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August 18, 2016
Would Prohibit EGS Service To Low-Income Customers Outside of New SOP Program
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ in PPL Electric's default service plan proceeding would prohibit retail suppliers from serving Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers generally, and would only allow electric generation suppliers (EGSs) to serve CAP customers through a new Standard…
July 25, 2016
The Supreme Court for the County of Albany, NY has issued an order vacating ordering clauses #1-3 of the New York PSC's February retail market reset order
June 7, 2016
Among other deficiencies with a proposed reference price benchmark (or price cap) to which all mass market New York fixed ESCO rates would be subject, Direct Energy said in comments on a PSC Staff whitepaper that the proposed timeline for the release and application of the benchmarks is logistically…
April 15, 2016
Speaking at the National Energy Marketers Association's 19th Annual National Restructuring Conference, John Quackenbush, whose term as Chair of Michigan PSC recently ended, told attendees that the latest legislative drafts being circulated addressing a rollback of choice could allow existing choice…
March 4, 2016
Update #3, 4:58 pm: Several orders in response to specific ESCO petitions have been issued. At least one of the temporary restraining orders specifically applies to Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's Feb. 23 order, and stays their enforcement.
February 1, 2016
Michigan utilities have filed their final electric choice cap numbers for 2016, based on 10% of weather-adjusted retail sales.
January 22, 2016
FERC has issued a proposed rule to require that all of the FERC jurisdiction RTOs increase their offer caps above $1,000.
November 24, 2015
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) announced that it will be providing basic gas supply service customers with a 25¢/therm bill credit for usage during a period of three months this winter
November 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has sought further stakeholder comment on the appropriateness of month-to-month rates and pricing that should be applied at the end of a fixed rate contract
November 1, 2015
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel urged the Connecticut PURA to impose a price cap on legacy variable rate products in the state such that suppliers may not charge variable rate customers in excess of the Standard Service rate
July 23, 2015
Two Illinois bills (HB 3766, SB 1312) addressing retail electricity termination fees have been approved by the governor and have become law
July 14, 2015
A report from Staff of the New York PSC issued last month examining programs for addressing energy affordability for low income utility customers, including alternatives to the current disparate programs at each utility, does not recommend fixed price utility supply pricing, and declined to address…
June 25, 2015
An Illinois bill (HB 3766) which caps electric early termination fees for both residential and small commercial customers has been sent to the Governor.
February 4, 2015
The Michigan PSC has published its annual report on retail open access electric service.
January 19, 2015
FERC has issued a series of questions for stakeholder comment stemming from its various organized market price formation workshops.
July 1, 2014
A Maryland working group charged with exploring the expansion of budget billing to competitive supply and permanently accelerating the switching timeline also addressed more holistically issues which caused unexpectedly high bills for certain electric customers this winter, prompting the workgroup…
May 13, 2014
"Hedging" has been included as a topic on the agenda for the previously reported May 15 technical conference that the New York PSC is convening on the polar vortex.
April 24, 2014
Direct Energy announced that it is capping its residential electric variable rates in Connecticut.
March 25, 2014
Pennsylvania retail electric suppliers should be required to disclose to customers the highest electric rate they have charged in the past 60 months, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate said in comments to the PUC.
March 21, 2014
The free market for electricity in Pennsylvania "hasn't worked" in its current form, Pennsylvania State Rep. Robert Godshall, Chair of the Consumer Affairs committee, said during a hearing yesterday on variable prices.
March 13, 2014
Direct Energy said that, effective April 1, the company will add a price protection feature to its current residential electric variable rates in each Pennsylvania utility service area in which the company serves.
March 12, 2014
Generators in PJM may be exploiting the make-whole payments granted to capacity owners by FERC, allowing cost recovery above the $1,000/MWh price cap, by, "requesting recovery of natural gas 'costs' that they did not in fact experience, but rather which represent simply a published 'spot' cost of…
February 21, 2014
Concerns that PECO Customer Assistance Program customers will suffer "irreparable harm" under the program adopted by the PUC to allow these customers to shop for their electric supplier are not "speculative," given, "the recent volatility we have seen in the energy markets," Pennsylvania Public…
February 13, 2014
Update, 2/14 : This story has been revised based on responses from PECO. PECO's full statement appears at the bottom of the story:
January 29, 2014
In an action which brings back memories of the dark days of retail choice where fledgling markets were hemorrhaging left and right after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and natural gas prices raced to record highs, the New York PSC has capped the default service electric rates at Niagara Mohawk for…
