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August 5, 2014
The FirstEnergy Ohio electric distribution companies included several retail market "enhancements" as part of their electric security plan filing covering the period beginning June 1, 2016, but most of the enhancements are required under PUCO's retail market investigation order, and those which were…
August 5, 2014
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities would continue to rely on a mix of 12, 24, and 36-month contracts to serve all default service classes under an electric security plan covering the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2019
August 4, 2014
A proposal has been made to shorten the duration of residential and small commercial SOS contracts at Pepco in the District of Columbia.
August 1, 2014
A Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would approve, without modification, a contested settlement which would establish adders to the Standard Offer Service rates at Pepco and Delmarva.
July 31, 2014
Noting an uptick in New Jersey customers returning to basic generation service , PSEG Power has increased its forecast of BGS volumes for 2015.
July 31, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, as designed by Staff, an allocation methodology to assign non-shopping non-residential customers at Columbia Gas of Ohio to a competitive supplier should an exit from the merchant function for non-residential service be triggered.
July 30, 2014
Prompted by utilities' filing of contingency procurement plans for electric default service, the Retail Energy Supply Association has asked the Massachusetts DPU to consider changes in the pricing or the load-following default service product, or potentially the removal of the utility from the…
July 25, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities covering the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
July 23, 2014
PECO has published official electric Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1, with the residential PTC declining again, but the commercial PTCs generally increasing.
July 21, 2014
New York should, "ensure a more stable and least cost default service for residential customers and review current mandates, prior to embarking on the REV [Reforming the Energy Vision] proceeding," AARP, the Public Utility Law Project, and NYPIRG said in a list of "principles" which should guide the…
July 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 August 2014.
July 16, 2014
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, and the residential Prices to Compare will fall significantly at each.
July 11, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC, on a nisi basis subject to any requests for hearing, ordered the termination of the fixed price natural gas option at Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas), as requested by the utility.
July 8, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU's "anticipated policy framework" for time-varying default service rates, "will not produce the savings anticipated by the Department and is likely to increase the cost of electricity to Basic Service customers," Nstar and WMECO said in comments to the DPU.
July 8, 2014
Connecticut's default service procurement manager has requested that PURA grant the manager expanded authority to allow the manager to direct the utilities to procure an increased amount of self-managed default supplies under certain circumstances.
July 7, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU has approved 10 new electric opt-out municipal aggregation programs, and has extended a pricing benchmark to additional customer classes.
July 3, 2014
Over 1,000 customers have participated in the Maine Green Standard Offer option available to non-shopping customers, the Maine PUC reported.
July 2, 2014
About 4% of PECO residential default service customers solicited by PECO and NRG Retail Solutions for a Time of Use electric generation service pilot accepted the offer, according to a report on the pilot filed by PECO.
July 1, 2014
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2014.
June 30, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved an increase in Public Service Company of New Hampshire's default service rate, effective July 1.
June 26, 2014
A proposal from Niagara Mohawk to defer reconciliations of default service costs for "two or more months" beyond the normal timeframe, "is ill-considered and unreasonable," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the New York PSC.
June 26, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU is "concerned" with inadequate bidder participation in default service RFPs, and intends to open an investigation into the issue.
June 24, 2014
The joint New York utilities, "see no value in requiring utilities to also offer," a fixed price default service option, the utilities said in a New York PSC proceeding on this winter's pricing.
June 24, 2014
Electric default service in New York should be served under a "prudent mix" of short- and medium-term procurements, Exelon said in comments to the New York PSC in a proceeding on this winter's price impacts.
June 23, 2014
Driven by significant June 1 default service rate increases at several utilities, Pennsylvania has seen its first statewide growth in the number of residential electric shoppers since February of this year.
