February 18, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC's final order on an end state retail electric market design contains no substantive changes, and virtually no changes at all, sought by retail suppliers to reduce current barriers to competition which have caused migration to competitive supply to slow to a trickle.
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February 5, 2013
The Utility Intervention Unit (UIU) of the New York State Department of State's Division of Consumer Protection has recommended to the New York PSC that ESCOs be compelled to use utility consolidated billing, with no alternatives.
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November 9, 2012
A tentative order concerning the end-state design of the Pennsylvania retail electric market deferred consideration of numerous issues raised in the retail markets investigation, including issues surrounding supplier consolidated billing, the switching timeline, and cost recovery from retail…
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September 28, 2012
A "discussion document" outlining the retail electric market end state proposal in Pennsylvania contemplates that all non-hourly default service customers, including residential customers, would receive a 90-day full requirements load following default service price resulting from quarterly auctions…
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June 20, 2012
In setting new POR discount rates at BGE (see related story) , the Maryland PSC directed that the supplier coordination working group examine several proposed changes to the Purchase of Receivables program, including the treatment of late payment revenue.
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April 12, 2012
The Retail Energy Supply Association has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to, "initiate a proceeding to address the status of the current retail electric market and explore what changes need to be made to allow even more customers to reap the vast array of benefits that retail…
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March 5, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has posted a Staff discussion document concerning possible end-state designs of default electricity service.
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August 29, 2011
Newly proposed changes to Dayton Power & Light's supplier coordination tariff would, "reinforce ... barriers to competition," FirstEnergy Solutions said in a motion to intervene (11-4504-EL-ATA).
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August 8, 2011
Dayton Power & Light filed tariff revisions with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to remedy what DP&L termed a "clerical" error and remove the current language regarding Purchase of Receivables from the tariff.
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July 12, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued guidance on the placement of tax information on residential customer electric bills.
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June 6, 2011
Retail suppliers submitted comments to the District of Columbia PSC in support of electric Purchase of Receivables, with several suppliers pushing for program elements not contained in the POR program used by Pepco in Maryland (FC 1085).
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April 4, 2011
Ameren Illinois has filed a tariff with the Illinois Commerce Commission to institute Purchase of Uncollectibles pursuant to Section 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) of the Illinois Public Utilities Act.
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January 7, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board has issued guidance for electricity retailers issuing supplier consolidated bills regarding the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit (OCEB), which provides a 10% reduction in the electric bills paid by all mass market customers regardless of supplier.
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January 5, 2011
Consistent with an earlier announcement ( 11/8 ), Champion Energy has started offering electric service to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
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