February 13, 2019
With the Connecticut OCC recently proposing legislation to end residential electric choice in Connecticut , EnergyChoiceMatters.com (ECM) spoke with Chris Kallaher, Sr. Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs at Direct Energy, to discuss measures that could be undertaken to improve the state's…
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February 13, 2019
Says DMR Rider "Syphon[s]" Above-Market Revenues To "Out-Of-State Bankers"
Interstate Gas Supply (IGS Energy, or IGS) has filed testimony on a non-unanimous stipulation in Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan proceeding
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January 28, 2019
Other Bills Address Slamming Penalties, ESCO Notices, Supplier Consolidated Billing, Expansion Of Choice To All Customers
Various bills have been filed in the new New York legislative session addressing ESCO matters
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January 3, 2019
Supplier Consolidated Billing Tariff Also Approved
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved tariff changes at AEP Ohio ("the Company") which reduce the number of billing periods during which retail electric supplier charges are presented on utility consolidated bills after the termination of the customer's relationship with the supplier
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December 31, 2018
AEP Ohio has filed with PUCO an update on its supplier consolidated billing pilot
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December 19, 2018
PUCO Directs Duke To Accommodate Supplier Consolidated Billing In CIS Upgrade Plan Audit Of POR Program Approved PUCO Approves Stipulation Governing Default Service At Duke Energy Ohio
Stipulation Had Been Called "Bad Deal" For Retail Suppliers
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November 16, 2018
Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC applied for an expanded Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all classes of customers, including residential customers, at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren
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October 31, 2018
As part of a tariff filing to implement a previously reported supplier consolidated billing pilot (see story here) , AEP Ohio ("the Company") has filed tariff revisions at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio which would also reduce the billing periods during which supplier charges are presented…
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August 21, 2018
Orders That Docket Be Opened On Supplier Consolidated Billing
This story was first published on August 21, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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August 21, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities open its planned investigation into the next steps for cost-effective deployment of customer-facing grid modernization investments as soon as possible.
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July 27, 2018
During the National Energy Marketers Association's July 26 Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit, Dallas Winslow, Chair of the Delaware PSC, provided an update on several retail market issues under consideration in the state
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June 26, 2018
Seeks Other Retail Market Enhancements Expresses Concern Over "Retro-active" Audit Of POR Program And "Authorized" Receivables, Nebulous Definition Of "Non-Commodity"
In testimony on a series of Duke Energy Ohio cases before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, including a distribution rate case, IGS Energy and the Retail Energy Supply Association proposed a mechanism to unbundle certain default service-related costs from distribution rates, and proposed…
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June 15, 2018
Staff of the Maryland PSC submitted a brief in response to a PSC request for stakeholders' views on several legal questions concerning the ability of retail suppliers to order the disconnection of a customer's utility service under supplier consolidated billing.
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May 25, 2018
The Maryland PSC has requested briefing on several legal issues concerning supplier consolidated billing, including the authority for suppliers to direct the utilities to disconnect customers for non-payment
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May 25, 2018
Just Energy Solutions Inc. and ENGIE Resources LLC have submitted separate requests to participate in a supplier consolidated billing pilot at AEP Ohio.
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May 22, 2018
Several parties have entered into a partial settlement agreement to address certain issues raised in the default service proceeding of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities
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May 14, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled second en banc hearing on supplier consolidated billing for electricity, with the second hearing scheduled for July 12
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April 26, 2018
PUC Approves Supplier Consolidated Billing, Enroll-By-Wallet Provisions In Default Service Settlement
Concurrence: Use Of Wholesale Product For Default Retail Supply, Without Measures To Address Inherent Cost Imbalances, Distorts Market, Eventually Leads To Re-monopolization
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March 29, 2018
The National Energy Marketers Association will on April 30 through May 2 convene the 21st Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference in Washington, DC.
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March 28, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC has released a list of issues and questions to be addressed at a previously announced June 14, 2018 en banc hearing on electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB)
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March 23, 2018
The Maryland PSC granted Deca Energy Inc.'s petition to utilize supplier consolidated billing at Washington Gas Light
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February 27, 2018
AEP Ohio filed a status update regarding implementation of a supplier consolidated billing pilot
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February 1, 2018
PUC Says Limiting Customer Choice, "Frustrate[s] The Purpose Of The Competition Act" Taking Away Customer's Ability To Choose, "Inherently Anticompetitive," PUC Says
In a written order denying a petition from NRG Energy to implement electricity supplier consolidated billing in Pennsylvania, the PUC made several observations regarding the purpose of the state's Competition Act and electric choice in general, which are of note given other proceedings before the…
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February 1, 2018
Proposal To Allow Suppliers To Block Customer Switches May "Trap" Customers, Harm Retail Market -- "Inherently Anti-competitive", PUC Says PUC Denies Retail Supplier's Ability To Order Disconnection Of Customers As Proposed In Petition
PUC Concerned With "Confusing", "Unwieldy", Process For Suppliers To Handle Disconnection Orders
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January 18, 2018
Initiates Study, En Banc Hearing on SCB, Other Alternatives
The story below was first published on EnergyChoiceMatters.com at 1:55 p.m. on January 18
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