February 19, 2015
United Illuminating Default Service Rates to Fall By 50-70%
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the period beginning April 1, 2015.
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February 19, 2015
Connecticut Light & Power Default Service Rates to Fall By 67%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the period beginning April 1, 2015.
September 8, 2014
Texas Staff File Revised Preliminary List of Non-Volunteer POLRs
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a revised preliminary determination of retail electric providers that are to be designated Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for the 2015-16 term (Project 42201).
August 18, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has filed new Last Resort Service Rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2014.
July 22, 2014
Texas Staff Seek Good Cause Exception to Assign POLR Responsibility at Sharyland Utilities
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have petitioned for a good cause exception to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 23.43, in order to assign the non-volunteer POLR (LSP) responsibility for 2015-16 at Sharyland Utilities, LP.
May 12, 2014
Entrust Energy Acquires Reach Energy Customers
As first reported by RetailEnergyX.com Friday afternoon , Entrust Energy confirmed that it acquired the majority of Reach Energy's customers.
May 5, 2014
Texas REPs Seek to Assign POLR Obligation to Affiliate
Several of the NRG Energy retail electric providers have filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to assign their non-volunteer POLR responsibility to affiliate Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC.
February 28, 2014
Texas Staff Proposal for Adoption Would Further Tweak Definition of "Principal" for Retail Provider Certification Rules Versus Original Proposal
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption to revise the rules governing retail electric provider certification, with the draft proposal for adoption further revising changes to the definition of "principal" under the rules.
February 27, 2014
Has the Polar Vortex Closed the Door on Eliminating Utility-Offered Default Service?
Unless current lawmakers are even more oblivious than apocryphal characterizations of the French nobility of the late 18th century, no legislator can cast a vote this year to terminate the availability of utility-offered, hedged default service, because the current runaway variable pricing in the…
February 19, 2014
United Illuminating Posts New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2014
February 19, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power Posts New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2014 CL&P Last Resort Service Rates, April 2014 - June 2014 (¢/kWh) Rates 39, 41, 55, 56, 57, & 58 (at or over 500 kW): April: 7.262 May: 6.542 June: 7.699 For Last Resort Service rate…
November 4, 2013
Updated (With Customer Class Info): Sharyland Posts List of Default Retail Electric Providers for Non-Shopping Customers
Updated to include Default REPs for specific customer classes.
November 1, 2013
Breaking: Sharyland Posts List of Default Retail Electric Providers for Non-Shopping Customers
Sharyland Utilities has posted a list of retail electric providers which will be assigned customers who do not make a choice of REP prior to the introduction of retail choice to the former Cap Rock service areas on or about May 1, 2014.
August 5, 2013
Texas Staff File Proposal to Allow Affiliate to Assume REP's Non-Volunteer POLR Obligation
Story edited at 11:27 a.m. ET to reflect the filing was a proposal for publication, not adoption. A filing this spring had been a strawman
May 21, 2013
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period July through September 2013.
April 9, 2013
New Hampshire Creates Alternative Default Service Rate Option, Dissent Says Rate May Stifle Competition
The New Hampshire PUC has conditionally accepted a non-unanimous stipulation to create an alternative default service rate option for customers at Public Service Company of New Hampshire, which Commissioner Michael Harrington said may, "stifle competition."
March 19, 2013
FEDS: Keep Utility in Default Supplier Role!
The local distribution utility should remain the default provider of electricity, a federal agency has said.
February 20, 2013
Ohio Staff Posts Price from Auction to Set Standard Choice Offer Rate at Dominion East Ohio
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed the Retail Price Adjustment resulting from Dominion East Ohio's Standard Choice Offer auction, for default service for the period April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014.
February 18, 2013
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period April through June 2013.
January 2, 2013
Pennsylvania Staff: Collaborative to Remove Utility from Default Service Role Has "Irreparably Stalled"; Seeks PUC Action
A collaborative examining the potential to remove Philadelphia Gas Works from the default supplier role has "irreparably stalled," said the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, as I&E Staff sought a PUC order ceasing informal discussions in favor of hearings.
November 9, 2012
Higher Volumes of Direct Retail Sales Lift FirstEnergy Solutions Margin
Higher volumes of competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions in the third quarter of 2012 more than offset the negative impact of lower pricing and produced increased commodity margin, versus the year-ago quarter, FirstEnergy Corp. said in reporting…
November 6, 2012
Texas Staff, Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc. Say Full or Partial Settlement of Revocation Proceeding "May" Result
Staff of the Public Utility of Texas and Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc. have said in a status report that continued settlement negotiations may result in a resolution, entirely or in part, of a pending Notice of Violation proceeding against Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc., and parties asked for a delay…
October 15, 2012
Texas Issues Final Determination of POLRs for 2013-2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed the Commission's final determination of the retail electric providers (REPs) designated to provide Provider of Last Resort (POLR) service for the 2013-2014 term.
September 27, 2012
No Surprise: Despite Sound & Fury, Pennsylvania PUC Won't Change Default Supplier Role, Structure
In what had been the expected outcome of the Pennsylvania PUC's investigation of the retail electric market design, despite much hot air to the contrary, the PUC has stopped short of a shift in the default service supplier role, declining to place retail suppliers in that role or otherwise conduct…
August 20, 2012
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2012.