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June 20, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio announced this morning the filing of a new proposed electric security plan (ESP) under which it would assume the capacity obligation of all retail customers taking its distribution service.
June 20, 2011
PUCT Publishes Draft Prepaid Disclosure Statement for Comment
June 16, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a second notice order regarding revisions to the electric agent, broker, and consultant rules under 83 Ill. Adm. Code 454 (Docket 10-0733).
June 14, 2011
Consumers Energy is seeking to reinstate the Electric Choice Incentive Mechanism should the Michigan legislature raise the electric choice cap above 10%.
June 14, 2011
Sharyland Utilities, PUCT Staff, and other parties have filed an unopposed stipulation which would move Sharyland's Stanton and Colorado City load from the Southwest Power Pool to ERCOT, potentially allowing for the introduction of retail choice (39070).
June 13, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed a draft Prepaid Disclosure Statement in Project No. 39357.
June 10, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC will return to the rules applicable to electric customer lists in effect prior to the issuance of Interim Guidelines on customer lists in November 2010, as the PUC considers the issue on remand.
June 10, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC has made what it termed to be "clarifications" to its previously adopted final rulemaking regarding retail natural gas market issues (L-2008-2069114), and issued a revised set of regulations for comment with the intention of later adopting the revised rules as final.
June 9, 2011
The Maryland PSC denied Washington Gas Light's application for a permanent gas supply hedging program, but did authorize hedging through the 2011-12 winter (Case 9224).
June 8, 2011
A draft of New Jersey's updated energy master plan calls for the state to, "gradually expose customers with lower energy demands to dynamic pricing."
June 7, 2011
The Maryland PSC has initiated administrative docket PC25 for the purpose of convening a Consumer Education on Customer Choice Workgroup, as required by recent legislation.
June 7, 2011
The Connecticut senate passed unanimously SB 1243 which revises the procurement methodology for standard service, and includes several new customer protection measures for customers of electric suppliers.
June 3, 2011
If the Pennsylvania PUC removes the default service role from the electric distribution utilities, it must require, "that any default service provider(s) and all EGSs [electric generation suppliers] offer full net metering compensation to their customers," PennFuture said in comments to the PUC…
June 2, 2011
The National Energy Marketers Association has asked FERC to clarify its proposal prohibiting multiple affiliates from bidding in open seasons for pipeline capacity, and prohibiting the release of capacity to affiliates, in terms of how the proposal would affect state retail choice programs and…
June 1, 2011
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved without modification a settlement under which retail gas choice will be expanded to customers at the former Kokomo Gas and Fuel and the Northern Indiana Fuel and Light Company Inc. territories, which are being merged into NIPSCO (Cause No. 43941 et…
May 31, 2011
The Michigan PSC approved without modification a settlement under which Consumers Energy will provide additional flexibility to natural gas choice suppliers to adjust their required daily deliveries of natural gas (U-16418, 5/17 ).
May 31, 2011
The Texas legislature has enrolled and sent to the governor SB 943, which defines electric storage as generation.
May 31, 2011
A stipulation in Equitable Gas Company, LLC's 1307(f) proceeding would lower the retainage allowance for residential transportation service to 6% (R-2011-2223563,).
May 30, 2011
The Texas legislature has enrolled and sent to the governor SB 1910, which postpones the transition to competition at El Paso Electric.
May 30, 2011
The Texas legislature has enrolled and sent to the governor HB 2133 which requires the PUCT to order the disgorgement of all excess revenue resulting from a violation of Section 39.157 of PURA, relating to market power.
May 27, 2011
The Maine PUC has amended its rules regarding long-term generation contracting by the utilities to reflect updated legislation.
May 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will allow Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to continue to charge existing tariffed rates, reflecting current POLR and environmental carrying charges, until a further order on a remand proceeding, with the caveat that the companies shall file new tariffs…
May 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio established an eight-year transition to end the current nonbypassable Residential Generation Credit (Rider RGC) at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, which provides a discount to certain electric heating (all-electric) customers.
May 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, without modification, a settlement which, among other things, transfers the obligation for Network Integration Transmission Services (NITS) to Duke Energy Ohio for itself as well all competitive retail suppliers in its service area (11-2641-EL-RDR).
May 26, 2011
"The effects of a competitive retail electricity market are mixed across states, but generally appear to lower prices in states with high participation and raise prices in states that have little customer participation," says a white paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas .
