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April 30, 2013
The trend in the retail electric sector is, "towards re-regulation; not further de-regulation," Julien Dumoulin-Smith said in a note to UBS Investment Research clients.
April 30, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is planning to launch on May 6 a revamped Power to Choose website, with the revised site notably allowing customers to rate retail electric providers.
April 29, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a strawman for potential changes to PUC Subst. R. 25.43, relating to Provider of Last Resort (POLR), for the limited purpose of allowing a Large Service Provider (LSP), also known as a non-volunteer POLR, to request that the commission…
April 26, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday adjudicated two outstanding issues regarding the proposed competitive generation service tariff at Entergy Texas, but withheld final adjudication of remaining issues until the next open meeting.
April 23, 2013
A coalition of Texas retail electric providers has told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that the Commission's deposit rules require modification to facilitate the offering of demand response products by retail electric providers.
April 15, 2013
Retail suppliers believe that a settlement concerning several retail market issues at Philadelphia Gas Works is "imminent," according to pre-hearing memos filed by the suppliers.
April 10, 2013
Testimony before the Michigan House Energy and Technology committee claimed that Michigan electric customers are paying $2 billion in higher costs as a result of the 10% electric choice cap, Energy Choice Now said yesterday.
April 10, 2013
The Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas are set to release a strawman that would amend P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.43, relating to Provider of Last Resort (POLR).
April 10, 2013
Citing an increase in market activity, the Maine PUC has opened an inquiry into potential changes to residential and small commercial Standard Offer service, and to other rules and practices related to retail competition in the residential and small commercial sectors.
April 9, 2013
A new poll by Marketing Resource Group shows that 82% of Michigan consumers want the freedom to shop for electricity service, Energy Choice Now said yesterday.
April 5, 2013
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued a final order to create a uniform definition of unaccounted-for-gas (UFG) and loss level metrics for natural gas distribution system losses for the state's natural gas distribution companies (NGDCs).
April 5, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday adopted as final without modification its tentative order to indefinitely suspend implementation of the retail opt-in aggregations at the seven major electric distribution companies.
April 3, 2013
State to Modify Retail Supplier Security Requirements
March 29, 2013
A settlement among several parties would establish a new bypassable Gas Procurement Charge at National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation in Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2013
A settlement among Equitable Gas Company, the Office of Consumer Advocate, and the Office of Small Business Advocate would adopt a new, bypassable gas procurement charge at Equitable, and also modify the Merchant Function Charges and therefore purchase of receivables discount rates.
March 28, 2013
Niagara Mohawk has issued a notice of an ESCO Pricing Tools and Consumer Communications Collaborative to commence discussions concerning ESCO versus default service cost comparisons required under a recently adopted rate case joint proposal.
March 27, 2013
Retail suppliers are, "probably breathing a sigh of relief" that the Pennsylvania PUC has finally concluded its retail electric market investigation, PUC Vice Chair John Coleman said during the annual DNV KEMA retail energy executive forum.
March 27, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC may launch an investigation into the retail natural gas market, PUC Vice Chair John Coleman said during the annual DNV KEMA retail energy executive forum.
March 26, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC's proposal to indefinitely shelve the retail opt-in aggregation programs, "could dampen the desire of competitive suppliers to test the waters of Pennsylvania's retail market in the short and longer term," Interstate Gas Supply and Dominion Retail said in comments on the PUC's…
March 21, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in an order on rehearing, has modified the allocation of non-shopping customers to retail suppliers at Columbia Gas of Ohio, should a merchant function exit occur as a result of reaching previously adopted milestones.
March 21, 2013
The Texas House of Representatives yesterday considered requiring retail electric providers to provide residential customers on month to month contracts with advance written notice of any price changes which do not result from a change in law or regulation.
March 18, 2013
A settlement in Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's rate case would end the current "freeze" periods for choice enrollments, adopt a new bypassable gas procurement charge, and establish new POR discount rates.
March 18, 2013
The New York PSC has authorized Niagara Mohawk to develop an online bill calculator to present residential customers taking electric and natural gas service from ESCOs with the amount that these customers would have been billed had they purchased supply from the utility.
March 15, 2013
Texas needs to address concerns of retail electric providers which are leery of providing customers with technologies to enable demand response due to the fear that the investment may go unrecovered due to customer migration, Donna Nelson, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said…
March 15, 2013
The Pennsylvania retail electric market continues to take on water in 2013 as the PUC has dealt another stomach punch to retail suppliers -- proposing to indefinitely delay the retail opt-in aggregation programs just approved at each of the major electric distribution companies.
