This year, our country faced an enormous public health crisis from the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout this emergency, water and wastewater systems kept the water flowing in homes, hospitals, and essential businesses. This crisis demonstrated the critical role that water and wastewater systems play in their communities, protecting public health, safeguarding the environment, and making a […]
Read More about Imagine a Day Without WaterOn October 8, 2020, Delaware Public Service Commissioner Harold Gray was elected President of the Organization of PJM States, Inc (OPSI). OPSI is an inter-governmental organization of utility regulatory agencies of 14 jurisdictions listed in the table below. These 14 jurisdictions are wholly or partly in the service area of PJM, a regional transmission operator […]
Read More about Commissioner Harold Gray Elected President of OPSIThird-Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power (Delmarva Connect) Customers. Customers can help identify and report unscrupulous companies. Over the past several weeks, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) and Division of the Public Advocate have received numerous complaints of third-party electricity suppliers “spoofing” phone numbers in an effort to sign up households for new […]
Read More about Third-Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power CustomersPlease see below the excerpt from the 23rd Modification to the Governor’s State of Emergency Declaration “E. UTILITIES. Effective July 1, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. E.D.T., Paragraph D. of the Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency related to utilities is modified by deleting it in its entirety and substituting the following […]
Read More about 23rd Modification: State of Emergency Declaration | Relating to Utility Shut-OffsBelow is a letter from the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. The Delaware Public Service Commission members belong to both of these organizations. June 12, 2020 Dear President Presley and Mr. White, The Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC) supports, without reservation, NARUC’s June 4, […]
Read More about Letter from MACRUC Board of Directors on Commitment to Social ChangeThe Delaware PSC is committed to working with regulated utility companies during the coronavirus pandemic. Under 26 Del. C. § 115, utility assessments and fees are due annually on March 31st. The Delaware PSC recognizes however that some utilities will not be able to meet this deadline due to the disruption of normal business practices. […]
Read More about Utility Annual Assessments and Reports during COVID-19On Sunday, March 22, 2020, Governor Carney issued the fourth and fifth modifications to his State of Emergency declaration, ordering Delawareans to stay at home whenever possible and closing all non-essential businesses in Delaware to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The orders go into effect at 8am on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. They will […]
Read More about Utilities Still Operating Under Governor Carney’s State of EmergencyThe average household’s leaks can account for nearly 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year and ten percent of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day. Common types of leaks found in the home are worn toilet flappers, dripping faucets, and other leaking valves. These types of leaks are often easy to […]
Read More about Fix-a-Leak Week | March 16th-22nd 2020Third-Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power (Delmarva Connect) Customers. Customers can help identify and report unscrupulous companies. DOVER – Over the past week, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) and Division of the Public Advocate have received numerous complaints of third-party electricity suppliers “spoofing” phone numbers in an effort to sign up households for new […]
Read More about CONSUMER WARNING: Third Party Electricity Companies Using Spoofed Numbers to Target Delmarva Power CustomersDelaware Public Service Commission Releases Final Report on Delmarva Power’s Electric Supply Auction On February 19, 2020, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) released The Final Report assessing the conduct and results of Delmarva Power’s electric Standard Offer Service (SOS) reverse auction process for the 2019-2020 procurement year; the PSC was assisted by its technical […]
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