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July 16, 2020
Orders REPs To Continue Offering Deferred Payment Plans To Customers Upon Request
As expected, the Texas PUC today adopted an order to extend the Electricity Relief Program (ERP) until August 31, 2020
July 15, 2020
In comments to the New York PSC in a COVID proceeding, the NRG retail companies ("NRG") said that the PSC should deny, for the utilities, deferred accounting for all but an extremely limited number of costs that were incurred in relation to the utilities’ strict compliance with governmental mandates…
July 15, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, "some considerations in developing a proposed pilot program," for electric choice
July 14, 2020
Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced an opt-out municipal aggregation plan for electricity supply
July 14, 2020
ESCOs Serving C&I Customers, "Are Losing Money At A Rapid And Unsustainable Rate"
Comments filed on behalf of Aggressive Energy LLC (AE) at the New York PSC, in a proceeding on COVID-19, proposed that the PSC allocate a portion of previously collected, and uncommitted, funds from various public policy riders to provided financial relief to ESCOs which are experiencing an…
July 14, 2020
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted ESCOs a further extension to comply with various ordering clauses under the New York PSC's retail energy market reset order
July 13, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested from the New York PSC an extension of time to comply with Ordering Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 of the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order (Reset II Order).
July 10, 2020
UtiliSave, L.L.C., a utility auditing consultant, and the Public Utility Law Project of New York filed separate comments at the New York PSC concerning customer relief measures related to COVID-19, and both implicated ESCO service in their responses
July 9, 2020
Kiwi Energy NY LLC ('Kiwi Energy') sought from the New York PSC a declaratory ruling that recognizes Kiwi Energy’s home warranty and maintenance product, hereinafter referred to as 'Kiwi Guard,' as a permissible energy-related value-added product and service (ERVAS) under the PSC's second retail…
July 9, 2020
The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a public conference over the course of two days to gauge the impact that COVID-19 has had on, among other things, "consumer protections," in the electric and other utility industries.
July 8, 2020
Kiwi Energy NY LLC ('Kiwi Energy') sought from the New York PSC a declaratory ruling that recognizes Kiwi Energy’s home warranty and maintenance product, hereinafter referred to as 'Kiwi Guard,' as a permissible energy-related value-added product and service (ERVAS) under the PSC's second retail…
July 7, 2020
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy wrote a letter to Commissioner Justin Olson in which Kennedy criticized Olson's introduction of retail choice as a potential solution to the various rate plan and education issues facing customers at Arizona Public Service
July 2, 2020
In a news release, the Texas PUC said, "To date, more than 106,000 Texans have enrolled in the program [ERP] either online or by phone. Counting Texans in the program due to their inclusion on the state’s low income list (due to participation in SNAP or MEDICAID), the ERP program is currently…
July 2, 2020
Ron Cerniglia, Director of Corporate & Regulatory Affairs for Direct Energy, provided the following statement on the SCC's order:
July 1, 2020
The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia has formally launched its DC Power Connect website and campaign to educate District energy consumers about the power to choose their electricity supplier: dcpowerconnect.com
July 1, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a review (Case 20-1195-EL-ORD) of the green pricing program standards in Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-42.
June 29, 2020
PECO Energy Company petitioned the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for expedited approval of several temporary universal service measures, "designed to address the current economic hardships faced by low-income customers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and provide additional…
June 26, 2020
Family Energy, Inc. has sought a further extension of the compliance deadlines in the New York PSC's December 12, 2019 retail energy market reset order
June 26, 2020
The New York Department of State’s Utility Intervention Unit (UIU) and the Office of the New York State Attorney General (NYAG) filed comments with the New York PSC opposing various petitions for declaratory ruling and/or waivers filed by ESCOs, who are seeking authorization to offer various green…
June 25, 2020
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and various parties including Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, Alliance of Oncor Cities, and Alliance for Retail Markets have filed a stipulation that would set new amounts for Oncor's Distribution…
June 23, 2020
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies), New York State Department of Public Service Staff, Multiple Intervenors, and certain ratepayer and green groups have filed a joint proposal in the Companies' electric…
June 23, 2020
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies), New York State Department of Public Service Staff, Multiple Intervenors, and certain ratepayer and green groups have filed a joint proposal in the Companies' electric…
June 22, 2020
In a memo to fellow Commissioner Sandra Kennedy, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson offered to help design a pilot program for retail electric choice, after Kennedy said in a meeting last week that, if the ACC were to move forward with retail competition, the ACC should first institute a…
June 19, 2020
There are still not three votes on the Arizona Corporation Commission in favor of moving forward with retail electric choice in Arizona
June 17, 2020
PUC Maintains Rule Obligating Utilities To Report "Unreasonable Sales Practices"
As part of a periodic review, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio re-adopted, without substantive changes, certain rules relating to utility corporate separation (Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-37)
