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July 20, 2016
The New York PSC's written order adopting a moratorium which prohibits ESCOs from serving Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers cited Direct Energy as proposing a moratorium, but in adopting a moratorium, the PSC departed significantly from Direct Energy's proposal, which was an alternative…
July 18, 2016
The New York's PSC's new moratorium on ESCOs serving customers participating in utility low-income assistance programs (Assistance Program Participant, or APP) bizarrely does not apply to opt-out municipal aggregations, the PSC's written order confirms
July 18, 2016
The New York PSC has issued a written order imposing a moratorium on ESCO service to low-income customers, which explains how treatment of existing low-income ESCO customers, or ESCO customers who later become eligible for low-income protections, are to be treated.
July 15, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday (click here) , the New York PSC has adopted a moratorium on low-income customer participation in the retail electric and natural gas markets, in an action that PSC Staff said they believe (though not familiar with every state) to be the first of…
July 15, 2016
Audrey Zibelman, Chair of the New York PSC, took note of what she described as "problems" in the Texas retail electric market during yesterday's New York PSC meeting
July 14, 2016
The Budget and Fiscal Oversight Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) filed a report on a compliance audit of Just Energy's participation in the LITE-UP Texas program. The scope of the audit covered 2013-15.
July 14, 2016
The New York PSC has adopted a "moratorium" on ESCO service to low-income electric and natural gas customers
July 12, 2016
Texas Staff Sets Date For Hearing on Alternative TDU Ratemaking Report (Impacts REP Pricing)
July 12, 2016
AEP Texas Central filed a further interim report concerning 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.
July 11, 2016
Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL should only be permitted to shop through a new Standard Offer Program (SOP) exclusive to CAP customers, Pennsylvania PUC Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Staff said in a brief in PPL's default service proceeding.
July 1, 2016
Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed updates concerning 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.
June 23, 2016
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed to adjust the discount under the low-income discount program (Lite-Up Texas) to 25%, effective August 1
June 6, 2016
AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North reported updated data concerning 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.
June 2, 2016
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) has proposed further reducing its residential basic gas supply service (BGSS) rate for residential customers to 34 cents per therm from 40 cents per therm – the lowest rate in 16 years.
May 25, 2016
Ohio has disclosed the retail suppliers selected via RFP to serve all or a portion of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer load for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017
May 24, 2016
AEP Texas Central reported that it has exhausted 75% of funds designated to reimburse retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers
May 13, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed an update regarding the status of funds designated to reimburse retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs) and in-home displays (IHDs) to low-income customers
May 12, 2016
Nooruddin Investments, LLC has filed for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to reflect a change in its certificated legal name to VEH LLC. There are no changes to the REP's trade names which include Discount Power, Power Express, and Volterra Energy
May 12, 2016
With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently denying a Pennsylvania PUC petition for allocatur on the issue, the PUC issued a secretarial letter to implement a prior Commonwealth Court ruling which directed the PUC to adopt a prohibition on early termination fees for Customer Assistance Program (CAP…
May 9, 2016
Duquesne Light said in its petition for a new default service plan (click here for recent story) that it would support the extension of shopping to Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers under certain customer protections and conditions
May 5, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved the results of RFPs to award to the load of Percentage of Income Payment Plan customers to a retail supplier at the FirstEnergy utilities and Duke Energy Ohio
May 4, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) reported that it expects it will have soon exhausted 75% of funds designated to reimburse retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers
April 11, 2016
A District of Columbia Task Force concerning the natural gas Residential Essential Services (RES) assistance program has filed a consensus recommendation to make the program benefits portable, and available to low-income customers who choose a competitive natural gas supplier
March 24, 2016
Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed interim updates concerning 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.
March 21, 2016
In response to a PUCT Staff request for an interim update, AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North reported updated data concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to…
