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April 24, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption concerning distributed natural gas generation, ownership of distributed renewable generation, and related issues, including issues impacting retail electric providers (39797).
April 23, 2012
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has filed to increase its unbundled delivery rates charged to REPs for residential, secondary, primary, and transmission service in its McAllen division to a level not to exceed AEP Texas Central Company's comparable average unbundled rates (40332).
April 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement HB 2133, concerning the disgorgement of excess revenues resulting from a violation of PURA or administrative rule or protocol (40073).
April 20, 2012
N.Y. PSC Orders Corning to "Accommodate" Purchase of Receivables
April 20, 2012
The stipulated design for Entergy Texas' Competitive Generation Service (CGS) tariff has come a "long way" from the intent of the statute, PUCT Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said during a hearing yesterday, expressing disappointment concerning certain eligibility limits (38951).
April 19, 2012
A unanimous stipulation among parties would establish the eligibility and cap for the competitive generation service (CGS) tariff at Entergy Texas, Inc. (38951)
April 18, 2012
The Michigan PSC authorized Michigan Consolidated Gas Company to implement, for the 12-month period from April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012, a base gas cost recovery factor of $5.89 per thousand cubic feet.
April 17, 2012
The issue of whether Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s Spraberry Driver Unit should be reconfigured from secondary meters to one or more primary meters should not be addressed as part of the transition to retail competition for the former Cap Rock service areas now part of Sharyland Utilities…
April 13, 2012
PUCT Publishes for Comment Changes to EECRF Applicable to REPs
April 13, 2012
The Maryland PSC approved the end of the Columbia Gas choice program effective with the October 2012 billing cycle.
April 13, 2012
The Retail Energy Supply Association has requested that the New Hampshire PUC open a generic proceeding investigating the state's retail electric and natural gas markets, as contemplated by a July 2011 PUC order.
April 12, 2012
The Retail Energy Supply Association has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to, "initiate a proceeding to address the status of the current retail electric market and explore what changes need to be made to allow even more customers to reap the vast array of benefits that retail…
April 10, 2012
A California PUC comment (draft) resolution would adopt data filed by the utilities, and a methodology proposed by retail suppliers, to implement the new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) adder as part of a modified Market Price Benchmark (MPB) used in setting exit fees applicable to direct access…
April 10, 2012
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will hold a forum on May 31, 2012, in Philadelphia, to seek information from interested parties on PUC jurisdictional issues related to Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), specifically natural gas and electric vehicles.
April 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that the Columbia Gas choice program be terminated with the October 2012 billing cycle.
April 6, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have issued a recommended proposed order regarding a petition from several customers who are seeking an emergency rulemaking to institute a prohibition on the installation of advanced meters and removal of already installed meters, or, alternatively…
April 6, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to revise the rules governing the TDU energy efficiency obligations (Subst. R. 25.181) to, among other things, modify how the energy efficiency charge is applied to retail electric providers, and to adjust…
April 5, 2012
Retail suppliers and community choice aggregators have, as expected, protested Pacific Gas & Electric's proposed revisions to its electric economic development program due to the disparate treatment afforded to competitively served customers, and the allocation of costs of the program to all…
April 5, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a final order regarding Commonwealth Edison's Rate GAP - Government Aggregation Protocols, including a requirement that ComEd provide to governmental aggregations lists of all retail customers, not only those on default service (Docket 11-0434).
April 3, 2012
A proposed decision in Consumers Energy's electric rate case would adopt a revenue decoupling mechanism (RDM) which differentiates between power supply and distribution revenues, and the draft would also decline to re-introduce a choice incentive mechanism at this time (U-16794).
April 1, 2012
Young Energy, LLC d/b/a Payless Power asked that the Public Utility Commission of Texas deny a petition for emergency rulemaking from various customers who are seeking a prohibition on the installation of advanced meters and removal of already installed meters, or, alternatively, an ability for…
March 30, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted a final order setting forth an interpretation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) Act that permits the net metering of facilities even where not owned by the host customer (such as for financing reasons).
March 30, 2012
Any rules adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas granting ERCOT authority to conduct pilot projects to evaluate new and emerging technologies, "should make clear that any pilot project cannot result in unjustified cost to the market ... [and] should also explicitly reaffirm the statutory…
March 29, 2012
The Maine PUC ordered Bangor Hydro-Electric to remove certain language regarding the extension of a contract between a customer and the BHE-selected retail supplier offering dynamic pricing, but otherwise approved the BHE dynamic rate trial which will be conducted through a competitive supplier…
March 29, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered AEP Ohio to use unblended Fuel Adjustment Clause (FAC) rates for its former Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power territories for the second quarter of 2012.
