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July 31, 2017
Tiers Are Latest, Predictable Gimmick To Get Lowest ¢/kWh Rate at 1,000 kWh
During Friday's open meeting, Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez said that she wishes to discuss further the emergence of "tiered" pricing plans that retail providers are listing on Power to Choose
July 27, 2017
A draft Connecticut PURA decision would require that certain rate information, including a comparison of the customer's competitive supply cost versus the cost that would have been incurred under default service, be displayed on the first page of all Standard Service-eligible, consolidated billed…
July 17, 2017
Residential customers on competitive electric supply at Ameren, where opt-out municipal aggregation accounts for 90% of switched residential customers, paid on average nearly 0.7¢/kWh above the default service rate for electricity supply during the 12-month period ending May 31, 2017, according to a…
July 17, 2017
Non-Aggregation Residential Shopping At ComEd Increases By 175,000 As Aggregations Shrink By 300,000
Residential customers on competitive electric supply at Commonwealth Edison, where opt-out municipal aggregation accounts for 40% of switched residential customers, paid on average nearly 1.5¢/kWh above the default service rate for electricity supply during the 12-month period ending May 31, 2017…
July 7, 2017
CEO Says Commercial Rates Often "Hidden" By Brokers
TexasElectricityRatings.com announced that it has added a commercial energy marketplace to its platform, offering rate comparisons and customer reviews and insight
June 30, 2017
The New Hampshire PUC approved an increase in Public Service Company of New Hampshire's energy service rate (default service) from 11.17 cents per kWh to 11.66 cents per kWh, effective July 1
June 8, 2017
Editorial Note: This story was updated June 8, 3pm ET.
May 25, 2017
New Law Requires Study of Default Service Versus Retail Supplier Rates
Maine Governor Paul LePage has signed LD 803 which will require affirmative consent for certain retail supplier contract renewals exceeding a price threshold, but which omits an earlier proposal banning auto-renewals for all contracts
May 22, 2017
Electricity community choice aggregations (CCA) in California are only passing 1-2% in savings on to their customers even as the competitive wholesale market produces gross margin of 30% versus the utility rate, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail…
May 18, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association has released a study detailing declines in average electricity rates in 14 states which have restructured their electricity markets since 2008, versus increases seen in monopoly states over the same period
May 16, 2017
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for the period beginning July 1, 2017.
May 2, 2017
PPL Electric Utilities has posted electric prices to compare for the period June 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017
April 26, 2017
MC Squared Energy Services, LLC (mc2) has launched a new "Guaranteed Energy Savings" program at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois, which guarantees savings versus the Purchased Electricity Charges tariff rate
April 13, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed a motion with the New York PSC asking the ALJs presiding over the PSC's retail mass market review to compel the joint utilities to provide RESA’s outside consultants, subject to the pertinent confidentiality protections of the Protective Order issued in the…
March 29, 2017
In separately filed comments, New York's Utility Intervention Unit, and the state's Attorney General, opposed requested waivers filed with the PSC by several ESCOs who are seeking to continue to serve low-income customers.
March 13, 2017
Electricity Ratings, LLC has launched NYEnergyRatings.com , which provides retail energy supplier prices, rankings, and customer ratings
February 1, 2017
In the wake of a petition from the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel to open an investigation into alleged "abusive" practices of retail suppliers, including the potential for a prohibition on shopping for hardship customers (see story here) , the Retail Energy Supply Association noted retail…
January 23, 2017
Maryland residential electric customers on competitive supply paid "at least" $137 million more than SOS rates from 2013 to 2015, Laurel Peltier, a Baltimore City Resident and reporter for the publication Baltimore Fishbowl, said in public comments filed with the Maryland PSC
January 9, 2017
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC its new medium C&I default service supply rate for the period beginning March 1, 2017.
December 30, 2016
Michigan electric utilities have filed initial levels for the 2017 10% choice caps.
December 27, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has approved Public Service Company of New Hampshire's (Eversource) energy service rate for 2017
December 6, 2016
Citing the "misleading" impact large prior period reconciliations have on customers' purchasing decisions and comparison of ESCO and utility supply rates, the National Energy Marketers Association said that the New York PSC's utility gas cost reconciliation process as set forth in the Commission’s…
December 2, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association is seeking a court order to conduct discovery on data filed by the New York PSC in support of its order imposing a moratorium on ESCO service to Assistance Program Participant customers, alleging that the data is, "deeply flawed." The PSC opposed discovery…
November 29, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has proposed revisions to its retail electric supplier rules that would, among other things, include mandatory public posting of retail supplier prices, a longer rescission period, and the requirement for suppliers to offer customers the opportunity to cancel contracts via the…
November 28, 2016
Energy Deals LLC is launching a new energy shopping and price comparison website: energypricechoice.com
