March 19, 2014
The Michigan PSC set an expedited schedule to consider Consumers Energy Company's request for authority to immediately increase its gas cost recovery (GCR) factor.
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March 12, 2014
Retail suppliers should be assigned one-half of the cost of changes needed to accommodate retail electric supplier logos on utility consolidated bills, PECO said in comments filed with the Pennsylvania PUC.
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March 5, 2014
A Pennsylvania utility seeking to institute a nonbypassable surcharge to recover a default service undercollection resulting from extreme pricing in the PJM market during January has filed to lower its bypassable default service charge by 8% effective April 1.
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March 4, 2014
Wellsboro Electric Company has become the second Pennsylvania utility to petition for a nonbypassable rider to recover an undercollection of supply costs due to, "abnormal and sustained cold weather conditions," during January.
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February 25, 2014
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended approval of an alternative proposal from AEP Ohio to mitigate the impact of the transition to market-based rates on residential customers at Columbus Southern Power (CSP).
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February 24, 2014
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to institute a nonbypassable charge to recover January default service costs which exceeded the revenues collected from retail rates.
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February 7, 2014
The District of Columbia PSC has rejected Pepco's dynamic pricing proposal, finding that the proposal requires further review.
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February 5, 2014
Details of a non-unanimous settlement that would set the bypassable SOS Administrative Charge at Pepco and Delmarva have now been filed at the Maryland PSC.
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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…
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December 23, 2013
AEP Ohio has filed for approval of an electric security plan that would rely on more market reflective rates versus the process used at the other Ohio electric distribution companies.
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November 14, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted a schedule delaying the start of a transition to fully auction-sourced default service at AEP Ohio, but which leaves unchanged the time at which 100% of default service will be auction-based.
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November 5, 2013
Texas-New Mexico Power Company has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas revisions to Rider HCRF - Hurricane Cost Recovery Factor, in order to terminate collection of such approved Hurricane Ike restoration recovery costs prior to any over-collection.
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September 9, 2013
PUCO issued an entry nunc pro tunc correcting is order issued earlier last week regarding the transition to auction-based default service at Dayton Power & Light, with the corrected order creating a longer transition to 100% auction-based default service rates.
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September 5, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued a notice this morning that its order issued on September 4 concerning Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan, governing default service, "does not reflect the decision that the Commission intended to issue, including the length of the ESP period…
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August 19, 2013
A Texas court of appeals has ruled that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is entitled to collect a performance bonus on certain expenditures made on energy efficiency measures, reversing a ruling from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The charges shall be collected from retail electric…
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August 16, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an order regarding an investigation of various issues related to reconciliations of various components of the bypassable electric Price to Compare (PTC), including whether the use of migration riders is appropriate.
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August 9, 2013
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has informed retail electric providers that its compliance filing to temporarily cease billing Transition Charges under schedule TC effective August 9, 2013, under Docket No. 41610, received PUCT approval on July 19, 2013.
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August 9, 2013
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an order addressing the collection of certain default service costs in distribution rates payable by all customers, including those on competitive supply.
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August 8, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ordered that $43 million be refunded to customers on the Standard Service Offer (SSO) at the FirstEnergy electric distribution utilities -- Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison.
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August 2, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission has denied a purchase of receivables program at Nicor Gas.
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July 9, 2013
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would deny an application from Northern Illinois Gas Company d/b/a Nicor Gas Company to institute a purchase of receivables program.
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June 3, 2013
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas unbundled delivery rates for the former Cap Rock Energy territories, to permit the introduction of retail electric choice in the service areas in May 2014.
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May 21, 2013
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have maintained a preference for a three-year electric security plan at Dayton Power & Light with a faster transition to fully auction-based default service versus the utility's proposal.
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May 6, 2013
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for the period October 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 for residential and Type I customers, and the period June 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013 for Type II customers.
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May 3, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted new Prices to Compare for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for the period starting June 1, 2013.
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