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May 10, 2013
Reversing a Staff action, the Pennsylvania PUC approved the application of Met-Ed and West Penn Power to allow the assignment of four default service tranches from BP, the winning bidder, to FirstEnergy Solutions.
May 9, 2013
The PECO Price to Compare for C&I customers in the General Service (GS) 100-500 kW rate class will increase nearly 40% on June 1.
May 9, 2013
As Matters shockingly reported today (see related story) , the Pennsylvania residential electric market has now seen its first weekly decline in aggregate shopping totals, and the real bad news is that market conditions are expected to get worse before they get better.
May 6, 2013
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for the period October 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 for residential and Type I customers, and the period June 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013 for Type II customers.
May 3, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted new Prices to Compare for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for the period starting June 1, 2013.
April 26, 2013
Residential Standard Offer Service supply costs at Baltimore Gas & Electric in Maryland are due to increase nearly 12% beginning June 1, 2013 under new SOS supply contracts.
April 25, 2013
NiMo Schedules Meeting in ESCO Versus Default Service Cost Comparison Collaborative
April 25, 2013
On Friday, Connecticut's budget bill advanced out of committee, which Taff Tschamler, Senior Vice President of Business Development for North American Power and Gas, LLC, said is, "as close as a state has come to getting a utility out of the supply function as I've seen."
April 25, 2013
Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman John Coleman suggested during remarks at Platts' Northeast Energy Markets Conference that a Pennsylvania electric distribution company or companies are rumored to be considering the possibility of petitioning the Pennsylvania PUC to implement an alternative default…
April 22, 2013
AEP Energy Named Official Energy Partner of MLB Team
April 22, 2013
The implementation of the Standard Offer customer referral program at most of the Pennsylvania electric distribution companies will be delayed, according to updated compliance filings filed by the utilities.
April 18, 2013
"[I]t cannot be said that three-year SOS supply contracts promote the development of competitive retail markets, as Exelon [Generation Company LLC] argues," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the District of Columbia PSC.
April 18, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions has appealed to the full Commission a Pennsylvania PUC Secretarial letter in which Staff denied the request of Met-Ed and West Penn Power to allow the assignment of four default service tranches from the winning bidder to FirstEnergy Solutions
April 17, 2013
The Maine PUC has set Standard Offer prices for large non-residential customers at Central Maine Power and Bangor-Hydro Electric for May.
April 17, 2013
The Maryland PSC has struck a "regulatory out" clause from a Contract for Differences among the utilities and CPV Maryland LLC to enable the construction of a 661 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle facility in Charles County with an in-service date of June 1, 2015.
April 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has denied, via Secretarial letter, the request of two distribution companies to assign default service tranches from the winning bidder to a utility affiliate.
April 16, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC yesterday approved, without modification, a settlement to resolve investigations into PNE Energy Supply, LLC (PNE), and Resident Power Natural Gas & Electric Solutions, LLC (Resident Power) relating to the mass transition of PNE customers to default service due to PNE's prior…
April 15, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates for residential and small commercial (Non-G1) customers, and large commercial and industrial (G1) customers, at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. for the period beginning June 1, 2013.
April 15, 2013
Retail suppliers believe that a settlement concerning several retail market issues at Philadelphia Gas Works is "imminent," according to pre-hearing memos filed by the suppliers.
April 12, 2013
A quote from Pennsylvania PUC Chair Robert Powelson is being cited by consumer advocates as showing the need to retain the utility in the default supplier role.
April 11, 2013
UGI Utilities, Inc. - Electric Division has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed default service plan for the period from June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2017 that would include an expansion of hourly pricing, and certain changes intended to enhance the retail market.
April 11, 2013
Niagara Mohawk has filed with the New York PSC draft materials concerning an online ESCO versus default service cost comparison tool, as well as for on-bill comparisons of ESCO versus default service costs.
April 11, 2013
Baltimore Gas & Electric has proposed creating an alternative SOS pricing option, on a pilot basis, for residential customers who purchase or lease a plug-in electric vehicle and who charge their electric vehicles at their primary residence
April 10, 2013
Citing an increase in market activity, the Maine PUC has opened an inquiry into potential changes to residential and small commercial Standard Offer service, and to other rules and practices related to retail competition in the residential and small commercial sectors.
April 9, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has conditionally accepted a non-unanimous stipulation to create an alternative default service rate option for customers at Public Service Company of New Hampshire, which Commissioner Michael Harrington said may, "stifle competition."
