June 17, 2020
As part of its new proceeding (story here) examining the impact of the competitive retail electric and gas markets on low-income customers and ratepayer subsidies, the Massachusetts DPU has issued information requests to the electric and natural gas distribution companies directing the utilities the…
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June 16, 2020
Citing, in part, Consolidated Edison's recent action to defer certain electricity default service capacity supply costs for future recovery, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) petitioned the New York PSC for a further extension and reconsideration of the Commission’s December 12, 2019…
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June 16, 2020
In a memo in advance of a June 18 meeting, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson said that, "I believe retail electric competition is an appropriate solution to the challenges ratepayers are facing with APS [Arizona Public Service]," referencing issues related to educating APS customers…
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June 15, 2020
In comments on a petition from UtiliSave, L.L.C. ('UtiliSave'), which is seeking a New York PSC declaratory ruling that ESCOs may not pass-through ZEC costs to customers on fixed rate contracts unless certain conditions were met, the NRG retail suppliers alleged that, "UtiliSave has misrepresented…
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June 15, 2020
Updated: PURA has rescheduled the meeting to now be held on July 14
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June 12, 2020
In a declaratory ruling, the New York PSC found, among other things, that the provision (sale) of electricity generated on-site by Greenidge Generation LLC to third-party commercial tenants for data processing at Greenidge's data center site would not be subject to regulation by the Commission
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June 12, 2020
During today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn T. Walker said that she would like the Electricity Relief Program to wind down by the end of the year.
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June 11, 2020
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission), in response to the impact of the COVID pandemic on New York’s utilities and ratepayers, established a new proceeding to identify and address the effects of the pandemic on utility and other Commission-regulated services and programs in New…
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June 11, 2020
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) formally announced that it is launching a pilot program, in the Dominion Energy Virginia service area, under which those commercial customers, who previously sought to aggregate their non-contiguous load, may shop for competitive electricity supply
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June 11, 2020
Regulator To Issue Discovery Requests
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an order to expand the scope of its ongoing review of the competitive retail electricity and natural gas markets (D.P.U. 19-07) to include an inquiry into the effect of the electric and gas competitive supply markets on low-income ratepayer assistance programs.
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June 9, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a strawman draft rule relating to the transfer of load into or out of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region.
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June 8, 2020
Direct Energy Says Approval Of Competitors' Plans Without Public Disclosure May Contravene Constitutional Prohibition On Grant Of "Exclusive Privilege"
In May 29 comments to the New York PSC, Direct Energy Services, LLC and Gateway Energy Services Corporation urged the Commission to act expeditiously on Direct Energy’s publicly disclosed green gas proposals, "while leaving to another day the complex issue of how to obtain meaningful public comments…
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June 4, 2020
Utility's Use Of Green Natural Gas For Default Service Customers Under Consideration
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General petitioned the Department of Public Utilities to initiate an investigation to assess the future of local gas distribution company ('LDC') operations and planning in light of the Commonwealth’s legally binding statewide limit of net-zero greenhouse gas…
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June 1, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has assigned 20-05-13 for "PURA Study of Community Choice Aggregation," after a petition from a representative of clean energy groups, for such a study
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May 29, 2020
Staff Says An Additional (Higher) Financial Requirement For Door-to-Door Marketing Is, "Appropriate" Staff Recommends Forms of Acceptable Financial Instruments
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have issued a whitepaper with recommendations concerning new ESCO financial assurance requirements
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May 28, 2020
AEP Texas, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM), Cities Served by AEP Texas (Cities), and Texas Industrial Energy Consumers (TIEC) have filed a stipulation under which new amounts for AEP Texas' distribution cost recovery factor (Rider DCRF) would be…
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May 27, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposal that would impose a new, separate bond requirement on retail electric suppliers, to address RPS obligations, in lieu of proposals for more frequent RPS compliance showings
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May 27, 2020
The New Hampshire PUC, on procedural ground, dismissed a petition for rehearing, filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, of the PUC's prior order which applied, to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers, an earlier order which prohibits providers of electric and gas service from…
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May 22, 2020
Several additional ESCOs have petitioned the New York PSC for waivers, or in the alternative declaratory orders, allowing such ESCOs to offer green gas natural gas products notwithstanding the product prohibitions contained in the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order
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May 21, 2020
Ameren has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission updated amounts for the Bypassable Transmission Service Charge and new amounts for the Supply Cost Adjustment-EUA
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May 20, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied a request from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to revise PUCO's Apples to Apples shopping site, to warn customers about potential exposure to higher costs due to switching to a retail supplier, and denied OCC's request to cease the provision of utility…
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May 19, 2020
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. (CNE) has filed at the Texas PUC a request to be removed from the voluntary POLR ("VREP") list for the current term, within five (5) calendar days pursuant to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.43 (i)(4).
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May 19, 2020
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have recommended that the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees adopt a LIPA tariff proposal to enable the development of opt-out municipal aggregation (community choice aggregation) on Long Island
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May 18, 2020
Duquesne Light has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC updated and final amounts for its bypassable Transmission Service Charge (TSC), to be effective June 1, 2020
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May 15, 2020
New Texas Broker Registration Form Approved
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted in Project 50406 final rule amendments to 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) §25.471, relating to general provisions of customer protection rules in the retail electric market
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