January 6, 2022
Additional Texas TDUs have notified Texas retail electric providers of new web addresses available to REPs regarding each TDU's procedures for implementing involuntary load shedding initiated by ERCOT, in compliance with recently adopted Subst. R. §25.475(h)(4)
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January 5, 2022
The Montgomery County (MD) Community Choice Pilot Program Working Group filed a letter with the Maryland PSC concerning the timing of the transition of customers from their current service to a new pilot opt-out Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) for Montgomery County, and the effect this might have…
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January 5, 2022
Seeks Disclosure Of Broker Fees On Customer Bills Seeks Rule Change To Extend Minimum Due Date For REP Bills
Would Allow Broker To Meet Definition Of "Applicant" For REP Service On Behalf Of Customers, Implicating Disclosures, Etc.
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December 28, 2021
The Secretary of the New York PSC denied a request from the Retail Energy Supply Association directed to the Secretary for an extension of the January 25, 2022 expiration date of the waiver which allows ESCOs to continue to provide green natural gas products to certain mass market customers without…
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December 20, 2021
Regulator May Condition Access To Utilities' Systems Based On Such Findings
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) filed a motion requesting that PURA open a proceeding to investigate whether retail electric suppliers' offers are overpriced or harmful to residential customers
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December 17, 2021
Group Includes Nashua, Collectively Represent 15% Of State's Population
Sixteen municipalities and one county in New Hampshire which recently joined together to incorporate the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH or The Coalition) have issued an RFI for support services
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December 16, 2021
--- PUC Adopts Rule Language Allowing PUC To, In Future, Potentially Designate New A/S Costs As Eligible For Pass-Through --- PUC Chair: Commission's Job Is Not To Provide "Comfort" To REPs
Update #1: Texas Commissioners Working On Language To Limit Prohibition On Mass Market Fixed Rate A/S Pass-Throughs To "Existing" Ancillary Services
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December 16, 2021
--- PUC Adopts Rule Language Allowing PUC To, In Future, Potentially Designate New A/S Costs As Eligible For Pass-Through --- PUC Chair: Commission's Job Is Not To Provide "Comfort" To REPs
Update #1: Texas Commissioners Working On Language To Limit Prohibition On Mass Market Fixed Rate A/S Pass-Throughs To "Existing" Ancillary Services
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December 15, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued proposed changes to Ohio Adm.Code 4901:1-25, regarding electric service generation market monitoring reporting requirements.
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December 13, 2021
Family Energy, Inc. has filed a petition at the New York PSC seeking an extension of the limited, one-year waiver granted by the Commission that permitted ESCOs previously offering green gas products to mass market customers to continue to do so without being subject to product pricing restrictions…
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December 2, 2021
Commissioners Prepared To Prohibit Index Products In Mass Market, Except For TOU Or Similar Offerings Commissioners Express Interest In Examining Need For REPs To Proactively Inform Customers Of Next Month's Variable Rate
Several Commissioners Favor Requiring Proactive Acknowledgement Of Risk For Permissible Index Plans
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November 30, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to adopt new 16 TAC §25.53, relating to emergency operations plans and the implementation of SB 3
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November 30, 2021
--- Fixed Rate Pass-Throughs & Ancillary Services, Permissible Index Plans, POLR Price Cap
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have sought direction from the Commission on four topics related to the prior publication of proposed amendments to 16 TAC §25.43, 25.471, 25.475, 25.479, and 25.498 and new TAC §25.499, related to the retail electric market and customer protection…
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November 23, 2021
In the Texas PUC's recently opened generic project (52760) housing stakeholder views on customer choice in non-ERCOT areas, East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company again proposed the Commission renew the retail electric competition pilot project in the service area of the Southwestern Electric Power…
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November 23, 2021
In response to a petition from UtiliSave, LLC, the New York PSC has issued a declaratory ruling concerning the pass-through of Zero-Emissions Credits (ZECs) costs by ESCOs to customers
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November 22, 2021
The New York PSC has scheduled a stakeholder meeting for December 9, 2021 as part of the Track II collaborative, under the PSC's retail market investigation, and the consideration of value-added products and services which may be provided by ESCOs to mass market customers.
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November 19, 2021
The New York PSC granted NOCO Electric, LLC and NOCO Natural Gas, LLC a waiver that will allow NOCO to serve assistance program participant (APP, or EAP) customers with a guaranteed savings product
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November 18, 2021
PUC Approves Utility Plan To Work With Consumer Advocate On Displaying, On Shopping Customers' Bills, Price Comparison; Calculation Of Savings Available Under Default Service
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November 17, 2021
Designed To Put New Steel In The Ground, Most Existing Generation Wouldn't Qualify For Credits
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams has, in a memo in advance of tomorrow's open meeting, proposed that the PUC adopt a Dispatchable Portfolio Standard to address (along with other market reforms) reliability in ERCOT, as an alternative to the LSE obligation (which is essentially a three-year…
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October 29, 2021
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy has, in the ACC's current retail choice rules proceeding, requested that ACC Staff and interested stakeholders design an electric competition pilot which would provide Arizona Public Service residential and small commercial customers with the ability…
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October 28, 2021
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC expanded the recently assigned Control Number 52760, originally styled as, "Investigation into Need for Customer Choice in Areas of Texas Served by Entergy Texas, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company," to also include…
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October 27, 2021
The Texas PUC has assigned Control Number 52760 for a proceeding styled as, "Investigation into Need for Customer Choice in Areas of Texas Served by Entergy Texas, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company."
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October 22, 2021
A new bill, Senate Bill 0695, has been introduced in the Michigan Senate which would allow some industrial customers to take service from a competitive retail electric supplier, regardless of the status of the 10% choice cap
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October 20, 2021
In adopting final rules relating to standard filing requirements for rate cases for electric and natural gas utilities, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio declined to adopt certain proposed language from Staff concerning the filing by utilities of information related to the utilities' provision…
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October 12, 2021
The Connecticut PURA has posted a draft report from its study to examine the potential opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of electricity community choice aggregation (CCA) for the State of Connecticut
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