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October 16, 2018
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2018
October 16, 2018
Other Gas Utilities Report Surcharges For Under-collections, Refunds For Over-collections
New York natural gas utilities have filed their annual reconciliations of natural gas costs for the 12-month period ending August 2018
October 16, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft decision which would require utilities to drop customers to default service if the utilities do not timely receive next month rate information from the customer's retail supplier
October 11, 2018
PECO has posted results from its September 2018 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2020.
October 11, 2018
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2018.
October 8, 2018
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new mass market energy service (default service) rates at Unitil for the six-month period beginning December 1, 2018, with the new rates over 40% higher than the current rates
October 2, 2018
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning December 1, 2018.
October 1, 2018
The Illinois Power Agency has filed its final proposal for its 2019 electricity default service procurement plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission
September 27, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of Duke Energy Ohio’s default service wholesale auction that will, when blended with other procurements, determine its default retail generation rates from June 2019 through May 2022.
September 27, 2018
In an order on the 2019 Electric Universal Service Program plan, the Maryland PSC said that a comparison of costs paid by low-income customers under default service versus competitive retail supply, "merits further exploration," but declined to require the utilities to provide aggregate cost…
September 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 October 2018.
September 19, 2018
Commercial Rate To Increase 30%
National Grid electricity default service rates in Massachusetts for mass market customers are due to rise 26-30% starting November 1, according to basic service rates filed with the Massachusetts DPU
September 19, 2018
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) has filed with the New York PSC proposed changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers
September 18, 2018
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) is lowering its default service natural gas rate, as the New Jersey BPU approved, on a provisional basis, PSE&G’s June gas supply filing
September 17, 2018
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 block energy procurement for default service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren
September 17, 2018
The Maryland PSC issued a final order adopting a prepaid electricity and dual-fuel (gas) pilot program at Baltimore Gas & Electric
September 14, 2018
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 procurement of capacity for Ameren Illinois default service customers
September 14, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a procedural order to consider petitions from consumer advocates to terminate the monthly variable rate (MVR) mechanism and assignment process for certain non-shopping customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio)
September 10, 2018
NRG Proposal Would Increase Residential Price To Compare By 1.25¢/kWh
In an electric rate case for PECO, NRG Energy, Inc. alleges that PECO has improperly allocated $100 million in indirect costs to residential distribution service rather than default service, and is seeking a re-allocation of such costs.
September 6, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without modification related to procurement matters, the FirstEnergy utilities' default service procurement plan be adopted as proposed, covering the term June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2023.
September 5, 2018
Written Order Also Confirms Price Cap On Retail Offers To Certain Customers
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a written order concerning the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' default service plans for the period beginning June 1, 2019
September 4, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has approved new Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2018 at United Illuminating.
September 4, 2018
New Bypassable SOS Reconciliation Amounts Filed As Well
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed for an update to the bypassable SOS Administrative Charge, to be effective with October 2018 bills
August 30, 2018
As part of a "roadmap" of its PowerForward grid modernization investigation, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has generally endorsed Time of Use rates for electricity default service (Standard Service Offer, SSO)
August 27, 2018
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Retail Energy Supply Association, Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Dominion Energy Solutions, Inc., Direct Energy Services, LLC, Direct Energy Business, LLC, Stand Energy Corporation and Volunteer Energy Services, Inc.…
