March 7, 2017
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update explaining that if the PUC does not rule on a pending Customer Assistance Program (CAP) shopping compliance plan by mid-March, PECO will not be able to implement CAP shopping in April as originally projected.
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March 1, 2017
In testimony in Sharyland Utilities' rate case to implement system-wide rates across its Cap Rock and McAllen territories, retail energy provider stakeholders raised certain concerns with the transition, and asked that the Public Utility Commission of Texas require the utility to adopt a detailed…
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February 20, 2017
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) has filed with PURA new Last Resort Service (LRS) rates for the period beginning April 1, 2017
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February 20, 2017
TDU To Pay $425,000 Fine Under Settlement With Texas PUC Staff
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. is to issue refunds, through one of three avenues including through a customer's retail electric provider, and pay a $425,000 fine under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas that resolves Staff's investigation into alleged violations of 16 Tex…
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February 15, 2017
Oncor informed the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it will soon make a rate filing, as the result of show cause orders previously issued by cities with original jurisdiction.
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February 6, 2017
Delmarva has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning March 1, 2017
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February 6, 2017
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning March 1, 2017
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February 2, 2017
Columbia Gas of Ohio has modified proposed tariff revisions that would implement day-one choice service with what originally would have also served as a form of customer referral program, but which now omits a random referral process and would only allow customers selecting a specific retail…
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January 30, 2017
Direct Notes Utilities Have Had 10 Years To Offer Statutory Green Power Supply Tariff, Haven't Done So
Environmental groups have filed comments in support of several clarifications sought by Direct Energy concerning the carve-out for renewable energy supply sales as one of the last vestiges of retail electric choice in Virginia, as Direct Energy and the utilities continue to spar over the text of the…
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January 27, 2017
Company Welcomes Opportunity To Prove Value of Competitive Market To Mass Market Customers
Discussing an initial procedural conference in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass market, Direct Energy's Chris Kallaher, Senior Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs for the Northeast Region, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com that he found the procedural conference…
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January 23, 2017
TXU Energy has launched a new electricity plan, Season Pass, which discounts the energy charge by 50% during the summer and winter months.
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January 18, 2017
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting March 1, 2017
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January 16, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has provided to legislators a final report on alternative ratemaking mechanisms, that generally finds that major revision is not needed to the rate-setting and design process used for the utilities located within ERCOT
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January 16, 2017
A group of commenters including several NRG retail providers, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, Austin Energy, and CPS Energy said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas that a calculation in the ERCOT 4CP report created a "false" peak interval on July 14, 2016
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January 6, 2017
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid have scheduled for January 17, 2017 the next meeting of the Phase One of the "Power Generation Collaborative" which will address (i) implementation of "no-harm, no-foul" balancing provisions…
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January 3, 2017
The New York PSC has changed the date for the procedural conference concerning Track I of the PSC's recently initiated evidentiary process reviewing the retail energy markets, including a potential total ban on mass market ESCO service
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January 3, 2017
McAllen Residential Rates To See 65% Increase ($55 Per Month)
Sharyland Utilities has filed an amended rate filing package with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would, in addition to new levels for base rates, impose new riders on retail electric providers.
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December 29, 2016
FERC has set for hearing proposed changes to capacity obligations in the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, Inc., stating that the sought changes have not been shown to be just and reasonable
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December 27, 2016
The New York PSC has scheduled for January 18, 2017 a procedural conference concerning Track I of the PSC's recently initiated evidentiary process reviewing the retail energy markets, including a potential total ban on mass market ESCO service
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December 27, 2016
Columbia Gas of Ohio has filed tariff revisions to implement a type of customer referral program and a bill ready solution meant to allow retail suppliers to offer customers the opportunity to prepay the commodity portion of the bill.
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December 22, 2016
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed tariff supplements to implement summer 2017 electric SOS rates.
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December 12, 2016
KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) have initiated an ESCO collaborative process, as provided for in a recent rate case, to address several ESCO-related issues.
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December 5, 2016
Price Caps, Prohibiting Door-to-Door And Telemarketing, And Adding Recourse To POR Other Potential Outcomes Void Of Existing ESCO Contracts Under Consideration
The New York PSC has established an evidentiary hearing process to consider whether to adopt a complete prohibition on ESCO service to mass market customers, or other market, "reforms."
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December 2, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas ordered that AEP Texas file a study concerning the potential introduction of consolidated rates for its AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North division, which, as adopted by the PUCT yesterday, will be merged into a single entity
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December 1, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled a technical meeting for December 9 to discuss, for natural gas, the (1) Minimum Standard Offer calculation (applicable to dual fuel customers), (2) acceptable interruption periods, and (3) current interruptible sales and interruptible transportation tariff…
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