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January 15, 2019
The New Hampshire PUC issued an order providing interpretations of certain statutory requirements related to RSA Chapter 362-H, which requires an electric distribution company to solicit, under terms set forth in the statute, the net energy output of any eligible biomass or municipal waste facility…
January 10, 2019
In an order on rehearing concerning jurisdiction over entities engaged in submetering, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio addressed arguments that a submetering reseller could, under the mechanism adopted by PUCO in a prior order, establish an affiliate to act as a retail supplier for the sole…
January 7, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has rescheduled a technical meeting in Docket 18-06-02, which is reviewing whether to place all vulnerable and similar customers on standard service, per Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)
January 4, 2019
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a new default service supply rate for the Medium Commercial & Industrial customer class (25-300 kW, Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH) for the three-month period beginning March 1, 2019
January 3, 2019
In adopting revisions to the natural gas GCR (Gas Cost Recovery) rules, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has denied a proposal from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel under which OCC had recommended that all large natural gas utilities should use a competitive, wholesale, auction to procure default…
December 31, 2018
--- Includes Targeted Customer Marketing Based On Customer Usage, AMI Data
As part of its proposed offering of Time of Use supply rates and a prepay option for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers, proposed in its grid modernization plan as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on December 24 (see story here) , Dayton Power & Light will actively market…
December 31, 2018
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) has notified the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) that it intends to implement a 5 percent Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) increase for residential and certain small commercial customers effective February 1, 2019, due to, "a spike in wholesale natural gas…
December 26, 2018
A report published by The Abell Foundation said that, "from 2014 to 2017, Maryland households have been paying tens of millions of dollars more per year in aggregate to third-party electricity suppliers -- about $255 million more in all than if they had stayed with their utility’s supply offer."
December 24, 2018
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service (energy service) rates at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2019
December 20, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC in a final order in a PECO rate case has 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 and thus should be allocated to generation rates rather than nonbypassable…
December 20, 2018
The Maine PUC has approved new default service rates at Emera Maine - Maine Public District (MPD, formerly MPS).
December 20, 2018
Note: This story was exclusively first published the morning of Dec. 20 with an alert to our email subscribers
December 19, 2018
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of January 2019.
December 19, 2018
Also Files Updates To Rider 8 Reconciliation
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new amounts for its bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Charges
December 19, 2018
The Maine PUC has designated Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC as the standard offer provider to serve 67% of the residential and small non-residential (commercial) load in the Emera Maine-Bangor Hydro District (EME-BHD, or BHE) service territory for the one-year term beginning…
December 19, 2018
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default electric service rates at Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) for the period beginning February 1, 2019
December 19, 2018
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric default service rates for the industrial customer class for the three-month period beginning February 1, 2019
December 19, 2018
Stipulation Had Been Called "Bad Deal" For Retail Suppliers
December 19, 2018
Retail Suppliers To Be Charged For Utility System Upgrades
December 19, 2018
Retail Suppliers To Be Charged For Utility System Upgrades
December 18, 2018
In a report on the yearly reconciliation of default service gas supply costs, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service reported that, without interim adjustments to the supply rates during the year, the state's natural gas utilities would have collectively under-collected by approximately…
December 14, 2018
Pilot Also Includes Subscription Plan With Overages
The New York PSC has approved various, "innovative rate structures" proposed by Consolidated Edison for electricity customers on a pilot basis
December 13, 2018
Schedules Technical Conference
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for January 15, 2019 a technical meeting Docket No. 18-06-02, Review Of Feasibility, Costs And Benefits Of Placing Certain Customers On Standard Service Pursuant To Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 16-245o(m)
December 13, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted revisions to the rules governing alternate rate plans and merchant function exits for natural gas utilities.
December 12, 2018
In recommending adoption, without modification, of a settlement in Pike County Light & Power Company's default service plan proceeding (DSP), which would allow Pike County to implement a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its default service load, a Pennsylvania ALJ said that, "More…
