Investigation of Pennsylvania's
Retail Electricity Market
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
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
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
Intermediate Work Plan Reply Comments
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
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.
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Conference Call Date
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Agenda
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Recap
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March 15, 2012
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Agenda
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Recap
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February 1, 2012
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Agenda
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Recap
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January 5, 2012
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Agenda
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Recap / Deliverable
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December 2, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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November 17, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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November 8, 2011
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No Agenda
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Recap
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October 27, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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October 6, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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September 28, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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September 21, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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September 14, 2011
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Agenda
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Recap
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August 31, 2011 (Technical Conference)
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Agenda
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Recap
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August 10, 2011 (Technical Conference)
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Agenda
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Recap
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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
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
Comments
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
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
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