June 4, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's requested revenue requirement for a new Distribution Cost Recovery Factor be revised downward by about $7 million, resulting in a lower charge applicable to REPs under the fee.
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June 3, 2015
The Maine PUC has assigned Docket 2015-00155 for a Commission-initiated inquiry into regulatory and rate-setting approaches for natural gas supply costs
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May 27, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set for hearing the application of Dayton Power & Light to move certain under-recovered costs under the bypassable Competitive Bid True-up (CBT) rider into the nonbypassable reconciliation rider (RR-N).
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May 19, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's advanced metering systems (AMS) surcharge, for residential customers only, will terminate on May 31, 2015 as scheduled.
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May 6, 2015
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource), "may be improperly assigning residential rate classifications to commercial customers," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to PURA.
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May 4, 2015
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed at the Massachusetts DPU to implement a purchase of receivables program with a 5% discount rate for residential customers.
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May 4, 2015
PPL Electric Utilities' small business Price to Compare will decrease 11% on June 1, while the residential PTC will fall marginally.
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April 30, 2015
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type I and Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015.
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April 27, 2015
Consolidated Edison and NYSEG have proposed fees to be applicable to municipal aggregations, and their ESCO supplier, for various data and services provided by the utilities.
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April 23, 2015
The residential Prices to Compare at West Penn Power and Penn Power in Pennsylvania will increase up to 50% on June 1, 2015, according to PTCs listed on PA Power Switch
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April 20, 2015
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved Sharyland Utilities, LP's application to make certain refunds to retail electric providers for failing to meet various service quality metrics.
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April 20, 2015
During a discussion of recent customer complaints concerning high bills, Sharyland Utilities, LP reported during Friday's Public Utility Commission of Texas open meeting that it was "looking" at the feasibility of filing a base rate case earlier than July 1, 2016.
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April 17, 2015
The Texas Senate last week passed SB 774 which would extend until September 1, 2019 the ability for distribution service providers to establish rates charged to retail electric providers through non-rate case periodic rate adjustments, meaning alternative ratemaking mechanisms such as the…
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April 16, 2015
Commonwealth Edison said yesterday that new energy supply rates established by the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) will result in a monthly bill reduction of $2 for customers on default service, starting June 1
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April 13, 2015
Columbia Gas of Ohio has filed tariffs to permit retail suppliers to utilize bill ready utility consolidated billing, in addition to the current rate ready billing.
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April 13, 2015
A dozen retail electric providers have agreed to pass on to customers a reliability credit Sharyland Utilities, LP is providing the REPs for not meeting certain service quality standards.
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April 10, 2015
A Texas ALJ has denied imposing a moratorium on the disconnection of service to a customer who has filed a complaint against their former retail electric provider (Ambit), but who has since switched providers and is now also not paying charges to their current REP (TXU), as the customer disputes…
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April 9, 2015
Unitil, Staff of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and Office of the Consumer Advocate have filed a settlement which proposes to eliminate the default service bill recalculation at Unitil immediately.
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April 9, 2015
A Texas ALJ ultimately has discretion whether to order CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric to continue service, pursuant to PURA § 17.157(b)(5), to a complainant who has filed a formal complaint against their former retail electric provider regarding certain demand charges, but who continues to…
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April 9, 2015
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to revise its Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) class allocation factors, to be effective with the TCRF update to take effect September 1, 2015.
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April 7, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its application for a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider which will be charged to retail electric providers for certain distribution costs not reflected in base rates.
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April 3, 2015
A Texas ALJ has ruled that a complaint case brought by a customer against Ambit Energy and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric regarding the imposition of demand charges after the customer's rate class was changed shall only address charges during the period the customer was served by Ambit.
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April 2, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric announced today its intent to implement a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider applicable to retail electric providers, and provided an estimate of the bill impact for residential customers
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April 1, 2015
Entergy Texas reported to the Public Utility Commission of Texas that no customers signed up for Rider CGS, Competitive Generation Service.
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March 31, 2015
The shale gas revolution, and outdated utility tariffs, are challenging New York retail natural gas suppliers' ability to compete with default service on a cost basis, Great Eastern Energy CEO Matt Lanfear told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in a recent interview.
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