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December 18, 2019
Updated: PUCO Says Parties' Obligation To Implement Retail Market Enhancements Contained In DP&L ESP Terminated With Withdrawal Of ESP
PUCO Authorizes Dayton Power & Light To Withdraw From Electric Security Plan
December 18, 2019
Updated: PUCO Says Parties' Obligation To Implement Retail Market Enhancements Contained In DP&L ESP Terminated With Withdrawal Of ESP
PUCO Authorizes Dayton Power & Light To Withdraw From Electric Security Plan
December 5, 2019
Retail Suppliers Seek Confirmation Dayton Power & Light Will Continue Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot Under ESP Withdrawal
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed comments at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio requesting that Dayton Power & Light clarify and confirm that it will continue to meet various commitments, including those related to a supplier consolidated billing pilot, under a stipulation DP&L…
November 22, 2019
AES Says Subsidiary Dayton Power & Light Expects To Withdraw From PUCO-Modified Electric Security Plan
ESP Subject To Withdrawal Included Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot, Default Service Parameters
In providing an update on regulatory developments at Dayton Power & Light, after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio struck a Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR) from DP&L's electric security plan (ESP), DP&L's parent, the AES Corporation announced that, "DP&L expects to withdraw its current…
November 21, 2019
PUC Rules On Sought Retail Market Enhancements In Default Service Proceeding
PUC Addresses Bypassability Of Generation-Related Charge
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued an order on a contested stipulation in Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan (ESP)
November 6, 2019
License Briefs
Innovative Northeast Retail Supplier Inspire Energy Receives Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
October 16, 2019
Utilities Receive Proposals From Retail Suppliers For Supplier-Offered Load Shaping Pilot Programs
Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco have informed the Maryland PSC that, in aggregate, two retail electric suppliers have filed proposals in response to the utilities' RFPs for load shaping pilot programs
September 26, 2019
RESA Asks Regulator To Schedule Supplier Working Group Meeting And Adopt A Process For Regular Schedule For Supplier Working Group Meetings
The Retail Energy Supply Association has renewed its request for the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to schedule a Supplier Working Group meeting and establish a regular schedule for future meetings.
September 25, 2019
Ohio Utility Says Any Project To Assess Requirements To Implement Supplier Consolidated Billing Could Not Begin Until Late 2023
Plan Notes Potential For Later Request To Own EV Charging Stations
September 24, 2019
New York EDI Meeting To Include Discussion Of Impact Of Community Solar On Retail Suppliers' Billed Consumption
The New York PSC EDI Business/Technical Working Groups will conduct a meeting on September 27, 2019
August 19, 2019
Ohio Utilities Seek To Maintain Ability To Bill Non-Commodity Services From Third Parties
Ohio utilities generally opposed a proposed prohibition on the utility billing of non-commodity services as contained in newly proposed rules from Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, with EDCs and retail suppliers also noting ambiguity in the proposal
August 12, 2019
Sunwave Gas & Power Seeks Supplier License In New State
Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. (Sunwave Gas & Power) applied for a Maryland retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
July 23, 2019
Utility Says PUC Should Study Expanding Eligibility For Assistance Program Whose Participants Are Prohibited From Retail Choice
Retail Supplier Seeks Change In Light Of SCB
In comments in a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rulemaking, Columbia Gas of Ohio has recommended that PUCO study an expansion of the eligibility criteria for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program
July 19, 2019
PSC Approves Timeline For Supplier Consolidated Billing Implementation, Including Start Date
The Maryland PSC had approved a timeline proposed by a working group for the implementation of supplier consolidated billing for electricity and natural gas
July 18, 2019
PUC: All Customers Benefit From Availability Of Default Service, Certain Costs Of Default Service Are Unavoidable, Appropriately Included In Distribution Rates
Affirms Denial Of Unbundling Proposal
In denying a rehearing request from IGS Energy in a Duke Energy Ohio electric security plan and rate case, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio affirmed that, "all customers benefit from Duke’s ability to provide the SSO [standard service offer]," and the recovery of certain administrative and…
July 4, 2019
Working Group Proposes Start Date For Supplier Consolidated Billing, Implementation Schedule
A Maryland Supplier Consolidated Billing (SCB) Work Group has filed with the Maryland PSC a proposed timeline for the implementation of Supplier Consolidated Billing.
May 30, 2019
New Hampshire PUC Sets Process To Receive Proposals On Supplier Consolidated Billing, Generation Rate Design, Other Grid Modernization Issues
The New Hampshire PUC will accept stakeholder proposals, and directed the utilities to submit proposals, on several grid modernization issues that have been raised in an ongoing grid modernization investigation
May 7, 2019
Maryland PSC Approves Supplier Consolidated Billing, Implementation Not Immediate, Subject To Working Group
Retail Suppliers Not Granted Disconnection Authority
Note: EnergyChoiceMatters.com was first to report at 2:38 p.,m. on May 7 that the Maryland PSC authorized SCB, with an exclusive alert to our email alert subscribers
April 12, 2019
Maryland To See Action On Supplier Consolidated Billing In "Near Future", Commissioner Tells NEM
Delaware To Open SCB Docket In "Near Future"
During the National Energy Marketers Association's 22nd Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference, Maryland PSC Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton said that, "there's going to be some action," on the PSC's current case reviewing supplier consolidated billing (SCB) in the, "near future".
April 10, 2019
PSC Staff: Ratepayer Support For Retail Supplier Load Shaping Pilots Should Be Limited
Retail Suppliers Seek Change To Signature Requirement
Staff of the Maryland PSC said that any ratepayer support to retail suppliers participating in a load shaping pilot should be limited to EM&V
March 11, 2019
Direct Energy Raises Potential Low-Income Customer Aggregation As Solution To Mass. AG's Concerns
Proposes Additional Financial Assurance Requirements For Suppliers Engaged In Door-to-Door Marketing
March 4, 2019
Pennsylvania PUC: Notifying Customer-Designated Third Party Of Retail Supplier Switch Would "Provide A Valuable And Important Consumer Protection", But PUC Declines To Adopt At This Time, Citing Unanswered Questions
PUC Rejects Proposed Supplier Consolidated Billing Changes Raised In Case
The Pennsylvania PUC ultimately declined to implement a third-party customer switch notification in adopting amended utility customer protection rules (largely dealing with EDC matters, not the retail market)
February 18, 2019
NEM Raises Concerns With Proposals That Would Place Utilities In "Policing" Function
In comments on a wide-ranging Massachusetts DPU proceeding on the retail electric market, the National Energy Marketers Association raised concerns with various proposals that would place the electric distribution companies in the role of policing the marketplace
February 13, 2019
Connecticut Bill Would Amend Statute To Allow For Use of Supplier Consolidated Billing
Bill Also Addresses Inclusion Of Community Solar On Bill
A proposed bill has been filed in Connecticut (H.B. No. 6239) that would provide for the introduction of supplier consolidated billing as a billing option available to suppliers