Posts tagged: electricity deregulation Pennsylvania

Many hope the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will look at markets more skeptically

Regulators, consumer advocates and others frustrated over the PJM-run wholesale electricity markets talk about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, two buzzwords from the presidential campaign come up: hope and change. They hope the commission will look more skeptically at the markets. They expect some change in how the markets are run. The five commissioners make [...]

Tuesday December 8th, 2009 in , | No Comments »

Deregulation, conservation tips at The Crossings Thurs. Tannersville, PA.

Electric deregulation information and tips on alternatives will be offered Thursday at the American Eatery in the Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville.
State Sen. Robert Mellow, D-22, the Democratic minority leader, is hosting an informational kiosk also designed to provide holidays shoppers with tips on how to save money on winter heating bills.
Attendees from 1-4 p.m. [...]

Tuesday December 8th, 2009 in , , | No Comments »

Rate caps come off Jan. 1, and it couldn’t come at a worse time

Source: The Times-Tribune)By David Falchek, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
Dec. 6–Mark Williams never uses the electric baseboard heat on the second floor of his Scranton home.
He replaced all his light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. The lights, and everything else, are powered down in unoccupied rooms.
This summer, he never even turned on the air conditioning.
He’s not [...]

Monday December 7th, 2009 in , , , | 1 Comment »

Activists urge lawmakers to delay lifting electricity rate caps

HARRISBURG, PA. – PPL Corp. is in the sights of political activists with a month to go before electric rate caps come off Jan. 1.
Several activists called Tuesday for state lawmakers and the Public Utility Commission to delay lifting the rate caps ­- and a resulting 30 percent hike in electric rates for PPL residential [...]

Thursday December 3rd, 2009 in , | No Comments »

Farmers Learn About Possible Group Electric Savings

LEBANON, Pa. — On a recent fall day when many Lebanon County farmers were likely finishing corn and soybean harvests, 25 of their number chose to spend the afternoon at the Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center. What brought them there was the hope of saving significantly on their electric bills by joining together with other energy [...]

Tuesday December 1st, 2009 in , | No Comments »

Capital Domes Head to Head: A look at how electricity deregulation will affect Pennsylvania’s power prices

Brouillette: Choice and competition, not rate caps, keys to affordable electricity
Pennsylvania’s electricity rate caps have kept prices artificially low, preventing competitors from entering the marketplace and consumers from having choices. Now, when rate caps expire in 2010 in PPL territory, most of central Pennsylvania will see an increase in electricity prices.
Of course, government-imposed price controls [...]

Monday November 23rd, 2009 in , , | No Comments »

PPL gets PUC OK – Utility is allowed to do billing and accounting for customers who switch service after caps.

 
The state Public Utility Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to allow PPL Electric Utilities to continue to do the billing and accounting for customers who switch their service when rate caps expire in January.
PPL’s rates are expected to increase about 30 percent when rate caps expire on Jan. 1, making offers from retailers who entering [...]

Saturday November 21st, 2009 in , | No Comments »

Chamber speaker: Changes on the horizon for your electric bill

 
ROYERSFORD — “You’d better shop around.” Commissioner Robert F. Powelson with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission echoed the words made popular years ago by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles when discussing the upcoming expiration of electricity rate caps.
In a little more than a year’s time, on Jan. 1, 2011, the electricity rate caps that have [...]

Saturday November 14th, 2009 in , , | No Comments »