December 27, 2016
PUC Approves Increase in PSNH Default Service Rate
The New Hampshire PUC has approved Public Service Company of New Hampshire's (Eversource) energy service rate for 2017
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December 23, 2016
Pa. PUC Approves Settlement Under Which Utility Will Remove Uncollectibles From POR Discount, Transfer To Delivery Surcharge
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted without modification a non-unanimous settlement concerning Duquesne Light's default service program for the period beginning June 1, 2017
December 22, 2016
Update: BGE Files Summer 2017 SOS Rates, Prices To Fall
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed tariff supplements to implement summer 2017 electric SOS rates.
December 21, 2016
NH Default Service Rate To Increase 11%
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) for the period beginning February 1, 2017, with the small customer rate increasing 11%
December 20, 2016
National Grid Files New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed new Massachusetts electricity basic service rates for industrial customers for the three-month period beginning February 1, 2017.
December 20, 2016
Price To "Compare": NY PSC Allows Utility To Defer Collection of Supply Costs
The New York PSC has approved a deferral of certain supply costs that would have otherwise been required to be reflected in default service rates at KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) starting on January 1, 2017, citing, in part, the need to temper the bills of…
December 6, 2016
NEM: "Misleading" NY Utility Supply Cost Reconciliation Process (Where One Utility Is Seeking To Exclude $43 Million From Current Supply Rates) Must Be Reformed, Distorts ESCO-Utility Price Comparisons
Citing the "misleading" impact large prior period reconciliations have on customers' purchasing decisions and comparison of ESCO and utility supply rates, the National Energy Marketers Association said that the New York PSC's utility gas cost reconciliation process as set forth in the Commission’s…
December 5, 2016
Pa. PUC Issues Draft Mechanism To Comply With Utilities To Offer Time Of Use Generation Rate To Default Service Customers Under Court Remand
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter setting forth a proposed mechanism for PPL, and more broadly other EDCs, to comply with their obligation, as default service provider, to offer a Time of Use generation rate option to default service customers which would still rely on a retail…
December 1, 2016
Ohio Posts Winning Suppliers From AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted winning bidders from AEP Ohio's November 2016 procurement of default service supplies for a portion of the June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 delivery year
December 1, 2016
Small Customer Default Service Rates At Central Maine Power To Increase
Standard Offer rates for residential and small commercial customers will increase on January 1, 2017 at Central Maine Power
November 21, 2016
Pennsylvania ALJ Recommends Approval Of Settlement Under Which Utility Would Remove Uncollectibles From POR Discount, Transfer To Delivery Surcharge
A Pennsylvania ALJ has recommended that a non-unanimous settlement concerning Duquesne Light's default service program for the period beginning June 1, 2017 be adopted without modification
November 18, 2016
Update: PECO Price To Compare To Decrease Further Based On New Transmission Rate
PECO's electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2016 have been updated to reflect a change in the transmission rate
November 15, 2016
RESA: "Unprecedented" Price Cap Program Adopted By Pennsylvania PUC "Cannot Survive" Court Test
"Pricing Restrictions" Could "Undermine" Work To Develop Nationally Recognized PA Retail Market
The "unprecedented" action of the Pennsylvania PUC to restrict Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL Electric Utilities to shopping only through a new Standard Offer Program specific to CAP customers (CAP-SOP), under which the EGS must serve the customer at a 7% discount off the Price…
November 10, 2016
Ohio Posts Results of AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of AEP Ohio’s Nov. 7, 2016 default service auction that will ultimately determine its standard service offer through May 2018.
November 10, 2016
Nstar Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates To Increase 25%-33%
Nstar (Eversource Energy) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2017
November 4, 2016
United Illuminating Default Service Rates To Increase 12-15%
United Illuminating's residential Standard Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) will increase 15% on January 1, while the small C&I GSC will increase 12%
November 4, 2016
PUCO Maintains Retail Market Enhancements (SSO Adder, Supplier Consolidated Billing, Referral Program) In AEP Ohio Rehearing Order
In a rehearing order concerning a PPA rider at AEP Ohio, PUCO affirmed that terms of a previously adopted stipulation concerning the rider, including retail market enhancements, remain in effect.
November 3, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 20%, Small Business Rates Up 16%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2017 to June 2017, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2017 to March 2017
November 3, 2016
Direct Energy Withdraws Petition To Restart Pennsylvania Retail Opt-In Programs
Direct Energy has filed to withdraw its petition before the Pennsylvania PUC in which Direct Energy had sought to restart the retail opt-in electricity referral/aggregation programs, which had been previously approved by the PUC, but which the PUC suspended prior to implementation.
November 2, 2016
PPL Residential Price To Compare To Decline, Small Business Rate To Increase
PPL Electric's residential Price to Compare will decline marginally on December 1, while the small business PTC will increase by about 8%
November 1, 2016
Residential Default Service Rate At Massachusetts Utility To Increase Nearly 20%
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) has filed new default service rates for the period beginning January 1, 2017
October 28, 2016
Regulator Moves To Consider Requiring Retail Supplier Summary Information (Next Month's Rate, Termination Fee Info) On Business Customer Bills
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order to re-open proceeding Docket 14-07-19 to consider whether summary information required to be listed on residential customer bills should apply to business customer bills.
October 28, 2016
Pa. PUC Sets Default Service Design, Procurement For PPL For Period Starting
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted, without modification, a partial settlement addressing the design and procurement of PPL Electric Utilities default service for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021, barring any petition for a mid-course adjustment, and also addressed the issue of PPL's obligation to…
October 28, 2016
Pennsylvania PUC Adopts Rate Cap On Retail Suppliers' Service To Low-Income Customers
PUC Vice Chair: Changes, "Will Likely Force All CAP Customers To Return To Default Service"
October 27, 2016
Ohio Discloses Winning Bidders From FirstEnergy EDCs' October Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has disclosed the winning bidders from the FirstEnergy EDCs' October wholesale auction that, when blended with other supplies, will ultimately determine its Standard Service Offer through May 2018.