August 30, 2012
PPL Price to Compare to Fall for Residential Customers, Rise for Small Businesses
PPL Electric Utilities has posted new Prices to Compare for the three-month period starting September 1, 2012.
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August 30, 2012
Recommended Decision for PECO Default Service Would Require 12-Month Reconciliations
A recommended decision regarding PECO's electric default service plan for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015 would adopt PECO's proposed use of a 12-month reconciliation period for default service rates, rather than the current quarterly reconciliations.
August 20, 2012
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2012.
August 3, 2012
Pennsylvania PUC's Witmer Encourages Study of Bypassable Adders to Default Service Price
Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner Pamela Witmer has encouraged the Commission to further investigate several proposed bypassable charges suggested by parties to be added to the Price to Compare, to reflect charges currently embedded in distribution rates or other costs of providing default service not…
August 2, 2012
Pennsylvania Modifies Terms for Retail Opt-in Auction
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a motion from Commissioner Pamela Witmer concerning the structure of the retail opt-in auction at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies.
July 27, 2012
Connecticut AG, OCC Seek Listing of Standard Service Rate, Savings vs. Utility on Competitive Supply Bills
The Connecticut Attorney General and Office of the Consumer Counsel have asked the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to consider listing the utility Standard Service rate, as well as a shopping customer's relative savings versus the rate, on the bills of customers on competitive…
July 20, 2012
Pennsylvania Rejects Conditionally Nonbypassable Migration Rider at PPL
Reversing a recommended decision from an ALJ, the Pennsylvania PUC rejected PPL Electric Utilities' proposal to impose a conditionally nonbypassable migration rider (called a reconciliation rider by PPL) on customers (P-2011-2256365).
July 20, 2012
Pennsylvania to Investigate Nonbypassable Charges for Default Service
The Pennsylvania PUC will open an investigation (M-2012-2314313) regarding the reconciliation of electric default service costs, including the use of nonbypassable riders to recover such reconciliations.
July 19, 2012
Ohio Commission: Non-shopping Customers "Entitled" to "Price Stability," Adopts 36-Month Laddering of Default Service Contracts at FirstEnergy EDCs
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, without substantive modification to provisions related to the retail market, a non-unanimous stipulation to extend the current FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' electric security plan for an additional two years, from June 1, 2014 to May 31, 2016 (ESP 3).
July 18, 2012
UGI Distribution Companies File to Unbundle Gas Procurement Costs, Increase Price to Compare
UGI Utilities- Gas Division, UGI Central Penn Gas, and UGI Penn Natural Gas have each filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to unbundle certain gas procurement costs from base rates and to include these costs in the bypassable Price to Compare (PTC), as directed by a prior PUC rulemaking.
July 10, 2012
NEM Urges Connecticut to Examine Further Delivery Rate Unbundling
Connecticut should examine, "whether additional unbundling is necessary to separate out the full retail costs to the utility of providing 24/7 no-notice, last resort [electric] standard service," the National Energy Marketers Association said in comments to PURA (12-05-04).
June 19, 2012
Baltimore Gas & Electric Files New SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2012
June 18, 2012
Pennsylvania ALJ Recommends Use of 24-Month Contracts for Commercial, Residential Default Service
A Pennsylvania ALJ has recommended exclusively using 24-month contracts for the full requirements portion of the non-hourly default service portfolio at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power, and has recommended denying a bypassable retail adder proposed by the companies.
June 12, 2012
Delmarva Files New SOS Rates
Delmarva has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2012.
June 12, 2012
Pepco Files New SOS Rates
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2012.
June 5, 2012
Citizens'/Wellsboro Propose Customer Referral Program Under New Default Service Plan
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA and Wellsboro Electric Company have proposed implementing a New/Moving Customer Referral Program as part of their proposed default service plan for the period from June 1, 2013, through May 31, 2015.
May 28, 2012
Pennsylvania Sets Schedule to Unbundle Gas Procurement Costs from Delivery Rates
The Pennsylvania PUC has established a staggered schedule to consider filings from the natural gas distribution companies to remove natural gas procurement costs from base rates, for inclusion in the bypassable Price to Compare.
May 24, 2012
Duquesne Light Files New Default Service Rates
Duquesne Light has filed new default service rates for small Commercial and Industrial customers (< 25 kW) for the period of June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013, and medium Commercial and Industrial customers (25-300 kW) for the period of June 1, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
May 24, 2012
Penn Power Posts Prices to Compare Effective June 1
Penn Power has posted on its website the new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 24, 2012
Penelec Posts Prices to Compare Effective June 1
Penelec has posted on its website the new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 24, 2012
Met-Ed Posts Prices to Compare Effective June 1
Met-Ed has posted on its website the new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2012.
May 24, 2012
Pa. Chair Powelson Expresses Concern Over Default Service Reconciliations
Pennsylvania PUC Chairman Robert Powelson issued the following statement this morning as the PUC considered PPL Electric's 2012/2013 Generation Supply Charge-2 calculation, which applies to hourly priced customers:
May 22, 2012
N.Y. Approves Move to Market-Based Rates at Penelec
The New York PSC has adopted, with one substantive modification, a joint proposal under which Penelec will move its New York customers to market-based default service rates effective June 1, 2012, with the rate increases mitigated in a competitively neutral manner (Case 11-E-0594).
May 22, 2012
Illinois Posts New Prices to Compare for ComEd, Ameren
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted new official Prices to Compare for residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren.
May 18, 2012
Connecticut Light & Power Posts New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning July 1, 2012.