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April 15, 2020
Consolidated Edison and several other New York utilities have just filed with the New York PSC their 12-month trailing average utility supply rates for the latest period (i.e., April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020) for each mass-market service class and for each mass-market customer grouping that receives…
April 14, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has approved HB 868 which, if adopted again in the next legislative session, would permit all customers of the investor-owned utilities to take competitive retail electric supply, if the customer purchases 100% renewable electricity, regardless of whether the incumbent…
April 13, 2020
REP Makes Note Of Unpaid Balances Accrued Since First Disconnection Moratorium In March
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers filed comments with the Texas PUC seeking clarification of the PUC's COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, under which eligible residential customers may not be disconnected for non-payment, as well as certain contemporaneously issued rule waivers
April 13, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has approved HB 889, which allows a handful of customers to aggregate non-contiguous sites for the purposes of reaching the current 5 MW threshold allowing customers to take electric choice without having to purchase 100% renewable supply as a condition of electric choice…
April 10, 2020
Affirms Removal Of HAN Functionality, Aside From Legacy Installations
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption in Rulemaking Project No. 48525, Rulemaking Relating to Advanced Metering, addressing AMI and Smart Meter Texas (SMT) issues
April 9, 2020
The Secretary Of the New York PSC has granted an extension request from Department of Public Service Staff concerning a deadline for Staff to file a report regarding the development of financial assurance requirements for energy service companies (ESCOs) as a condition of eligibility to serve…
April 8, 2020
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service has requested an extension, until May 29, 2020, to file a report regarding the development of financial assurance requirements for energy service companies (ESCOs) as a condition of eligibility to serve customers
April 8, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved without modification a filing by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. to revise its Supplier Coordination Tariff to require additional record keeping and reporting for certain calls from Standard Choice Offer (SCO) Customers that are transferred…
April 7, 2020
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY ('KEDNY') and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('KEDLI') have withdrawn from their current rate case before the New York PSC (Case 19-G-0309) a proposed green gas supply tariff for utility supply customers.
April 7, 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
April 6, 2020
DCRF Charge To More Than Double For Residential, Secondary ≤10 kW Customers
Oncor has filed for an amendment to its Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) charged to retail electric providers, but sought a 60-day stay of the case, citing the ongoing health crisis created by the coronavirus disease ("COVID-19")
March 31, 2020
The Texas TDUs have submitted compliance filings to implement a new rider (Rider ERP) to fund the previously reported COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program which will reimburse retail electric providers and TDUs for customer non-payment during a disconnection moratorium for eligible non-residential…
March 31, 2020
The New York PSC, in a One Commissioner Order, adopted on an emergency basis the tariff changes proposed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric as described in our original story below, effective April 1, 2020
March 31, 2020
The New York PSC, in a One Commissioner Order, adopted on an emergency basis the tariff changes proposed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric as described in our original story below, effective April 1, 2020
March 30, 2020
Staff of the Texas PUC have sought approval of a proposed order to establish a procedural schedule in a Project to designate retail electric providers as Providers of Last Resort for the 2021-22 term.
March 30, 2020
Texas PUC Staff will hold a web meeting on the afternoon of Wednesday April 1, 2020 to discuss clarification questions regarding implementation of the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program by Retail Electric Providers (REPs).
March 27, 2020
Seeks Comments On Changes To Default Service; State Power Authority, Portfolio Manager
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities formally initiated a proceeding, "to examine whether New Jersey can achieve its long-term clean energy and environmental objectives under the current resource adequacy procurement paradigm and, if not, recommend how best to meet New Jersey’s resource adequacy…
March 26, 2020
Modifications Made To Funding Rate, Other Details Exception To Late Payment Rule Adopted
Texas PUC Adopts Electricity Relief Program Which Reimburses Retail Electric Providers, At Standard Rate, For Unpaid Bills Due To Disconnect Moratorium During COVID-19 Emergency
March 24, 2020
Low-Income Customer Access To Community Solar, Distributed Generation To Also Be Considered
The Illinois Commerce Commission's new inquiry into energy affordability will include an examination of the number of customers subject to disconnection that are served by alternative energy suppliers, as well as customer access to community solar and energy efficiency programs
March 24, 2020
Program To Be Funded Via New TDU Rider Applicable To All Customer Classes
Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker has proposed for consideration at the PUC's upcoming open meeting an Electricity Relief Program that would reimburse retail electric providers for energy charges associated with providing continuity of service to residential customers during a disconnection moratorium…
March 23, 2020
Patrick L. Woodson, President of Texas retail electric provider ATG Clean Energy Holdings, filed a letter with the Texas PUC expressing concern with the strain being placed on the retail market by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and suggested actions to prevent defaults by retail providers, including…
March 23, 2020
Texas Legal Services Center and several other similar groups have petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for an emergency rule to, among other things, apply a moratorium on utility shutoffs to residential utility services statewide during and for 30 days after the termination of the COVID…
March 18, 2020
Formal Disconnection Moratorium Adopted
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a Notice of Inquiry regarding "energy affordability"
March 18, 2020
The NRG retail energy suppliers have requested that the New York PSC grant an additional ninety (90) day extension from the current May 11, 2020 compliance deadlines (Ordering Clauses 1 and 2) set forth in the New York Public Service Commission’s retail energy reset order
March 17, 2020
The Wind-Solar Alliance published a report entitled, "Retail Electric Market Structure Reforms In Support Of Resource Adequacy And Clean Energy Deployment," which states "insufficient creditworthiness standards" for retail electric providers in non-ERCOT states, "affect the ability of retailers to…
