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August 9, 2011
The Retail Electric Provider Coalition submitted comments to the PUCT encouraging the Commission to fully implement PURA Sec. 36.210(b)(1), which seeks to minimize the impact of new and revised TDU rates by directing electric utilities to "implement simultaneously all nonfuel rates to be adjusted in…
August 8, 2011
Dayton Power & Light filed tariff revisions with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to remedy what DP&L termed a "clerical" error and remove the current language regarding Purchase of Receivables from the tariff.
August 8, 2011
The Georgia PSC approved several waiver requests to allow SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc. to offer a prepaid product for natural gas service.
August 3, 2011
The Georgia PSC approved several waiver requests to allow Infinite Energy to offer a prepaid product for natural gas service.
August 2, 2011
In an order issued Monday, the Pennsylvania PUC ordered that the letter-based customer referral programs at Met-Ed and Penelec shall move forward, given the recent entry of several additional retail suppliers into the territories (P-2009-2093053).
August 1, 2011
Orange & Rockland has filed a new electric rate case with the New York PSC, proposing to cover three rate years beginning July 1, 2012.
July 29, 2011
A bill which has been introduced to exempt Michigan schools from the 10% electric choice cap has "no traction" and has "not gone anywhere," CMS Energy President and CEO John Russell said on an earnings call yesterday.
July 28, 2011
The "inescapable conclusion" from the Pennsylvania PUC's first phase of its investigation of the retail electric market is that, "Pennsylvania's current retail market requires changes in order to bring about the robust competitive market envisioned by the General Assembly when it passed the…
July 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, "should not confuse AEP Ohio's application for 'free money' from all the customers within its service territories with a need for new, in-state generation," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in testimony regarding AEP Ohio's proposed electric security…
July 26, 2011
The National Energy Marketers Association has asked the New York PSC to reject proposed changes to National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation's storage inventory balance requirements, and requested that the demand charge credited to a marketer when it returns storage capacity to the utility mirror…
July 25, 2011
Several Texas retail electric providers have sought to eliminate the inclusion of TDU fees from the proposed Prepaid Disclosure Statement (6/13) , claiming that the inclusion of such information will be confusing to customers (39357).
July 18, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission Initiative on Plug-In Electric Vehicles is seeking comments on a series of regulatory and legal issues related to plug-in electric vehicles, and will hold a policy committee meeting on August 23rd in Chicago to discuss the responses.
July 18, 2011
Some 26,000 requests for direct access were rejected in California's Phase III of the process to implement the expanded direct access cap, according to a PUC Staff report detailing results of the Year 2 and Year 3 Notice of Intent periods (R.07-05-025.).
July 15, 2011
The California PUC approved a decision yesterday under which, except in limited circumstances, electric vehicle service providers operating in residential settings shall be served under the otherwise applicable residential rates (Docket R.09-08-009).
July 15, 2011
AEP Texas Central Company and AEP Texas North Company have submitted their annual compliance filing to reduce certain Discretionary Service Charges charged to retail electric providers, due to the cost savings from the deployment of advanced meters (PUCT Docket 39594).
July 15, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation has revised its earlier testimony and is now only "contemplating" a moratorium on choice enrollments, but it has made no statement regarding whether, after such contemplation is complete, it believes it can implement any resulting moratorium without specific PSC…
July 14, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has launched its online residential electric offer comparison matrix on PluginIllinois.org .
July 14, 2011
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has proposed expanding retail choice to all of its service areas in Texas effective January 1, 2014, which would expand customer choice to over 44,000 customers who currently buy electric supply from Sharyland (Docket 39592).
July 13, 2011
A final budget bill passed and signed in Ohio eliminated prescriptive language regarding the Ohio Consumers' Counsel's advocacy regarding the merchant function of the natural gas utilities.
July 13, 2011
Connecticut is "very close" to implementing significant changes to the electric rate board , and the PURA will also accept comments on changes to the referral program to drive customers to the rate board.
July 12, 2011
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (formerly the DPUC) is holding a working group meeting today on Docket No. 10-06-24, regarding electric consumer protection measures, and incorporation of recent legislation into the standards.
July 11, 2011
The PUCT approved without modification a stipulation among Sharyland Utilities, PUCT Staff, and other parties to move Sharyland's Stanton and Colorado City load from the Southwest Power Pool to ERCOT, potentially allowing for the introduction of retail choice (39070).
July 8, 2011
The Georgia Court of Appeals has denied a petition from MXenergy to review a lower court's ruling which affirmed the Georgia PSC's allocation of costs arising from the default of Catalyst Natural Gas, LLC in 2008.
July 8, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation may only stop accepting new choice enrollments, "after obtaining Commission approval to change its program and tariff," Michigan PSC Staff argued in a filing yesterday (Case No. U-16481).
July 8, 2011
Early termination fees for electric service would be limited to $50, and shall be waived for cancellations within 10 days of the first bill, under a new First Notice Order concerning electric customer protections in Illinois (Docket 09-0592).
