August 21, 2018
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2018 to December 2018
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August 17, 2018
Utilities Disclose Default Service Suppliers
Connecticut Light and Power reported that Exelon Generation Company, LLC will serve 100% of its Last Resort Service load for the 4th quarter of 2018
August 17, 2018
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 for the month of September 2018.
August 16, 2018
Illinois Power Agency Releases Draft Default Service Procurement Plan
The Illinois Power Agency has released a draft of its 2019 electricity default service procurement plan for public comment
August 16, 2018
PUC To Review Default Service Supply, Pricing Rules
Consistent with its obligation to routinely review its rules every five years, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a review of the rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-14, Uniform Purchased Gas Adjustment Clause
August 13, 2018
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates For Eastern Service Area
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, 2018.
August 10, 2018
PSC Initiates New Review Of SOS Design By Asking If Long-Term PPAs Should Be Used
The District of Columbia PSC initiated a biennial review of electricity Standard Offer Service (SOS)
August 7, 2018
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates
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, 2018
July 30, 2018
PSC To Review Default Service Structure
The District of Columbia PSC will again conduct a bi-annual review of electricity Standard Offer Service starting in 2018, Cary Hinton, policy advisor to D.C. PSC Chair Betty Ann Kane, told attendees at National Energy Marketers Association Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit
July 27, 2018
PSC Commissioner: Maryland Not "Immune" To Concerns Over Low-Income Customer Retail Choice Participation, Pricing; Expects To Hear More On Issue
During the National Energy Marketers Association's July 26 Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit, Maryland PSC Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton discussed concerns raised by consumer advocates in other states who have alleged higher costs for customers under retail choice versus default service, particularly for…
July 26, 2018
Penn Power Prices To Compare To Fall
Penn Power has filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the Pa. PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
July 25, 2018
People's Counsel Presses PSC For Comparisons Of SOS, Retail Supplier Costs For Low-Income Customers
In comments to the Maryland PSC on the Maryland Department of Human Services' Office of Home Energy Programs' (OHEP) Electric Universal Services Program (EUSP) Proposed Operations Plan for FY 2019, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel has renewed calls for the PSC to direct utilities to provide…
July 20, 2018
Updated: Official New PECO Prices To Compare Posted (Rates Falling)
PECO has officially posted on its website new electricity Prices to Compare for the period beginning September 1
July 18, 2018
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 for the month of August 2018.
July 18, 2018
Regulator Authorizes Continuation Of REC Purchase Option For Default Service Customers
The Connecticut PURA has authorized the continuation of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options program, under which customers can purchase RECs without changing their LSE, to the earlier of 1) the date the Authority approves a successor program, or 2) December 30, 2019.
July 18, 2018
PECO Price To Compare To Fall 5%
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2018
July 17, 2018
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDC Residential Default Service Rates Falling By Up To 15%
Commercial Default Service Rates Increase By Up To 7%
Several of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
July 12, 2018
Pennsylvania Utility Provides Further Details On Proposed Use of Financial Hedges For Default Service, Meant To Increase Price Stability
Pike County Light & Power Company, Electric Division has provided further details at the Pennsylvania PUC concerning its petition to begin using a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its electricity default service requirements, beginning May 31, 2019.
July 11, 2018
Regulator To Compare Amounts Paid By Vulnerable Customers On Retail Supply Versus Default Service In New Review To Consider Moving All Such Customers To Default Service
Will Allow For Discovery, Conduct Hearing
The Connecticut PURA has officially opened a proceeding (Docket 18-06-02) for a review of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of placing certain customers on standard service pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)
July 6, 2018
Duquesne Light Default Service Supply Rate To Fall
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the new default service supply rates for medium commercial and industrial customers (25 kW - 300 kW, Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH) for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2018.
July 5, 2018
RESA Concerned PSC's Disappointment With Supplier Participation In TOU Workgroup Based On Incomplete Picture
The Retail Energy Supply Association on June 28 filed a letter with the Maryland PSC to clarify RESA’s participation in the second phase of the PC44 Rate Design Workgroup process, addressing SOS and retail supplier Time of Use pilots, as referenced in a Report and Letter Order in the proceeding.
June 26, 2018
Utility's Default Service Rate Falling Due To Reconciliation Balance Despite Higher Wholesale Prices
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new electric default service rates at Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric), for the six-month period August 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019, resulting from a recent competitive procurement
June 22, 2018
BGE Files New SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2018
June 21, 2018
Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2018
June 21, 2018
National Grid Files New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for industrial customers for the period August 1, 2018 through October 31, 2018.