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May 9, 2011
FERC affirmed an initial decision from an ALJ and found that Brookfield Energy Marketing, Constellation Energy, and Shell Energy North America did not engage in market manipulation when offering energy associated with their capacity, as obligated to do as capacity suppliers in the ISO New England…
May 9, 2011
Alliance Power Company, LLC would pay $18,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Alliance was not in full compliance with 11 provisions of the Substantive Rules (39386).
April 29, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC has directed ResCom Energy to provide further information regarding its erroneous enrollment of 870 customers at United Illuminating.
April 27, 2011
Fines may not be sufficient to prevent bad actors in the competitive retail market from continuing to engage in such activity, Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner Wayne Gardner told the National Energy Marketers Association Restructuring Conference.
April 22, 2011
Columbia Utilities LLC and Columbia Utilities Power LLC have entered into a settlement with the New York Attorney General to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing tactics.
April 20, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed a petition to revoke the REP certificate of State Power, Inc. d/b/a Allstate Power Company, alleging that Allstate is not in compliance with several provisions of Subst. R. 25.107 (39338).
April 19, 2011
Abacus Resources Energy, LLC asked the PUCT to dismiss Staff's petition for a revocation of Abacus' REP certificate, due to its default on ERCOT obligations, claiming that its continued operation is essential for it to be able to repay some $1.2 million owed to ERCOT and the TDUs (39192).
April 15, 2011
Proton Energy would pay a $10,000 administrative penalty but would keep its REP certificate under a settlement with PUCT Staff regarding Staff's petition to revoke Proton's REP certificate (38633).
April 14, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied a complaint from the Office of Consumer Counsel regarding the application of Dominion East Ohio at FERC to lease approximately 3-5 Bcf of excess on-system storage to its affiliate Dominion Transmission (PUCO Docket 07-1224-GA-EXM).
April 13, 2011
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April 13, 2011
FERC denied a complaint from EnerNOC against FirstEnergy Corp. relating to the Fixed Resource Requirement integration auctions which were part of moving the American Transmission Systems Inc. load into PJM (EL10-63).
April 12, 2011
TXU Energy Retail Company, LLC would pay $80,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve a complaint-based investigation into TXU's compliance with disconnection and related provisions of the Substantive Rules (39317).
April 11, 2011
Seminole Energy Services, LLC and several affiliates will pay a civil penalty of $300,000, and disgorge $271,315 plus interest, under a settlement with FERC to resolve an investigation into the bidding of multiple Seminole Energy affiliates into a March 2007 open season on Cheyenne Plains Gas…
April 11, 2011
National Fuel Marketing Company, LLC and several affiliates will pay a civil penalty of $290,000 under a settlement with FERC to resolve an investigation into the bidding of multiple National Fuel Marketing affiliates into a March 2007 open season on Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline.
April 8, 2011
TexRep5, LLC d/b/a AllStar Energy would relinquish its REP certificate, and certain of its principals would agree not to serve as a principal or in a similar capacity for another Texas REP for a period of 18 months, under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve Staff's petition to revoke AllStar's…
April 7, 2011
The PUCT has revoked the REP certificates of the following companies, for various failures to meet the requirements of Subst. R. 25.107 (see linked story for specifics): - Telecom Consulting & Services, LLC (9/17) - Lehman Power Services, LLC (9/17) - Good Guys Power, LP - Rio Grande Power, LLC…
April 1, 2011
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has moved for the Connecticut DPUC to rescind its consent order with Positive Energy Electricity Supply, alleging that the DPUC's order underestimates the number of injured customers, underestimates the losses per customer, and establishes an unworkable…
April 1, 2011
PUCT Staff and Proton Energy, Inc. have reached an agreement in principle to resolve Staff's pending REP certificate revocation petition against Proton, and parties asked that the procedural schedule in the case be abated (38633).
April 1, 2011
TexRep5, LLC d/b/a AllStar Energy and PUCT Staff have reached a settlement in principle that would resolve an outstanding petition from Staff to revoke AllStar Energy's REP certificate (Docket 37801 et. al.).
March 31, 2011
CPL Retail Energy, LP would pay $18,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve Staff's allegations that CPL Retail was not in compliance with five provisions of the Substantive Rules (39285).
March 30, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff and Viridian Energy PA, LLC have offered a joint recommendation to resolve an outstanding complaint against the supplier from Staff under which Viridian would pay $20,000 (Case 9255).
March 30, 2011
As part of its remediation plan in response to a Maryland PSC Staff complaint (see related story) , Viridian Energy and Staff have agreed to work together on a company-specific code of conduct, "that could potentially be used as a starting point in the development of a generic Code of Conduct for…
March 29, 2011
A consultant does not have to be certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to review contracts or to file documents with the Commission, Palmer Energy Company said in testimony answering a complaint filed by Buckeye Energy Brokers, Inc (Case 10-0693-GE-CSS).
March 24, 2011
The PUCT further deferred final action on a pending proposal for decision which would revoke the REP certificate of Milagro Power (TexRep3 LLC) until the April 6 open meeting, to provide additional time for a sale of the customer book, and provide an opportunity for Staff to investigate whether the…
March 23, 2011
The total volume of electric complaints filed by consumers with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in calendar year 2010 decreased by 28% from 2009 volumes, an analysis by Regulatory Compliance Services found.
