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June 29, 2011
The Massachusetts DPU has approved Nstar's proposal to collect an under-recovery in the optional Nstar Green product from all basic service customers over a one-year period (10-161).
June 28, 2011
The New York PSC should inform customers of the volatility in default service rates, in addition to removing specific default service rate information from the Power to Choose website, the National Energy Marketers Association said in comments to the PSC.
June 24, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has initiated a Section 9-250 investigation to address issues related to supply rate design for residential customers at Commonwealth Edison, and to address the proper allocation of non-coincidental peak demand among the four residential customer classes (Docket…
June 23, 2011
RG Steel Sparrows Point, LLC and the Maryland Energy Group have petitioned the Maryland PSC to direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to immediately issue refunds to customers who paid higher distribution rates in 2008 in order to mitigate the Type II generation rates of certain commercial customers who…
June 22, 2011
The Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate has filed a complaint at the Pennsylvania PUC seeking, among other things, an investigation into the impact of the proposed Exelon-Constellation Energy merger on the state's retail electricity and natural gas markets (P-2011-2247936).
June 21, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio would purchase the receivables of competitive electric suppliers "at no discount" under modifications to the program proposed as part of its proposed new electric security plan, which would run through May 31, 2021.
June 20, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio announced this morning the filing of a new proposed electric security plan (ESP) under which it would assume the capacity obligation of all retail customers taking its distribution service.
June 20, 2011
The New Hampshire PUC approved updated default service electric rates for customers at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc…
June 20, 2011
The New Hampshire PUC approved updated default service electric rates for customers at Granite State Electric (National Grid).
June 20, 2011
The threshold for mandatory hourly pricing for default service at Orange & Rockland Utilities will decrease from 500 kW to 300 kW under a stipulation incorporated into a final written order in O&R's New York rate case (10-E-0362).
June 20, 2011
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1.
June 17, 2011
Frustration of policymakers in Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states with capacity prices, "stems from a basic flaw in RTO-run centralized markets -- they do not sufficiently support new generation investment but instead overcompensate existing generators," the American Public Power…
June 17, 2011
The New York PSC approved Niagara Mohawk's implementation plan to expand the cutoff for Mandatory Hourly Pricing for default electric service to 250 kW (10-E-0050).
June 15, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC approved West Penn Power's modified dynamic pricing program as contained in a settlement, with direction to clarify when a reconciliation charge will apply to non-residential customers who have taken Critical Peak Pricing (P-2011-2218683 et. al.).
June 15, 2011
Pepco and Delmarva Power have filed updated Type II SOS rates with the Maryland PSC for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2011. Pepco Type II Generation Service Charge (cents/kWh) Sept. 1, 2011 - Nov. 30, 2011 MGT LV II On Peak: 7.877 Intermediate: 7.536 Off Peak: 7.195 MGT 3A II On Peak…
June 14, 2011
Potomac Edison (Allegheny) has posted updated Type II generation rates in Maryland as a result of the June 6 SOS procurement.
June 13, 2011
The Maryland PSC memorialized in a formal order its prior directions to the investor owned utilities (IOUs) regarding additional modifications to the SOS price comparison information (Case 9228).
June 13, 2011
Potomac Edison's (Allegheny) June 6 procurement of 12-month and 24-month SOS supply in Maryland saw one fewer bidder than the January procurement, but still produced competitive results, bid monitor Boston Pacific said in a procurement report.
June 10, 2011
Columbia Withdraws Request to Extend Maryland Hedging Program Columbia Gas of Maryland has withdrawn its request to extend its modified price portfolio program, which will result in the hedging plan expiring on the currently established sunset date of August 31, 2011. Staff and the People's Counsel…
June 9, 2011
The Maryland PSC denied Washington Gas Light's application for a permanent gas supply hedging program, but did authorize hedging through the 2011-12 winter (Case 9224).
June 9, 2011
The status quo default service model and retail market design is "unacceptable," Pennsylvania PUC Chairman Robert Powelson said at the conclusion of an en banc hearing regarding alternative methods of default service.
June 8, 2011
PPL EnergyPlus Surpasses 10,000 Residential Customers
June 8, 2011
A new survey by Zogby International conducted for Direct Energy finds that 82 percent of respondents support Direct Energy's auction proposal for default service in Pennsylvania.
June 7, 2011
Pennsylvania electric distribution companies (EDCs) should be required to offer a fixed-price default service option for customers with peak loads in excess of 500 kW, a group of industrials told the Pennsylvania PUC.
June 7, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted official Price to Compare information through September 2011.
