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Investigation of Pennsylvania's Retail Electricity Market

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By order entered on April 29, 2011, the Commission launched this statewide investigation with the goal of receiving recommendations for improvements to ensure that a properly functioning and workable competitive retail electricity market exists in Pennsylvania. 

En Banc Hearing on March 21, 2012


Agenda - The agenda for Retail Markets Investigation En Banc Hearing to be held on March 21, 2012.

En Banc Hearing Testimony

Shopping Experiences of Small & Medium Business Customers

John Bodine - OnDemand Energy Solutions

Chris Hendrix - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Dallas Smith - Smith Village Home Furnishings

Jay Himes - PA Assoc. of School Business Officials

Thomas Schneider - North Penn School District

Deena Morgan - GDF Suez-ThinkEnergy

Statewide Consumer Education

Michael Meath - PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Ron Cerniglia - Direct Energy

Dick Webster - PECO Energy

John Holtz - Green Mountain Energy Company

End-State Default Service Modes:
EGS Perspective

Richard Hudson - Retail Energy Supply Association

Chris Weston - Direct Energy LLC

Aundrea Williams - NRG Energy

Tony C. Banks - FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.

Gene Alessandrini - PPL EnergyPlus

End-State Default Service Modes:
Consumer & Environmentalist Perspective

Sonny Popowsky - Office of Consumer Advocate

Harry Geller - PA Utility Law Project

Chris Hendrix - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Ted Robinson - Citizen Power

Courtney Lane - Citizens for PA's Future

End-State Default Service Modes:
EDC Perspective

Terry Fitzpatrick - Energy Association of PA

Charles Fullem - FirstEnergy Companies

Dick Webster - PECO Energy

Doug Krall - PPL Electric

En Banc Hearing Audio

Session 1: 10:00 - 11:20 AM - Audio Clip
Session 2: 11:20 AM to 12:10 PM - Audio Clip
Session 3: 1:00 to 2:00 PM - Audio Clip
Session 4: 2:00 to 2:50 PM - Audio Clip
Session 5: 2:50 to 3:25 PM - Audio Clip

En Banc Hearing - Secretarial Letter announcing the En Banc Hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to seek comments in its Investigation of Pennsylvania’s Retail Electricity Market. The purpose of this hearing is to permit interested parties to participate in the investigation to highlight or summarize positions on key issues that the PUC plans to address as part of a Long-Range Work Plan to promote electric retail competition. Dated March 2, 2012. Docket No. I-2011-2237952.

En Banc Comments

Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA)

Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition

NRG

SEIA and PASEIA

Met-Ed/Penelec/Penn Power/West Penn Power

Energy Association of Pennsylvania

PennFuture

Citizen Power Inc.

Duquesne Light

FirstEnergy Solutions

Exelon Companies

Wal-Mart Stores East and Sam's East

PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Washington Gas Energy Services

Direct Energy/Dominion Retail/Interstate Gas Supply

Office of Consumer Advocate

PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Industrial Customers Group

Citizens' Electric and Wellsboro Electric Companies

AARP, PULP and Community Legal Services

Phase Two


On July 28, 2011, the Commission launched the second phase of this investigation after concluding, on the basis of comments filed and testimony provided during the first phase of the investigation, that Pennsylvania’s current retail market for electricity requires changes in order to bring about the robust competitive market envisioned by the General Assembly when it passed the Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act. Noting that the investigation will be conducted by the Office of Competitive Market Oversight, the Commission directed the development of two work plans during this phase: one for intermediate steps involving changes to the existing market model and a second one for the long range steps involving structural changes to the default service model. OCMO will hold a series of technical conferences and then present recommendations to the Commission for steps that can be taken to improve the overall functioning of the competitive market. The investigation is scheduled to be completed by April 2012.


Orders

Final Order on Intermediate Work Plan - The order was adopted at the March 1, 2012 Public Meeting, and entered on March 2, 2012. Docket I-2011-2237952.

Tentative Order on Intermediate Work Plan - The comments regarding the Intermediate Work Plan are due Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Docket I-2011-2237952. Order adopted at the December 15, 2011 Public Meeting, order entered December 16, 2011.

    Intermediate Work Plan Comments

    Spark Energy

    National Energy Marketers Association

    UGI Utilities - Electric Division

    Washington Gas Energy Services Inc.

    Dominion Retail Inc.

    Wal-Mart Stores East LP & Sam's East Inc.

    Office of Consumer Advocate

    PECO Energy Company

    AARP/PULP/Community Legal Services

    Exelon Generation Company

    Citizen Power Inc.

    Direct Energy Services Inc.

    Retail Energy Suppliers Association (RESA)

    FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.

