maryland PSC yesterday took under advisement the utilities' alternative proposals to comply with the PSC's directive to temporarily accelerate the switching timeline, with such alternative proposals generally only accelerating the timeline for returns to SOS, not switches to another supplier.
April 24, 2014
Direct Energy announced that it is capping its residential electric variable rates in Connecticut.
April 22, 2014
Several utilities informed the Maryland PSC that they cannot perform accelerated switches in the manner envisioned by the PSC, and proposed alternatives which would generally achieve the same timeline for returns to SOS, but would not facilitate faster switching from one supplier to another.
April 14, 2014
The Maryland PSC has accelerated the switching timeline for customers with advanced meters, while also encouraging stakeholders to consider service quality standards for retail suppliers
April 4, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted a final rulemaking order to require that an electric distribution company execute a switch within 3 business days of the receipt by the EDC of the electronic enrollment transaction
April 2, 2014
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and State Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, Jr. are proposing legislation, the Electric Supplier Consumers' Bill of Rights, that would, among other things, require affirmative consent…
March 27, 2014
In a rare personal appeal to the Pennsylvania PUC, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett endorsed a faster switching timeline for electric customers.
March 19, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC, "intends to promulgate a rulemaking which will amend existing Regulations at 52 Pa. Code, Chapter 57 to direct EDCs to accelerate switching time frames through off-cycle meter reads in a fashion that will permit Pennsylvania retail electric customers to switch suppliers within…
