August 4, 2014
Proposal Seeks to Shorten Small Customers SOS Contracts at Pepco
A proposal has been made to shorten the duration of residential and small commercial SOS contracts at Pepco in the District of Columbia.
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July 8, 2014
Connecticut Procurement Manager Seeks Greater Authority to Increase Self-Procurement of Default Service
Connecticut's default service procurement manager has requested that PURA grant the manager expanded authority to allow the manager to direct the utilities to procure an increased amount of self-managed default supplies under certain circumstances.
June 26, 2014
Massachusetts "Concerned" With Inadequate Bidder Participation in SOS RFPs, Will Open Investigation
The Massachusetts DPU is "concerned" with inadequate bidder participation in default service RFPs, and intends to open an investigation into the issue.
June 4, 2014
New Jersey Releases More Granular Bidder Data from 2014 BGS Auction
New Jersey has posted additional data regarding winning bidders in the February 2014 Basic Generation Service Auction
May 29, 2014
Ohio Discloses Winning Bidders in AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders of a May auction for 25% of AEP Ohio's standard service offer (SSO) energy requirements for the delivery period November 2014 through May 2015.
May 28, 2014
Massachusetts Approves Alternative Default Service Procurement Process at Nstar, WMECO
The Massachusetts DPU has approved an alternative methodology for procuring basic electric service supplies at Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. for large C&I customers, after the utilities' solicitation of load following supplies for the third quarter of 2014 failed to attract any…
May 15, 2014
Direct Energy Business Signs $325 Million Contract
PowerOptions and Hess Energy Marketing, LLC (HEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Direct Energy Business, LLC, announced that they have signed a $325 million, four-year natural gas supply contract
May 14, 2014
Pennsylvania Approves Assignment of Default Service Contracts
Pennsylvania has approved the assignment of 23 tranches of load following contracts supplying default service at the FirstEnergy utilities.
May 9, 2014
United Illuminating To 'Self-Manage' Default Service Load
United Illuminating will apparently self-manage part of its default service load, according to a disclosure filed with PURA.
May 8, 2014
Ohio Accepts Results of AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of AEP-Ohio's second energy-only auction that will ultimately determine its retail generation service rates through May 2015.
May 7, 2014
FirstEnergy Confirms Review of Potential Regulatory Mechanism to Bring Supply Price Stability to Ohio Utility Customers
FirstEnergy confirmed during an earnings call yesterday that it is considering proposing a mechanism to provide the customers of its Ohio utilities with greater generation price stability, Leila Vespoli, FirstEnergy's Executive Vice President of Markets, said during an earnings call yesterday.
May 6, 2014
Cincinnati Area Purchasing Cooperative Selects Broker
The Cooperative Purchasing Effort of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has selected Muirfield Energy to provide electric procurement and management services to its members.
May 5, 2014
Illinois Posts Prices for Winning Default Service Bids
The Illinois Procurement Agency has posted winning average prices for the spring 2014 procurement of block default service energy at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for various periods from June 2014 to May 2016.
May 1, 2014
Direct Energy Business Signs Multi-Year Contract with Regional Transport Authority
Direct Energy Business has extended its relationship with the Greater Cleveland Regional Transport Authority (RTA) via a three-year agreement to serve as its electricity supplier.
May 1, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power Discloses Default Service Suppliers
Connecticut Light & Power has disclosed the companies supplying a portion of Standard Service for the second half of 2014.
April 14, 2014
New Hampshire Sets New Default Service Rates
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period June 1, 2014, through November 30, 2014.
April 3, 2014
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NRG Clarifies Disposition of Dominion Retail Electric Customers
March 28, 2014
New Hampshire Approves New Default Service Rates
The New Hampshire PUC approved new residential and small commercial customer and large customer default service rates at Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) for the period May 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014
March 20, 2014
Ohio Discloses Winning Bidders from AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders of AEP Ohio's energy-only auction for a 10% slice of default service during the period April 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015
March 13, 2014
Cincinnati Selects Electric Supplier for Municipal Aggregation
The City of Cincinnati selected FirstEnergy Solutions as the supplier for a new term of the City's opt-out municipal electric aggregation.
March 12, 2014
Constellation Wins Muni Aggregation Serving 100,000 Customers
Constellation announced that it has been selected by a consortium of seven Northwest Chicago suburbs to supply residents with fixed price electricity under the group's opt-out aggregation.
March 11, 2014
End State: PECO Wants Majority of Residential Default Service to Be Sourced Under 24-Month Contracts Through 2017, Seeks New Long-Term Contract
If the Pennsylvania PUC wants more market-reflective default service, as it indicated (but did not order) in its much-hyped end-state retail electric market order, utilities have not gotten the message.
March 7, 2014
Ohio Discloses Winning Suppliers at Dominion East Ohio SCO Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders in the Dominion East Ohio Standard Choice Offer auction, for SCO service for the 12-month period beginning April 1, 2014.
March 5, 2014
Delaware SOS Prices from Recent Auction LOWER Than 2013
In a contrast to recent default service procurements, Delmarva Power's Delaware procurement of SOS supplies for the period starting June 1, 2014 resulted in clearing prices lower than those from last year's RFP, as well as the prices from the 2010-11 auction (whose results are being rolled out of…
February 27, 2014
Ohio Accepts Results from AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of an auction to procure supplies for a 10% slice of AEP Ohio default service during the period April 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015.