April 1, 2021
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April 1, 2021
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (CCR) filed a pleading at the Texas PUC again urging the PUC to rescind its disconnection for non-payment (DNP) moratorium.
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March 31, 2021
(Earlier): Details Revealed For Texas TDU-Run Emergency Load Management Program (Adopted Amendment To House Weatherization Bill Which Is Pending 3rd Reading)
HB 11, with a further clarifying amendment adopted on the floor this morning, has been passed by the House on third reading.
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March 31, 2021
(Earlier): Details Revealed For Texas TDU-Run Emergency Load Management Program (Adopted Amendment To House Weatherization Bill Which Is Pending 3rd Reading)
HB 11, with a further clarifying amendment adopted on the floor this morning, has been passed by the House on third reading.
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March 30, 2021
An organization known as Power for Tomorrow (PFT) recently launched, and is a group opposed to electricity deregulation and in favor of a, "traditionally structured utility market."
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March 30, 2021
(Earlier): Texas House Passes Bill To Ban Wholesale Indexed Products In Retail Electric Market Weatherization Bill Amended To Include Commercial Demand Response Program, To Be Run By TDUs
HB 16, the ban on residential wholesale indexed products, has been passed by the House on third reading without further amendment. The bill as passed is described below.
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March 30, 2021
(Earlier): Texas House Passes Bill To Ban Wholesale Indexed Products In Retail Electric Market Weatherization Bill Amended To Include Commercial Demand Response Program, To Be Run By TDUs
HB 16, the ban on residential wholesale indexed products, has been passed by the House on third reading without further amendment. The bill as passed is described below.
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March 29, 2021
Details On Wholesale Index Product Ban, Other New REP Obligations Bill Requires Intermittent Generation To Purchase "Replacement Power" & A/S (Earlier): Texas Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Wholesale Index Plans
Text for the engrossed version of Texas bill SB 3 has been posted
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March 29, 2021
Details On Wholesale Index Product Ban, Other New REP Obligations Bill Requires Intermittent Generation To Purchase "Replacement Power" & A/S (Earlier): Texas Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Wholesale Index Plans
Text for the engrossed version of Texas bill SB 3 has been posted
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March 29, 2021
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and Constellation NewEnergy – Gas Division, LLC have filed with the New York PSC standard service agreements for each of its electric and gas bundled home warranty products, which are being submitted as value-added products not subject to the typical product & rate…
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March 26, 2021
The Texas Senate has approved an amended version of SB 2154, which would change the composition of the Texas PUC
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March 26, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a petition from Duquesne Light to accelerate the start date of recently adopted changes in its Standard Offer Customer Referral Program (SOP), with such changes including a near-tripling of the fee charged to retail electric suppliers
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March 26, 2021
Term 'Small Commercial Customer' Not Defined; Bill Prohibits Wholesale Index Plans To Such Customers Language Released On Bill's Proposal For Changes To ERCOT Energy, A/S Price Caps Imposes Various New Requirements On Retail Providers
Committee substitute language for Texas bill SB 3, which as reported yesterday was reported out favorably, has been released
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March 25, 2021
The Texas Senate Committee on Jurisprudence today reported favorably to the full Senate a committee substitute for SB 3, a broad-ranging energy bill that would have, as originally filed, banned all variable retail electric rates
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March 24, 2021
The text of a committee substitute for Texas HB 16, which as previously reported was reported favorably by the Texas House State Affairs committee, has now been published
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March 23, 2021
The Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee has reported favorably without amendments SB 2154, which would change the composition of the Texas PUC
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March 22, 2021
NOCO Natural Gas LLC and NOCO Electric LLC have petitioned the New York PSC for a waiver to allow the ESCOs to serve low-income customers under a guaranteed savings program
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March 19, 2021
Rep. King Asks Whether Fixed Rate Rollovers Onto High "Index" Rates Need To Be Addressed
The Texas House State Affairs committee reported favorably a substitute for HB 16
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March 17, 2021
Directs Regulator's Staff To Develop Straw Proposal On Appropriate Retail Supplier Products For Low-Income Customers Proposal For Variable Rate Contract Disclosures, Rate Change Notices To Be Developed
A Massachusetts DPU hearing officer issued directives to retail energy suppliers and DPU Staff to develop straw proposals regarding various Tier Two initiatives in the DPU's ongoing retail energy markets investigation (DPU 19-07)
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March 15, 2021
Other Bills Would Require REPs To "Waive" Bill Increases During Emergencies; Require That "Target" ERCOT Reserve Margin Be "Achieved"
Texas State Rep. Lyle Larson has introduced a bill, HB 4323, to require development of a plan for re-regulation the electric industry
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March 15, 2021
Utility To Work With Consumer Advocate On Displaying, On Shopping Customers' Bills, Price Comparison; Calculation Of Savings Available Under Default Service
Utility Withdraws New Language Regarding Ability To Suspend Consolidated Billing For Retail Suppliers "Not Following" State Regulations
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March 12, 2021
SB 1690 has been filed in the Texas Senate which would, through amendments to PURA Chapter 36, cap retail and wholesale electric rates during declared emergencies, and also expand disconnection protections
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March 10, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC in a memo to the Commission identified eight "key focus areas" as a "road map" for Commission work in response to the February 2021 Winter Weather Event
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March 10, 2021
Bill Would Require REPs To Offer Residential Demand Response Programs, Mandated Reductions In Demand Bill Would Require PUC To Post Information Allowing Comparison Of REPs' Rates For Purchase Of Surplus Distributed Generation
Various Bills Would Regulate REP Rates, Products
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March 10, 2021
The Maryland PSC today, in a 4-1 vote, approved regulations to implement and govern supplier consolidated billing (SCB) for electricity and natural gas.
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