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August 26, 2019
In a five-year review of Ohio rules governing the filing requirements for electric security plans and market rate offers, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, "should find ways to elevate the use of market rate offers instead of electric security plans."
August 23, 2019
A Pennsylvania ALJ would adopt without modification a settlement among various parties in UGI Utilities - Gas Division's (the "Company") rate case that addresses various natural gas market issues
August 23, 2019
Proceeding with the consideration of retail electric choice as proposed by Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Bob Burns in a recent memo would, "unnecessarily burden an already overworked and understaffed Utilities Division, as well as threaten our ability to adopt ideal policies by prematurely…
August 22, 2019
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed the individual amounts to be allocated to individual retail electric providers for provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2019 (FY2020).
August 21, 2019
The Virginia SCC issued an order directing Dominion Virginia Power, "to immediately resume processing enrollment requests under Section A 5 for customers who wish to purchase from Direct Energy or Calpine," pending a final order from the Commission concerning a dispute regarding the requirements for…
August 21, 2019
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson filed a memo expressing support for the process to consider retail electric choice outlined by Chairman Bob Burns, with Olson also requesting that the Commission schedule its next workshop on retail competition
August 21, 2019
The Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) has requested that the Massachusetts DPU set a procedural schedule in the DPU's consideration of the City of Boston's electricity opt-out municipal aggregation plan that would allow for discovery and the ability to request evidentiary hearings
August 20, 2019
The Arizona Corporation Commission has, "a long way to go," before being able to make a decision concerning retail electric choice, Commissioner Sandra Kennedy wrote in a memo filed in the electric choice proceeding
August 19, 2019
Retail Suppliers Say PUC Lacks Authority To Adopt Switch-Block
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, AEP Ohio said that it, "applauds" a proposed switch-block mechanism included in the draft rules.
August 19, 2019
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said that PUCO should adopt a rule requiring EDCs to record shadow-billing data and make such information available to the PUCO, OCC, and the general…
August 19, 2019
Retail Supplier Charges To Be "Summarized In One Price Per kWh"
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, AEP Ohio suggested that all competitive retail electric service (CRES) charges, "should be readily comparable to the price-to- compare."
August 15, 2019
In a statement of position in AEP Texas' current rate case, the Alliance for Retail Markets opposed a proposed new inadvertent gain fee sought by AEP Texas
August 14, 2019
Sets Proposed Deadline For Staff Draft Submission
Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman Bob Burns has proposed that ACC Staff put together a rules package for, "full retail electric competition for all customers."
August 13, 2019
The New York PSC has approved, with modification, natural gas tariff revisions from Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) (together, the Companies) to expand the recovery of certain costs associated with trucked and stored compressed…
August 8, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an order staying its prior order approving a modified prepaid pilot for electricity and dual-fuel customers at PECO
August 8, 2019
Dunn Reiterates Concern About Losing Jurisdiction To FERC, California From RTO
During an Arizona Corporation Commission Staff open meeting yesterday, Commissioners affirmed using a working group and workshop process as the next step for the Commission's retail electric choice investigation, as Commissioners discussed whether to retain a consultant to assist the Commission in…
August 5, 2019
New Hampshire SB 286 has made it through the legislative process, has been signed by the governor, and has become a chaptered law (Chapter 316 of 2019)
August 5, 2019
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2020.
August 2, 2019
Staff of the District of Columbia PSC have issued a proposed order in the PSC's Modernizing the Energy Delivery System for Increased Sustainability (MEDSIS) proceeding, with the grid modernization efforts now being branded Power Path DC.
August 2, 2019
The Maryland PSC has again denied a request from the Office of People's Counsel for the utilities to provide OPC with the total aggregate amounts that shopping customers paid in retail supply charges and the total aggregate amount such customers would have paid for default service from the utility.
August 2, 2019
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would approve a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to establish a short-term pilot program as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program utility supply rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new real-time pricing…
August 1, 2019
RESA Proposes Alternative Pricing Benchmark To Allow CAP Shopping
Parties have filed comments on a proposed Pennsylvania PUC policy statement that would restrict shopping for electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to a product whose rate does not exceed the default service Price to Compare at any time
July 31, 2019
Going into a workshop on retail electric choice held yesterday and continuing today, Utilities Division Staff ("Staff") of the Arizona Corporation Commission said that, at this point, Staff does not believe that it would be in the public interest to include residential customers in electric choice.
July 26, 2019
Arizona Public Service Company submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission on a Staff report on draft rules for retail electric competition (details here) and a proposed list of tenets for retail choice proposed by Commissioner Justin Olson (details here)
July 25, 2019
Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva have each filed with the Maryland PSC tariff revisions to their Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
