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May 25, 2011
The Texas legislature has enrolled and sent to the governor HB 1064, which requires transmission and distribution utilities to waive the demand ratchet charged to REPs in connection to their service to certain customers.
May 25, 2011
The Texas legislature has enrolled and sent to the governor SB 1693, which authorizes the PUCT to allow the use of mechanisms, such as a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor, to adjust certain distribution rate components paid by retail electric providers outside of full rate cases.
May 24, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved updated supplier tariffs at the FirstEnergy utilities, including memorializing the companies' withdrawal of any change in the switching fee.
May 20, 2011
Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power have filed tariffs to continue to charge customers nonbypassable Provider of Last Resort charges, though not at the rates set in their electricity security plan (ESP), but at rates based on the prior Rate Stabilization Plan.
May 20, 2011
FERC granted the California ISO's request to waive the imposition of penalties, for the period starting from the November 1, 2009 trade date through the February 1, 2011 trade date, on scheduling coordinators that submitted amended meter data between 43 calendar days and 61 business days from the…
May 19, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday suspended Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Uncollectibles rider for further investigation (Docket 11-0435).
May 18, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC should abate the customer referral mailer for residential customers at Met-Ed and Penelec while moving forward with the referral program for small businesses, Direct Energy Services said in comments to the PUC.
May 17, 2011
Consumers Energy would provide additional flexibility to natural gas choice suppliers to adjust their required daily deliveries of natural gas under a settlement in its current rate case (U-16418).
May 16, 2011
In addition to transitioning to spot-based capacity pricing for retail customers, Niagara Mohawk must ensure that capacity costs are tied, to the maximum degree possible, to the customer's actual usage patterns, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the New York PSC (10-E-0050).
May 13, 2011
Atlanta Gas Light has submitted a revised proposal to the Georgia PSC to build a network of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations over the next five years in the metropolitan Atlanta region and along major transportation corridors in the state (Docket 32499).
May 13, 2011
Variable priced products with promotional rates will be listed on the Texas Power to Choose website using their underlying, non-promotional rate, under changes made by the PUCT.
May 12, 2011
An unopposed non-unanimous stipulation in Oncor's rate case would implement its proposal to modify how demand charges are applied to customers of REPs in the Secondary Service Greater than 10 kW class (38929, see 1/10 ).
May 10, 2011
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley will sign into law electricity choice consumer education legislation (SB 244/HB 597) in a ceremony today.
May 5, 2011
PUCO Directs AEP Companies to Cease Collection of POLR Charges, Certain Environmental Carrying Costs
May 4, 2011
The Maryland PSC this morning deferred consideration of Columbia Gas' COMAR 20.59 cost recovery filing, in which Columbia has recommended ending its gas choice program in Maryland, until the July 6 administrative meeting.
May 2, 2011
PUCT Publishes for Comment Proposed Rule to Eliminate Rescission Period, Facilitate Same-Day Switching
April 28, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC today directed that an order be prepared to officially launch its statewide investigation into the state's competitive retail electric market, which the PUC had said that it would undertake as part of approving the FirstEnergy-Allegheny Energy merger.
April 28, 2011
Several load interests, including the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel and the Ohio Energy Group, have petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to stay the collection of POLR charges and carrying charges on past environmental investment at the AEP Ohio companies, or otherwise provide…
April 28, 2011
PUCT Staff will consider limiting the number of offers a REP may list on the Power to Choose site to improve the customer experience in using the site.
April 27, 2011
An enrolled Maryland bill requiring the Maryland PSC to develop a supplier pricing website and conduct customer education on choice is expected to become law, PSC Chairman Douglas Nazarian told the National Energy Marketers Association Restructuring Conference.
April 27, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission will likely need to "work through" several issues related to opt-out municipal electric aggregation, ICC Chairman Doug Scott said in addressing the National Energy Marketers Association Restructuring Conference.
April 27, 2011
The term "higher costs" is one of the two most prevalent concepts that Americans associate with "energy deregulation," according to a new poll by EcoAlign, which is a unit of the Distributed Energy Financial Group, DEFG LLC.
April 27, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio has agreed to not seek FERC approval of a wholesale capacity charge applicable to competitive retail suppliers receiving capacity under the utility's Fixed Resource Requirement, under a stipulation which will alter how retail transmission costs are charged to customers at the…
April 25, 2011
The New York PSC has denied NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's petition to amend their affiliate code of conduct to allow Iberdrola affiliates to participate in competitive procurement procedures utilized by the two utilities (Case 07-M-0906).
April 22, 2011
Termination of Columbia Gas of Maryland's choice program may be short sighted, Maryland PSC Staff said in comments on Columbia's recommendation to end the choice program.
