How Bad Are PA Utility Shut Offs Really? When the COVID-19 crisis hit in March, 2020, the PA PUC enacted an emergency order to prevent utilities from shutting off customers for not paying. The state’s utilities also announced how they would help customers set up payment plans to get through the hardship. Beginning April 1, 2021, […]
New PA PUC Plan Disclosure Rules Protect Customers In early 2020, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) updated its rules on disclosure requirements for retail electricity suppliers. According to the PA PUC, these changes provide additional safeguards on electricity plans for residential and small business electricity customers. These plan disclosure requirements involve changes to introductory rates, […]
PA PUC Continues Shutoff Moratorium The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), in their September 17 meeting, declined to end the utilities shutoff moratorium. Governor Tom Wolf initiated the moratorium in March 2020 through an emergency order. The moratorium prevents utility companies from shutting off customers’ electricity and other utilities due to nonpayment. During the troublesome […]
Pennsylvanians Get More Time to Pay Electric Utilities The August 27 meeting of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) postponed ending the utilities shut-off moratorium to September 17. The utility bill moratorium went into effect in March when Governor Tom Wolf initiated the first executive order with shut-down mandates due to the coronavirus pandemic. After two prior deadlocked […]
PA PUC Electric Supplier Rules The PA Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently announced new electricity supplier rules. Under these new rules, Pennsylvania electricity suppliers must follow new guidelines to help their customers understand their plans. The PUC states regulations will “increase consumer protections and ensure greater transparency in the competitive retail electricity market.” Let’s face it. These electricity regulations sound difficult to understand. With that […]
Cheaper Electricity Prices Projected for March 2020 Individuals fear high electricity bills in the wintertime as cold weather means more heat being used to keep warm. However, electricity bills have been lower than expected this winter due to the less-than-frightful weather. Even better, local electricity utilties are going to offer lower electricity rates starting March 1. So, why will […]
Are Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants going to close? In order to save Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island and Beaver Valley nuclear plants from closure, legislators say they will soon introduce a bill to add nuclear power to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS). The change in the act will bolster the nuclear plants’ profitability versus […]
How will my PECO electric bill be affected? On December 20, 2018, The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved a $24.9 million rate increase for PECO Energy Co. In March last year, PECO filed for a rate increase of $81.9 million, making the ruling a 1.2% increase rather than the originally requested 3.2%. So how […]
Why save Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants? The Pennsylvania Nuclear Energy Caucus released a 42-page nuclear energy report at the end of 2018 detailing how Pennsylvania only has a handful of options left to help avoid the closure of the Three Mile Island and Beaver Valley plants. The report claims that these plants help keep electricity […]
What is the current state of solar power in PA? According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) recent Solar Future Plan report, “Pennsylvania is well situated to lead the country into the next age of energy development: clean, renewable solar photovoltaic (PV) energy.” The solar industry in the U.S. has seen an average […]
