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October 6, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has provided an effective date for the adoption of previously reported new rules which do not allow electric utilities to discriminate in the provision of billing for non-commodity and similar services
September 13, 2021
Consultant Suggests FE Ohio Utilities "Explore" Allowing Retail Suppliers To Use Utility Billing For Non-commodity Services, As Affiliates May Do
August 26, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC has reversed an initial decision from an ALJ and has found that the use of "on-bill billing" by the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric utilities for their own non-commodity goods and services, while not offering the same on-bill billing service for the non-commodity goods and…
June 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter in which the PUC said that it will not propose moving forward with electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) at this time, and through which the PUC closed its current SCB investigation without further action
May 17, 2021
Updated Consolidated Billing Fee For ESCOs
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY ('KEDNY'), KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('KEDLI') (KEDNY and KEDLI, or the "Companies") and New York State Department of Public Service Staff has entered into a rate case joint proposal which includes an agreement for the…
March 15, 2021
Utility Withdraws New Language Regarding Ability To Suspend Consolidated Billing For Retail Suppliers "Not Following" State Regulations
February 8, 2021
The Connecticut PURA has expanded a docket (14-07-19RE06) recently opened to address issues related to the information which appears on residential electric bills and the presentation and formatting of the bills to include a statutory five year review of, "the standard billing format and Internet…
January 18, 2021
The District of Columbia PSC issued an order denying the Office of People's Counsel request for rehearing of the PSC's September 2020 order in which the PSC denied in part, and granted in part, OPC's request for certain billing data from Washington Gas Light related to retail supplier service to low…
December 28, 2020
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. has filed with the New York PSC an updated Statement of Purchase of Receivables (POR) Discount Percentage for electricity
December 21, 2020
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has filed objections to a Public Utility Commission of Ohio Staff Report on the rate case of AEP Ohio (Ohio Power), including objections to proposed tariff language that would allow AEP Ohio to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a…
December 3, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has re-opened docket 14-07-19 to redesign residential electric bills, with potential further changes to the information which appears on the bills and the presentation and formatting of the bills
November 18, 2020
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would find that the provision of on-bill billing services by Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power (FirstEnergy EDCs) for non-basic non-commodity products and services to themselves and their affiliates but not to other suppliers in their system…
November 3, 2020
OCC: Utility Data Shows Residential Customers Paying More By Shopping, Compared To Default Service
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed comments in support of the application of Ohio Power Company (the 'Company' or 'AEP Ohio') for approval of a modified bill format that would provide the shadow-billed total supply cost that a shopping customer would have paid, had the customer…
October 14, 2020
A further partial settlement has been reached concerning several issues -- including the presentation of retail supplier charges on utility consolidated bills -- in the Pennsylvania PUC proceeding addressing the default service plan of Duquesne Light Company for the four-year period commencing on…
October 5, 2020
An attorney examiner at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has suspended the automatic application of Ohio Power Company (the 'Company' or 'AEP Ohio') for approval of a modified bill format that would provide the shadow-billed total supply cost that a shopping customer would have paid, had the…
October 2, 2020
Also Directs Development Of Options For Consolidated Billing For Community Solar
The New Jersey BPU has issued a proposed rule by which municipal-owned, 100% low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar projects may submit an application for a project that automatically enrolls customers and then allows them to "opt-out" from participating in the project (Docket No. QX20090594…
September 25, 2020
Utility: "Reforms" Relating To Unregulated Supplier Charges Should Be Pursued
September 23, 2020
Staff Encourages PSC To Study If Cherry-Picking Of Better-Paying Customers For SCB Harms UCB-POR Program, Other Suppliers
August 25, 2020
Ohio Power Company (the 'Company' or 'AEP Ohio') filed an application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for approval of a modified bill format that would provide the shadow-billed total supply cost that a shopping customer would have paid, had the customer been on the Standard Service Offer…
July 13, 2020
Utility Cites Expected Increase In Uncollectibles, Costs To Utility Due To COVID-19
Connecticut Light & Power has proposed changes to its purchase of receivables program, including reflecting new cost components in the discount rate mechanism
June 2, 2020
As part of a recently filed electric rate case, AEP Ohio has proposed tariff language that would allow it to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider is not following the, "Ohio Administrative Code rules."
May 4, 2020
Choptank Electric Cooperative has filed with the Maryland PSC revisions to its retail electric supplier coordination tariff
April 20, 2020
Commonwealth Edison has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission changes to the Cost Recovery Amount (CRA) and Uncollectible Factor (UF) which are used to calculate the purchase of receivables discount (POR) under the provisions of Rider PORCB - Purchase of Receivables with Consolidated Billing…
March 25, 2020
Mean Billed Rates Exceed 13¢ For Some Suppliers
Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating have filed responses to an interrogatory in a Connecticut PURA proceeding concerning potential changes to the purchase of receivables mechanism, including the highest and average rates billed by retail electric suppliers
March 23, 2020
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2020.
