September 25, 2020
Constellation: Utility's Proposed Bill Change, "Threatens Constellation's Relationship With Its Customers"
Utility: "Reforms" Relating To Unregulated Supplier Charges Should Be Pursued
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September 22, 2020
ComEd, Ameren File New Electric Supply Rates, Prices To Compare
Commonwealth Edison and Ameren have filed new electric supply rates, resulting in new Prices to Compare, effective October 1, 2020
September 21, 2020
PPL Agrees To Withdraw Proposed Renewable Energy Supply Option For Non-shopping Customers Under Partial Default Service Settlement
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation ('PPL Electric', 'PPL', or the 'Company'), the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s ('Commission') Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E'), the Office of Consumer Advocate ('OCA'), the Office of Small Business Advocate ('OSBA'), and various retail…
September 15, 2020
National Grid Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates To Increase Over 25%; Suppliers Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service electric rates for the period November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 for the residential and commercial customer groups, and the period November 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021 for the industrial customer group
September 3, 2020
Pennsylvania PUC Asks EDCs About Alternatives To Proposed Use Of Proxy Capacity Price In Upcoming Default Service Auctions
The Pennsylvania PUC has directed the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies to discuss any other alternatives considered, other than the EDCs' proposed use of a proxy price for capacity, to be used in upcoming full requirements default service auctions for delivery periods for which a PJM Base…
August 26, 2020
Regulator Seeks Briefs On Authority To Use Long-Term Contracts, Currently Treated On Nonbypassable Basis, To Meet Default Service Load
Part Of Inquiry Into Spike In Non-supply Costs On Customer Bills
In seeking briefs concerning recent rate increases in nonbypassable transmission and other non-supply charges, the Connecticut PURA has raised the issue of applying electricity supplies currently purchased under long-term contracts, and sold into the wholesale market with no impact on the price to…
August 25, 2020
Utility Seeks To List Amount Of Shadow-Billed Default Service Cost On Shopping Customers' Bill, Prominently On First Page
Ohio Power Company (the 'Company' or 'AEP Ohio') filed an application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for approval of a modified bill format that would provide the shadow-billed total supply cost that a shopping customer would have paid, had the customer been on the Standard Service Offer…
August 21, 2020
ComEd Residential, Small Commercial Prices To Compare To Increase 10% In October
Commonwealth Edison has filed updated new electric supply rates, known as Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for the period beginning October 1, 2020
August 19, 2020
PSC Chair: Utility's Current On-Bill Comparison Of Retail Supplier Charges With Shadow-Billed SOS Costs Appears To Be An Impermissible Undue Preference In Favor Of Utility's Service
In a discussion concerning the eventual approval of a 100% green SOS option for customers at the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (see related story today) , Maryland PSC Chairman Jason M. Stanek raised concern with a comparison of retail supplier charges to shadow-billed SOS costs which…
July 21, 2020
Met-Ed Residential Price To Compare Increasing 7%, Most Other FirstEnergy-PA PTCs Increasing
West Penn Power PTCs Decreasing 4-6%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential and commercial PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2020
July 21, 2020
PECO Small Commercial Generation Rate Increasing 7%
Residential Generation Rate Falling
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2020
July 15, 2020
NRG: New York Utilities, "Appear To Be Engaged In A Non-Transparent Regime Of Deferred Accounting"
In comments to the New York PSC in a COVID proceeding, the NRG retail companies ("NRG") said that the PSC should deny, for the utilities, deferred accounting for all but an extremely limited number of costs that were incurred in relation to the utilities’ strict compliance with governmental mandates…
July 13, 2020
RESA Seeks Further Extension For Compliance With ESCO Product Limits, Other Requirements From New York PSC Reset Order, Cites Potential Utility Rate Deferrals Under New PSC COVID Proceeding
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested from the New York PSC an extension of time to comply with Ordering Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 of the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order (Reset II Order).
June 12, 2020
Pennsylvania Court Denies Retail Supplier's Appeal Of PUC Decision Concerning Allocation Of Costs Between Delivery Rates, Default Service
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a decision from the Pennsylvania PUC which had, in a final order in a PECO rate case, denied a proposal from NRG Energy to re-allocate approximately $100 million in costs at PECO which NRG had argued are attributable to electricity default service…
May 21, 2020
Ameren Files New Bypassable Transmission Rates, Supply Cost Adjustment
Ameren has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission updated amounts for the Bypassable Transmission Service Charge and new amounts for the Supply Cost Adjustment-EUA
May 21, 2020
Con Edison Has Taken Steps To "Defer" Some Electric Supply Costs
In a news release discussing steps it has taken to prepare for the upcoming summer, Con Edison stated that it has taken steps to defer certain electric supply costs during the coronavirus crisis
May 21, 2020
Update: ComEd Files Final June 1 Price To Compare, 10% Lower For Residential Customers
Commonwealth Edison has filed updated new electric supply rates, known as Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for the period beginning June 1, 2020, as well as new bypassable transmission charges (PJM Services Charges, PSC)
May 18, 2020
PECO Files New Amounts For Bypassable Transmission Rate
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new amounts for its bypassable transmission rate, a component of the electricity Price to Compare, to be effective June 1, 2020
May 7, 2020
BGE Residential SOS Rate Increasing 13% On October 1, Small Commercial Also Increasing
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new SOS electricity generation rates for residential and Type I customers for the period Oct. 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021, as well as new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2020
May 5, 2020
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs' Commercial Prices To Compare To Fall 15-20% On June 1
Penn Power Residential PTC Increasing 6%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential and commercial PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting June 1, 2020
May 4, 2020
Pepco Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 25% In October
SOS Rates Increasing At Delmarva, Potomac Edison As Well
Pepco, Delmarva Power, and Potomac Edison have all filed updated SOS rates for various customer classes and time periods
May 1, 2020
PPL Residential, Small Commercial Prices To Compare To Fall Nearly 5% On June 1
PPL Electric has posted on its website new electric Prices to Compare for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2020
May 1, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power Residential, Small Business Default Service Rates Falling 22%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2020 to December 2020, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2020 to September 2020
April 29, 2020
Ameren Small Commercial Electric Supply Rate Falling 10%
Residential Electric Supply Rate Decreasing
Ameren has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission new Retail Purchased Electricity Charges (electric supply rates) for the period beginning June 1, 2020
April 28, 2020
ComEd Residential, Small Commercial Price To Compare To Fall Over 10% On June 1
Commonwealth Edison has filed new electric supply rates, known as Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for the period beginning June 1, 2020, as well as new bypassable transmission charges