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March 17, 2017
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2017.
March 17, 2017
Nstar (Eversource) has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2017.
March 17, 2017
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Eversource) has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2017.
March 3, 2017
Washington Gas Light has filed with the District of Columbia PSC an updated estimate for the cost to implement purchase of receivables
January 25, 2017
PECO has spent $31 million on various retail market enchantments, and the Pennsylvania PUC should give such enhancements time to be evaluated prior to determining whether to implement supplier consolidated billing, PECO said in comments.
January 24, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC should reject a petition from NRG Energy to implement electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) because SCB would increase costs and open the door for the charging of additional fees for customer service functions, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate said in…
December 23, 2016
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 16, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC has opened an investigation to consider introduction of a purchase of receivables program at Washington Gas Light
December 12, 2016
OCC Seeks To Sunset POR Program After One Year, Require Separate Approval For Continuation
The purchase of receivables program that has been mandated at AEP Ohio should be put "on hold" or be subject to further workgroup discussions due to the introduction of a supplier consolidated billing (SCB) pilot, and the impact that the SCB pilot may have on POR program participation (and…
December 9, 2016
Proposes Switch "Block" Mechanism For Customers With SCB Past Due Balances
Note: Story updated at 10:51 am to provide more discussion on the block mechanism
December 8, 2016
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC proposed new purchase of receivables discount rates to be effective January 1, 2017.
December 5, 2016
The New York PSC has established an evidentiary hearing process to consider whether to adopt a complete prohibition on ESCO service to mass market customers, or other market, "reforms."
November 28, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU has approved, effective December 1, 2016, new purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates at Fitchburg Gas & Electric (Unitil)
November 21, 2016
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 17, 2016
Respond Power LLC has filed a new complaint at the Pennsylvania PUC against the application of the newly implemented purchase of receivables clawback tariffs at Penelec and West Penn Power.
November 10, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC at its meeting yesterday ratified a prior one-commissioner emergency order which granted certain relief requested by Respond Power in a dispute concerning a POR clawback charge at the FirstEnergy EDCs
November 10, 2016
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved purchase of receivables programs at North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas
November 9, 2016
The FirstEnergy utilities have filed an answer opposing Respond Power's petition at the Pennsylvania PUC which was filed to prevent the EDCs from withholding nearly $500,000 of Respond receivables as an offset against a POR clawback charge.
November 9, 2016
EnergyChoiceMatters.com exclusively reported last week that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order on AEP Ohio's electric security plan, had directed that implementation of a purchase of receivables program at AEP Ohio move forward, with PUCO directing that a procedural…
November 4, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order on AEP Ohio's electric security plan, directed that a procedural process be developed to implement purchase of receivables at AEP Ohio.
October 28, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a revised compliance plan governing Philadelphia Gas Works' implementation of a remote account number look-up mechanism, which now does not recover costs through PGW's purchase of receivables discount rate, and which instead recovers implementation costs through a…
October 28, 2016
Granting, in part, relief requested by Respond Power, LLC, the Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman Andrew Place issued an emergency order requiring Penelec and West Penn to cease and desist from implementing a POR Clawback charge until Penelec and West Penn have filed the appropriate tariff supplements…
October 27, 2016
Respond Power LLC has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to issue an ex parte Emergency Order to prohibit Penelec and West Penn Power from, "unilaterally withholding from Respond Power Purchase of Receivables ('POR') payments as an offset for a nearly one-half million dollar POR Clawback Charge…
October 3, 2016
PECO has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to increase its natural gas purchase of receivables (POR) discount rate, to reflect the PUC's approval of recovering 50% of the costs of implementing a natural gas remote account number look-up mechanism through the discount.
September 27, 2016
Under a non-unanimous settlement in Duquesne Light's default service proceeding, the utility would remove the uncollectibles component of the purchase of receivables (POR) discount, and instead collect such amounts through a nonbypassable delivery service surcharge on all customers.
