November 17, 2023
United Illuminating Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Increasing 20%
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2024
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November 17, 2023
Connecticut Light & Power Mass Market Default Service Rates Increasing 5%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2024 through June 2024, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2024 through March 2024
November 17, 2023
NSTAR East Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Increasing 7%-10%
NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electricity rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory, for the period beginning January 1, 2024
November 15, 2023
Some Utility Prices To Compare In Pennsylvania Increasing 150%
The Pennsylvania PUC alerted consumers to updates to the prices to compare at EDCs and NGDCs effective December 1, with…
November 13, 2023
NSTAR Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Increasing 5%-7%
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU
November 1, 2023
PPL Residential Price To Compare Falling Nearly 10%, Small C&I PTC Also Lower
PPL Electric Utilities has posted new Prices to Compare for the period December 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024
October 30, 2023
PUC Staff Do Not Oppose Elimination Of 36-Month Contracts From Utilities' Default Service Portfolio
In testimony in the…
October 27, 2023
PSC Orders Changes To SOS Procurement
A PSC directed that…
October 17, 2023
Several FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Residential, Commercial Prices To Compare Increasing 10%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential and commercial PTC Default rates, under Rider H, with the Pennsylvania PUC for the six-month period starting December 1, 2023
October 13, 2023
PECO Residential & Commercial Generation Rates Decreasing 8%
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning December 1, 2023.
October 9, 2023
Report: Residential Savings Under Electric Choice Exceeded $106 Million In Last 12 Months
An Office of Consumer Counsel posted its monthly update of retail electric supplier pricing data (through August 2023)
October 6, 2023
PUC Opens New Inquiry Into Default Service Procurement To Promote Rate Stability
A PUC initiated an inquiry to obtain information regarding the potential development of a procurement strategy that could be used to promote rate stability for…
October 3, 2023
National Grid Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates Increasing 30%
National Grid's electricity basic service rates in Massachusetts for residential and commercial customers are increasing about 30% on November 1.
October 2, 2023
Duquesne Light Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling 10%
Medium C&I Rate Increasing 40%
Medium C&I Rate Increasing 40% Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rates for the periods beginning December 1, 2023
September 26, 2023
New York PSC Extends Deadline For Return Of ESCO's Customers To Default Service, Pending Appeal
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted…
September 15, 2023
PUC Staff Give Cold Shoulder To Retail Suppliers' Request To Allow Adjustment of Fixed Rates Due To Unknown PJM Capacity Costs
Staff a the Public Utilities Commission have not endorsed…
September 15, 2023
Utility Seeks Authority To Conduct Default Service Auction While New SOS Plan Pending, In Order To Avoid Later Lump Procurement
Instant Auction Would Follow Current Rules, Not Proposed Changes
A EDC Ohio has sought authority from…
September 6, 2023
PUCO Adopts Price Cap For Certain Sales Of Electricity
In a complaint case a Public Utilities Commission found…
September 6, 2023
Proposed Government Aggregation Standby Rider Removed, Capacity Proxy Price Added As Part Of Default Service Plan Settlement
Major parties to the electric security plan (ESP) proceeding of AEP Ohio have entered into a stipulation would approve an ESP (ESP V) for a term of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2028…
September 1, 2023
Regulator Orders Changes In Fixed Price Periods Under Default Service
The Massachusetts DPU ordered the electric distribution utilities to separate January and February into separate basic service pricing periods, such that January and February will no longer be in the same fixed retail rate price period, with a change made for both mass market and large customers
August 31, 2023
Settlement Reached Among Major Parties To Allow FirstEnergy To Consolidate Pennsylvania Distribution Companies Into Single Utility; Includes Changes To Supplier Tariff
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have reached a settlement with several parties, including the Office of Consumer Advocate and industrial customers, which would approve various transactions which would merge Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power into a single distribution…
August 25, 2023
Retail Suppliers Suggest To PUC Allowing Retail Suppliers To Adjust Fixed Rates In Future Periods When PJM Capacity Price Not Known At Time Of Contracting
In comments to the PUC of Ohio concerning a proposed use of a capacity proxy price in electricity default service procurements, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has suggested that PUCO should authorize retail electric providers, "to offer fixed price contracts that contain provisions…
August 25, 2023
Settlement Reached For Utility To Use Wholesale Auction To Procure Default Service; Change From Current Managed Portfolio
Several parties have reached a settlement under which Duke Energy Ohio would transition to using a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction to procure natural gas supplies for default service customers, in a change from its current gas cost recovery (GCR) process
August 24, 2023
SOS Workgroup Proposes Shifting Responsibility For Certain RTO Charges From Wholesale Suppliers To Utilities (Seeks To Reduce SOS Risk Premiums)
According to a filing from Maryland PSC Staff concerning the Maryland SOS Procurement Improvement Process group, the PIP group has recommended that, under a revised SOS full requirements service agreement, "[t]he following four line items are shifted from the sellers’ responsibility to the buyers’:
August 24, 2023
State's First Opt-Out Aggregation Now Won't Begin Delivery Until June 2026
According to a filing from Maryland PSC Staff concerning the Maryland SOS Procurement Improvement Process group, "Montgomery County confirmed, via email from the County’s attorney to the SOS procurement improvement process parties on August 7, 2023 that the CCA [Montgomery County community choice…