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August 18, 2020
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for large C&I customers in its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning October 1, 2020.
August 11, 2020
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed new basic service rates for the Medium & Large Commercial and Industrial customer class in the WCMA Load Zone, the former Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) service area, for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2020
August 6, 2020
Staff Recommends Denial Of Utility's Green SOS Rider
The Maryland PSC at its administrative meeting yesterday considered the application of Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. to implement a proposed new rider, Rider SOS-G, which is, "intended to provide SMECO members who take SOS service the option to have SMECO make the power supply for…
July 29, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association filled comments at the Maryland PSC in opposition to a proposal from the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. to offer RECs to default service customers under a new rider (Standard Offer Service – Green, SOS-G), as RESA said that, "SMECO is asking the…
July 22, 2020
DPU Rules On Whether City Is Entitled To Utility Customer Lists Showing Competitive Supply Customers, For Intended Marketing Of Aggregation To Currently Shopping Customers
July 21, 2020
West Penn Power PTCs Decreasing 4-6%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential and commercial PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2020
July 21, 2020
Residential Generation Rate Falling
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2020
July 20, 2020
The Massachusetts electric and natural gas utilities have reported "incremental" supply costs paid by low-income customers on competitive supply versus basic service, as well as the impact on the Residential Assistance Adjustment Factors (RAAF)
July 15, 2020
Utilities To Hold Procurement For New Four-Year Capacity Hedge Product For Default Service Plus Separate Energy-Only Auction; Simultaneously Hold Traditional Full Requirements Auctions
July 10, 2020
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio has filed tariff pages to implement the new Monthly Retail Rate (MRR) Commodity Service program, as adopted in a previously reported stipulation , which is the new monthly default pricing program under which non-shopping, non-residential consumers…
June 25, 2020
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC proposed new energy service (default service) rates for the six-month period August 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021
June 18, 2020
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed with the Maryland PSC a proposed new rider, Rider SOS-G, which is, "intended to provide SMECO members who take SOS service the option to have SMECO make the power supply for their load one hundred percent 'green.'"
June 17, 2020
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU industrial customer basic service electricity rates for the period August 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020
June 17, 2020
As part of its new proceeding (story here) examining the impact of the competitive retail electric and gas markets on low-income customers and ratepayer subsidies, the Massachusetts DPU has issued information requests to the electric and natural gas distribution companies directing the utilities the…
June 16, 2020
Citing, in part, Consolidated Edison's recent action to defer certain electricity default service capacity supply costs for future recovery, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) petitioned the New York PSC for a further extension and reconsideration of the Commission’s December 12, 2019…
June 15, 2020
In Maryland, Pepco and Delmarva have each filed new electricity SOS rates for Type II customers, to be effective September 1, 2020 through November 30, 2020.
June 15, 2020
Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy has filed new electricity default service (energy service) rates for the six-month period beginning August 1, 2020.
June 12, 2020
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a decision from the Pennsylvania PUC which had, in a final order in a PECO rate case, denied a proposal from NRG Energy to re-allocate approximately $100 million in costs at PECO which NRG had argued are attributable to electricity default service…
June 4, 2020
Utility's Use Of Green Natural Gas For Default Service Customers Under Consideration
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General petitioned the Department of Public Utilities to initiate an investigation to assess the future of local gas distribution company ('LDC') operations and planning in light of the Commonwealth’s legally binding statewide limit of net-zero greenhouse gas…
May 28, 2020
Con Edison noted in a filing with the New York PSC that it has deferred, for New York City residential customers, "a significant portion of higher generation capacity supply costs expected this year."
May 27, 2020
Proposes Increase In Cost Of Standard Offer Program
UGI Utilities, Inc. – Electric Division (the Company) has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed default service plan (DSP IV) for the period June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2025.
May 27, 2020
The New Hampshire PUC, on procedural ground, dismissed a petition for rehearing, filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, of the PUC's prior order which applied, to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers, an earlier order which prohibits providers of electric and gas service from…
May 22, 2020
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC a draft RFP to solicit long-term contracts for renewable energy and attributes to serve 5% of SOS load
May 21, 2020
In a news release discussing steps it has taken to prepare for the upcoming summer, Con Edison stated that it has taken steps to defer certain electric supply costs during the coronavirus crisis
May 21, 2020
In a New Jersey BPU proceeding addressing resource adequacy and potential changes to the default Basic Generation Service (BGS), NRG Energy proposed, "a reform plan for BGS, where a transition to a fully competitive retail market occurs, accompanied by higher customer-protection and clean-energy…
