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March 31, 2014
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has issued a stay of the PUC's order granting electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PECO the eligibility to shop for a competitive electric supplier, which means that such customers shall not be able to choose a supplier pending the Court's…
March 17, 2014
Taken together, the 25 retail electric market proposals on which the Connecticut PURA sought comment, "could stifle and ultimately collapse the retail electric supply market in Connecticut," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in a request to postpone a fact finding session announced by PURA.
March 13, 2014
In a written order reconsidering PECO's proposal to allow electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for a competitive supplier, the PUC has directed that PECO maintain the current schedule of publishing the Price to Compare 45 days prior to the effective date.
March 7, 2014
With respect to rate issues, the Pennsylvania PUC denied reconsideration of its order granting PECO electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers eligibility to shop, with no cap on retail supplier rates, and in doing so, PUC Chairman Robert Powelson and Commissioner Pamela Witmer gave an…
February 26, 2014
With the prohibition on electric and natural gas ESCOs serving customers in utility low-income assistance programs, except under certain conditions, the PSC's written retail markets order explains how utility low-income assistance program customers currently shopping with an ESCO are to be treated.
February 26, 2014
The New York PSC has added a measure of recourse to its electric and natural gas purchase of receivables programs.
February 21, 2014
Concerns that PECO Customer Assistance Program customers will suffer "irreparable harm" under the program adopted by the PUC to allow these customers to shop for their electric supplier are not "speculative," given, "the recent volatility we have seen in the energy markets," Pennsylvania Public…
February 21, 2014
The New York PSC has banned ESCOs from serving customers participating in utility low-income assistance programs, unless the ESCO meets certain conditions.
February 17, 2014
PECO has provided the following statement to EnergyChoiceMatters.com regarding our February 13 story concerning its request for reconsideration of the PUC's recent order on expanding shopping eligibility to electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers:
February 13, 2014
Update, 2/14 : This story has been revised based on responses from PECO. PECO's full statement appears at the bottom of the story:
January 28, 2014
AARP New York has asked the New York PSC for a status update concerning a wide-ranging retail energy market investigation which, among other things, is considering permissible sales and marketing practices for ESCOs, as well as the potential elimination of purchase of receivables without recourse.
January 27, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a written order concerning its approval of a plan to allow Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for a competitive electric supplier at PECO, in which the PUC adjudicates, among other things, a sought annual reconciliation of default service rates, and…
January 10, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a program to expand retail choice eligibility to electric customers in PECO's Customer Assistance Program (CAP).
December 10, 2013
"We have found no evidence to suggest that prepaid electricity is in the best interests of residential consumers, especially low-income consumers," Texas Ratepayers’ Organization to Save Energy (ROSE) said in a new report concerning prepaid service offered by retail electric providers.
September 9, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement SB 981, which requires the PUCT to post a list of REPs offering bill payment assistance programs to customers who are military veterans with a significantly decreased ability to regulate body…
July 29, 2013
PECO's plan to allow Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop has become a venue to implement its desired 12-month reconciliation of default service costs for residential customers -- a design recently rejected by the PUC in establishing PECO's default service plan.
July 12, 2013
Consistent with recent legislation, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft order to set the nonbypassable system benefit fund fee (charged to REPs) at 0¢/MWh for the period beginning September 1, 2013 and ending September 1, 2016.
June 26, 2013
A new law recently signed by Texas Gov. Perry requires that the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall publish a list of retail electric providers offering payment assistance programs customers who are military veterans with a significantly decreased ability to regulate body temperature because of…
April 16, 2013
ENCOA, which recently launched residential electric service in Texas, has officially announced the offering of plans to credit-challenged customers requiring a deposit of only $49.
April 3, 2013
State to Modify Retail Supplier Security Requirements
January 30, 2013
The Attorney General of the State of New York has proposed regulations to the PSC that would effectively prohibit the offering of fixed rate energy contracts by ESCOs to low-income customers.
January 4, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC, via Secretarial Letter, has delayed the deadline by which Customer Assistance Program (CAP) electric customers at PECO must be given the ability to participate in retail choice.
December 27, 2012
Low-income residential customers -- specifically those receiving HEAP and other forms of public assistance -- should be excluded from New York's retail energy choice programs, ESCO Great Eastern Energy said in comments to the New York PSC.
November 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an order on clarification and reconsideration, has clarified the pricing applicable to the retail opt-in program to be implemented at PECO for electric customers (in place of an opt-in auction), and has also clarified its prior order with respect to cost recovery for the…
October 23, 2012
Direct Energy has begun offering residential electric service at West Penn Power
