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August 27, 2012
Accent Energy, LP, d/b/a Dynowatt would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation conducted by the Commission's Oversight and Enforcement Division.
August 10, 2012
Texas retail electric providers and several cities with original jurisdiction are seeking to reverse a Public Utility Commission of Texas preliminary order, in order to continue the use of a system-wide Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor (EECRF) applicable across an entire TDU territory, as…
July 31, 2012
Negotiations are continuing among electric distribution companies and retail suppliers regarding purchase of receivables in Massachusetts.
July 27, 2012
The Connecticut Attorney General and Office of the Consumer Counsel have asked the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to consider listing the utility Standard Service rate, as well as a shopping customer's relative savings versus the rate, on the bills of customers on competitive…
July 26, 2012
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel said that implementing a purchase of receivables program at Pepco would "distract" Pepco from solving reliability and storm-related issues facing the utility.
July 25, 2012
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Unitil) has informed the Massachusetts DPU that its current Customer Information System (CIS) cannot support a purchase of receivables program, and that POR implementation must be delayed until a new CIS is implemented.
July 23, 2012
Ambit Energy, L.P. would pay $35,000 to resolve an investigation by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which alleged violations of certain customer protection rules (40579).
July 19, 2012
The Retail Energy Supply Association has raised concerns with a prepaid pilot proposed by Baltimore Gas & Electric
July 16, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC opened Formal Case 1098 to investigate retail electricity suppliers' access to their customers' smart meter data.
July 10, 2012
Maryland's Office of Home Energy Programs of the Department of Human Resources (OHEP) should inform Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) participants about their opportunities to take service from competitive suppliers, Maryland PSC Staff recommended in comments on OHEP's FY 2013 EUSP plan…
July 3, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened proceedings for a required five-year review of rules applicable to the competitive retail electric and natural gas markets.
July 2, 2012
A year after the introduction of switch holds to the ERCOT market, the number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan remain less than 1% of residential ESI IDs in ERCOT.
June 26, 2012
Pepco has recommended that any purchase of receivables program required by the District of Columbia PSC be delayed until the introduction of a new billing system, currently scheduled for 2014 (FC 1085).
June 22, 2012
A New Hampshire proceeding examining various retail market enhancements, including Purchase of Receivables, will not include the natural gas market as previously directed, parties have agreed.
June 20, 2012
Baltimore Gas & Electric has proposed the creation of pre-pay pilot as part of a series of recommended uses for the Customer Investment Fund created as a result of the merger of Constellation and Exelon. Specifically, BGE proposes conducting a pilot of 1,000 customers with smart meters, focused on…
June 18, 2012
The New York PSC has issued a rehearing order clarifying the definition of residential customer under the ESCO Consumers Bill of Rights.
June 7, 2012
The National Consumer Law Center released a report stating that prepaid utility service programs are, "putting low- and moderate-income households' health and safety at risk, and setting up an inequitable two-tiered customer delivery system."
May 18, 2012
Nooruddin Investments, LLC d/b/a Discount Power would pay $7,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Discount Power was not in full compliance with six provisions of the Substantive Rules (40402).
May 16, 2012
Aside from previously reported retail auctions and referral programs (see earlier story) , Duquesne Light proposes to implement several processes meant to remove barriers to customer choice under its proposed default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2013, including "seamless move" and…
May 15, 2012
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan declined significantly at Oncor during April.
May 7, 2012
Baltimore Gas & Electric filed an errata to one of its proposals for setting the discount rate for the natural gas Purchase of Receivables program.
April 30, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will not expand the scope of a rulemaking concerning conforming changes to the disconnection and reconnection rules to address changes in retail electric providers' disconnection notices or their obligation to submit reconnection requests.
April 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has fined Champion Energy Services, LLC $400 for not amortizing back-billed supply charges over the appropriate period.
April 25, 2012
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan declined in three territories during Match, but saw a small increase at Oncor.
April 25, 2012
The Retail Energy Supply Association has petitioned the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to implement a rulemaking proceeding to adopt a rule requiring each Electric Distribution Company (EDC) and Gas Public Utility (GPU) to institute a non-recourse purchase of receivables program that does not…
