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January 13, 2011
Met-Ed and Penelec have filed revised supplier coordination tariffs with the Pennsylvania PUC which modify several provisions regarding billing and access to customer information (P-2009-2093053 et. al.). The revisions reflect an agreement reached with the Retail Energy Supply Association, which has…
January 11, 2011
West Penn Power (Allegheny) has filed a revised supplier coordination tariff to, among other things, replace the previously proposed flat monthly fee for utility consolidated billing with a Purchase of Receivables discount rate of 0.16% (R-2010-2207938).
December 22, 2010
ComEd has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission tariff sheets to implement the ICC's recent POR order, as first reported in Matters ( 12/16 & 12/17 ).
December 21, 2010
BGE Home Products & Services, "fully complies with COMAR regarding the use of a utility affiliate's trademark and logo," Maryland PSC Staff said in responsive testimony in the investigation of Baltimore Gas & Electric affiliate issues (Case 9235). The investigation stems from a complaint from…
December 17, 2010
As first reported in Matters' live blog yesterday, the Pennsylvania PUC has adopted two exceptions to the all-in/all-out requirement for residential customers in PPL Electric's Purchase of Receivables program (R-2010-2161694).
December 17, 2010
A written order on Commonwealth Edison's purchase of receivables program holds that uncollectible costs shall be determined by Rider UF.
December 16, 2010
As first reported in our live blog yesterday, the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved tariffs to institute utility consolidated billing and Purchase of Receivables at Commonwealth Edison.
December 14, 2010
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended deferring action on Baltimore Gas & Electric's revised electric Purchase of Receivables tariff, addressing tax issues, so that a working group may address several Staff concerns. Staff is concerned that the filed tariff could allow BGE to earn an unintended profit…
December 3, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Acting Chairman Manuel Flores pressed intervenors yesterday during oral arguments regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff regarding what form of cost recovery would lead to more robust residential choice.
December 1, 2010
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, along with several end users, will support AEP Ohio's application to merge Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power into a single operating company under a non-unanimous stipulation concerning the companies' significantly excessive earnings test (SEET…
November 22, 2010
Energy Edge Consulting hires Jeff Roberts Energy Edge Consulting has added Jeff Roberts to its team of energy professionals to focus on business development. Roberts was previously Senior Vice President at Amerex Energy Services and also Director of Origination for Choice Energy Services.
November 18, 2010
Two New York ALJs have recommended that the New York PSC deny Niagara Mohawk's proposal to use a true-up mechanism for commodity-related uncollectibles and to true up the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to reflect the actual uncollectible experience, in a recommended decision in NiMo's…
November 15, 2010
Commonwealth Edison's most recent calculation of a combined uncollectibles factor to be used in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate for all customer classes appears to have been calculated, "in a manner that is not consistent with the calculation used by Ameren Illinois in Docket Nos.…
November 8, 2010
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed revisions to its electric supplier coordination tariff to, "clearly reflect the responsibilities of the Company and the [retail] Supplier with regard to billing and collection of taxes."
November 5, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co.'s rate case under which T. W. Phillips will institute a Purchase of Receivables program upon the request of competitive suppliers (R-2010-2167797).
November 5, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved PECO's natural gas Purchase of Receivables program as recommended by an ALJ, with uncollectibles associated with both competitive supply and sales service remaining in base rates (P-2009-2143588).
November 4, 2010
West Penn Power (Allegheny) has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC changes to its electric generation supplier (EGS) coordination tariff to, among other things, institute a new charge of $6 per utility consolidated bill per month to recover programming costs for the new Purchase of Receivables program…
November 2, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff said that they have no objection to using the system average uncollectible factor found in Commonwealth Edison Rider UF if the Commission elects to impose a single discount rate on all customer classes under ComEd's Purchase of Receivables program.
October 26, 2010
FirstEnergy Corp., Allegheny Energy, and a total of 18 parties have filed a non-unanimous stipulation that would resolve the companies' merger proceeding before the Pennsylvania PUC (A-2010-2176520). Signatories include the Office of Trial Staff, Office of Consumer Advocate, three industrial…
October 22, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without modifications to the provisions impacting retail access, a settlement regarding default service at Penn Power which will, among other things, require Penn Power to institute a non-recourse Purchase of Receivables program (P-2010-2157862).
October 11, 2010
An Illinois ALJ has recommended that Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables discount rate be established solely as a fixed percentage discount off of a supplier's receivables, with no flat per-bill charge as proposed by ComEd (Docket 10-0138).
October 7, 2010
The term "agent" as used in proposed Connecticut electric marketing standards should be defined to include multi-level marketers, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said in an initial brief (Docket 10-06-24).
