October 12, 2022
Some Winning Prices In PECO Default Service Auction Exceed $100/MWh
PECO has posted results from its September 2022 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2024.
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October 11, 2022
State Asks Utilities To Opine On Potential Regional, State-wide Default Service Procurement; "Flexible" Laddering Of Contracts (Including Suspension Of Procurements)
The New Hampshire PUC has issued a series of questions to the state's investor-owned electric utilities under the PUC's investigation into potential changes to the procurement and design of default service, given recent pricing outcomes (IR 22-053)
October 5, 2022
PUC Approves Results Of Default Service Auction, Winning Bids Above $120/MWh
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of an October 2022 auction for a portion of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' default service load for the period June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
October 5, 2022
Pennsylvania Utility Proposes Alternative To Spot Market To Fill Unsubscribed Default Service Supply Tranches
Duquesne Light ("the Company") has proposed an alternative contingency plan for its medium commercial customer class (25 - 200 kW) default service, for the period December 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023, in lieu of relying on the spot market
October 1, 2022
PUC Approves Change In Default Service Pricing Applicable To Customers Who Returned From Competitive Retail Supply
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new electric default service rates at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. for the eight-month period beginning December 1, 2022
September 30, 2022
State's Energy Procurement Manager Seeks To Reduce Amount Of Forward Hedging Of Electricity Default Service
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a 2023 procurement plan for electricity default service supplies
September 30, 2022
Duquesne Light Residential, Small C&I Default Supply Rates Increasing 27-36%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rates for the periods beginning December 1, 2022
September 29, 2022
NOPEC Responds To PUCO Show Cause Order, Moves To Dismiss Dynegy Complaint
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) filed a response to a prior show cause order issued by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, while also moving to dismiss a complaint filed against NOPEC by Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC
September 27, 2022
Regulator Intends To Open Review Of Default Service Procurements
Responding to a request from the Massachusetts Attorney General, the Massachusetts DPU said that, "In regards to examining rules governing future procurement of basic service, the Department intends to open such an investigation after the resolution of the short-term procurement proposals pending…
September 27, 2022
Updated: DP&L Seeks Change To Default Service Rate Calculation Under New ESP
DP&L Proposes Subscription Program Providing Low/Moderate Income Customers With A Personal Electric Vehicle, Including Maintenance, Insurance For Monthly Charge
September 26, 2022
AES Ohio Announces Filing Of Default Service Procurement Plan, Would "Protect Our Customers From Volatile Market-Driven Cost Impacts"
AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light) issued a news release stating that, today, it filed its latest Electric Security Plan (ESP) with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO).
September 26, 2022
Utility Files Alternative Default Service Procurement Plan
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed with the DPU a proposed alternative basic service procurement plan for its large industrial customer group (General Service – Demand G-2 customers, and General Service – Time-of-Use G-3 customers), after it did not award any supply for the industrial customer…
September 22, 2022
In Light Of 30¢ SOS Rates, Attorney General Presses Regulator To Consider Default Service "Reforms", Ways To Lessen Price Spike Impacts
The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General has requested that the state's Department of Public Utilities consider "reforms" to the procurement of electricity supplies for basic service (default service), and to consider ways to lessen the impact of the winter basic service rates
September 21, 2022
Two Default Service Auctions In Different States Result In Unfilled Tranches; Contingency Plan Triggered At One Utility
Separate default service auctions at Duke Energy Ohio and Duquesne Light in Pennsylvania resulted in less than the originally planned amount of load being procured.
September 21, 2022
National Grid Residential, Commercial Fixed Default Service Rates To Exceed 30¢ (200% Increase)
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new basic service (default service) electric rates for the period beginning November 1, 2022.
September 20, 2022
Lubbock Power & Light Set To Consider Adoption of Process To Establish "Default" REPs, POLRs In Transition To Choice
At a September 20 Electric Utility Board meeting of Lubbock Power & Light, the Board is scheduled to consider a resolution approving and establishing the procedures and criteria for designating the Provider of Last Resort, Voluntary Retail Electric Providers, and Default Retail Electric Providers…
September 19, 2022
Petition Filed With PUC To Determine Whether Residential Customers Benefited From Electricity Deregulation
A New Hampshire resident, described in a filing as, "an acknowledged leader in the movement toward retail competition and deregulation of the electric utility industry," has filed a petition with the state's PUC for a, "Determination of Whether New Hampshire Residential Customers Benefited From…
September 15, 2022
New Winning Supplier In Illinois Procurement Of Default Service Supplies; Winning Suppliers & Prices Disclosed
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the results of the fall 2022 procurement of block energy supplies for default service at ComEd and Ameren
September 15, 2022
New York Utility Informs Customers That Default Service Rate Increasing From 8¢ to 13¢
Central Hudson Gas & Electric is advising customers, "to prepare for elevated energy supply prices as a number of external factors, including extended periods of heat in August, have driven electric and natural gas prices higher."
September 14, 2022
OCC Says PIPP Non-shopping Customer Carve-out Auction Resulting In Customers Paying 45% More Than Standard Default Service Rate
Seeks To Merge PIPP Load Back Into Default Service Auctions
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel sought to re-introduce Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer electricity load back into the default service auctions for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers, stating the current approach to PIPP load has resulted in customers paying nearly 5 cents per kWh…
September 9, 2022
Retail Supplier Proposes Utility's Full Exit From Merchant Function, In Testimony Before PUC
In a proceeding addressing Duke Energy Ohio's proposal to implement a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction for natural gas default service, with Duke proposing to transition away from the current gas cost recovery mechanism (GCR), Interstate Gas Supply (IGS) has proposed that the Public…
September 8, 2022
Witness Alleges Former Supplier Employer Decided Company Could "Ignore" Do Not Call Registry For Customers Served Under Default Service Retail Auction Process
A witness for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, who formerly worked for several retail energy suppliers, alleged in testimony before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that a former supplier employer had decided that it could "ignore" the national do-not-call registry for those customers the…
September 8, 2022
Pennsylvania Utility: Over 80% Of Shopping Residential Customers Have "Consistently Paid" Supplier Prices Above The Price To Compare
Utility Seeks To Delay Obligation To File Shopping Plan For CAP Customers
PECO petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval to continue to restrict customers enrolled in its Customer Assistance Program (CAP) from shopping for retail electric generation supply until after the Commission issues its final Policy Statement on Electric Customer Assistance Program Participant…
September 7, 2022
PUC Directs Utilities To Propose Minimum Stay For Customers On Default Service In Response To Drop Of 500,000 Customers From Muni Aggregation To Utility Supply
NOPEC Alleges Dynegy Sister Company Returned 35,000 Muni Aggregation Customers To SSO This Year
September 6, 2022
PUC Formally Opens Investigation Of Default Service Procurements & Rate Setting, Given Market Conditions & Higher Costs
The New Hampshire PUC formally opened an investigatory proceeding to examine all pertinent aspects of RPS, electricity Default Service, and COG [gas utility cost-of-gas] procurements in New Hampshire, and related Commission processes.