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September 18, 2019
Default Service Winning Suppliers Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service rates for the period November 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020 for the residential and commercial customer groups and the period November 1, 2019 through January 31, 2020 for the industrial customer group
September 17, 2019
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy (Bureau) said in a brief that the Connecticut PURA should, "exercise its discretion and order hardship customers to be placed on standard service."
September 17, 2019
Commonwealth Edison has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission updated Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs) for the period beginning October 1, 2019
September 16, 2019
Will Compare Retail Supplier, Default Service Rates Will Also Study Natural Gas Capacity Issues
The New Jersey BPU recently issued a public notice inviting comments on whether residential customers have saved money by taking service from a retail supplier under natural gas choice
September 13, 2019
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the results of the fall 2019 procurement of block energy supplies for default service at ComEd and Ameren
September 11, 2019
In testimony concerning electric and natural gas rate cases at Baltimore Gas & Electric, a group of retail suppliers alleged that BGE's proposal to set the bypassable electric SOS Administrative Adjustment underallocates costs to SOS, and recommended setting the SOS Administrative Adjustment at…
September 11, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of a September auction for a portion of electric standard service offer supplies at Duke Energy Ohio, for the term June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2022
September 9, 2019
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that amounts currently collected by Dayton Power and Light through its bypassable standard offer rates for PUCO/OCC assessment fees be credited back to customers, via nonbypassable surcharge, to prevent double recovery of the costs…
September 4, 2019
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated amounts for the bypassable SOS Admin. Charge and bypassable transmission rate, effective October 1
September 4, 2019
As directed by recently adopted legislation (L.D. 1003), the Maine PUC issued a proposed rule to require electric investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities to annually provide customers with a 10-year history of Standard Offer rates as part of the customer bill.
September 3, 2019
SouthStar Energy Services LLC d/b/a Maryland Energy intends to cease providing natural gas service in the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company service area, and will no longer be participating as a supplier in the choice program in the BGE territory effective November 1, 2019
August 30, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC invited stakeholder comments on proposed changes to an upcoming SOS procurement due to the indefinite delay of the 2022-2023 PJM Base Residual Auction for capacity pending further FERC order.
August 27, 2019
Consumer Group: Retail Supplier Pricing During Polar Vortex Shows Need For Default Service
In reply comments in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding concerning potential changes to electricity default service, including a potential move away from a "plain vanilla" default service product, PPL Electric Utilities said that, "some retail suppliers are not putting customers first"
August 26, 2019
In a five-year review of Ohio rules governing the filing requirements for electric security plans and market rate offers, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, "should find ways to elevate the use of market rate offers instead of electric security plans."
August 26, 2019
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, 2019.
August 21, 2019
The Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) has requested that the Massachusetts DPU set a procedural schedule in the DPU's consideration of the City of Boston's electricity opt-out municipal aggregation plan that would allow for discovery and the ability to request evidentiary hearings
August 21, 2019
Commonwealth Edison has filed updates to its Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for both the summer PECs effective September 2019, and the non-summer PECs, as well as updates to its bypassable transmission rate, to reflect changes in the Incremental Supply Uncollectible Cost Factors (ISUFs).
August 20, 2019
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, 2019
August 19, 2019
Says Default Monthly Variable Rates A "Rip-off", Reflect "Price Gouging"
August 19, 2019
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said that PUCO should adopt a rule requiring EDCs to record shadow-billing data and make such information available to the PUCO, OCC, and the general…
August 16, 2019
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 September 2019.
August 16, 2019
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC a report concerning a work group meeting that was convened to discuss how to address an upcoming SOS procurement that is scheduled to include, for residential and small commercial customers (RSC), a three-year contract, for approximately one-third of…
August 16, 2019
ALJ Would Deny Relief Concerning Retail Supplier AMI Settlement & Data Access, But Would Require Staff Report On Barriers To Retail Supplier TOU Plans
August 16, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2019 to December 2019
August 13, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power reported that Exelon Generation Company will serve CL&P's Last Resort Service load for the fourth quarter of 2019.
