January 30, 2024
Potomac Edison Files New Residential SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed the new Electric Supply Charge under the SOS rate for residential customers for…
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January 29, 2024
Utility Makes Filing Regarding Potential Exit From Merchant Function
A utility made a filing with…
January 24, 2024
REAL: Massachusetts Customers Could Have Saved $1.1 Billion In 2023 By Shopping For Retail Supplier
An analysis of 2023 Massachusetts utility ratepayer costs shows that…
January 24, 2024
PUC Issues Draft Rule Changes Concerning Utility Exit From Merchant Function
Under a periodic rule review process…
January 24, 2024
Columbia Gas Of Ohio Default Service Retail Adder Set To Decrease On April 1
A January 23 auction to determine the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) for the Standard Choice Offer at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in…
January 22, 2024
Vectren Ohio Default Service Retail Adder Set To Increase 30% On April 1
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's (CenterPoint Energy Ohio) Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 22, 2024 resulted in…
January 16, 2024
PECO Residential Generation Rate Increasing 6%
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new…
January 12, 2024
Regulator Issues Draft Report On Potential Modifications To Default Service
A retail energy regulator recently issued…
January 10, 2024
PUC Directs EDCs To Procure Longer Default Service Product, Use Capacity Proxy Price
Allows Another EDC To Procure Only 12-Month Product
A Public Utilities Commission today issued orders…
January 4, 2024
PUC Approves Settlement Concerning Interim Adjustments To Default Service Rates
A PUC has approved…
December 26, 2023
Duquesne Light Default Supply Rate Falling 30%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the…
December 26, 2023
PECO Seeks To Modify Default Service Supplier Master Agreement
PECO Energy Company ('PECO' or the 'Company') petitioned the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for…
December 22, 2023
Another Utility Seeks Interim Relief For Default Service Auction, Would Not Use Capacity Proxy Price
An EDC petitioned a PUC to…
December 22, 2023
PUC Inquires As To "Oligopolistic Trend" In Wholesale Requirements Contract Market
A PUC continues to question…
December 20, 2023
Utilities Seek Interim Relief To Conduct Default Service Auctions
Several utilities have sought interim relief from…
December 20, 2023
BGE Residential SOS Generation Rate To Fall 8% Next Summer; Small C&I Rates Also Lower
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed a tariff reflecting summer 2024 SOS rates for mass market customers
December 19, 2023
PSNH Mass Market Default Service Rate Proposed To Drop 34%
Public Service Company of New Hampshire, d/b/a Eversource Energy has filed proposed new electricity default service (energy service) rates for the six-month period beginning February 2024
December 18, 2023
Hanger: Generation Rates From Retail Choice Suppliers At PECO 12% Lower Than 27 Years Ago On Nominal Dollar Basis
-- Today's Retail Supplier Rates 50% Lower On Inflation-Adjusted Basis
-- Today's Retail Supplier Rates 50% Lower On Inflation-Adjusted Basis The following is a contributed submission authored by John Hanger, former Commissioner of the Pennsylvania PUC
December 15, 2023
Report: Nearly One-Third Of Customers Remaining With Retail Supplier After End Of Standard Offer Program Paid 50-100% More Than Current Price To Compare
Nearly 90% Of Former Standard Offer Program Customers Paid Rate Greater Than Price To Compare
An EDC filed a report on…
December 15, 2023
Update: PUC Orders Another Utility To File Proposal For Use Of ISO Market Prices For 10-20% Of Mass Market Default Service
Mass Market SOS Rate Falling 22%
A PUC has directed…
December 13, 2023
Lubbock City Council Gives Final Approval For Retail Choice To Start At Lubbock Power & Light
The City Council of Lubbock, Texas has given final approval for Lubbock Power & Light to transition to retail electric choice
December 13, 2023
PUC Orders Utilities To Revise Default Service Auctions To Use Capacity "Proxy" Price
A Public Utilities Commission of directed that…
December 8, 2023
PUC Orders Utility To File Proposal For Use Of ISO Market Prices For 10-20% Of Mass Market Default Service
Mass Market SOS Rates Falling 20%
A PUC had ordered…
December 7, 2023
Pa. PUC Approves Settlement To Allow FirstEnergy To Consolidate Pennsylvania Distribution Companies Into Single Utility; Includes Changes To Supplier Tariff
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted without modification a settlement…
November 29, 2023
Maine Small Customer SOS Rates Falling 25-35%
The Maine PUC has reported…