Delmarva Power Files Request For $72.3 Million Rate Increase
Delmarva Power, With Support from Delaware Public Advocate and Delaware Public Service Commission, Provides More Than $1.9 Million To Help Significantly Reduce Account Balances for Limited-Income Customers
Public Advocate named Vice President of National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
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PSC and DPA Investigate Misleading Electric Supplier Marketing Practices
Delaware Public Service Commission and Delaware Public Advocate Investigate Misleading Electric Supplier Marketing Practices Dover – On July 29, 2020 the Delaware Public Service Commission opened PSC Docket No. 20-0451 to investigate misleading marketing practices by third-party electric suppliers. The Delaware PSC Staff and Delaware Division of the Public Advocate have reported receiving an increasing […]
Delmarva Power files for rate increases in Electric and Natural Gas
Delmarva Power has filed two requests for increases in rates. On Friday, February 21st, Delmarva Power filed a natural gas rate increase request with the Public Service Commission asking the Commission to approve a total increase of about $14.6 million. This requested was followed with a request on Friday, March 6th, for an electric rate […]
Investigation Reveals Thousands of Delaware Businesses May be Overpaying for Electric Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2020 Contact: Drew Slater Public Advocate 302-388-1100 Samantha Hemphill PSC Ombudsman 302-736-7564 Investigation Reveals Thousands of Delaware Businesses May be Overpaying for Electric Service Many Commercial Customers Eligible for Lower Rates from Delmarva Power DOVER – The Delaware Division of the Public Advocate and the Delaware Public […]
Third-Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power Customers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2020 Contact: Drew Slater Public Advocate 302-388-1100 Samantha Hemphill PSC Ombudsman 302-736-7564 Consumer Warning Third-Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power Customers Customers can help identify and report unscrupulous companies DOVER – Over the past week, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) […]
Customer Complaint Leads to Refunds for Thousands of Delmarva Power Customers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 17, 2019 Contact: Drew Slater Public Advocate 302-388-1100 Customer Complaint Leads to Refunds for Thousands of Delmarva Power Customers DOVER – Spurred by a single complaint from a customer, Delmarva Power will soon issue refunds to thousands of customers impacted by a recently identified billing error. The New Castle […]
Public Service Commission and Public Advocate Laud FERC Decision on Artificial Island
Statement on behalf of the Public Service Commission Staff and Division of the Public Advocate: “FERC’s decision on February 28th regarding the cost allocation of the $278 million Artificial Island project is a huge win for the Delmarva Zone (Delaware and Maryland). This decision avoids more than $200 million in cost to Delaware residents, and […]