Warning of Rate Shock, Harm to Retail Market, Pa. PUC Slams Proposal to Increase PJM Price Cap
The Pennsylvania PUC, often touted by "merchant" generators as being "enlightened" when its comes to competitive markets (for the ...
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Pa. State Rep. to Reintroduce Bill to Cap Variable Rates in 2015
Pennsylvania State Representative Matt Baker, one of the sponsors of legislation debated last year which would have capped variable rates, further con...
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PPL: Variable Rates Can "Rise Dramatically"
In conducting outreach and education regarding the electric shopping process, PPL told customers, via an interview with the Carlisle, PA Sentinel, tha...
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Pa. Pol: "Dangerous" for Residential Customers to Have Variable Rate, Will Reintroduce Rate Cap Bill
"It's just a dangerous, dangerous situation for a residential customer to go into a variable rate," Pennsylvania state Rep. Bob Godshall...
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Not Again: With Polar Vortex Gone, Now It’s Summer Variable Rate Spikes Prompting Pa. Complaints
WPXI 11 News, Pittsburgh, has a report stating that it, "received several calls recently about people claiming they’ve seen a sudden spike ...
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State Agency Argues For Clearer Contracts From Retail Suppliers
NJSpotlight.com has a recap of the September 4 stakeholder meeting regarding changes to New Jersey retail energy marketing and disclosure rules, first...
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State Opens Investigation of Retail Supplier
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a formal investigation of Major Energy.
An order opening the investigation was not yet available, but ABC...
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Pennsylvania Pol "Not Gonna Go Away" in Quest for Variable Rate Caps
ABC-27, Harrisburg, provides an update on legislation to cap variable electric rate plans offered by retail suppliers in Pennsylvania, with the bill&#...
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PUC Warns Against Unscrupulous Marketers
The Johnstown, Pa. Tribune-Democrat covered a customer education seminar on electric choice featuring a senior communications specialist from the Penn...
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Pa. Watchdog Sees Retail Electric Market Customer Protection Legislation As Dead
A Pennsylvania consumer "watchdog" sees little hope for legislation reforming the state's retail electric market, such as capping variab...
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Conn. Gov. Marks July 1 Start of Retail Electric Customer Bill of Rights
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy yesterday announced that several new electric customer protections took effect July 1.
Many of the protections r...
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AARP Stumps for Retail Electric Consumer Protection Legislation (Variable Rate Cap) in Pa.
AARP published an op-ed appearing in the Allentown Morning Call calling for action on Pennsylvania House Bill 2104, which contains a host of retail el...
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Lesson for States? A "Bureaucratic Nightmare" Risks Stifling Innovation In Britain's Energy Market
Writing in City A.M., Stephen Littlechild, the UK electricity regulator between 1989 and 1998, warns that efforts from regulators to simplify energy s...
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Electricity Supplier Makes Refunds, Lower Rates To Unhappy Customers
KDKA-Pittsburgh reports on the latest IDT Energy efforts to ameliorate high rates seen by customers this winter, through refunds and other incentives
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ESCOs’ New York Rate History Now Live and Publicly Posted by PSC
ESCOs' residential rate history has been added to the New York PSC's Power to Choose website.
Check out Power to Choose to see how the rate history i...
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