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December 20, 2016
The New York PSC has approved a deferral of certain supply costs that would have otherwise been required to be reflected in default service rates at KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) starting on January 1, 2017, citing, in part, the need to temper the bills of…
December 19, 2016
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 2017
December 15, 2016
The Maine PUC has disclosed Standard Offer suppliers for the calendar year 2017.
December 15, 2016
Update 2 (12/16): Additional Notes And Statements Made During PSC Meeting:
December 9, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted an order on PECO's electricity default service plan for the period beginning January 1, 2017 that declines to address in the default service plan any changes or restrictions on the ability of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for competitive supply.
December 6, 2016
Citing the "misleading" impact large prior period reconciliations have on customers' purchasing decisions and comparison of ESCO and utility supply rates, the National Energy Marketers Association said that the New York PSC's utility gas cost reconciliation process as set forth in the Commission’s…
December 5, 2016
The Connecticut PURA in a draft decision has proposed to terminate the Connecticut Clean Energy Options Program, effective December 31, 2016.
December 5, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter setting forth a proposed mechanism for PPL, and more broadly other EDCs, to comply with their obligation, as default service provider, to offer a Time of Use generation rate option to default service customers which would still rely on a retail…
December 1, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled a technical meeting for December 9 to discuss, for natural gas, the (1) Minimum Standard Offer calculation (applicable to dual fuel customers), (2) acceptable interruption periods, and (3) current interruptible sales and interruptible transportation tariff…
December 1, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted winning bidders from AEP Ohio's November 2016 procurement of default service supplies for a portion of the June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 delivery year
December 1, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of Duke Energy Ohio’s fourth wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its retail electric generation service rates through May 2018.
December 1, 2016
Standard Offer rates for residential and small commercial customers will increase on January 1, 2017 at Central Maine Power
November 30, 2016
The Maine PUC has approved Standard Offer rates for residential & small commercial customers, and medium C&I customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera Maine - Bangor Hydro District) for 2017.
November 28, 2016
AEP Ohio has sought PUCO approval of an extension of its electric security plan that would include the use of its entitlements in the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) generation to serve Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers (Case 16-1852-EL-SSO)
November 23, 2016
The "forcible de-enrollment" of New York low-income customers from ESCO service in New York, as ordered by the New York PSC (with such order subject to a temporary court injunction), will deprive low-income customers of savings available versus utility supply rates, compels low-income customers, "to…
November 21, 2016
A Pennsylvania ALJ has recommended that a non-unanimous settlement concerning Duquesne Light's default service program for the period beginning June 1, 2017 be adopted without modification
November 21, 2016
An analysis by New York PSC Staff filed with the Supreme Court for the County of Albany indicates that low-income customers served by ESCOs in aggregate paid $96 million more than what the cost would have been under default service for the period January 2014 through June 2016.
November 18, 2016
PECO's electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2016 have been updated to reflect a change in the transmission rate
November 18, 2016
PSC Lowers Other Bypassable Adders Included in Default Service Rates
The Maryland PSC has ordered that, while a bypassable Administrative Adjustment added to Baltimore Gas & Electric SOS electric rates is appropriate, until such time as actual costs for the Administrative Adjustment are determined in a rate case, the Administrative Adjustment shall be set at zero.
November 17, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has approved the design for an auction for Public Service of New Hampshire to divest its utility-owned generation
November 17, 2016
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 2016
November 10, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted without modification a settlement concerning UGI Utilities, Inc. – Electric Division's default service plan covering the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021
November 10, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of AEP Ohio’s Nov. 7, 2016 default service auction that will ultimately determine its standard service offer through May 2018.
November 10, 2016
Nstar (Eversource Energy) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2017
November 9, 2016
The FirstEnergy utilities have filed an answer opposing Respond Power's petition at the Pennsylvania PUC which was filed to prevent the EDCs from withholding nearly $500,000 of Respond receivables as an offset against a POR clawback charge.
