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August 21, 2013
The Connecticut PURA has closed several dockets related to the retail electric market after noting that the Act prompting the dockets to be opened only included technical changes (such as updating the statute to reflect the creation of PURA), and no substantive changes to underlying policy which…
August 19, 2013
The Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO) said in reply comments concerning the state's investigation of electric retail access that it is interested in learning more about several retail access designs which do not extend choice eligibility to all customers.
August 19, 2013
A Texas court of appeals has ruled that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is entitled to collect a performance bonus on certain expenditures made on energy efficiency measures, reversing a ruling from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The charges shall be collected from retail electric…
August 16, 2013
Syracuse.com: ESCO-Default Service Cost Comparison Tool Wrong, Erroneously Made Default Service Appear Cheaper
August 16, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an order regarding an investigation of various issues related to reconciliations of various components of the bypassable electric Price to Compare (PTC), including whether the use of migration riders is appropriate.
August 15, 2013
The Michigan PSC has set reservation charges applicable to gas customer choice customers at Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and SEMCO Energy Gas Company.
August 15, 2013
Wisconsin Electric Power Company has petitioned the Michigan PSC for accounting authority to defer, "unrecovered costs of implementing customer choice."
August 14, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has commenced a project (41616) reviewing rules governing utilities and their affiliates by seeking comments on several questions and existing rule provisions.
August 12, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted a final rule to allow customers to opt-out of having a provisioned advanced meter, which splits responsibility between the TDU and REP for various provisions under the rule.
August 9, 2013
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has informed retail electric providers that its compliance filing to temporarily cease billing Transition Charges under schedule TC effective August 9, 2013, under Docket No. 41610, received PUCT approval on July 19, 2013.
August 9, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication that would, consistent with recent legislation, require retail electric providers to send a copy of a disconnection notice to municipalities when ordering the disconnection of certain multi-family dwellings.
August 5, 2013
Story edited at 11:27 a.m. ET to reflect the filing was a proposal for publication, not adoption. A filing this spring had been a strawman
August 5, 2013
Donald Brandt, CEO of Arizona Public Service Company, said on an earnings call Friday that he can count the number of Arizona customers that support deregulation of the electric industry, which would introduce retail choice to the system, "on one hand."
August 5, 2013
A draft proposal for adoption from Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas would place the responsibility for collecting from customers the ongoing monthly charge for opting out of a communicating advanced meter on retail electric providers.
July 31, 2013
Arizona Speaker of the House Andy Tobin issued a statement Tuesday urging the Arizona Corporation Commission to not pursue retail electric choice at this time, citing, "great concerns over the possible implementation of a restructured electric market in the state of Arizona," according to a report…
July 31, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC is opening a new rulemaking to review consumer protections in the retail electric and natural gas markets, declining to institute a market-wide investigation into retail supplier practices.
July 29, 2013
FERC has denied an application for an individual to hold interlocking positions at the parent of a retail supplier, and another retail supplier in which the parent has invested as a minority owner (Docket ID-5369).
July 29, 2013
If Michigan decides to alter the current 10% electric choice cap, DTE Energy sees "more energy" in lowering the cap, rather than expanding it, executives said during an earnings call Friday.
July 25, 2013
Several retail suppliers pressed the Illinois Commerce Commission to prohibit opt-out municipal electric aggregations from imposing termination fees on customers included in the aggregation on an opt-out basis, in exceptions to a proposed first notice order on aggregation rules.
July 25, 2013
The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel and several other consumer advocates have urged the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to broaden its proposed topics and subcommittees in its retail electric market investigation (12-3151-EL-COI) to include consumer protection and consumer education issues…
July 23, 2013
AEP Ohio has proposed a collaborative process to reach consensus on changes to its supplier coordination tariff, asking that PUCO abate its current proceeding reviewing the tariff.
July 22, 2013
Broker EMEX Expands Reverse Auction Tool to Natural Gas
July 17, 2013
A transition to retail electric choice in Arizona would cost in excess of $1 billion, Arizona Public Service told the Arizona Corporation Commission in comments on the ACC's investigation of retail choice.
July 17, 2013
In comments on Arizona's investigation into retail electric choice, the Residential Utility Consumer Office, a key stakeholder, did not take a definitive position, and said that it continues to research the subject.
July 17, 2013
The Connecticut PURA assigned Docket 13-07-18 for the, "Establishment of Rules for Electric Suppliers and EDCs Concerning Operations and Marketing in the Electric Retail Market."
