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August 27, 2014
The Georgia PSC recently issued a written order granting Infinite Energy, Inc. a limited rule waiver to allow Infinite to provide enrollment materials via email for customers who voluntarily request electronic service.
August 26, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has approved a customer notice to be sent to customers of HOP Energy who will be transferred to Viridian Energy after Viridian agreed to purchase the HOP Energy book, and the notice is notable for requiring the disclosure of the customer's new rate after assignment for variable…
August 25, 2014
In the New York PSC Staff straw proposal concerning Track One of the Reforming the Energy Visions proceeding (click here for related story) , Staff said that they, "may make a proposal," concerning opt-out municipal aggregation, or community choice aggregation, in the future.
August 22, 2014
The New York PSC has delayed, for all utilities, the deadline for implementing online bill calculators comparing ESCO and default service prices, for residential and small non-residential customers
August 22, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday issued a tentative order proposing to open the next phase of its investigation into whether the retail natural gas market is workably competitive, proposing to direct the Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) to study specific issues, and the tentative order is…
August 6, 2014
A Connecticut PURA draft decision, first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com (click here) , regarding new electric customer protections and rules for retail suppliers, "could stifle and ultimately collapse the retail electric supply market in Connecticut," the Retail Energy Supply Association said…
August 5, 2014
As part of their electric security plan for the period beginning June 1, 2016, the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have proposed implementing 15-year ratepayer backed contracts to support two power plants owned by FirstEnergy Solutions (as well as its share in a jointly owned plant) under an "Economic…
August 4, 2014
A draft Connecticut PURA decision would effectively preclude the sale of electric supplier customer books via contract assignment, by requiring affirmative consent of the customer for any such assignment.
August 4, 2014
A Connecticut PURA draft decision would prohibit the use of utility consolidated billing for "variable plan" electric products
August 1, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC directed Public Service Company of New Hampshire to refund to retail electric suppliers the difference between temporary charges for certain services provided by the utility, and new charges adopted by the PUC yesterday.
July 31, 2014
The New York PSC has delayed when it expects to issue a decision on policy questions under Track 1 of its Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding.
July 31, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, as designed by Staff, an allocation methodology to assign non-shopping non-residential customers at Columbia Gas of Ohio to a competitive supplier should an exit from the merchant function for non-residential service be triggered.
July 28, 2014
The Maryland PSC has deferred adopting on a permanent basis an acceleration in the customer switching timeline, finding that the matter should be addressed in the Commission's generic review of retail market customer protections (PC 35).
July 25, 2014
The Maine PUC has proposed in a rulemaking that variable rates offered by retail electric suppliers shall be specified in terms of an index or formula and, "must be reasonably reflective of electricity market conditions."
July 24, 2014
AEP Ohio's sought Power Purchase Agreement Rider amounts to "reregulating" the company's generation, reversing the course of prior PUCO orders, Public Utility Commission of Ohio Staff said in a post-hearing brief in AEP Ohio's electric security plan proceeding.
July 24, 2014
Sharyland Utilities, LP has filed to implement Transmission Cost Recovery Factor rates, applicable to retail electric providers, for customers with interval data recorder (IDR) meters.
July 24, 2014
Michigan's to-be-developed natural gas choice comparison website should be promoted by alternative natural gas suppliers on certain pre-enrollment marketing materials, and should not include historic supplier price data, according to "primary" recommendations from Michigan PSC Staff.
July 23, 2014
Consistent with recent legislation, the Connecticut PURA has opened three dockets addressing electric customer protections, standard electric contracts, and billing design.
July 22, 2014
The City of New York has raised concern with the "aggressive" schedule for the New York PSC's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding, contrasting the case's pace to the deliberate approach the PSC took to a similar fundamental restructuring of the industry, the introduction of competition, and also…
July 22, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have petitioned for a good cause exception to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 23.43, in order to assign the non-volunteer POLR (LSP) responsibility for 2015-16 at Sharyland Utilities, LP.
July 22, 2014
New York utilities have said that their role in the state's Reforming the Energy Vision framework should include ownership of distributed generation, and the offering of, "value-added services"
July 11, 2014
The issue of municipal opt-out aggregation drew several questions from New York PSC Commissioners during a technical conference on the PSC's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding.
July 10, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order to address the timing differences under the PUC's rules for the issuance of electric contract renewal notices and natural gas renewal notices, which are now no longer aligned as the PUC moved to accelerate electric customer switching.
July 10, 2014
The Maine PUC has assigned docket numbers for two rulemakings related to electric market customer protection and disclosure rules.
July 10, 2014
Retail electric and gas suppliers and aggregators are now subject to annual assessment in New Hampshire, effective July 1, 2014
