April 16, 2020
Addresses Start Date For Invoices Eligible For Reimbursement Walker Proposes Shorter Duration For ERP, Subject To Future Extension Also Proposes Change To Late Fee Exception
In a memo in advance of tomorrow's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn T. Walker has proposed changes to the Electricity Relief Program, which provides certain reimbursements to retail electric providers for customers who cannot be disconnected for non-payment
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April 16, 2020
Ameren in Illinois has filed an update to its Purchase of Uncollectible Discount Rate (POU Discount Rate)
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April 13, 2020
REP Makes Note Of Unpaid Balances Accrued Since First Disconnection Moratorium In March
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers filed comments with the Texas PUC seeking clarification of the PUC's COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, under which eligible residential customers may not be disconnected for non-payment, as well as certain contemporaneously issued rule waivers
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April 13, 2020
Workshop To Be Held Tomorrow
The Texas TDUs have posted a series of frequently asked questions and a presentation concerning the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, under which eligible residential customers may not be disconnected for non-payment
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April 8, 2020
The Executive Director of the Texas PUC has issued a directive concerning the start date for a process for retail electric providers to be reimbursed for energy charges under the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, under which eligible residential customers may not be disconnected for non-payment
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April 6, 2020
Timeline For TDU Execution Of Disconnections For Non-Pay Also Included
The Executive Director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a letter to various regulated entities concerning certain enforcement discretion that the Commission is undertaking during the COVID-19 emergency
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March 26, 2020
Modifications Made To Funding Rate, Other Details Exception To Late Payment Rule Adopted
Texas PUC Adopts Electricity Relief Program Which Reimburses Retail Electric Providers, At Standard Rate, For Unpaid Bills Due To Disconnect Moratorium During COVID-19 Emergency
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March 23, 2020
ISO New England filed an answer at FERC opposing a petition filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC in which Liberty is seeking a billing adjustment related to a utility billing error, as the ISO said that, "Liberty had numerous occasions to detect the error and request that it be corrected pursuant to…
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March 20, 2020
Oncor on March 19 informed retail electric providers that it is suspending disconnects for non-pay (DNPs) for an additional business day (from the initial suspension end date of March 19, 2020), and said that it plans to resume executing DNPs on Monday, March 23, 2020, unless otherwise directed
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March 18, 2020
Constellation announced that it has suspended service disconnections and is waiving new late payment charges until at least May 1, due to the coronavirus
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March 17, 2020
Earlier: CenterPoint-TDU Suspending Disconnection For Non-Payment
Oncor, AEP Texas, and Texas-New Mexico Power have all implemented suspensions of disconnect for non-pay orders
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March 16, 2020
Reliant announced a series of actions to support customers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, including a pause on disconnects for non-payment
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March 16, 2020
Counsel for an unnamed energy services provider (ESCO), who provides energy management services to commercial customers (not residential customers), sought clarification from the Connecticut PURA as to whether its billing services require it to register as a natural gas seller
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March 16, 2020
Austin Energy, CPS Energy Suspend Disconnections
TXU Energy announced a series of steps it has taken to help customers that may incur economic hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic
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March 9, 2020
PECO has withdrawn its proposed prepay pilot program from the Pennsylvania PUC
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March 3, 2020
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ('Liberty') hereby files a Complaint against Eversource Energy Company ('Eversource') and ISO-New England, Inc. ('ISO-NE') at FERC in which Liberty seeks compensation for what Liberty alleges is improperly calculated and billed charges relating to Load that was not the…
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March 3, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) informed the Connecticut PURA that an issue was discovered on February 20, 2020 concerning the next-cycle rate information that appeared on certain customers’ February bills.
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March 2, 2020
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February 26, 2020
Will Allow Retail Suppliers To Bill "Non-Jurisdictional Service" On Utility Bills If Utility Offers Service To Others, Requires Nondiscriminatory Access -- Does Not Mandate Inclusion Of Retail Supplier Non-Jurisdictional Charges
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February 25, 2020
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – February 25, 2020 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry , has announced their annual user conference will be held on February 10 - 12, 2021 at The Four…
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February 21, 2020
Proposals Have Included Limiting POR For Uncollectible Accounts To Shadow-Billed Default Service Amount, Rather Than Actual Supplier Charges Supplier-Specific Discount Rates Proposed By OCC
The Connecticut electric utilities raised several concerns with adopting any proposed changes to the current purchase of receivables (POR) mechanism and methodology
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January 22, 2020
The Connecticut PURA issued a final interim order concerning the retail electric supplier amnesty program and how refunds shall be provided to customers (Docket 18-12-22)
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January 22, 2020
PSE&G announced today that it is issuing a bill credit to its default service customers for its gas supply during February and March due to lower gas supply costs.
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January 22, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a brief opposing the relief sought by Pogo Energy in Pogo's petition seeking a declaratory order concerning the construction of Substantive Rule 25.498(a) as it relates to a proposed offering of a levelized payment option for prepaid service
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January 20, 2020
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) said in comments to PUCO, in a rulemaking on natural gas utility bills , that, "[g]overnmental aggregators, like NOPEC, should have access to the Commission’s energy choice website."
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