    Met-Ed/Penelec/Penn Power/West Penn Power

    Constellation NewEnergy & Constellation Energy Commodities Group

    Duquesne Light

    UGI Energy Services Inc.

    PPL Electric Utilities

    Industrial Customers Group

    Pike County Light & Power Company

    Citizens' Electric & Wellsboro Electric

    PA Energy Marketers Coalition

    Intermediate Work Plan Reply Comments

    PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence

    Office of Consumer Advocate

    AARP/PULP/Community Legal Services

    Dominion Retail Inc.

    Duquesne Light Company

    FirstEnergy Solutions

    Retail Energy Suppliers Association (RESA)

    PECO Energy Company

    PA Energy Marketers Coalition

    Direct Energy Services Inc.

    Met-Ed/Penelec/Penn Power/West Penn Power

    Industrial Customers Group

    Citizens' Electric & Wellsboro Electric

Order on Recommendations Regarding Upcoming Default Service Plans - Docket I-2011-2237952. Order adopted at the December 15, 2011 Public Meeting, and entered December 16, 2011.

Tentative Order on Accelerated Switching - Interim Guidelines Regarding Standards for Changing a Customer's Electricity Generation Supplier. Docket M-2011-2270442. Order adopted at the November 10, 2011 Public Meeting, order entered November 14, 2011.

Tentative Order on Default Service Plans - Public Meeting of Oct. 14, 2011.  Docket No. I-2011-2237952.  Comments are due by Nov. 3, 2011.

    Default Service Plan Comments

    Office of Small Business Advocate

    Office of Consumer Advocate

    Hess Corporation

    Constellation NewEnergy

    Duquesne Light

    Pike County Light & Power

    Dominion Retail & Interstate Gas

    Citizens Electric & Wellsboro Electric

    PPL EnergyPlus LLC

    UGI Energy Services

    AARP and PULP

    National Energy Marketers

    The Solar Alliance

    PennFuture

    Exelon

    Retail Energy Suppliers Association (RESA)

    FirstEnergy Companies

    Direct Energy Services

    Citizen Power Inc.

    Industrial Energy Customers Group

Retail Markets Investigation Phase II Order - From the Public Meeting of July 28, 2011. Docket No. I-2011-2237952.

Secretarial Letters

En Banc Hearing - Secretarial Letter announcing the En Banc Hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to seek comments in its Investigation of Pennsylvania’s Retail Electricity Market. The purpose of this hearing is to permit interested parties to participate in the investigation to highlight or summarize positions on key issues that the PUC plans to address as part of a Long-Range Work Plan to promote electric retail competition. Dated March 2, 2012. Docket No. I-2011-2237952.

Intermediate Consumer Education Issues - Secretarial Letter regarding electric shopping postcards to customers. Dated December 15, 2011. Docket No. I-2011-2237952. Final PAPowerSwitch Customer Postcard

Conference Calls

The next meeting is the En Banc Hearing to be held on March 21, 2012 at 10:00 am.

Discussion Documents - Link to the listing of Discussion Documents.

Conference Call Date

Agenda

Recap

March 15, 2012

Agenda

Recap

February 1, 2012

Agenda

Recap

January 5, 2012

Agenda

Recap / Deliverable

December 2, 2011

Agenda

Recap

November 17, 2011

Agenda

Recap

November 8, 2011

No Agenda

Recap

October 27, 2011

Agenda

Recap

October 6, 2011

Agenda

Recap

September 28, 2011

Agenda

Recap

September 21, 2011

Agenda

Recap

September 14, 2011

Agenda

Recap

August 31, 2011 (Technical Conference)

Agenda

Recap

August 10, 2011 (Technical Conference)

Agenda

Recap

Phase One


The first phase of the investigation assessed the status of the current retail market and explored what changes need to be made to allow customers to best realize the benefits of competition.  At the conclusion of the first phase, the Commission initiated the second phase to examine how to best resolve the issues raised and implement the prudent changes identified based on our review of the comments.

The Commission’s order (Docket No. I-2011-2237952) posed several questions and asked interested parties to submit comments by June 3, 2011.

Secretarial Letter - The PUC issued a Secretarial Letter (dated May 25, 2011) reminding all interested parties that written comments are required to be filed no later than 4 p.m. on June 3, 2011.

