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November 11, 2014
Here are the Nstar basic service rates for the first six months of 2015 for residential and commercial customers, and first three months of 2015 for industrial customers
November 11, 2014
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates for the six-month period beginning January 1, 2015, and the new residential Standard Service rate exceeds 15¢/kWh
November 10, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power has filed to increase its residential Standard Service rate to over 12.6¢/kWh, and to increase Last Resort Service rates to 20¢/kWh.
November 10, 2014
Nstar said that it has filed new basic service rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the six-month period beginning January 1, 2015, with the new residential basic service rate increasing to nearly 15¢/kWh.
November 7, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU said that it, "plans to open an investigation in the near future into improving access to the competitive supply market, particularly for residential and small C&I customers."
November 7, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU will not defer or cap National Grid's new basic service rates which took effect November 1, which include a doubling of the residential rate to 16 cents per kWh.
November 6, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU has issued a final order establishing a policy framework for time-varying basic service electric rates, which will provide non-shopping customers two pricing options.
November 6, 2014
United Illuminating will self-manage 100% of Last Resort Service load for the first quarter of 2015, it disclosed in a report on its recent procurement.
November 5, 2014
Results from recent default service auctions in Pennsylvania and Ohio appear to reflect an increased risk premium, which FirstEnergy Solutions believes is, "associated with volatility and uncertainty in PJM," Leila Vespoli, FirstEnergy Corp.'s Executive Vice President, Markets, said during an…
November 4, 2014
Baltimore Gas & Electric has posted on its website a new weighted average SOS rate for the period Oct. 1, 2014 through Sep. 30, 2015, which includes the summer SOS rate for 2015.
November 3, 2014
Duquesne Light should maintain the use of laddered 12-month contracts to serve small C&I customers due to the potential for market shock such as the "Polar Vortex", a Pennsylvania ALJ said in a recommended decision on Duquesne Light's default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2015.
October 31, 2014
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed updated Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2014.
October 31, 2014
The much-hyped "end state" retail electric market order from the Pennsylvania PUC is not, standing alone, "enforceable law," and therefore cannot be used to justify a sought lowering of the hourly pricing threshold at PPL Electric Utilities, an ALJ has concluded in a recommended decision on PPL's…
October 30, 2014
Another full requirements default service procurement has attracted no interested suppliers, and Connecticut Light & Power will self-manage a class of default service load this winter as a result.
October 29, 2014
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2014.
October 29, 2014
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2014.
October 27, 2014
The vast majority of mass market SOS products available in the October 2014 Maryland SOS procurement saw only one bidder compete to serve such load, according to a report from the procurement consultant.
October 27, 2014
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2014
October 24, 2014
The New York PSC approved without modification the petition of Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) to implement tariff changes that provide NiMo with discretion regarding the period over which it must reconcile electric default service costs.
October 23, 2014
At a hearing today reviewing SOS procurement results, the Maryland PSC will hear that uncertainty caused by potential changes to PJM's capacity market -- and the allocation of unknown transition costs to load serving entities -- has "scared away" bidders in Maryland's October SOS procurement for SOS…
October 23, 2014
-- Flawed Wholesale Market Cost Retail Market The Chance to End Utility-Offered Default Service
Retail energy suppliers' businesses in Pennsylvania are in jeopardy due to the flawed wholesale market design, including the capacity market, should the state experience another winter like last year's polar vortex, PUC Commissioner James Cawley told the National Energy Marketers Association's…
October 22, 2014
PECO has posted to its website updated Prices to Compare for the period to begin December 1.
October 21, 2014
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and several utilities have opposed proposal to defer National Grid's basic service rate increase, which will see residential rates double starting November 1, stating that deferral will exacerbate challenges caused by the increase.
October 21, 2014
Commonwealth Edison announced that residential and small commercial customers who purchase their electricity supply from the utility may switch to a retail electric supplier (RES) at any time.
October 17, 2014
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 November 2014.
