of, and relationship with, his or her NGS, but will also increase customer awareness when participating in the competitive retail natural gas market. BACKGROUND During its Investigation of Electricity Market (Electric Pennsylvania’s Retail RMI), this Commission directed OCMO to provide recommendations, by the end of 2013, on how the existing electric utility-consolidated bill could be more could include, but not be limited to, making the electric OCMO’s inquiry information more prominent; including the logo on generation supplier’s (EGS) EGS’s the electric distribution for EGS company’s (EDC) bill; providing increased spacing messaging and potentially allowing EGS bill inserts. The Commission stated that the would look more like a joint EDC-EGS “expected end-result bill.” The Commission adopted regarding a joint EDC-EGS OCMO’s recommendations bill via a Final Order on May 22, 2014. In the Joint EDC-EGS Bill Final Order, the Commission directed the EDCs to implement, by June 1, 2015, the following billing changes: 1) include the logo on the EDC bill; 2) expand the EGS bill messaging EGS’s space from two (2) to four (4) lines with up to 80 characters each; and, 3) include a Shopping Information Box that provides a supplier customer’s account/customer identification (ID) number (whichever is applicable to effectuate a switch in electric generation supplier), the Rate Schedule and an indication that this information customer’s is needed when shopping with an EGS. The Commission believed the inclusion of this information would aid customers in not only developing a stronger recognition of and relationship with their supplier, but would also increase customer awareness when participating in the competitive retail energy market. On December 18, 2014, we issued a Final Order at Docket No. I2013-2381742 (hereinafter Gas RMI Final Order), announcing specific topics and issues that we intend
of, and relationship with, his or her NGS, but will also increase customer awareness when participating in the competitive retail natural gas market. BACKGROUND During its Investigation of Pennsylvania’s Retail Electricity Market (Electric RMI), this Commission directed OCMO to provide recommendations, by the end of 2013, on how the existing electric utility-consolidated bill could be more OCMO’s inquiry could include, but not be limited to, making the electric generation supplier’s (EGS) information more prominent; including the EGS’s logo on the electric distribution company’s (EDC) bill; providing increased spacing for EGS messaging and potentially allowing EGS bill inserts. The Commission stated that the “expected end-result would look more like a joint EDC-EGS bill.” The Commission adopted OCMO’s recommendations regarding a joint EDC-EGS bill via a Final Order on May 22, 2014. In the Joint EDC-EGS Bill Final Order, the Commission directed the EDCs to implement, by June 1, 2015, the following billing changes: 1) include the EGS’s logo on the EDC bill; 2) expand the EGS bill messaging space from two (2) to four (4) lines with up to 80 characters each; and, 3) include a Shopping Information Box that provides a customer’s account/customer supplier identification (ID) number (whichever is applicable to effectuate a switch in electric generation supplier), the customer’s Rate Schedule and an indication that this information is needed when shopping with an EGS. The Commission believed the inclusion of this information would aid customers in not only developing a stronger recognition of and relationship with their supplier, but would also increase customer awareness when participating in the competitive retail energy market. On December 18, 2014, we issued a Final Order at Docket No. I2013-2381742 (hereinafter Gas RMI Final Order), announcing specific topics and issues that we intend
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