February 11, 2011
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has petitioned the Maryland PSC for an order clarifying the PSC's earlier order on the Price to Compare, and directing the Pepco, Delmarva, and Allegheny Power to correct what OPC alleged is "erroneous" SOS information on each utility's website (Case 9228).
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February 10, 2011
PUCO Approves Columbia Auction Results The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of the Columbia Gas Standard Service Offer auction, which, as first reported in Matters yesterday, resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.88/Mcf. Additional details in our 2/9 story.
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February 10, 2011
The New Jersey BPU approved results of the Basic Generation Service auction for 1/3 of supplies for BGS fixed priced customers for the three-year period starting June 1, 2011, and 100% of supplies for BGS Commercial and Industrial Energy Price (CIEP) customers for the one-year period starting June 1…
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February 9, 2011
Illinois' Office of Retail Market Development has asked electric suppliers to informally comment on the reasons for the lack of residential competition at Ameren.
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February 9, 2011
Columbia Gas of Ohio has petitioned PUCO to delay the necessary posting of deposits for new winning SSO suppliers until the service start date of April 1, 2011 ( see related story for auction results ).
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February 9, 2011
An auction to establish the Standard Service Offer (SSO) price at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.88/Mcf.
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February 8, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio has agreed, as part of its market rate offer (MRO) application, to institute an electric Purchase of Receivables program, should the MRO application be approved (10-2586-EL-SSO).
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February 8, 2011
Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power have filed tariffs at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to establish new market rate schedules for customers returning to utility-provided generation service after having elected competitive supply and opting to bypass the POLR charge.
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February 7, 2011
A proposed order from a Maryland hearing examiner would completely eliminate the administrative charge which comprises part of the bypassable SOS rates at Pepco and Delmarva, finding that the charge is no longer justifiable given the maturity of the retail market (Cases 9226 & 9232).
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February 3, 2011
A recommended decision by a Pennsylvania ALJ would adopt an unopposed stipulation to continue the current spot market based procurement for Pike County Light & Power default service for an additional year, through May 31, 2012 (P-2010-2194652).
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February 3, 2011
Ambit Energy Offering Residential Service at PECO Ambit Energy has started offering residential electric service at PECO through PA Power Switch, with a variable rate currently priced at 8.4¢/kWh. Ambit is also offering a 12-month fixed product, as well as fixed and variable renewable products…
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February 1, 2011
Baltimore Gas and Electric filed updated Type II SOS rates for the period March 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011.
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January 31, 2011
Pepco filed with the District of Columbia PSC revised SOS rates for the period June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012.
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January 31, 2011
AEP Ohio has proposed for Ohio Power an electric security plan for the period January 1, 2012 through May 31, 2014, that would include a half dozen new nonbypassable riders, plus the continuation of several existing nonbypassable riders (11-0348-EL-SSO et. al.). The electric security plan presumes…
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January 28, 2011
Pa. PUC Approves West Penn Power POR, Supplier Tariff The Pennsylvania PUC approved West Penn Power's (Allegheny) updated supplier coordination tariff, which includes a new POR program. Specific details of the POR program and other revisions under the approved supplier tariff may be found in our…
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January 28, 2011
Baltimore Gas & Electric has updated bypassable Rider 8, Energy Cost Adjustment.
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January 28, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved the results of the latest procurement for default service supplies under the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' electric security plan.
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January 27, 2011
Pepco and Delmarva Power have filed updated SOS rates with the Maryland PSC for the period beginning March 1, 2011.
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January 26, 2011
Pepco, Delmarva Ask to Withdraw SOS CWC Tariffs from Admin Meeting Pepco and Delmarva Power filed formal requests with the Maryland PSC to withdraw their January 18, 2011 tariff filings, under which SOS rates would be increased next month to reflect higher cash working capital costs, from today's…
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January 25, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that increased SOS rates at Pepco and Delmarva, to reflect higher cash working capital costs, be allowed to take effect February 1, 2011, provided that the utilities keep a detailed and accurate account of all amounts received under the rate increase to facilitate…
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January 24, 2011
The Maine PUC approved new Standard Offer rates for medium and large commercial customers at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric, for the six-month period beginning March 1, 2011.
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January 24, 2011
As expected, the Connecticut legislature's joint Energy & Technology Committee has voted to draft Senate Bill 1, An Act Concerning Energy Policy and Finance, which will serve as the vehicle to re-introduce last year's failed energy bill which would have erected several barriers to retail choice.
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January 21, 2011
Bundled commercial and industrial customers of Detroit Edison in the greater than or equal to 15 kW classes will be subject to a bypassable surcharge of 0.0965¢/kWh during February to recover an over-refund previously paid to these customers relating to the reconciliation of the Regulatory Asset…
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January 20, 2011
As first reported in a flash on EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday morning, the Maryland PSC approved the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy without any conditions related to the competitive wholesale or retail market (Case 9233).
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January 20, 2011
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's second Standard Choice Offer (SCO) auction produced a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.35 per Mcf, which was approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio yesterday (07-1285-GA-EXM).
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