June 28, 2013
Lower Default Service Rate Approved at Public Service of New Hampshire
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 28, 2013
Ohio Opens Proceeding on Potential Adverse Rate Impacts from AEP Ohio Transition to Market-Based Rates
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a proceeding to review potential adverse rate impacts for AEP Ohio customers during the transition to market based rates.
June 4, 2013
New York Staff Urges Immediate Implementation of Comparison of ESCO Versus Default Service Costs at ConEd
Staff of the New York PSC have recommended that Consolidated Edison be required to implement an online bill calculator comparing ESCO and shadow-billed default service costs
June 4, 2013
ConEd Estimates Shopping to Reach 1.2 Million Customers in Four Years
Consolidated Edison has forecast that the number of customers taking supply from an ESCO will reach 1.2 million customers by 2017, according to testimony in its current rate cases.
April 3, 2013
Duke Energy Ohio to Make More Rate Codes Available to Retail Suppliers
Duke Energy Ohio, as part of a natural gas rate case settlement, has agreed to make additional rate codes available to retail natural gas suppliers.
March 29, 2013
Settlement Would Set New Bypassable Charge at Pennsylvania Utility
A settlement among several parties would establish a new bypassable Gas Procurement Charge at National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation in Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2013
Settlement Would Modify POR Discount at Pennsylvania Utility, Adopt Bypassable Procurement Charge
A settlement among Equitable Gas Company, the Office of Consumer Advocate, and the Office of Small Business Advocate would adopt a new, bypassable gas procurement charge at Equitable, and also modify the Merchant Function Charges and therefore purchase of receivables discount rates.
March 28, 2013
NiMo Issues Notice of Collaborative for ESCO-Default Service Cost Comparison
Niagara Mohawk has issued a notice of an ESCO Pricing Tools and Consumer Communications Collaborative to commence discussions concerning ESCO versus default service cost comparisons required under a recently adopted rate case joint proposal.
March 18, 2013
Settlement to End Shopping Black-Out Dates, Set POR Discount & Bypassable Procurement Charge at Pennsylvania Utility
A settlement in Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's rate case would end the current "freeze" periods for choice enrollments, adopt a new bypassable gas procurement charge, and establish new POR discount rates.
March 11, 2013
Draft Order Would Establish Bypassable Procurement Charge at Pennsylvania Utility
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would establish the new bypassable Gas Procurement Charge, reflecting an unbundling of certain supply-related costs currently in base rates, at Peoples TWP LLC.
March 4, 2013
Settlement to Increase POR Discount at PECO, Unbundle Distribution Rates into New Bypassable Charge
Parties have filed a settlement to unbundle certain natural gas supply procurement costs at PECO from base rates and include such costs in a new bypassable Gas Procurement Charge (GPC), with such settlement also moving uncollectibles into the POR discount rates.
February 28, 2013
Retail Supplier Seeks Shopping Credits at Duke Energy Ohio due to Lack of Unbundling
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. has recommended that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio introduce a form of shopping credit for natural gas customers at Duke Energy Ohio due to the inclusion of natural gas procurement costs in nonbypassable base rates.
February 27, 2013
More Businesses in Kentucky Will be Allowed to Shop for Natural Gas Supply
A recent order from the Kentucky PSC will allow more businesses to shop for natural gas supply at Louisville Gas & Electric, by lowering the threshold to take transportation service.
February 6, 2013
N.Y. ESCO: Give Utilities 20% Rate of Return for Expanding Natural Gas Lines, Service
A New York ESCO has proposed that the New York PSC grant local distribution companies expanding natural gas service a rate of return of 20% for new gas plant associated with the expansion of natural gas service to new customers.
January 2, 2013
Pennsylvania Confirms Continuation of Current PPL POR Discount Rates, Pending New Data
A written order from the Pennsylvania PUC confirms that the current purchase of receivables discount rates at PPL will remain in effect until the PUC acts upon a revised discount rate filing to separate competitive supply versus default service uncollectibles, which has not yet been filed.
January 2, 2013
Oregon PUC Orders Pacific Power to Implement Direct Access Option With End-Date for Transition Charges
The Oregon Public Utility Commission has ordered Pacific Power (Pacificorp) to implement a long-term cost-of-service opt-out program that would allow direct access customers to cease paying transition charges after a five-year period, similar to the more active direct access program at Portland…
December 14, 2012
Settlement Would More Than Double Bypassable Gas Procurement Charge at UGI Companies
Parties have reached an unopposed settlement that would establish the new, bypassable Gas Procurement Charge at the three UGI natural gas distribution companies in Pennsylvania that increases the bypassable Gas Procurement Charge from UGI's original proposal.
December 12, 2012
Joint Proposal Provides That NiMo "Will Develop" Online ESCO Vs. Default Service Cost Calculator
A joint proposal among parties to Niagara Mohawk's pending electric and natural gas rate cases in New York provides that NiMo "will develop" an online calculator to allow ESCO customers to compare their costs under ESCO supply versus shadow-billed default service costs.
December 6, 2012
Pennsylvania Denies Placing POR Uncollectibles in Base Rates, Sets Uncollectibles Factor
The Pennsylvania PUC denied a request from Direct Energy to recover purchase of receivables uncollectibles, as well as default service uncollectibles, through a nonbypassable charge at PPL, and also adopted an ALJ's recommendation regarding the level for the POR discount rates.
November 7, 2012
Draft Order Would Deny Equitable Purchase of Receivables Proposal -- Due to Lack of Interest!
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would deny a proposal from Equitable Gas to implement a purchase of receivables program because, "there is no documented level of interest in participating in a POR program by any NGS's [natural gas suppliers] in Equitable's service territory."
October 22, 2012
Pennsylvania Recommended Order Opens Door for Divergence Between POR Discount, Merchant Function Charge
A recommended decision in PPL's rate case opens the door for the uncollectibles rate included in the Purchase of Receivables discount and the uncollectibles rate used in the bypassable Merchant Function Charge to diverge.
September 25, 2012
Consumers Energy Seeks Changes to Retail Open Access Tariff in Rate Case
Consumers Energy Company has filed an electric rate case at the Michigan PSC which includes several proposed changes to the retail open access (ROA) tariff (Case No. U-17087).
September 10, 2012
New York ALJs Rule ESCO-Default Service Cost Comparison Shall Be Made Public
Two New York ALJs have ruled that a comparison of ESCO and utility costs provided by Niagara Mohawk in response to a discovery request shall not be afforded confidential treatment.
September 4, 2012
New York Staff Support Further Unbundling at NiMo; Recommend Level for Uncollectibles
Staff of the New York Public Service Commission have filed testimony supporting the further unbundling of rates at Niagara Mohawk, and proposed updates to the uncollectibles rates in the Merchant Function Charge (MFC) and purchase of receivables discount (12-G-0202 et. al.).
August 29, 2012
New York ALJs Allow Discovery on NiMo Comparison of ESCO, Utility Costs
Two New York ALJs will allow a comparison of ESCO and utility costs provided by Niagara Mohawk to be used in discovery and litigation during NiMo's rate cases, but have not yet ruled substantively on whether such information should be released publicly, and accordingly afforded the data confidential…