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November 23, 2020
Ohio Senate Bill 363, introduced by Sen. Frank Hoagland, would terminate the authority of municipalities and political subdivisions to enroll electricity and natural gas customers into government aggregations on an opt-out basis
November 19, 2020
Acting on a motion from Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, the Pennsylvania PUC will open a proceeding to consider utility investment in electric storage as a distribution asset utilized for the purposes of enhancing or maintaining reliability
November 19, 2020
Welcomes New Proposals From Companies To Implement Climate Goals
The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia opened a new proceeding (Formal Case No. 1167), "to consider whether and to what extent utility or energy companies under our purview are meeting and advancing the District of Columbia to achieve its energy and climate goals and then take…
November 19, 2020
In a report on an AEP Ohio rate case filing, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended rejection of the amounts proposed by AEP Ohio for a new bypassable rider (and related nonbypassable credit mechanism) that would reflect the further unbundling of certain supply-related…
November 17, 2020
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. has filed at the New York PSC for a revision to the Clean Energy Standard Supply (CESS) Surcharge, part of the bypassable Market Supply Charge, with the calculation of the revision intended, in part, to, "limit the change in the rate on customers resulting from…
November 13, 2020
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed new interest rates to be applicable to REP deposits and over-billings, consistent with the calculations set forth by rule, calculated pursuant to the process set forth in the PUC's rules
November 12, 2020
The City of Rochester announced that it will launch an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity
November 9, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a brief today that while a 20-year old electric choice pilot program at the Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) remains "open," active participation by customers in the program is only appropriate under statute if the Commission finds…
November 5, 2020
AEP Texas has filed at the Texas PUC to implement a final refund to retail electric providers, related to service to customers in the former AEP Texas Central service area, resulting from over-collections under Rate Schedule TC-2
November 5, 2020
Voters in the City of Columbus, Ohio approved this week creation of a municipal, opt-out electricity aggregation program
October 29, 2020
Pennsylvania State Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) has introduced legislation (Senate Bill 1365) that would require the full unbundling of utility electric and gas supply costs, and would also require the adoption of enroll-by-wallet
October 27, 2020
Revised rules governing the Massachusetts DPU's Energy Switch MA electricity shopping website will take effect on November 3, 2020, a hearing examiner notified stakeholders
October 23, 2020
ERCOT informed market participants that, on October 13, 2020, an amendment to a Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts rule impacting the ERCOT market went into effect.
October 19, 2020
The New York Department of Public Service has issued a new request for comments in its proceeding examining the potential benefits of retail competition for Long Island electric customers.
October 15, 2020
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has filed a new rate case with the Texas PUC
October 15, 2020
Various New York utilities have posted their 12-month trailing average utility supply rates for the latest period (i.e. 12 months ended September 30, 2020) for each mass-market service class and for each mass-market customer grouping that receives different supply rates based on the company’s…
October 12, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a draft scope of electric competition report for the 87th Legislature
October 9, 2020
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted an order in a UGI Utilities - - Gas Division rate case that establishes new amounts for the purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates and Merchant Function Charges (MFC)
October 9, 2020
EGSs Say Their Proposal Is Meant To Address Current, "Illegal And Discriminatory Treatment"
In a recently filed brief at the Pennsylvania PUC in the default service proceeding of Duquesne Light, Calpine Retail Holdings, LLC urged the PUC to reject a proposal from some retail electric suppliers to make Network Integration Transmission Services (NITS) a nonbypassable cost, with Duquesne…
October 8, 2020
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has filed a response at the Texas PUC to East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company's (ETSWD) petition for declaratory order and request for the opening of a pilot retail electric choice implementation project at SWEPCO, with SWEPCO stating that a pilot may…
October 5, 2020
Six Rockland County, New York municipalities announced that they are launching a new opt-out municipal aggregation, with Joule Community Power serving as Program Administrator
September 30, 2020
The Maryland Public Service Commission has officially unveiled its new website for natural gas supply (MDGasChoice.com), to supplement the electricity shopping site unveiled earlier this year.
September 24, 2020
Consideration of potential changes to the entity which serves as the state's reliability monitor for the ERCOT region could potentially implicate the ERCOT Administrative Fee, per a discussion at today's meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
September 24, 2020
Nearly 100 elected officials and community leaders throughout California called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today to modify rules relating to the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), a fee charged to all electricity consumers for utility above market generation costs
September 18, 2020
The New York PSC issued an order on rehearing and clarification concerning its December 2019 retail energy market reset order which denied all rehearing requests, but did grant several clarifications
