December 19, 2019
National Grid Files New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service electricity rates for the period February 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020 for the industrial customer group
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December 18, 2019
Updated: PUCO Says Parties' Obligation To Implement Retail Market Enhancements Contained In DP&L ESP Terminated With Withdrawal Of ESP
PUCO Authorizes Dayton Power & Light To Withdraw From Electric Security Plan
December 18, 2019
Updated: PUCO Says Parties' Obligation To Implement Retail Market Enhancements Contained In DP&L ESP Terminated With Withdrawal Of ESP
PUCO Authorizes Dayton Power & Light To Withdraw From Electric Security Plan
December 18, 2019
Regulator Orders All Hardship Customers To Be Returned To Default Service, Including Those On Existing Contracts (Final Order), Extends Effective Date
Retail Suppliers Prohibited From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision under which PURA ordered that all hardship electricity customers shall be returned to standard service (default service), and the EDCs shall implement system programming to prevent hardship customers from enrolling with an electric supplier.
December 18, 2019
PSC Sets Amount For Bypassable SOS Adder To Reflect Certain Supply-Related Costs Currently Recovered In Distribution Rates -- Uses "Hybrid" Approach
The Maryland PSC has established the level for the SOS Administrative Adjustment, a bypassable charge, for electricity service at Baltimore Gas & Electric
December 17, 2019
Default Service Rate Decreasing At New Hampshire Utility
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC proposed new energy service(default service) rates for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2020
December 11, 2019
PUC Sets Rate For Default Service After Asking Supplier For "Reasonable" Bid
Default Service Rate Falls 24%
After an initial RFP for standard offer service electricity supplies for the large customer class at Emera Maine-Maine Public District (MPD, formerly Maine Public Service) did not result in any bids, the Maine PUC has set a fixed standard offer rate for the class and has designated a default service…
December 10, 2019
State Agency Proposes Tracking Impact On Arrearages From Customer's Participation In Retail Electric Choice
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy (BETP) said in comments to the Connecticut PURA, in an energy affordability proceeding (Docket No. 17-12-03RE01), that the impact, on the customer's arrearage status, from a customer's…
December 6, 2019
PSNH Default Service Rate To Decrease For Residential, Small Commercial Customers
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed new energy service (default service) for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2020
December 4, 2019
PUC Reviewing Rules For Distribution Rate Case Filings (Cost Of Service, Implicates Potential Allocation To SOS)
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a periodic five-year review of Ohio Adm.Code 4901-7-01, relating to standard filing requirements for rate cases for electric and natural gas utilities, among others
December 3, 2019
PUC Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers At Multiple Service Areas
The Maine PUC disclosed winning Standard Offer providers at Central Maine Power and Emera Maine-Maine Public District
December 3, 2019
Proposed Decision Would Require All Hardship Customers To Be Dropped To Default Service, Including Those On Existing Retail Supplier Contracts
Draft Order Would Prohibit Retail Suppliers From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed decision which would require that all hardship customers be dropped to Standard Service (default service) by March 1, 2020, with suppliers prohibited from serving hardship customers
December 2, 2019
PUC Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning suppliers from the November 5, 2019 auction for a portion of AEP Ohio Standard Service Offer supplies for various terms beginning June 1, 2019
November 27, 2019
Dayton Power & Light Formally Withdraws Electric Security Plan, Addresses Impact On Default Service Rates
As expected, The Dayton Power and Light Company has filed at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to withdraw its pending electric security plan (ESP III)
November 26, 2019
PUC Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers
The Maine PUC disclosed winning Standard Offer suppliers at Emera Maine-Bangor Hydro District (EME-BHD, formerly Bangor Hydro-Electric)
November 22, 2019
AES Says Subsidiary Dayton Power & Light Expects To Withdraw From PUCO-Modified Electric Security Plan
ESP Subject To Withdrawal Included Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot, Default Service Parameters
In providing an update on regulatory developments at Dayton Power & Light, after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio struck a Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR) from DP&L's electric security plan (ESP), DP&L's parent, the AES Corporation announced that, "DP&L expects to withdraw its current…
November 21, 2019
PUC Rules On Sought Retail Market Enhancements In Default Service Proceeding
PUC Addresses Bypassability Of Generation-Related Charge
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued an order on a contested stipulation in Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan (ESP)
November 20, 2019
PPL Time Of Use Default Service RFP Fails To Procure Tranches, Prices Set Using Contingency Plan
A recent RFP to supply Time of Use generation rate, non-shopping customers at PPL Electric Utilities failed to procure tranches for each of the Residential and the Small Commercial & Industrial Customer Groups
November 19, 2019
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera-BHD aka BHE) for the month of December 2019.
November 19, 2019
PSC Seeks To "Reform" SOS Bypassable Reconciliation Methodology
The District of Columbia PSC will hold a further technical conference on the Procurement Cost Adjustment ('PCA') for Pepco Standard Offer Service ('SOS').
November 18, 2019
PUC Staff Recommends End Of Program Assigning Customers To Retail Suppliers; Re-introduction Of Auction For Default Service
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed testimony in support of Staff's previously reported recommendation to eliminate the Monthly Variable Rate (MVR) program at Dominion East Ohio for residential and nonresidential customers
November 18, 2019
Nstar Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 15%
Small C&I Rate To Increase 13% Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
Nstar (Eversource Energy-Eastern MA service area) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2020
November 14, 2019
Final PECO Residential, Small C&I Price To Compare For December 1 Posted With Updated Transmission Rate, Rates Decreasing
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC updated bypassable transmission rates to be effective December 1, 2019
November 14, 2019
Central Maine Power, MPS Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates Falling 20%
The Maine PUC approved new Standard Offer electric rates for Central Maine Power and Emera Maine-Maine Public District (MPD, formerly MPS) for various customer classes for the period January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
November 12, 2019
Maine Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates Falling About 20%
The Maine PUC has approved new Standard Offer electric rates for the Emera Maine Bangor Hydro District (formerly BHE), for the 12-month period beginning January 1, 2020