August 25, 2014
Staff of the New York PSC has issued a straw proposal for Track One of New York's Reforming the Energy Visions Proceeding, which, among other things, recommends enhancements to consolidated utility billing, and would grant distributed energy resource (DER) providers with customers information…
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July 29, 2014
Staff of the New York PSC have proposed that the customer switching timeline for retail electric and natural gas customers be accelerated to five business days, according to an undated proposal filed yesterday in Case 98-M-1343 et. al.
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June 25, 2014
A New York collaborative has filed a report concerning EDI changes directed by the PSC in its recent retail electric market order (click here for background) , but asked for an extension on several required changes because the issues remain contested on rehearing, or are being further explored in…
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June 18, 2014
In an update on its system issues, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CNP) said in a market notice this morning that service orders and enrollments are now processing end to end through its systems
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June 10, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved without modification a settlement regarding the payment hierarchy for electric utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
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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.
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April 3, 2014
The New York PSC said that utilities had not justified their requested extension of certain deadlines for EDI, system, and other changes required by the PSC's recent retail market order.
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March 27, 2014
Several New York utilities have asked for a delay in several requirements imposed on the EDCs in the New York PSC's recent retail market order.
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March 19, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC, "intends to promulgate a rulemaking which will amend existing Regulations at 52 Pa. Code, Chapter 57 to direct EDCs to accelerate switching time frames through off-cycle meter reads in a fashion that will permit Pennsylvania retail electric customers to switch suppliers within…
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March 18, 2014
Public Service Company of New Hampshire has proposed removing the "selection" charge, or switching fee, from its tariff after conducting a cost of service study.
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March 18, 2014
Electric utilities, retail suppliers, the New Hampshire consumer advocate, and New Hampshire PUC Staff have reached a settlement agreement regarding the payment hierarchy for utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
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March 10, 2014
New York Sets Date for ESCO EDI Collaborative
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February 21, 2014
A final Pennsylvania PUC decision approved an unopposed settlement to implement a purchase of receivables program at Philadelphia Gas Works -- with an initial discount rate of nearly 7% for residential customers.
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February 7, 2014
The District of Columbia PSC has issued additional questions and sought supplemental comment regarding the provision of advanced metering interval data and historic AMI interval data to retail electric suppliers.
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January 30, 2014
A recommended decision would approve an unopposed settlement which would implement a purchase of receivables program at Philadelphia Gas Works -- with an initial discount rate of nearly 7% for residential customers.
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January 9, 2014
North American Power will enter the Texas electric market at some time during 2014, and the entry could be imminent.
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October 17, 2013
In updating rules related to metering (largely relating to a smart meter opt-out, click here for related story ), the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio declined a request from a retail supplier for the provision of de-identified customer energy usage data from advanced meters to retail suppliers.
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September 6, 2013
An unopposed settlement would implement a purchase of receivables program at Philadelphia Gas Works -- with an initial discount rate of nearly 7% for residential customers.
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August 30, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has sought public comment on a $64,000 settlement with Public Power, LLC regarding alleged slamming violations, prior to issuing an order on the settlement.
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April 16, 2013
Texas retail electric providers may begin submitting electronic transactions for new customers in the Sharyland Utilities, L.P. Brady, Celeste, Colorado City, and Stanton divisions, which are transitioning to retail choice, in February 2014, Sharyland said in an update to the Public Utility…
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April 5, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has deferred action on another retail market enhancement, specifically, retail suppliers' ability to access online customer information at the FirstEnergy utilities.
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April 1, 2013
Executing the default-prompted mass transition of PNE Energy Supply's customers to default service cost $40,000, Public Service Company of New Hampshire said in a filing with the PUC.
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March 22, 2013
The PP&L Industrial Customer Alliance has requested that PPL Electric Utilities delay implementation of the Supplier Portal Pilot, which will allow retail suppliers to access customer data without the need for an EDI transaction, pending resolution of customer information disclosure issues.
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January 29, 2013
Although the New York Attorney General supports the end of purchase of receivables without recourse, New York utilities have balked at the idea, raising concerns that requiring POR with recourse could harm customers and increase administrative costs.
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November 29, 2012
Dominion East Ohio (DEO) has filed at PUCO to revise its General Terms and Conditions of Energy Choice Pooling Service, including the Energy Choice Pooling Service Agreement, to reflect supplier recommendations and conform to existing practices.
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