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May 25, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed that AEP Energy, Inc. was selected to serve 100% of the load of Dayton Power & Light's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018
May 24, 2017
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted a limited, 30-day extension of the compliance deadline by which ESCOs must stop serving assistance program participant (APP) customers
May 23, 2017
Various New York consumer advocates have opposed the waivers sought by nine ESCOs to continue serving low-income customers.
May 18, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed that Constellation NewEnergy was selected to serve 51% of the load of AEP Ohio's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018
May 18, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association said that a May 16 letter from PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) regarding the new Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which will be the only vehicle for CAP customer shopping at PPL starting June 1, shows that there is uncertainty concerning…
May 17, 2017
Dismissing operational concerns raised by the Retail Energy Supply Association, PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) said in comments to the Pennsylvania PUC that "multiple" retail suppliers "intend" to participate in the Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which will be the only…
May 15, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association opposed PPL Electric Utilities' motion to withdraw PPL's earlier request to delay the start date for the CAP-SOP program from June 1, 2017 to September 1, 2017, as RESA raised more concerns about implementation of the program
May 15, 2017
PECO, the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, and several low-income consumer advocates proposed that the PUC abate consideration of issues related to the eligibility of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for an electric supplier, pending resolution of an…
May 9, 2017
PPL Electric Utilities has filed to withdraw its petition for a delay in the start date of the new Standard Offer Referral Program for Customer Assistance Program customers (CAP-SOP), stating that it can fully complete the necessary system changes in time for the original June 1 start.
May 8, 2017
Unredacted RFP reports have been filed by auction managers disclosing the retail suppliers which won the right to serve Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer load for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018 at several utilities
May 4, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has awarded, to a retail electric supplier, 100% of the load of Dayton Power & Light's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018
April 27, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has awarded, to a retail electric supplier, 51% of the load of AEP Ohio's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018
April 20, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved Duke Energy Ohio's selection of LE Energy LLC d/b/a Utility Gas and Power as an alternate natural gas supplier to serve customers in the percentage of income payment plan program, for a three-year period commencing in April 2017
April 13, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has awarded, to a retail electric supplier, 51% of the load of Duke Energy Ohio's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) for the term June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018
April 10, 2017
The District of Columbia has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates at Pepco, effective April 7.
April 6, 2017
Duke Energy Ohio's April 4 RFP for retail suppliers to serve a portion of Duke's electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers received no conforming bids, according to a report from the auction manager
March 29, 2017
In separately filed comments, New York's Utility Intervention Unit, and the state's Attorney General, opposed requested waivers filed with the PSC by several ESCOs who are seeking to continue to serve low-income customers.
March 17, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC, granting in part a rehearing request from low-income customer advocates, has assigned the issue of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) electricity customer shopping at PECO to an ALJ for further proceedings.
March 17, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a motion introduced by Vice Chairman Andrew Place and Commissioner David Sweet to initiate a study regarding affordable home energy burdens for low-income Pennsylvanians.
March 13, 2017
Citing required IT changes, PPL Electric Utilities has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a three-month delay in the implementation date of the Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which, as previously reported, would be the only mechanism under which CAP customers may take…
March 9, 2017
ESCOs Would Be Prohibited From Acting As Customer Agent For Enrollment, Switch Purposes
March 7, 2017
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update explaining that if the PUC does not rule on a pending Customer Assistance Program (CAP) shopping compliance plan by mid-March, PECO will not be able to implement CAP shopping in April as originally projected.
March 3, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association asked the Connecticut PURA to close a proceeding opened to address a petition from the Office of Consumer Counsel to conduct an investigation into, "the effects of abusive electric supplier marketing practices on vulnerable populations," as RESA said, to the…
March 1, 2017
The program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers resulted in the provision of 57,000 devices to low-income customers, Texas PUC Staff said in a report
February 28, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association has appealed to the Commonwealth Court a Pennsylvania PUC decision which provides that Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL Electric can only take competitive electric supply through a CAP-specific Standard Offer Program (SOP), which mandates that…
