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January 13, 2021
A bill, H.B. No. 685, has been filed in the Texas House that would establish disconnection and other protections for, "critical care veterinarian customers"
January 12, 2021
CenStar Energy Corp. ('Censtar'); HIKO Energy, LLC; Major Energy Electric Services, LLC; Major Energy Services, LLC; Oasis Power, LLC d/b/a Oasis Energy; Spark Energy, LLC; Spark Energy Gas, LLC; and Verde Energy USA New York, LLC (together, the 'Spark Companies') requested from the New York PSC a…
January 11, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as part of the 2021 State of the State, announced a proposal to prohibit utility disconnections, including for electric and gas utilities, in regions that are under a state of emergency.
January 8, 2021
Family Energy, Inc. has requested a 60-day extension of several compliance deadlines from the latest New York PSC retail market reset order (the Sept. 18 order on rehearing, or "Order"), stating that Family's updated contracts and related compliance submissions remain pending with DPS Staff.
January 4, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has reinstated the requirement that Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company (the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities) shall file a distribution rate case by May 31, 2024.
January 4, 2021
A Texas bill, SB 182, has been authored and introduced by Sen. Charles Schwertner which would require municipal electric utilities to transition to customer choice based upon the findings of a rate comparison required to be conducted by the Texas PUC
December 23, 2020
The Arizona Corporation Commission adopted a final order in the rate case of Tucson Electric Power and in doing so established a new "buy through" wholesale competitive generation program at TEP
December 23, 2020
Compares To U.K.'s Supplier-Focused Innovation Link, As Well As Utility-Focused Program In U.S.
December 22, 2020
Marathon Power, LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy (Marathon Energy) filed comments at the New York PSC in opposition to tariff amendments filed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation which modified the Index pricing applied to retail suppliers' over- and under-deliveries, such that the average of the…
December 21, 2020
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has filed objections to a Public Utility Commission of Ohio Staff Report on the rate case of AEP Ohio (Ohio Power), including objections to proposed tariff language that would allow AEP Ohio to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a…
December 18, 2020
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a written order in a proceeding addressing PPL Electric's default service proceeding for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2025
December 18, 2020
A Massachusetts DPU hearing officer issued an email to retail suppliers concerning the display of the the minimum percentage of renewable energy resources that electric supply products must include, given the implementation of the new Clean Energy Standard for Clean Existing Generation Units…
December 15, 2020
Regulator's Staff Proposes Product, Rate Increase Limitations; Auto-Renewal Rules
The aggregate cost to low-income natural gas customers on competitive supply at National Grid Gas in Massachusetts was 108% higher than the default service cost, according to a filed presentation from Massachusetts DPU Staff.
December 14, 2020
Vistra Corp. petitioned the New York PSC for a declaratory ruling from the Commission recognizing Vistra’s home warranty and maintenance product ("the Warranty Product") as a permissible energy-related value-added products and services ("ERVAS") under the PSC's Second Retail Market Reset Order, or…
December 11, 2020
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, d/b/a National Grid NY (KEDNY), and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDLI), each filed with the New York PSC an errata to each LDC's December 31, 2019 twelve-month trailing average supply rates, which were originally filed on January 29, 2020 (for…
December 11, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed an updated draft to the electric scope of competition report which now includes Staff's proposed legislative recommendations, including a recommendation that the Legislature clarify that an electric vehicle charging station is not an…
December 10, 2020
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson offered an amendment to a recommended order in Tucson Electric Power's rate case to adopt proposed modifications from retail suppliers to a proposed competitive generation buy-through program (Market Pricing Experimental Pilot Program or MP-EX), except…
November 30, 2020
Central Hudson Gas & Electric has filed tariff revisions at the New York PSC to terminate the following temporary provisions originally adopted in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic:
November 30, 2020
A witness testifying on behalf of the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) said in testimony in a Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) rate case that the current use and treatment of Load Modifiers by NiMo creates an, "ongoing inequity in the commodity market in relation to ancillary services."
November 30, 2020
Ohio Power Company d/b/a AEP Ohio filed at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to modify its Alternative Energy Rider (AER) and Auction Cost Recovery Rider (ACRR) to recover, on a bypassable basis, an oversupply of RECs, in light of the wind-down of the state's renewable energy mandate, while…
November 30, 2020
Would Identify "Bad Actors" Improperly Using Resources Held For Core Customers, Staff Says
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have recommended in testimony in a Niagara Mohawk (NiMo, NMPC, or National Grid) rate case that NiMo, "be required to implement a process to verify that direct non-core customers or the ESCO’s or marketers serving non-core customers have firm…
November 25, 2020
Montgomery County in Maryland is again pursuing legislation in the upcoming 2021 session that would authorize it, and it alone, to conduct an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity under a program, deemed a "pilot", that would last seven years.
November 25, 2020
The City of Boston has filed with the Massachusetts DPU a final consumer notification form concerning its opt-out municipal electricity aggregation which has a start date of February 2021
November 25, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has scheduled for January 6, 2021 a remote workshop in its review of the green pricing program standards in Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-42 (Case 20-1195-EL-ORD)
November 25, 2020
A recommended order from an Arizona ALJ in Tucson Electric Power's rate case would modify TEP's proposal for a Market Pricing Experimental Pilot Program (MP-EX) so that medium commercial customers would be able to select an alternative wholesale generation supplier as part of their participation in…
