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December 11, 2018
The Maine PUC has approved new Standard Offer rates for customers at Central Maine Power (CMP), with the residential and small commercial Standard Offer rate increasing nearly 14%.
December 10, 2018
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC a proposal for how it will comply with Senate Bill 365, which requires the solicitation for the purchase of output from various biomass electric generation facilities, with Eversource stating that it executed…
December 10, 2018
The Arizonans for Electric Choice and Competition ("AECC") and Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC ("Calpine") have requested that the Arizona Corporation Commission adopt a process for its next steps in reviewing electric choice issues, and sought the adoption of a policy statement that would direct all…
December 6, 2018
The District of Columbia PSC has adopted final rules to implement accelerated switching for the retail electric market, with switches to be completed within 3 business days, and the PSC established an implementation date of September 10, 2019
December 5, 2018
The Maine PUC has approved new Standard Offer rates for customers at Emera Maine – Bangor Hydro District (BHE), with the residential and small commercial Standard Offer rate increasing nearly 16%.
December 4, 2018
During the initial workshop in the Arizona Corporation Commission's latest consideration of electric choice, Commissioner Boyd Dunn expressed concern that residential customers in the rural parts of the state would not see the same benefits of electric choice as other customers.
November 29, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning suppliers from the November 2018 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer supplies at AEP Ohio.
November 29, 2018
Residential, Small C&I Rates Falling
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved the Default Service Supply rates at Duquesne Light for the period beginning December 1, 2018
November 28, 2018
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved, as filed, the Illinois Power Agency's 2019 electricity default service procurement
November 28, 2018
RESA Urges Elimination Of Proposed Utility-Run Energy Efficiency Programs From Bill
The Council of the District of Columbia passed on first reading Bill B22-0904, which would increase the District's RPS to 100%
November 27, 2018
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO) filed comments with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opposing the Ohio Consumers' Counsel proposal to require all large utilities to use a wholesale auction (except where an SCO auction is already authorized), rather than a Gas Cost…
November 27, 2018
NYSEG and Rochester Gas and Electric have filed revised annual reconciliations of natural gas costs for the 12-month period ending August 2018, which will impact the reconciliation credit provided to default service customers.
November 27, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has denied a protective order, sought by retail suppliers, concerning responses to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default…
November 26, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has dismissed objections, raised by retail suppliers, to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default service.
November 26, 2018
A settlement in Pike County Light & Power Company's default service plan proceeding (DSP) would allow Pike County to implement a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its default service load, "to promote price stability and more closely align Pike’s DSP procurement strategy with those…
November 21, 2018
The Massachusetts DPU has approved an updated basic service costs adder (BSCA) at Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil
November 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 December 2018.
November 16, 2018
The New York PSC has issued an order directing several utilities to include default service costs when calculating a price guarantee provided to customers on new electric vehicle charging rates
November 15, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the October 22 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies at the FirstEnergy Ohio electric distribution companies
November 15, 2018
Residential, Small Commercial PTCs Increasing Dec. 1
PECO has posted updated electric Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning December 1 which now reflect the transmission rate change scheduled to take effect December 1
November 14, 2018
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has filed comments in a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rulemaking concerning the natural gas GCR (Gas Cost Recovery) rules recommending that all large natural gas utilities should use a competitive auction to procure default service supplies
November 14, 2018
Small C&I Rate To Increase 17%
Nstar (Eversource Energy-Eastern MA service area) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2019
November 13, 2018
In comments on the structure of electricity SOS in the District of Columbia (part of a biennial review), Pepco said that, "the minimum stay restrictions for non-residential customers could be eliminated."
November 13, 2018
In comments on the structure of electricity SOS in the District of Columbia, the Sierra Club urged the adoption of long-term PPAs for SOS, and further said that, "Sierra Club supports applying PPA requirements for all SOS customer classes, and also for competitive electricity suppliers in addition…
November 7, 2018
PUCO approved the results of the AEP Ohio November 2018 SSO auction that were described below
