October 17, 2013
Maine should not extend LMP-based monthly variable default service pricing to the medium non-residential customer class because, "index pricing is of limited use in promoting customer switching," for smaller customers, Exelon Generation Company said in comments to the PUC.
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October 10, 2013
Public Service Company of New Hampshire is forecasting an increase in its energy service (default service) rate for the period starting January 1, 2014.
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October 8, 2013
PECO has posted results from its September procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2015.
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September 16, 2013
Dominion Retail d/b/a Dominion Energy Solutions has launched new electric and natural gas supply offers for customers at PSE&G in New Jersey
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September 13, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in UGI Utilities' default service proceeding which relies on block energy purchases for a portion of default service load for residential and small commercial electric customers.
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September 13, 2013
Pennsylvania has launched its third investigation in the last 10 years to jumpstart the chronically "dismal" retail natural gas market, but the PUC's track record with its prior investigations, as well as its recently concluded retail electric market investigation, should counsel any retail…
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September 5, 2013
PECO's residential electric Price to Compare increased nearly 10% on September 1.
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September 3, 2013
Dominion Energy Solutions is now offering a residential electric plan at Fitchburg Gas & Electric (Unitil) in Massachusetts with a rate that is guaranteed to be lower than the default service rate through May 2014.
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August 27, 2013
PPL has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed new pilot Time of Use program for default service customers which would rely on retail electric generation suppliers (EGSs) to serve customers under a Time of Use program required to be offered as part of a default service plan.
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August 26, 2013
PPL Electric Utilities announced that its Price to Compare for residential customers will increase by over 5 mills per kWh on September 1.
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August 19, 2013
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2013.
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August 16, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an order regarding an investigation of various issues related to reconciliations of various components of the bypassable electric Price to Compare (PTC), including whether the use of migration riders is appropriate.
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August 15, 2013
Several of the Standard Offer Customer Referral Programs offered by Pennsylvania electric distribution companies commenced at the start of August, and while enrollments under some of the programs are solid, data suggests that the enrollments could merely be offsetting what would otherwise be a…
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August 13, 2013
Just Energy has begun publicizing offers for residential electric service in new territories in Ohio.
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August 6, 2013
A settlement in UGI Utilities' default service proceeding would rely on block energy purchases for a portion of default service load for residential and small commercial electric customers.
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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.
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July 24, 2013
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed their new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1.
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July 17, 2013
A New York media outlet has asked customers to send in their results from a new ESCO versus utility cost comparison calculator to enable the outlet to offer a comparison of ESCO prices.
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July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved revisions to the Duquesne Light Standard Offer customer referral program, including a revised supplier fee, but its ordering paragraph used vague language to describe a marketing prohibition related to the program.
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July 8, 2013
The Delaware PSC has opened a review of the transparency of Delmarva Power's electric bill under Docket No. 13-250
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July 1, 2013
Shipley Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Met-Ed in Pennsylvania.
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June 28, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC approved a reduction in the non-scrubbed portion of the energy (default) service rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
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June 25, 2013
Pennsylvania's proposal to prohibit the use of pass-through clauses on fixed rate electric contracts, and only allow such pass-throughs in a new product category called Price With Pass-Through Clause, amounts to the regulation of retail supplier pricing, and will also raise customer rates…
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June 20, 2013
Commonwealth Edison recorded a significant decrease in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply from April 30, 2013 to May 31, 2013, according to new stats published by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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June 14, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has expanded the universe of customers eligible to take service under PECO's Standard Offer customer referral program, under which retail suppliers enrolling in the program offer customers, referred from PECO, a 7% discount off the Price to Compare applicable at the time of…
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