Comments

City of Philadelphia

American Public Power Association

BlueStar Energy Services

Future Times Energy Aggregation Group

PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Retail Energy Supply Association

Citizens' Electric & Wellsboro Electric

State Representative C. George

Liberty Power

ResCom Energy

AARP - Default Service Policies

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

Consolidated Edison Solutions

PA Utility Law Project

Exelon

Office of Consumer Advocate

Duquesne Light

PennFuture

Direct Energy Services

IECPA and Other Industrial User Groups

York Solid Waste & Refuse Authority

Stream Energy PA

Citizen Power

Office of Small Business Advocate

Brighten Energy

NRG Energy

Dominion Retail

PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Constellation NewEnergy & Constellation Energy Commodities Group

Met-Ed, Penelec, West Penn Power & Penn Power - the FirstEnergy Companies

PPL Electric Utilities & PPL EnergyPlus

Washington Gas Energy Services

Hess Corporation

Energy Association of PA

FirstEnergy Solutions

Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association

National Energy Marketers Association

En Banc Hearing


November 10, 2011 En Banc Hearing


The PUC will hold an en banc hearing on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. in Hearing Room 1, to seek comments in its Investigation of Pennsylvania’s Retail Electricity Markets. The purpose of this hearing is to permit participants in the Investigation to highlight or summarize positions on key issues that the PUC plans to address either before or as part of the intermediate work plan to promote competition.

Agenda - The Final Agenda for Retail Markets Investigation En Banc Hearing held on Nov. 10, 2011.

Secretarial Letter - Notice of En Banc Hearing, dated Oct. 7, 2011.

En Banc Hearing Presentations and Testimony

Consumer Education

Terry Madonna - T. Madonna Opinion Research

John Raisch - Alphabuyer

Chris Kallaher - Direct Energy

Dave Sackett- Tarrance Group for Direct Energy

Michael Meath - PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Joey Vallarian - Duquesne Light

Sonny Popowsky - Office of Consumer Advocate

Accelerated Switching Timeframes

Richard Hudson - Retail Energy Supply Association

Aundrea Williams - NRG Energy

Tanya McCloskey - Office of Consumer Advocate

Dick Webster - PECO Energy

Consumer Referral Programs

Richard Hudson - RESA

Chris Kallaher - Direct Energy

Aundrea Williams - NRG Energy

Tony Banks - FirstEnergy Solutions

Tanya McCloskey - OCA

Harry Geller - Public Utility Law Project

Janee Briesemeister - AARP

Dick Webster - PECO Energy

Retail Opt-in Auction

Michael Meath - PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Paul Hibbard & Andrew Parece - Direct Energy

Tony Banks - FirstEnergy Solutions

Tanya McCloskey - OCA

Harry Geller - PULP

Janee Briesemeister - AARP

Ted Robinson - Citizen Power

Doug Krall - PPL Electric Utilities

Default Service Plans Beyond June 2013

Terry Fitzpatrick - Energy Association of PA

Chuck Fullem - FirstEnergy Companies

Richard Hudson - RESA

Michael Meath - PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Cory Byzewski - Direct Energy

Aundrea Williams - NRG Energy

Thomas Butler - Dominion Retail Inc.

Sonny Popowsky - OCA

Janee Briesemeister - AARP

Comments

Direct Energy

FirstEnergy Solutions

Duquesne Light

FirstEnergy Companies

Energy Association of PA

PECO Energy Company

PA Energy Marketers Coalition

Industrial Customers Group

Office of Consumer Advocate

Dominion Energy Solutions and IGS Energy

Office of Small Business Advocate

En Banc Hearing Audio

12:30 - 2:15 PM: Audio Clip - 2:15 to 3:45 PM: Audio Clip - 3:45 to 4:30 PM: Audio Clip - 4:30 to 5:30 PM: Audio Clip

June 8, 2011 En Banc Hearing


Agenda - The Final Agenda for Retail Markets Investigation En Banc Hearing held on June 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room 1.

En Banc Hearing Presentations and Testimony

Barry Smitherman - PUC of Texas - Opening Address

Sonny Popowsky - Office of Consumer Advocate

William Lloyd - Office of Small Business Advocate

Harry Geller - Public Utility Law Project

John Hanger - Eckert Seamans

Dr. Andrew Kleit - Penn State University

David DeCampli - PPL Electric Utilities

Denis O'Brien - PECO Energy Company

Douglas Elliot - FirstEnergy

Richard Riazzi - Duquesne Light Company

James Steffes - Direct Energy

Jim Burke - TXU Energy

Gene Alessandrini - PPL EnergyPlus

Tony Banks - FirstEnergy Solutions

Richard Hudson - Retail Energy Supply Association



En Banc Hearing Audio

1:00 - 2:40 PM: Audio Clip - 2:50 to 3:50 PM: Audio Clip - 3:50 to 5:00 PM: Audio Clip

Disclaimer: All information that appears on this website is merely an electronic representation and is not the officially filed information. The official documents reside in the File Room of the Public Utility Commission in 2-North, on the second floor of the Commonwealth Keystone Building in Harrisburg and are available for public inspection during normal business hours