September 10, 2013
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AEP, Dominion Retail File Settlement Over SECA Charges
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September 9, 2013
PUCO Further Delays Transition to 100% Auction-Based SSO Rates at Dayton Power & Light
PUCO issued an entry nunc pro tunc correcting is order issued earlier last week regarding the transition to auction-based default service at Dayton Power & Light, with the corrected order creating a longer transition to 100% auction-based default service rates.
September 5, 2013
PECO Residential Price to Compare Increases Nearly 10%
PECO's residential electric Price to Compare increased nearly 10% on September 1.
September 5, 2013
CHAOS: Ohio Says Dayton Power & Light Default Service Order Erroneous, Sets Meeting for Friday to Correct (Original Order Called for Blending of Market-Based Rates, But Stopped Short of 100% Auction-Based SSO)
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued a notice this morning that its order issued on September 4 concerning Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan, governing default service, "does not reflect the decision that the Commission intended to issue, including the length of the ESP period…
September 4, 2013
Report: Retail-Style Auction Did Not Appreciably Increase Migration; Winning Suppliers Fail to Convert Most Customers to Choice Product
Over its first 12 months of service, the Standard Choice Offer (SCO) program at Columbia Gas of Ohio did not lead to any appreciable change in migration to choice (non-SCO) service, a report from Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio concluded.
August 29, 2013
Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Seeks Supreme Court Interpretation of Default Service Rules, "Prudent Mix" Standard
The Pennsylvania Office of the Consumer Advocate has petitioned the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a recent Commonwealth Court decision which found that electric default service relying on a single product type can meet the statute's requirement that default service shall include a…
August 27, 2013
PPL to Rely on Retail Suppliers to Offer Time of Use Product to Default Service Customers
PPL has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed new pilot Time of Use program for default service customers which would rely on retail electric generation suppliers (EGSs) to serve customers under a Time of Use program required to be offered as part of a default service plan.
August 26, 2013
Price to Compare to Increase for PPL Residential Customers
PPL Electric Utilities announced that its Price to Compare for residential customers will increase by over 5 mills per kWh on September 1.
August 22, 2013
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates, Discloses Supplier
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1. CL&P Last Resort Service Rates, Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2013 (¢/kWh) Rates 39, 41, 55, 56, 57, & 58 (at or over 500 kW): Oct.: 5.399 Nov.: 6.135 Dec.: 8.503
August 22, 2013
Maine Adopts Alternative Mechanism for Standard Offer Service
The Maine PUC has adopted an alternative mechanism to supply Standard Offer service for large non-residential customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric for the period September 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014, after the PSC previously rejected bids from its standard RFP for default service supplies
August 22, 2013
Maryland PSC Concludes "Some" Form of SOS Admin. Charge (Adder) Appropriate; Remands Case to Develop Record
Electric Standard Offer Service in Maryland should, "continue to include some form of Administrative Charge, in addition to the purchased power costs, transmission charges and taxes," the Maryland PSC concluded in reversing a proposed order from a hearing examiner, as the Commission remanded the…
August 19, 2013
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Service Rate
The Maine PUC set the Standard Offer energy price for the large non-residential class in the service territory of Central Maine Power for September 2013.
August 19, 2013
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2013.
August 19, 2013
Large Competitive Suppliers Oppose Shorter-Term, More Frequent Default Service Procurements
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (jointly, Exelon) have opposed a recommendation from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to hold more frequent auctions, for a shorter delivery period, to procure energy for AEP Ohio Standard Service Offer customers, with such auctions held…
August 19, 2013
Pennsylvania Utilities Identify Retail Suppliers in Referral Programs; While Low, Participation Sufficient for Implementation at all EDCs
Although participation is low among electric generation suppliers, all of the Standard Offer customer referral programs established by the Pennsylvania PUC received enough participation to move forward, including at Duquesne Light where a few weeks ago, the program's future was uncertain given a…
August 16, 2013
Pennsylvania Adopts Order on Use of Migration Riders (Non-bypassable Reconciliations of Generation Costs)
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an order regarding an investigation of various issues related to reconciliations of various components of the bypassable electric Price to Compare (PTC), including whether the use of migration riders is appropriate.
August 15, 2013
Michigan Approves Reservation Charge Applicable to Choice Customers at Two Utilities
The Michigan PSC has set reservation charges applicable to gas customer choice customers at Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and SEMCO Energy Gas Company.
August 15, 2013
PPL, State Reverse Week-ago Decline in Residential Shopping (Lifted by Referral Programs?)
PPL, and the state of Pennsylvania in aggregate, reversed a week-ago decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, perhaps lifted by the start of Standard Offer Customer Referral Programs at several electric distribution companies.
August 15, 2013
Pennsylvania Standard Offer Customer Referral Programs -- Doubling Migration, or Keeping A Sinking Market Afloat?
Several of the Standard Offer Customer Referral Programs offered by Pennsylvania electric distribution companies commenced at the start of August, and while enrollments under some of the programs are solid, data suggests that the enrollments could merely be offsetting what would otherwise be a…
August 14, 2013
AEP Ohio Seeking to Subject Default Service Auction Prices to Existing 12% Rate Cap
AEP Ohio has again proposed that prices resulting from its energy auctions for a portion of, and eventually 100% of, its Standard Service Offer (SSO) default supply requirements be included within the existing 12% rate cap applicable to certain costs under AEP Ohio's electric security plan.
August 13, 2013
Maryland PSC: "Current" State Policy Is to "Promote a Competitive Marketplace for Electricity"; Adopts Utility Generation Rate Pilots for EVs
The Maryland PSC adopted utility-offered generation rate pilots for electric vehicles at Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco.
August 9, 2013
Massachusetts Rules on Collection of Default Service Costs in Distribution Rates
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an order addressing the collection of certain default service costs in distribution rates payable by all customers, including those on competitive supply.
August 8, 2013
Ohio Orders $43 Million Refund to Customers on Default Service
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ordered that $43 million be refunded to customers on the Standard Service Offer (SSO) at the FirstEnergy electric distribution utilities -- Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison.
August 6, 2013
Pennsylvania Default Service Settlement Includes Reliance on Block (Non-Load Following) Contracts
A settlement in UGI Utilities' default service proceeding would rely on block energy purchases for a portion of default service load for residential and small commercial electric customers.
August 1, 2013
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United Illuminating Discloses Default Service Supplier