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April 22, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for publication that, in order to allow same-day switches with advanced meters, would eliminate the rescission period, except where required by federal law (Project 38674).
April 20, 2011
The Texas Senate has passed SB 661, which includes many of the Sunset Commission's recommendations from its review of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
April 18, 2011
Texas-New Mexico Power should be ordered to reduce discretionary service charges annually as part of any order approving its advanced meter deployment plan, PUCT Staff said in direct testimony (38306).
April 15, 2011
Edwards Air Force Base has remained a bundled service customer of Southern California Edison despite purchasing bulk energy supply from various sources, including the Western Area Power Administration, SCE said in reply to a petition from Edwards seeking to include its load under the direct access…
April 15, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered Ameren Illinois to revise the rescission period language in its tariff, such that it is consistent with the three-day rescission period applicable to internet enrollments, as the Commission found in favor of BlueStar Energy Services in a complaint brought by…
April 13, 2011
In a notice (10-06-24) issued yesterday, the Connecticut DPUC clarified one of the ordering paragraphs in its March order regarding the relationship between electric suppliers and aggregators.
April 11, 2011
FERC has issued a NOPR to prohibit multiple affiliates of the same entity from bidding in an open season for pipeline capacity in which the pipeline may allocate capacity on a pro rata basis, unless each affiliate has an "independent business reason" for submitting a bid (RM11-15).
April 7, 2011
The PUCT intends to allow financial prepaid retail electric providers to continue to sign new customers through October 1, 2011, rather than the earlier effective date of amended Subst. R. 25.498 (38675).
April 5, 2011
The California PUC has issued a draft decision to harmonize its nonbypassable Cost Allocation Mechanism (CAM) rules, which assign costs of generation built or procured for reliability, with the language of SB 695 (R. 10-05-006).
April 5, 2011
The threshold for mandatory hourly pricing for default service at Orange & Rockland Utilities would decrease from 500 kW to 300 kW under a stipulation incorporated into a recommended decision in O&R's New York rate case (10-E-0362).
April 4, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed an updated recommended proposal for adoption concerning prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498 that incorporates the consensus reached by Commissioners at the most recent open meeting (38675, see 3/25 ).
April 4, 2011
Ameren Illinois has filed a tariff with the Illinois Commerce Commission to institute Purchase of Uncollectibles pursuant to Section 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) of the Illinois Public Utilities Act.
April 1, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC will solicit comments regarding whether the provision of supplier referral letters to customers at Met-Ed and Penelec should be delayed given the current minimal number of suppliers offering residential service in the territories (P-2009-2093053 et. al.).
March 30, 2011
Columbia Gas of Maryland has recommended ending the current Choice Program and only allowing transportation service for eligible non-residential customers, due to the prohibitive costs of implementing various provisions of COMAR 20.59 and the fact that Choice customers have paid more than default…
March 25, 2011
Direct Energy has served roughly 10,000 prepaid customers in Texas under the current version of in Subst. R. 25.498.
March 25, 2011
Though not adopting a final rule at yesterday's open meeting, PUCT Commissioners reached consensus on several major aspects of rules regarding prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498, including the availability of financial prepaid products after the amended rule's effective date, and the amount of…
March 24, 2011
A bill which would amend Illinois' opt-out municipal electric aggregation statute has advanced out of the Cities & Villages Committee.
March 22, 2011
Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison, and Cleveland Electric Illuminating have filed revised supplier tariffs with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to, among other things, withdraw their previous request to eliminate the current initial switching fee waiver, and to offer bill ready utility consolidated…
March 21, 2011
Penn Power has successfully contracted for 19,800 Solar Renewable Energy Credits at an average cost is $199.09 per SREC, with deliveries scheduled to begin in June 2011 and last through May 2020.
March 21, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued what is being billed as a "corrected" Proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection standards in the Part 412 rulemaking, this time with attached language for the rules, which would re-institute the proposed extended no-cancellation-fee period for…
March 18, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC's written order prohibiting opt-out municipal aggregation programs developed by home rule municipalities affirms the Commission's "strong preference for individual choice," but finds that the Commission itself may approve an opt-out program under "unique circumstances."
March 18, 2011
SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc. has asked the Georgia PSC for several waivers in order to allow SCANA Energy to offer customers a prepaid natural gas product.
March 17, 2011
At this morning's public meeting, the Pennsylvania PUC held that opt-out municipal aggregation by home rule municipalities may not proceed.
March 16, 2011
A PUCT Staff proposal for adoption regarding prepaid service would allow REPs to continue to offer financial prepaid products to customers without advanced meters until such customers receive provisioned advanced meters (38675, 2/18 ).
March 14, 2011
The PUCT will investigate whether it can delegate to Staff the ability to authorize the sharing of TDU customer information with REPs acquiring customer books under fire sale-type transactions meant to avoid POLR transitions.
