May 17, 2012
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning July 1.
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May 16, 2012
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates for C&I Customers
Nstar has filed new basic service rates for the period beginning July 1.
May 16, 2012
Testimony Provides Clearer Picture of Load Cap for Duquesne Light Retail Auction
Testimony concerning Duquesne Light's proposed default service plan has clarified how the load cap in Duquesne Light's proposed opt-in retail auction will function.
May 16, 2012
Duquesne Light Seeks to Increase Residential POR Discount on All Suppliers to Fund Referral Program
Duquesne Light has proposed increasing the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to all retail electric suppliers serving residential customers to recover costs of its proposed Standard Offer customer referral program, which is part of its proposed default service plan for the period beginning June…
May 11, 2012
ComEd Posts New Electricity Supply Charges
Commonwealth Edison has posted new purchased electricity charges (PEC) for the period beginning June 1.
May 10, 2012
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Connecticut PURA Opens Docket to Review Electric Bill Charges, Including Bypassable and Nonbypassable Components
May 10, 2012
PUCO Staff Cites Qualitative Considerations for AEP Ohio ESP, Including Mechanism for Utility-Owned Generation
While Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio found on a quantitative basis that prices under a Market Rate Offer (MRO) are more favorable than the pricing under AEP Ohio's proposed electric security plan (ESP), Staff said in testimony on the ESP that other considerations should be taken…
May 10, 2012
New Duquesne Light Default Service Plan Calls for 12-Month Fixed Residential Rate
Residential customers at Duquesne Light would be served under a 12-monh fixed rate under Duquesne Light's proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015.
May 9, 2012
RESA Cautions Pa. Lawmakers on Smart Meter Opt-Out, Seeks EDC Exit from TOU Service
Allowing Pennsylvania utilities to forego installation of smart meters would, "stifle innovative products and services from the emerging competitive marketplace," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in testimony to lawmakers on House Bill 2188 yesterday.
May 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Approves Conceptual Change in SOS Structure at Delmarva
The Maryland PSC, in authorizing Delmarva Power to proceed with its plan for the deployment of advanced meters, has approved, in concept, a change in the structure of SOS at Delmarva.
May 8, 2012
IGS Energy Proposes Retail Auctions at AEP Ohio
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. proposed that AEP Ohio use retail auctions, rather than wholesale auctions, to serve default service customers, both for a percent of customers during a transition period, and then all default service customers starting in 2015.
May 8, 2012
Ohio Industrials Propose Use of Average RPM Rate for Capacity at AEP Ohio
The Ohio Energy Group, composed of several large industrial customers, has proposed in AEP Ohio's electric security plan proceeding that the capacity charge applicable to competitive retail suppliers taking capacity from AEP Ohio under the Fixed Resource Requirement should equal the average price of…
May 8, 2012
Nstar Announces Lower Basic Service Rates
Nstar today announced lower basic service rates for the period beginning July 1.
May 7, 2012
RESA: New Jersey Mass Market Retail Structure Not Built to Last
The retail market design in New Jersey for middle and mass market customers served under the fixed price Basic Generation Service (BGS-FP), "is not a retail market structure that is built to last," Jay Kooper, New Jersey State Chairman of the Retail Energy Supply Association, warned Friday during a…
May 7, 2012
BGE Files New SOS Rates, Updates Transmission, Rider 8 As Well
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 7, 2012
Duke Energy Retail Margins, Volumes Lower
Duke Energy Retail experienced lower volumes and margins during the first quarter of 2012, versus the year-ago quarter, parent Duke Energy said in reporting earnings.
May 3, 2012
Results from Illinois Energy, Capacity Default Service Procurements Posted
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the recent default service procurements at Commonwealth Edison (energy only) and Ameren (energy and capacity).
May 3, 2012
PPL New Default Service Plan Includes Six-Month Fixed Price; Nov. 2013 Opt-in Auction
PPL Electric Utilities has filed a default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2013 that would offer residential customers a fixed generation rate for six months, rather than three months, and would delay service under an opt-in retail auction until 2014.
May 2, 2012
Shock: KEMA Says Expanded Hourly Pricing "Cannot Reasonably be Recommended" at ConEd
An expansion of mandatory hourly pricing (MHP) default service at Consolidated Edison, "would only burden these [new MHP] customers and the rate base with additional interval metering cost," and, "cannot reasonably be recommended," KEMA, Inc. said in an evaluation of the current MHP program prepared…
May 1, 2012
Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential, Type I, and Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 1, 2012
Delmarva Power Files New SOS Rates
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 1, 2012
Pepco Files New SOS Rates
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
April 30, 2012
Maryland Residential SOS Rates to Fall at BGE, Pepco
Maryland's April SOS procurement will result in lower SOS costs for residential customers at most utilities.
April 30, 2012
Ohio Staff Recommends Dayton Power & Light "Strongly Consider" Electric Security Plan Over Market Rate Offer
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that Dayton Power & Light should "strongly consider" filing an electric security plan to govern the Standard Service Offer, as an alternative to DP&L's proposed market rate offer.
April 26, 2012
PUCO Denies Waivers Sought by AEP Ohio, FirstEnergy EDCs in Electric Security Plan Filings
In separate orders, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has denied certain waivers separately requested by Ohio Power, and also Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison, concerning the information required to be filed in support of their respective electric security plans.