December 15, 2011
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…
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November 14, 2011
Pennsylvania electric suppliers would be required to submit switches to electric distribution companies (EDCs) prior to a customer-specific deadline under the PUC's tentative order to accelerate the switching process (M-2011-2270442).
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November 11, 2011
About 300 customers per week ask PECO to rescind a supplier switch submitted for the customer, PECO reported during a Pennsylvania PUC hearing on retail markets.
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November 10, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC this morning voted to issue a Tentative Order, for public comment, containing proposed interim guidelines to accelerate the switching process for electric customers.
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October 27, 2011
The PUCT, with several clarifying revisions, adopted Staff's latest proposal for adoption for amendments to customer protection rules and the retail delivery tariff relating to advanced meters (38674).
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October 10, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled an en banc hearing on November 10 regarding its Investigation of Pennsylvania's Retail Electricity Markets, specifically to inform its consideration of the "intermediate" work plan to promote competition (I-2011-2237952).
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September 23, 2011
A PUCT Staff recommended proposal for adoption would retain the rescission period for all enrollments of customers under 50 kW, and also provides a later deadline than originally proposed for the submission of an AMS reconnect for it to be completed on the same day.
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August 29, 2011
Members of the ERCOT Market Coordination Team, composed of REPs and TDUs, have proposed that the PUCT add a deadline for the submission of same-day switches for customers with provisioned advanced meters.
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August 24, 2011
StarTex Power will waive the utility fee that may be imposed on a customer who switches to StarTex Power on a date other than the utility-determined switch date, in order to help Texans on month-to-month indexed rates switch off of indexed pricing more quickly.
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July 28, 2011
The "inescapable conclusion" from the Pennsylvania PUC's first phase of its investigation of the retail electric market is that, "Pennsylvania's current retail market requires changes in order to bring about the robust competitive market envisioned by the General Assembly when it passed the…
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July 5, 2011
Retail electric providers in Texas have opposed the proposal from transmission and distribution utilities to include a separate Priority Move-In charge for premises with provisioned advanced meters with remote connect/disconnect capability (38674).
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June 22, 2011
The PUCT should retain the three day right of rescission for all types of contracting for electric service, consumer advocates and the Texas Energy Association for Marketers said in separately filed comments (38674).
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June 16, 2011
Nearly 300 GWh of direct access load has opened up at Southern California Edison, the utility has informed customers, allowing some customers to switch prior to Phase 3 of the expansion of direct access.
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May 2, 2011
PUCT Publishes for Comment Proposed Rule to Eliminate Rescission Period, Facilitate Same-Day Switching
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April 22, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for publication that, in order to allow same-day switches with advanced meters, would eliminate the rescission period, except where required by federal law (Project 38674).
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March 21, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC intends to establish a process to execute mid-cycle electric supplier changes on or before June 15, 2011, the Department said in a notice of workshop.
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March 3, 2011
United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power said that they cannot accommodate mid-cycle supplier enrollments, contrary to the findings contained in a Connecticut DPUC draft decision concerning supplier marketing (10-06-24).
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February 21, 2011
A draft Connecticut DPUC decision would require electric distribution companies (EDCs) to list the applicable Standard Service rate on all utility bills, even utility consolidated bills with supplier charges, and would also require EDCs and suppliers to complete customer enrollments and pricing…
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December 2, 2010
Md. PSC to Further Examine Columbia RM 35 Costs, Implementation The Maryland PSC directed Columbia Gas to present additional details regarding various costs of implementing several provisions of RM 35, including purchase of receivables and a 12-day enrollment timeline, after Columbia reported that…
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