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October 30, 2014
The Maryland PSC has approved changes to Washington Gas Light's tariffed collateral requirements to exclude from the calculation excessive natural gas prices seen last winter
October 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC in a final order is requiring electric distribution companies to conduct triennial solicitations informing customers of their ability to opt-out of inclusion on the eligible customer list (ECL) provided to retail electric suppliers.
October 21, 2014
Commonwealth Edison announced that residential and small commercial customers who purchase their electricity supply from the utility may switch to a retail electric supplier (RES) at any time.
October 15, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has ordered that a rulemaking be opened examining regulation under Puc 2100, relating to standards of conduct and related procedures governing the relationship between a distribution company and its affiliates transacting business in New Hampshire.
October 14, 2014
Washington Gas Light Company, Ambit Northeast, LLC, and Bollinger Energy have jointly petitioned the Maryland PSC for a waiver of WGL's tariffed collateral requirements, which rely in part on historic gas prices from the past three years, in order to exclude excessive prices seen last winter from…
October 6, 2014
AEP Ohio has petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to expand a previously proposed nonbypassable surcharge to support entitlements AEP Ohio would retain in the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) to now include PPAs with several additional competitive AEP generating resources…
October 3, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a formal rulemaking proposal containing revised regulations governing interest rates applicable to electric default service over-collections and under-collections.
October 3, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a final order providing guidance to retail electric and natural gas suppliers regarding the renewal notices required to be sent to customers taking both gas and electric service from the same supplier, given that recent changes to the electric notice rules mean the…
September 29, 2014
A segment of Ohio industrial customers has voiced support for Duke Energy Ohio's proposed Price Stabilization Rider, while at the same time proposing that very large customers (and only those customers) be permitted to make an election to avoid the rider.
September 29, 2014
The Retail Energy Supply Association has proposed several retail market enhancements in Duke Energy Ohio's electric security plan.
September 26, 2014
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority sought comments regarding the current practice employed by Connecticut electric and gas utilities to assign Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) and Sales and Use Taxes (SUT) to customer bills.
September 23, 2014
Retail suppliers were highly critical of a New York PSC Staff straw proposal regarding the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) industry structure, with one ESCO proclaiming that the proposal, "threatens to roll back two decades of competitive restructuring in New York altogether."
September 22, 2014
Texas retail electric providers would be reimbursed for providing low-income customers with programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs) and in-home displays (IHDs) under a proposal from a working group addressing the requirement that TDUs provide in-home monitors to low-income customers under…
September 19, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has opened Docket 14-238 in response to HB 1602, which requires the PUC to, "commence and expedite a proceeding to determine whether all or some of PSNH's generation assets should be divested."
September 18, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved Dayton Power & Light's plan to separate its generation from the utility by transferring the generation to a competitive affiliate.
September 12, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement under which PPL Electric Utilities will meet its statutory obligation to offer a Time of Use rate to customers by relying on electric generation suppliers under an open process.
September 12, 2014
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has assigned to six retail electric providers the cost of broadcasting Commission meetings online.
September 12, 2014
The Michigan PSC issued an order establishing a natural gas rate comparison website, and retail natural gas suppliers will be required to post pricing on the site.
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA yesterday directed retail electric suppliers to begin reporting historic variable rates.
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has opened Docket 14-07-17 for an investigation into the development of a standard electric supplier residential contract
September 8, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has sought comments on implementing Public Act No. 14-94, which requires PURA to study, "the feasibility of allowing a nonprofit entity to aggregate electric meters that are billable to such entity. "
September 3, 2014
A state regulator, in perhaps an imprecisely written directive, has declared that "all" customer contracts are public documents and therefore not entitled to confidential treatment when filed with the regulator.
September 2, 2014
Several Massachusetts opt-out municipal electric aggregations have been approved by the Massachusetts DPU.
August 28, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio affirmed in a rulemaking relating to the filing requirements for electric security plans that electric distribution companies should be permitted to offer alternative retail generation rates, such dynamic pricing or time-based generation rates, as part of…
August 27, 2014
In a statement regarding a recent order concerning the purchased gas cost filing of Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC - Equitable Division, Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner James Cawley expressed concern with the retainage rate as contained in a settlement agreement, noting its impact on retail suppliers…
