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November 23, 2016
The "forcible de-enrollment" of New York low-income customers from ESCO service in New York, as ordered by the New York PSC (with such order subject to a temporary court injunction), will deprive low-income customers of savings available versus utility supply rates, compels low-income customers, "to…
November 21, 2016
An analysis by New York PSC Staff filed with the Supreme Court for the County of Albany indicates that low-income customers served by ESCOs in aggregate paid $96 million more than what the cost would have been under default service for the period January 2014 through June 2016.
October 31, 2016
From 2011 to 2014, "statewide average annual retail electricity rates to residential shopping customers were higher than utility default service rates," a report from Christina Simeone and John Hanger, published by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, says
October 27, 2016
State Launches New Energy Shopping Website
October 27, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU has formally adopted rules for a new electricity shopping website run by the DPU (http://www.energyswitchma.gov).
October 14, 2016
Residential electric customers served by ESCOs at Central Hudson Gas & Electric in aggregate paid $3.8 million more for supply during the first six months of 2016 versus the default service cost, according to data filed by Central Hudson with the PSC
October 6, 2016
The Michigan PSC and Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) announced that tens of thousands of people have used the CompareMIGas (https://w2.lara.state.mi.us/GasChoice/) natural gas shopping website in the year since its launch.
September 26, 2016
The New Jersey BPU has approved lower Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) rates at Elizabethtown Gas (ETG), New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and South Jersey Gas (SJG)
September 22, 2016
LifeEnergy, an affiliate of LS Power, has launched residential electric service at UGI - Electric in Pennsylvania
September 21, 2016
Santanna Energy Services has expanded service to AEP Ohio
August 31, 2016
The "vast majority" of low income customers obtaining their supply from an ESCO at National Fuel Gas Distribution in New York paid more than they would have if they had purchased it from the utility, the Public Utility Law Project of New York claimed in testimony in an NFGD rate case, citing average…
August 30, 2016
MidAmerican Energy Services has begun listing offers on the Texas Power to Choose site
August 25, 2016
A New York ALJ has ruled that certain aggregate ESCO cost data must be produced by National Fuel Gas Distribution in response to discovery requests by consumer advocates in a current NFGD rate case (Case 16-G-0257).
August 25, 2016
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC has begun listing on PA Power Switch residential retail electricity supply offers
August 22, 2016
NYSERDA's toolkit for opt-out aggregations in New York includes an opt-out letter template that touts the purely theoretical customer savings verses a fictitious average of default service rates -- which obviously has no bearing on whether the customer will save money with the aggregation.
July 21, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Donna Nelson took the opportunity to clarify comments concerning the retail market that have been "misconstrued" by the Chairman of the New York PSC (click here for story)
July 13, 2016
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has certified that the petition returned for The Energy Choice Initiative are sufficient, and the initiative will appear on the 2016 general election ballot.
June 30, 2016
In an initial step, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has changed the default view of the Power to Choose website such that products with minimum usage fees or credits do not appear in the product list.
June 29, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has approved a 10% increase in the energy service (default service) rate at Public Service of New Hampshire (Eversource), effective July 1
June 28, 2016
AEP Energy has begun publicly posting residential natural gas offers in the Dominion East Ohio, Vectren Energy Ohio, and Duke Energy Ohio service areas.
June 27, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied an appeal from several ESCO groups concerning a Records Access Officer (RAO) ruling which had held that the release of ESCOs' historic pricing was not subject to confidential protection. The Secretary ruled that certain average pricing data is not…
June 24, 2016
A review by the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) finds competitive retail energy suppliers in New Hampshire actively posting more than 70 different residential product offerings via the New Hampshire PUC's shopping website, "at prices highly competitive with default rates offered by the state…
June 23, 2016
A report on alternative ratemaking by a consultant retained by the Public Utility Commission of Texas expresses a "preference" for a movement to Straight Fixed-Variable (SFV) rate design for the recovery of transmission and distribution costs, which are paid by retail electric providers who then…
June 10, 2016
During a discussion on the Power to Choose website at yesterday's open meeting (see related story today) , Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson noted that, since he has been shopping, he has used the site to obtain an electric rate for his home located in the Oncor service area that is well-below…
June 10, 2016
Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Donna Nelson yesterday tasked Staff with reviewing ultra-low priced offers in the market, such as rates listed at an average of 1.5¢/kWh at 1,000 kWh consumption, as Nelson stated, "I think they're deceptive on the face."
