October 11, 2016
Utility Touts Low Default Service Rate
Consumers Energy in Michigan touted a 36¢/Mcf decline in the default service natural gas supply rate versus last winter.
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October 10, 2016
N.H. Default Service Rates To Increase 30%
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for the period beginning December 1, 2016
October 10, 2016
Duquesne Light Mass Market Default Service Rates To Fall; Medium C&I Rate Increases 20%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2016.
October 7, 2016
Update: PUC Releases Methodology For New Pricing Index Which May Determine Small Customer Default Service Rates
With a bidder confidentiality period now expired, the Maine PUC has released an order setting Standard Offer rates for residential and medium non-residential customers at Maine Public Service (Emera Maine – Maine Public District).
October 6, 2016
Ohio Adopts Pricing From FirstEnergy EDCs' October Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of the FirstEnergy EDCs' October wholesale auction that, when blended with other supplies, will ultimately determine its Standard Service Offer through May 2018.
October 6, 2016
PECO Posts Results From September 2016 Default Service Procurement
PECO has posted results from its September 2016 procurement of default service electricity supplies
October 5, 2016
Load Representative Opposes National Grid's "Self-Serving" Request To Defer Collection of Costs Related To Default Service
Utility Rate Analysis Consultants (URAC) has filed comments with the New York PSC opposing the request of KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) to suspend collection of the annual reconciliation of gas costs surcharge/refund mechanism in its Gas Adjustment Clause…
October 5, 2016
PSNH Provides Estimate of 2017 Default Service Rates
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) filed with the New Hampshire PUC a preliminary estimate of its default service rate for the period beginning January 1, 2017.
October 5, 2016
Recommended Order Would Set PECO Default Service Procurement, Design, Address Objections Related to CAP Shopping, Nonbypassable Charges
A Pennsylvania ALJ has issued a recommended decision concerning PECO's electric default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2017 that would adopt, without modification, a settlement filed in the case, and which would dispose of contested issues including shopping by Customer Assistance…
October 3, 2016
Regulator Declines To Allocate More Costs To Default Service in Rate Case
The Massachusetts DPU in an order on National Grid's electric rate case declined to assign more costs to bypassable basic service rates, rejecting arguments made by Direct Energy
October 3, 2016
Massachusetts Default Service Rates To Increase 23%
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, 2016.
September 30, 2016
Again! NY Utility Seeks To Defer Supply Cost Reconciliation To Avoid "Sharp Increase" In Commodity Rates
Utility Would Recover Some Costs a YEAR Later in 2018!
September 28, 2016
Illinois Power Agency Files Default Service Procurement Plan
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission its 2017 proposed default service procurement plan for Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and the portion of MidAmerican Energy load not served by utility-owned generation.
September 27, 2016
Settlement Would Delay CAP Shopping at Pennsylvania Utility
A settlement in Duquesne Light's default service plan proceeding (DSP VIII) for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would delay the introduction of shopping for Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers
September 27, 2016
Pennsylvania Utility To "Unbundle" Costs As Part of Default Service Settlement
A settlement in Duquesne Light's default service plan proceeding (DSP VIII) for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would require the utility to "unbundle" certain costs from distribution rates, with recovery moved to bypassable default service rates.
September 27, 2016
Pennsylvania Settlement Would Adopt Longer-Term Contracts for Residential, Small C&I Default Service For Price Stability At EDC
Utility To Expand Hourly Pricing For Default Service
A settlement in Duquesne Light's default service plan proceeding (DSP VIII) for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would adopt the use of contracts with longer terms to serve residential and small C&I customers.
September 27, 2016
Pa. Utility To Remove Uncollectibles From POR Discount, Transfer To Delivery Surcharge Under Settlement; Retail Supplier Opposes
Under a non-unanimous settlement in Duquesne Light's default service proceeding, the utility would remove the uncollectibles component of the purchase of receivables (POR) discount, and instead collect such amounts through a nonbypassable delivery service surcharge on all customers.
September 26, 2016
Illinois Posts Pricing, Winning Bidders From Default Service Capacity Procurement
The Illinois Power Agency posted results from the September procurement of capacity for Ameren default service customers
September 26, 2016
Dayton Power & Light "Withdraws" Nonbypassable Rider To Support Generation; Replaces With Proposed Distribution Modernization Rider
Dayton Power and Light has withdrawn its proposed Reliable Electricity Rider (RER), and replaced it with a request for an alternative to the RER, which has been named the Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR).
September 26, 2016
NJ Utilities Lowering Default Service Rates, Decreases As Large As 14%
The New Jersey BPU has approved lower Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) rates at Elizabethtown Gas (ETG), New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and South Jersey Gas (SJG)
September 22, 2016
Maine Small Customer Default Service Rates To Be "Indexed" Starting June 1, 2017; Rates To Fall 16% On
The Maine PUC has approved new default service rates for small and medium customers at Maine Public Service (Emera Maine – Maine Public District), effective November 1, 2016.
September 21, 2016
National Grid Default Service Rates To Increase 20%
National Grid fixed basic service rates for Massachusetts residential and commercial electric customers will increase 20% to the 9-10¢/kWh range starting in November, under proposed rates filed with the DPU
September 21, 2016
ConEd Joint Proposal Would Delay Expansion Of Mandatory Hourly Pricing For Default Service
A joint proposal in Consolidated Edison's current rate case would delay the expansion of Mandatory Hourly Pricing (MHP) for default service customers versus an original proposal from the company
September 19, 2016
Maine 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 October 2016
September 19, 2016
Illinois Reports Winning Suppliers, Prices From Default Service Block Procurement
The Illinois Power Agency has disclosed winning prices and suppliers from its Fall 2016 procurement of block energy products at Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and MidAmerican Energy