October 30, 2017
BGE Files New SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017
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October 27, 2017
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 December 1, 2017
October 25, 2017
Delmarva To Lower SOS Rates Next Summer
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017.
October 25, 2017
Pepco SOS Rates To Fall In Summer 2018
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017.
October 23, 2017
PUCO Makes Generation-Related Rider At DP&L Nonbypassable
PUCO, in an order on Dayton Power and Light's electric security plan, rejected the provision of an amended, non-unanimous stipulation that would have seen costs related to the sale of OVEC costs into the PJM market assigned on a bypassable basis, with PUCO instead ordering that OVEC costs/credits…
October 18, 2017
Most FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Residential Prices To Compare To Increase On December 1 (Some Increase Up To 25%)
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2017
October 17, 2017
PECO Generation Rates To Increase, Posts New Price To Compare Info
PECO has posted new Price to Compare information, for the period beginning December 1, 2017, as a result of new generation rates (generation supply adjustment or GSA).
October 12, 2017
Eversource (PSNH) Announces Buyers For Utility Power Plants, Sale Price
Eversource New Hampshire (Public Service Company of New Hampshire) announced the selection of a buyer for the sale of its utility-owned generation
October 12, 2017
Ohio Reports Results Of Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has accepted the results of FirstEnergy EDCs’ wholesale default service auction that will ultimately determine its standard service offer through May 2021.
October 12, 2017
PECO Posts Prices From Default Service Procurement
PECO has posted results from its September 2017 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2019.
October 10, 2017
ICC Staff Seeks Greater Flexibility For Ameren Default Service Capacity Procurement, To Take Advantage Of Lower Prices
In comments on the Illinois Power Agency's 2018 default service procurement plan, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission have recommended granting the IPA additional flexibility to procure more than the targeted amount of capacity at Ameren in a spring procurement event if lower prices would make…
October 9, 2017
Utility's Default Service Rates To Increase Nearly 30%
New Supplier Wins Default Service Load
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period beginning December 1, 2017
October 5, 2017
PSNH Default Service Rate Forecast To Decrease 10% On January 1
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed a forecast for a decrease in its energy service rate (default service), effective January 1
October 5, 2017
PUC Proposes To Prohibit (Non-POR) Utilities From Collecting Deposits On Behalf Of Retail Suppliers
The Maine PUC has issued proposed rules which would prohibit electric and natural gas utilities from collecting customer deposits on behalf of a competitive electricity provider (CEP) or gas marketer
October 4, 2017
Duquesne Light Files New Default Service Supply Charges, Rate to Increase 12% For Certain Customers
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017.
October 2, 2017
Mass. Utility's Default Service Rate To Increase 25%
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, 2017.
September 28, 2017
PUCO Grants Relief To Allow AEP Ohio To Conduct Initial Default Service Auction For 2018 Supplies While ESP Case Remains Pending
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order granting AEP Ohio interim relief for the company to procure a portion of default service supplies for the period beginning June 1, 2018, in the manner proposed in a pending electric security plan stipulation, prior to a final order on the…
September 28, 2017
PUC Stays Requirement For Retail Suppliers To Use "Fixed", "Variable" Labels For Products (Was Outgrowth Of "Fixed Means Fixed" Finding)
PUC Stays Requirement For Customers To Be Dropped To Default Service If Supplier Exercises Regulatory Out Clause, And Does Not Obtain Affirmative Consent For Continued Service
September 27, 2017
PUC Rejects Utility Proposal To Recover Generation Costs Through Nonbypassable Charge
The New Hampshire PUC recently issued an order rejecting Public Service Company of New Hampshire's (Eversource) proposal to recover the net costs of generation prior to divestiture through the nonbypassable stranded cost recovery charge
September 25, 2017
Utility Won't Increase Default Service Rate As Initially Forecast, Due To Changed Market Conditions
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) will maintain its current Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) rate of of $0.3654 per therm for the period starting October 1, rather than increasing the rate by about 4¢/therm as initially requested
September 22, 2017
Mass. Utilities Seek Approval Of Long-Term Supply Contracts, Propose Cost Recovery Mechanism/Disposition of Product (Some To Be Used For Default Service)
The Massachusetts electric distribution utilities have jointly sought DPU approval for 20-year PPAs with 10 renewable energy projects totaling nearly 400 MW
September 21, 2017
National Grid Default Service Rates To Increase 34%
National Grid electricity default service rates in Massachusetts are due to rise 34% starting November 1, according to basic service rates filed with the Massachusetts DPU
September 19, 2017
New York State Agency: Current Market Structure Favor Utilities Over ESCOs
New York's current market structure favors utilities over ESCOs and direct customers, and any prohibition on mass market sales by ESCOs is premature until such inequities are fixed, the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) said in testimony in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the…
September 18, 2017
Direct Energy: Analysis Shows New Yorkers Could Have Saved $18 Billion By Shopping For ESCO
Direct Energy Cites Errors In Utility Data Relied Upon For ESCO-Default Service Comparisons
In testimony in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass markets, Direct Energy presented an analysis showing that New Yorkers could have saved $18 billion by shopping for an ESCO from 2011-2016
September 15, 2017
Updated: New York PSC Gives ESCOs 30 Days, From Date Updated Utility APP Lists Provided, To De-enroll Low-Income Customers
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday , the New York PSC adopted an order extending the deadline for implementation of the PSC's prohibition on ESCO service to low-income customers and the requirement to return assistance program participant (APP) customers to default service, and…