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February 20, 2025
The Pennsylvania PUC denied a bid from Penn Renewables, LLC to increase the cutoff for fixed-price default service rates at UGI Utilities - Electric Division to 3 MW, from the current 100 kW threshold, and also rejected Penn Renewables' argument that hourly priced default service violates…
February 20, 2025
PUCO has revealed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Columbia Gas of Ohio for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 14, 2025
Duke Energy Ohio has sought approval from the PUC of Ohio to award a new contract to Utility Gas & Power (LE Energy LLC) to supply natural gas to Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers
February 12, 2025
Winning prices from New Jersey's electricity Basic Generation Service auction for residential and small commercial customers (BGS-RSCP) spiked about 40% versus the tranches being replaced in the laddered portfolio
February 11, 2025
District of Columbia PSC Commissioner Richard Beverly has directed stakeholders to provide their updated position on the amount of electricity SOS load that should be served under a long-term PPA
February 10, 2025
Public Service of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed a proposal to serve 50% of its small customer group default service load from ISO New England market purchases, for the August 2025 to January 2026 period
February 10, 2025
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As directed by the Pennsylvania PUC, Duquesne Light has proposed a new generally available Time of Use generation rate option for customers taking default service supply
February 7, 2025
PUCO has revealed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Ohio for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 6, 2025
Dayton Power and Light (AES Ohio) has petitioned the PUC of Ohio for approval (styled as a request for clarification) to procure default service supply contracts beyond the August 30, 2026 end date of its current electric security plan
February 4, 2025
A retail electric supplier in Massachusetts charged residential customers an average rate of 51¢ per kWh for the period July 2023 to June 2024, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AG or AGO) said in an updated report on costs under competitive retail electric supply versus default service
February 4, 2025
A February 4 auction to determine the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) for the Standard Choice Offer at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in an RPA of $3.25 per Mcf, for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 3, 2025
As the PUC of Ohio considers a pending electric security plan application that would govern electricity default service at Duke Energy Ohio for the period beginning June 1, 2025, Duke Energy Ohio has petitioned PUCO for authority to conduct two interim standard service offer auctions prior to June 1…
February 3, 2025
With respect to retail market issues, the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' newly filed electric security plan (ESP VI) maintains various provisions previously adopted or ordered by the PUC of Ohio in May 2024 under ESP V, prior to the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs withdrawing ESP V
February 3, 2025
The Standard Choice Offer auction to set the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) at Enbridge Gas Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio) for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 resulted in an RPA of $0.50 per Mcf, which is 150% higher than the current adder of $0.20 per Mcf
January 29, 2025
A small number of MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC's customers in Maryland won't be included in the previously reported assignment of MidAmerican Energy Services's retail electric customers to Constellation, as MidAmerican Energy Services cited a change in regulatory requirements
January 22, 2025
The PUC of Ohio approved what it termed a "delay" in the implementation of a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction to procure supply for default natural gas service at Duke Energy Ohio, with the initial SSO auction ordered to be held in early 2026, for service starting April 1, 2026
January 22, 2025
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's (CenterPoint Energy Ohio) Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 21, 2025 resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) of $2.20 per Mcf for the period April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026
January 21, 2025
In Maryland, Potomac Edison's residential Electric Supply Charge for the summer 2025 period is increasing 5%, as Potomac Edison filed new residential Electric Supply Charges for the periods beginning June 1, 2025, and also October 1, 2025
January 20, 2025
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE) is "revisiting" its previously stated position regarding the appropriate mechanism to collect under-recoveries in large customer default service costs at Public Service of New Hampshire
January 16, 2025
Several Maryland utilities have posted the average rate charged by each retail electric supplier
January 16, 2025
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning March 1, 2025
January 14, 2025
In memorializing a prior vote from the bench directing Duquesne Light to propose a new Time of Use generation rate for default service customers (with other utilities nudged to also increase awareness of TOU offerings), the PUC's written order provides a more expansive opinion from the PUC on TOU rates, versus the outlook previewed in the December vote
January 13, 2025
The Retail Energy Supply Association and Interstate Gas Supply urged the…
January 13, 2025
A discount rate needs to be added to the purchase of receivables program at…
January 10, 2025
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA has urged…
