October 19, 2012
The New York PSC approved, as proposed by NYSEG, the consolidation of NYSEG's remaining two Gas Supply Areas (GSAs) into a single GSA, and the adoption a system-wide weighted average cost of capacity (WACOC) for the release of capacity to ESCOs (09-G-0716).
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October 19, 2012
The New Jersey General Assembly has passed a bill (A-2132) which would empower the Board of Public Utilities to require retail suppliers to provide pricing information to the BPU for use on a BPU-developed online listing of retail prices.
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October 19, 2012
Ostensibly in response to intense criticism of retail supplier pricing during the past two months , the New York PSC yesterday announced it will begin, "a formal proceeding to assess retail energy markets including by seeking comments addressing possible actions that could be taken by the Commission…
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October 18, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved AEP Ohio's corporate separation plan under which Ohio Power's generation will be transferred to a non-utility affiliate.
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October 18, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued proposed rules concerning the offering of green power plans by retail suppliers and utilities.
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October 17, 2012
Staff of the New York Public Service Commission have proposed to make consistent, at Central Hudson Gas & Electric, charges to retail suppliers for Winter Bundled Sales Service, and charges paid by firm sales customers for storage.
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October 16, 2012
Some 72% of Michigan voters would support a law allowing customers the ability to choose their electric service from competing suppliers, according to a poll released by Energy Choice Now (ECN), the Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity (ABATE), the Customer Choice Coalition (CCC) and…
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October 12, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC formally announced the launch of its retail natural gas shopping website yesterday, PAGasSwitch.com.
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October 12, 2012
PECO has informed the Pennsylvania PUC that it will propose to start, by April 2015, recovering additional costs through its natural gas Purchase of Receivables discount, including uncollectibles and administrative costs.
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October 11, 2012
Any newly formed or expanded municipal electric utilities in Connecticut should be required to offer customer choice, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the Connecticut PURA.
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October 8, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a recommended proposal for adoption to implement HB 2133, concerning the disgorgement of excess revenues resulting from a violation of PURA or administrative rule or protocol (40073).
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October 8, 2012
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and several retail natural gas suppliers have filed a stipulation to govern the exit of Columbia Gas from the merchant function, for both non-residential and residential customers.
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October 5, 2012
PNE Energy Supply LLC, d/b/a Power New England, has filed a formal petition with the New Hampshire PUC asking that the Commission review the reasonableness and appropriateness of Public Service Company of New Hampshire's approved charges for selection, billing, and payment and collection services…
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October 3, 2012
A draft Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority order would approve Power Purchase Agreements filed by The Connecticut Light and Power Company and The United Illuminating Company with GRE 314 East Lyme LLC and Somers Solar Center LLC, totaling 10 MW aggregate, and would make certain…
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October 2, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted, without substantive changes to the provisions affecting retail electric providers, a proposal for adoption as filed by Staff for a revised energy efficiency rule, which includes a requirement that the Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor (EECRF)…
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September 28, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a Tentative Order (Docket No. M-2012-2324075) establishing interim guidelines for the provision of eligible customer lists (ECL) in the retail natural gas market to retail suppliers, which largely mirror the guidelines established for the electric market.
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September 28, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an order on rehearing and clarification, has clarified the price that will be charged to customers participating in the retail opt-in program at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, for service beginning June 1, 2013.
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September 27, 2012
Ohio Industrials, Consumers Seek Confirmation on End of Nonbypassable Charge at Dayton Power & Light
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September 27, 2012
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has issued questions for written stakeholder comment regarding PURA's investigation into the creation and expansion of municipal electric utilities (Docket 12-06-14).
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September 26, 2012
The Michigan PSC approved a number of changes to the natural gas choice program at Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
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September 26, 2012
The Michigan PSC has approved Indiana Michigan Power Company's cost of service based proposal for the creation of a state compensation mechanism to establish the charge applied to alternative retail electric suppliers for capacity provided under the I&M (AEP) Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR)…
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September 25, 2012
Several ESCO parties have asked the New York PSC to phase-in the proposed introduction of system-wide weighted average cost of capacity (WACOC) releases of capacity to ESCOs at NYSEG.
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September 25, 2012
Consumers Energy Company has filed an electric rate case at the Michigan PSC which includes several proposed changes to the retail open access (ROA) tariff (Case No. U-17087).
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September 24, 2012
FERC has issued a final rule to require the filers Electric Quarterly Reports (EQRs), such as retail suppliers with market-based rate authority, to submit e-Tag IDs for each transaction reported in the EQR if an e-Tag was used to schedule the transaction.
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September 24, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a proposed allocation of the costs of broadcasting PUCT meetings online to retail electric providers, and various other entities subject to Commission jurisdiction, consistent with PURA § 12.204.
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