June 27, 2022
Retail Supplier Drops Customers To Default Service
Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. d/b/a Sunwave Gas & Power is dropping its Ohio electricity customers to default service and filed to relinquish its Ohio electric supplier license
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June 27, 2022
Default Service Procurement Agency Seeks Feedback On Potential Changes In Light Of "Extreme Market Volatility"
The Illinois Power Agency has issued a request for stakeholder feedback in advance of creation of its next draft electricity default service procurement plan, "in light of recent extreme energy market volatility that has had an impact on the results of the Agency’s procurement and the resulting…
June 24, 2022
PUC Approves 22¢ Default Service Rate For Residential, Small Commercial Customers (112% Increase)
The New Hampshire PUC approved a new energy service (default service) rate of 22.566 cents per kWh for the small customer group (residential and small C&I customers) at Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH or Eversource), for the six-month period starting Aug. 1, 2022
June 21, 2022
PUC Opens Investigation Of Default Service Procurement After Prices Increase 100%
Will Review Timing, Duration, Cost Averaging
The New Hampshire PUC has ordered that an investigatory docket shall address a, "statewide review of electric distribution company default service procurement practices[.]"
June 20, 2022
Update, 6/22: ESCO Cures Prior NYISO Default
A retail energy supplier has defaulted at…
June 16, 2022
PUC Approves New Purchase of Receivables Discount Charge To Recover Costs Other Than Uncollectibles
A PUC approved a tariff to implement an additional…
June 14, 2022
Update: Retail Supplier Returns Customers To Default Service
A retail energy supplier confirmed that it has returned any remaining customers in…
June 9, 2022
Bid Monitor Reports Significant Decrease In SOS Auction Participation
A June procurement for electricity SOS supplies in…
June 1, 2022
Multi-State Retail Supplier Discontinuing Service In New York, Dropping NY Customers To Default Service
An ESCO is discontinuing service to all electric and natural gas customers in New York
May 23, 2022
Nstar East Mass Market Default Service Rates Approach 18¢ (Residential Up 13%, Small C&I Up 21%)
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for its Eastern MA service area for the period beginning July 1, 2022
May 23, 2022
ComEd Residential, Small C&I Prices To Compare Jump 40%
Commonwealth Edison electricity prices to compare for residential and small commercial customers will increase 41% on June 1
May 18, 2022
PUC Commissioner Fears Bad Actor Retail Suppliers Could Take Advantage Of Large Default Service Price Increases
During a Public Utilities Commission meeting…
May 16, 2022
NSTAR Mass Market Default Service Rates Increasing 12-15%, Hit 15¢/kWh
NSTAR (Eversource Energy) filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electricity rates for…
May 13, 2022
People's Counsel Seeks Regulations To Implement Ban On Retail Supplier Service To Energy Assistance Customers, Warns Of Gap In Prohibition Due To Statutory Language
An Office of People's Counsel petitioned a PSC to adopt regulations to implement a 2021 law that…
May 12, 2022
New York PSC Approves Default Service Pricing Changes At ConEd Meant To Reduce Volatility
The New York PSC approved several tariff changes to the default service pricing mechanism at Consolidated Edison…
May 11, 2022
Update: Bankrupt Retail Supplier Confirms Return Of Certain Customers To Default Service, Will Continue To Serve Some C&I Customers
A retail supplier will continue to serve certain C&I customers while returning the rest to default service
May 5, 2022
Retail Supplier To Transfer Remaining Pennsylvania Residential Customers To Default Service Following Book Sale
A retail energy supplier intends to transfer to default service any residential customers in Pennsylvania which are not included in a customer book assignment
May 4, 2022
Updated: On Appeal, PSC Addresses Whether All Telesales (Including Inbound In Response To Mailer) Are Subject To Statute Requiring A Signed Contact (Except In Certain Exemptions)
A PSC issued an order on appeal addressing a proposed order concerning
May 2, 2022
BGE Residential SOS Rate To Increase 30% In October
Type I SOS Rate Increasing 24%
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new SOS electricity rates for the period October 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023, as well as updates to the summer 2022 SOS rates to reflect changes in the bypassable transmission rate and SOS Admin. charge.
May 2, 2022
PPL Residential Price To Compare Increasing Nearly 40%
PPL Electric Utilities has posted new electricity prices to compare for the period beginning June 1, 2022
April 28, 2022
Many FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates Spiking 40-50%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC-Default rates with the Pennsylvania PUC for the three-month period starting June 1, 2022
April 28, 2022
Utility Formally Proposes Wholesale Auction Process & Specific Details For Default Service, In Sought Move Away From Managed Portfolio
A utility has filed its specific proposal to transition to a wholesale auction to procure its supplies for default service customers
April 25, 2022
United Illuminating Small Commercial Rate Increasing 8%
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning July 1, 2022
April 22, 2022
Settlement Concerning Pennsylvania Utilities' Default Service Includes Move To Six-Month Fixed Rate (From Three Months Fixed) For Mass Market Customers
Several parties have filed a settlement concerning the proposed default service plan of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities ("the Companies") which would govern default service for the period June 1, 2023 and ending May 31, 2027 (DSP VI)
April 21, 2022
Winning Prices In Pennsylvania Default Service Auction Nearly Double, Hit $140/MWh
Winning prices from the April 2022 default service electricity supply procurement for…