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May 1, 2014
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period October 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015, and Type II SOS rates for the period June 1, 2014 to August 31, 2014.
April 30, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that it will accept comments on a motion from the Retail Energy Supply Association which opposed an increase in Connecticut Light & Power's self-managed Standard Service load from 20% to 30%, and which also sought to institute protocols for the release of data regarding…
April 29, 2014
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2014, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2014.
April 29, 2014
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2014, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2014.
April 29, 2014
Duquesne Light may increase its purchase of receivables discount rate under its proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
April 28, 2014
The New York PSC has approved a mechanism for Niagara Mohawk to recover mitigated default electric service costs from February.
April 28, 2014
AEP sees an opportunity for long-term contracts to provide rate stability to Ohio customers while supporting existing generation.
April 28, 2014
The New York PSC will address several questions raised in a Staff report, including whether utilities should continue to supply default commodity service to customers, as part of its Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding.
April 28, 2014
Duquesne Light has proposed offering residential and small commercial and industrial customers fixed default service rates for six-month periods under a proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017.
April 25, 2014
If retail electric suppliers will be required to send customers advanced mailed notice of price changes, as proposed in Connecticut, then utilities should be required to similarly mail customers notice of default service price changes, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in exception to a…
April 25, 2014
In proposing to continue its Standard Offer customer referral program as part of its default service plan covering June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017, PPL reported statistics related to the program.
April 22, 2014
Several utilities informed the Maryland PSC that they cannot perform accelerated switches in the manner envisioned by the PSC, and proposed alternatives which would generally achieve the same timeline for returns to SOS, but would not facilitate faster switching from one supplier to another.
April 22, 2014
PPL Electric Utilities has proposed lowering the default hourly pricing cutoff as part of its proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017.
April 22, 2014
Blue Pilot Energy, LLC has informed the Connecticut PURA that it is exiting the state's retail electric market, and will be transferring customers back to default service.
April 21, 2014
Default service electric rates for certain customer classes at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities will jump up to 50% on June 1.
April 21, 2014
Market conditions at PECO, which is currently seeing a decline in residential and commercial shopping, will become more challenging as PECO's price to compare for both classes will decrease on June 1.
April 21, 2014
If you thought this winter proved to be a slaughter for the Pennsylvania retail market, wait until default service rates for the major electric utilities are fixed for six months, instead of the current three, while retail supplier prices must pass-on market-reflective wholesale costs.
April 18, 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 May 2014.
April 16, 2014
DTE Gas said yesterday in a news release that it has been experiencing an increase in calls from natural gas customers, "who want to switch from their alternative gas suppliers back to DTE because of the utility's rates."
April 16, 2014
A settlement among Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA, Wellsboro Electric Company, the Office of Consumer Advocate and the Office of Small Business Advocate would institute a nonbypassable rider, up to 1¢/kWh, to recover generation costs from the polar vortex.
April 16, 2014
Sharyland Utilities LP has reported the number of customers who had not made an affirmative REP selection by April 13, and will be assigned to a default retail electric provider as the Sharyland Utilities territory transitions to retail choice on May 1.
April 14, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period June 1, 2014, through November 30, 2014.
April 7, 2014
New York State Senator Joseph Griffo has called on the PSC to hold public hearings on the utilities' hedging practices for default supply.
April 3, 2014
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to immediately investigate the "mind-boggling" increase in electric prices seen by Upstate New York customers during the winter.
April 2, 2014
Staff of the New Hampshire PUC have filed a preliminary status report addressing the economic interest of PSNH's retail customers as it relates to the potential divestiture of PSNH's generating plants.
