June 19, 2014
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 September 1, 2014
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June 19, 2014
National Grid Posts New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for large customers.
June 19, 2014
Utility Seeks Approval of 'Contingency' Default Service Plan in Cases Where Bidding Hindered by 'Significant Market Event'
National Grid has sought approval from the Massachusetts DPU for approval of a proposed contingency plan for procurement of basic service in the event that a Request For Proposals soliciting bids for basic service is: (1) negatively impacted by a significant market event or (2) receives less than…
June 18, 2014
Maine PUC 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 July 2014.
June 18, 2014
Peoples Natural Gas Intends to Institute Single Commodity Charge for Peoples, Equitable Service Areas
Peoples Natural Gas has informed the Pennsylvania PUC that it expects to propose to merge the Purchase Gas Cost (PGC) rates of its Peoples and Equitable service areas in its 2015 PGC filings.
June 17, 2014
PSNH Files to Implement Smaller Increase in Default Service Rate Than Forecast
PSNH has filed to increase its energy service (default service) electric rate effective July 1; however, the rate is slightly lower than its preliminary estimate of the July rate adjustment filed in May.
June 13, 2014
Green Shoots? Two Pennsylvania Utilities See Growth in Residential Shopping
Two Pennsylvania electric distribution companies are now seeing an increase in residential shopping, but most service areas continue to see a decline, according to the June 11 stats on PA Power Switch.
June 13, 2014
State Proposes Making Default Service a Time-Based Rate; Offering Two TOU Options to Non-Shopping Customers
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an "anticipated policy framework" for dynamic pricing which would require basic service, or default service, to include a time-based component, and would require EDCs to offer customers two forms of time-based basic service (with traditional flat rate basic service…
June 9, 2014
Michigan Gas Utilities Receives Temporary Approval for Higher Default Service Rates
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved a temporary gas cost recovery (GCR) factor for Michigan Gas Utilities.
June 9, 2014
Utilities Propose to Switch from Portfolio to Load Following Default Service Contracts; Seeks Six-Month Fixed Price
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA and Wellsboro Electric Company have filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2018, which would abandon the current portfolio procurement in favor of load following contracts.
June 9, 2014
Duquesne Light Seeks Approval for New Default Service Contracts Outside of New Default Service Proceeding
Duquesne Light has sought Pennsylvania PUC approval to start obtaining default service supplies for the period after June 1, 2015 prior to the PUC acceptance of its separately filed default service plan for that period.
June 5, 2014
Take Four: Ohio Now Delays Required Date for Divestiture of DP&L Generation
In a second entry on rehearing, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has again changed the timeline for the required divestiture of DP&L's assets, reversing its finding in an earlier rehearing order that had accelerated the timeline for divestiture.
June 4, 2014
New Jersey Releases More Granular Bidder Data from 2014 BGS Auction
New Jersey has posted additional data regarding winning bidders in the February 2014 Basic Generation Service Auction
May 30, 2014
Duke Energy Files New Default Service Plan, Proposes "Price Stabilization" Rider
Duke Energy Ohio has filed for approval of an electric security plan governing the procurement and pricing of default service for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2018
May 30, 2014
7 in 10 Sharyland Utilities Customers Make An Active Choice as Competition Introduced
The percentage of Sharyland Utilities customers who have made an active choice in their retail electric provider has increased to 71.1%, Sharyland reported yesterday.
May 29, 2014
Ohio Discloses Winning Bidders in AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders of a May auction for 25% of AEP Ohio's standard service offer (SSO) energy requirements for the delivery period November 2014 through May 2015.
May 29, 2014
Illinois Power Agency to Hold Workshop on Full Requirements Contracts for Default Service
The Illinois Power Agency, which is charged with procuring default electric service, will hold a workshop on June 5 on issues related to the potential use of full requirements contracts for default service.
May 28, 2014
Massachusetts Approves Alternative Default Service Procurement Process at Nstar, WMECO
The Massachusetts DPU has approved an alternative methodology for procuring basic electric service supplies at Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. for large C&I customers, after the utilities' solicitation of load following supplies for the third quarter of 2014 failed to attract any…
May 28, 2014
New York PSC Seeks Comments on Default Service Hedging, Utility Fixed Price Options in Wake of Polar Vortex
The New York PSC has sought comment on a variety of issues emerging from a technical conference on winter rates, including the hedging practices for default service and the offering of fixed price default service by utilities.
May 23, 2014
Precedent: PUC Approves Nonbypassable Charge for Generation Supply Costs from Polar Vortex
The Pennsylvania PUC approved nonbypassable charges at Citizens' Electric Co. and Wellsboro Electric Co. to recover unanticipated and excessive costs from the polar vortex.
May 23, 2014
Pennsylvania Proposes New Policy for Interest Charged on Default Service Over, Under-collections, To More Accurately Reflect Supply Costs
The Pennsylvania PUC issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to implement a uniform interest rate applicable to over- and under-collections of electric default service costs via reconciliation of automatic adjustment clauses.
May 22, 2014
Illinois Opens Investigation of ComEd Supply Rate Subsidies to Certain Customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened an investigation into Commonwealth Edison's current rate design which provides generation supply rate subsidies to non-residential space heat and lighting customers (Docket 14-0385).
May 22, 2014
Ohio Changes Calculation of Price to Compare
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has changed the calculation of the electric Price to Compare, in an order on rehearing of its retail market order.
May 21, 2014
Surprise! PPL Residential Price to Compare Actually Rising on June 1
Despite an earlier forecast of a decrease in the residential Price to Compare, PPL's official residential Price to Compare is increasing on June 1, according to data now available on PPL's website.
May 21, 2014
Ohio Staff Recommend Denial of AEP Ohio's Power Purchase Agreement Rider
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have proposed that the Commission reject AEP Ohio's proposed Power Purchase Agreement Rider, in testimony on AEP Ohio's electric security plan filing.