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July 29, 2013
PECO's plan to allow Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop has become a venue to implement its desired 12-month reconciliation of default service costs for residential customers -- a design recently rejected by the PUC in establishing PECO's default service plan.
July 29, 2013
A Pennsylvania court has affirmed that a default service portfolio containing only a single product -- in this case, spot market pricing -- can meet the statutory "prudent mix" standard required of default service plans.
July 26, 2013
The Maine PUC has adopted new Standard Offer rates for several medium and large non-residential customer classes, but rejected bids to serve the large C&I class at Bangor Hydro-Electric.
July 25, 2013
Several retail suppliers pressed the Illinois Commerce Commission to prohibit opt-out municipal electric aggregations from imposing termination fees on customers included in the aggregation on an opt-out basis, in exceptions to a proposed first notice order on aggregation rules.
July 24, 2013
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed their new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1.
July 23, 2013
RG&E, Affiliates Find Buyer for Utility, Affiliate Power Plants
July 17, 2013
New President Named for Parent of Retail Supplier
July 17, 2013
In comments on Arizona's investigation into retail electric choice, the Residential Utility Consumer Office, a key stakeholder, did not take a definitive position, and said that it continues to research the subject.
July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC approved the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' self-procurement of supplies from the PJM spot market to serve hourly priced default service customers, after the PUC had rejected results from an earlier competitive procurement for hourly priced service.
July 17, 2013
A New York media outlet has asked customers to send in their results from a new ESCO versus utility cost comparison calculator to enable the outlet to offer a comparison of ESCO prices.
July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved revisions to the Duquesne Light Standard Offer customer referral program, including a revised supplier fee, but its ordering paragraph used vague language to describe a marketing prohibition related to the program.
July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC reminded stakeholders yesterday that it will not pursue the goal of fashioning perfectly competitive markets, "at the expense of all other considerations."
July 16, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has voted to proceed with a competitive bidding process to, "obtain a valuation expert to perform a more detailed analysis of the value of PSNH's generation assets and entitlements, which will help to inform any adjudicatory or legislative analysis of divestiture, possible…
July 15, 2013
Retail suppliers have asked the Massachusetts DPU to terminate the Nstar Green optional generation rate, given the unsustainable nature of the program and emergence of competitive alternatives.
July 11, 2013
Parties recently filed comments in Ohio's investigation of the retail natural gas market, and the comments of Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy and other low-income consumer advocates (LIA) aptly describe the dim prospects for widespread expansion of energy choice, both in Ohio and nationwide, in…
July 10, 2013
The New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate has recommended to the PUC that the Commission mitigate Public Service Company of New Hampshire's above-market default service rates, by deferring above-market costs while an adjudicatory proceeding addresses PSNH's continued ownership of generation.
July 3, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has granted AEP Ohio certain waivers to allow the accelerated return of customers from a defaulting supplier back to SSO to resolve a credit dispute between AEP Ohio and FirstEnergy Solutions, with the accelerated drop timeline obviating the need for further…
July 1, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates for large and medium commercial and industrial customers (Large Customer Group) at Granite State Electric Company d/b/a Liberty Utilities, for the period from August 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013.
June 28, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC approved a reduction in the non-scrubbed portion of the energy (default) service rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
June 21, 2013
The village of Fox River Grove, Illinois, announced that it was returning customers under its opt-out municipal electric aggregation back to Commonwealth Edison after bids for a new term of the pool could not beat ComEd's rate.
June 19, 2013
The Maine PUC has set Standard Offer prices for large non-residential customers at Central Maine Power and Bangor-Hydro Electric for July 2013.
June 19, 2013
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed an allocation methodology to assign non-shopping non-residential customers at Columbia Gas of Ohio to a competitive supplier should an exit from the merchant function for non-residential service be triggered.
June 18, 2013
Five New England states have announced a regional initiative to import low-cost, large-scale hydro power from Canada to, among other reasons, bring "cheaper power options" to customers.
June 18, 2013
New Jersey Assembly Utilities Chairman Upendra Chivukula yesterday announced that it is important to update the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act of 1999 to reflect changes in the marketplace and to evolve a fully articulated retail energy policy for New Jersey as well as a road map for…
June 17, 2013
Delmarva Power & Light has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1.
