April 9, 2020
Duquesne Light Company petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a modification of its upcoming September 2020 procurement of certain tranches of Residential and Small Commercial & Industrial (C&I) default electricity supply contracts, in recognition of an ongoing proceeding at the Federal Energy…
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April 8, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved without modification a filing by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. to revise its Supplier Coordination Tariff to require additional record keeping and reporting for certain calls from Standard Choice Offer (SCO) Customers that are transferred…
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April 8, 2020
Winning Suppliers Disclosed
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new electric basic service rates at Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light d/b/a Unitil, for the six month period beginning June 1, 2020
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April 7, 2020
Winning Suppliers Disclosed
Unitil in New Hampshire has filed new proposed default service rates for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2020
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April 2, 2020
An Illinois Commerce Commission order maintains the design for Commonwealth Edison's electricity supply Rate RTOUPP – Residential Time of Use Pricing Pilot (TOU Pilot), for non-shopping customers, and rejected requests on rehearing to modify the recovery of capacity costs
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April 2, 2020
The winning suppliers from a March 2020 auction for Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies at The Dayton Power and Light Company, for a portion of SSO supplies for various terms beginning June 1, 2020, have been disclosed
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April 2, 2020
PECO Would Require EGSs In CAP Program To List CAP Rates (Mandated To Be At Or Below PTC) On PA Power Switch PECO Proposes New Time Of Use Generation Rate Option For Default Service Customers PECO Files Default Service Plan
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed default service plan (DSP V) for the period from June 1,2021 through May 31, 2025, which includes, among other things, implementation of a shopping program for Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers, and a new Time of Use generation rate…
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March 27, 2020
The Maryland electric utilities have petitioned the PSC to delay a scheduled April 2020 SOS procurement to a previously contemplated alternative date, in light of pending potential changes to the SOS product due to delays in the PJM capacity auction, and the current circumstances surrounding…
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March 27, 2020
Seeks Comments On Changes To Default Service; State Power Authority, Portfolio Manager
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities formally initiated a proceeding, "to examine whether New Jersey can achieve its long-term clean energy and environmental objectives under the current resource adequacy procurement paradigm and, if not, recommend how best to meet New Jersey’s resource adequacy…
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March 26, 2020
Proposes Change To Standard Offer Customer Referral Program To Move Participants Back To Default Service At End Of Retail Supply Term If Customer Does Not Affirmatively Select Choice
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March 25, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning prices from a March 2020 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer supplies at AEP Ohio for various periods beginning June 1, 2020
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March 19, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning suppliers from a February 25 auction for a portion of Duke Energy Ohio's electricity standard service offer load for the period starting June 1, 2020
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March 18, 2020
Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for residential and commercial customers for the six-month period beginning May 1, 2020, and for industrial customers, for the three-month period beginning May 1, 2020
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March 17, 2020
Says Regulators Should Ensure Retail Suppliers Are "Sufficiently Creditworthy" To Execute Long-Term Contracts
The Wind-Solar Alliance published a report entitled, "Retail Electric Market Structure Reforms In Support Of Resource Adequacy And Clean Energy Deployment," which states "insufficient creditworthiness standards" for retail electric providers in non-ERCOT states, "affect the ability of retailers to…
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March 16, 2020
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that the Commission direct the electric utilities and their auction administrators, in consultation with the Commission’s consultant, to modify the Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction products such that the capacity obligation is…
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March 13, 2020
Nstar (Eversource or "the Company") filed comments with the Massachusetts DPU stating that the City of Boston's latest proposed schedule for the City's municipal opt-out aggregation plan still exposes Nstar basic service customers, and shopping customers, to risk premiums, if the City does not…
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March 11, 2020
The winning prices from a March 2020 auction for Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies at The Dayton Power and Light Company, for a portion of SSO supplies for various terms beginning June 1, 2020, have been disclosed
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March 10, 2020
Pilot Customers Would Also Be Allowed To Purchase 100% Renewable Power While Supplied By Utility Utility Seeks To Defer Implementation Costs Until Next Rate Case
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed a proposed residential supply rate Time of Use rate pilot, called Schedule R-TOU-P The D.C. PSC had directed Pepco to propose the TOU pilot for SOS customers
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March 9, 2020
The Maryland Public Service Commission has unveiled a new electricity shopping website with enhanced functionality and features -- MDElectricChoice.com -- listing offers from retail electric suppliers
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March 6, 2020
Says Limiting Residential Choice To Municipal Aggregation Has, "Less Risk And Better Consumer Protections"
A number of environmental and renewable energy advocacy groups and individuals representing the solar industry around Arizona, who support municipal aggregation, filed a letter (hereafter, "CCA letter") with the Arizona Corporation Commission stating that the "Draft B" rules for electric customer…
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March 5, 2020
Arcadia, Inc., whose various services include a retail energy concierge (broker) service, said in comments to the Massachusetts DPU that, "the best path forward for Massachusetts consumers and the Department would be to prohibit competitive suppliers from offering supply rates above the SOS rate."
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March 4, 2020
Maryland PSC Staff, in presenting recommendations from a working group, have presented to the Commission revisions to the electricity SOS residential and Type I procurement process due to the ongoing delay of several PJM Base Residual Auctions for capacity for delivery periods beginning June 1, 2020
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March 2, 2020
Proposes To Lower SOS Admin. Charge For Residential Customers
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC new SOS electric generation rates for the period of June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021.
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March 2, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Dominion East Ohio (now d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio) for the period April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
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February 28, 2020
Seeks To "Educate" Customers About Risks And Potential Responses To "Predatory Marketing" By Retail Suppliers City Also Presses For Aggregation Approval, Suggests Process To Minimize "Uncertainty" Premium In Default Service
The City of Boston, which is seeking approval of an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity, has asked the Massachusetts DPU to require that Nstar provide it with a "full" list of utility customers, not only those eligible for aggregation enrollment on an opt-out basis, so that the City can…
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