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August 5, 2016
A settlement among certain parties in PECO's default service procurement plan proceeding for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would drop an earlier proposal to use a five-year contract for a slice of residential supply, and would adopt the use of 24 month contracts for half of the small…
March 22, 2016
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed electric default service for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2019.
February 23, 2016
Dayton Power & Light has filed a proposed electric security plan which would establish the procurement of Standard Service Offer supplies for the period June 1, 2017 to December 31, 2026
December 29, 2015
FERC issued an order yesterday finding that the ISO New England participating transmission owners' current Regional Network Service (RNS) and Local Network Service (LNS) formula rates appear to be unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful.
December 10, 2015
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC has filed comments in support of a complaint from Industrial Energy Users-Ohio filed at FERC in which the industrials argued that the treatment of certain transmission charges, including Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS), as nonbypassable at AEP Ohio…
November 4, 2015
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power have filed for approval of a default service procurement plan for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2019 which for residential and commercial customers would feature a mix of 12- and 24-month fixed price contracts for default service, with no…
July 1, 2015
Attorneys General from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, along with PowerOptions, Freedom Energy Logistics, and several consumer advocates sent a letter to ISO-New England and New England electric transmission owners urging the companies to develop a transparent process that allows all stakeholders…
June 1, 2015
A new stipulation among the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities and several industrial customer groups concerning the utilities' pending electric security plan filing would create a "pilot" program allowing certain industrial customers to opt-out of nonbypassable treatment of various non-market-based PJM…
May 8, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC recognized Gov. Tom Wolf's appointment of Commissioner Gladys Brown as the PUC's new Chairman, effective at noon yesterday.
May 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has informed the electric distribution companies that its Office of Competitive Market Oversight is performing an informal review of the non-market based charges imposed on load serving entities (LSEs) by PJM.
January 16, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a final order governing Duquesne Light's default service for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017 which adopts non-laddered quarterly contracts for medium C&Is, but retains laddered 12-month contracts for small C&Is.
January 16, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC, reversing an ALJ's recommended decision, has approved the expansion of hourly priced default service at PPL, in a final order on PPL's default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017.
December 5, 2014
Pennsylvania electric distribution companies must "carefully consider" including long-term contracts in their default service plans once legacy long-term contracts expire, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner Gladys Brown said in a statement regarding the PUC's approval of a new default service…
December 5, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted an electric default service plan at PECO for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017 which will lower the cutoff for hourly priced default service, upon the deployment of advanced meters.
November 3, 2014
Duquesne Light should maintain the use of laddered 12-month contracts to serve small C&I customers due to the potential for market shock such as the "Polar Vortex", a Pennsylvania ALJ said in a recommended decision on Duquesne Light's default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2015.
October 1, 2014
A recommended decision in PECO's default service proceeding issued on September 30 for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2015 would expand the customers subject to hourly priced default service, while also creating a "carve out" allowing large C&I customers to continue to pay certain non-market…
July 25, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities covering the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
June 9, 2014
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA and Wellsboro Electric Company have filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2018, which would abandon the current portfolio procurement in favor of load following contracts.
May 7, 2014
A recommended decision would continue the use of 24-month contracts for a significant portion of residential default service at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through May 31, 2017.
March 28, 2014
A partial settlement would continue the use of 24-month contracts for a significant portion of residential default service at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through May 31, 2017.
December 3, 2013
ERCOT filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its report on the monthly coincident peak (4CP) Loads in the ERCOT system for the months of June, July, August and September 2013 (2013 4CP Report). The 4CP dates were June 27, July 31, August 7, and September 3. The report, including load by…
October 29, 2013
ConEdison Solutions has issued a white paper examining the increasing use of pass-throughs in retail electric contracts for a host of components, including capacity, NITS, and Reliability Must-Run contracts, likening the increased reliance on pass-throughs to the "baggage fees" deplored by air…
December 21, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has clarified the costs to be included in the nonbypassable Default Service Support Rider (DSS Rider) applicable to customers at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power.
July 22, 2011
FERC yesterday adopted a final rule on transmission cost allocation clearly aimed at socializing greater amounts of transmission costs over a wider number of retail customers (RM10-23).
May 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, without modification, a settlement which, among other things, transfers the obligation for Network Integration Transmission Services (NITS) to Duke Energy Ohio for itself as well all competitive retail suppliers in its service area (11-2641-EL-RDR).
