December 17, 2018
AEP Texas has filed updated amounts for Rider Merger Savings Credit, which is to provide a one-month credit to retail electric providers, to be effective with the first billing cycle in September 2019.
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December 14, 2018
Pilot Also Includes Subscription Plan With Overages
The New York PSC has approved various, "innovative rate structures" proposed by Consolidated Edison for electricity customers on a pilot basis
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December 13, 2018
Schedules Technical Conference
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for January 15, 2019 a technical meeting Docket No. 18-06-02, Review Of Feasibility, Costs And Benefits Of Placing Certain Customers On Standard Service Pursuant To Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 16-245o(m)
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December 13, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted revisions to the rules governing alternate rate plans and merchant function exits for natural gas utilities.
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December 12, 2018
Memo Outlines Use Of Range Of Prices, Ability To Challenge "Excessive" Rates As Meeting Constitutional Standard
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson has filed a memo in an ACC proceeding reviewing electric choice, stating that, "simple deregulation is a nonstarter," due to the ACC's duty under the state's constitution, but that a framework of, "regulated competition," would be within the ACC's…
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December 11, 2018
Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission have filed a proposed policy statement to institute a competitive electric supply buy-through program open to medium-sized C&I customers
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December 10, 2018
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC a proposal for how it will comply with Senate Bill 365, which requires the solicitation for the purchase of output from various biomass electric generation facilities, with Eversource stating that it executed…
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December 10, 2018
Offer Policy Statement That Would Direct Investor-Owned Utilities To Propose Programs For Direct Access Or Buy-Through
The Arizonans for Electric Choice and Competition ("AECC") and Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC ("Calpine") have requested that the Arizona Corporation Commission adopt a process for its next steps in reviewing electric choice issues, and sought the adoption of a policy statement that would direct all…
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December 6, 2018
The District of Columbia PSC has adopted final rules to implement accelerated switching for the retail electric market, with switches to be completed within 3 business days, and the PSC established an implementation date of September 10, 2019
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December 6, 2018
Committee Report Recommends End Of State Power Program (GLO Sale Of Electricity From Selected Retail Provider)
Committee Report Says Capacity Markets "Certainly" Prop Up, "Older, More Inefficient," Power Plants At "Inordinately Burdensome" Cost
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December 4, 2018
During the initial workshop in the Arizona Corporation Commission's latest consideration of electric choice, Commissioner Boyd Dunn expressed concern that residential customers in the rural parts of the state would not see the same benefits of electric choice as other customers.
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December 3, 2018
Mission:data Coalition petitioned the New York PSC to issue a declaratory ruling, "affirming its October 19, 2017 Order Establishing Oversight Framework and Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers in Case 15-M-0180 ('DER Oversight Order')," and specifically affirming…
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December 3, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC granted parties additional time to respond to a petition for a declaratory ruling, filed by the joint utilities, in which the utilities had asked that the PSC confirm the utilities’ right under the Uniform Business Practices (UBP) to discontinue an ESCO's access to…
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November 30, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved new interest rates applicable to REP deposits and over-billings, consistent with the calculations set forth by rule
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November 29, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, without modification, a stipulation among several parties in a proceeding addressing a proposed Capital Expenditure Program (CEP) at Columbia Gas of Ohio, with the stipulation including several provisions related to the retail natural gas market
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November 28, 2018
The New York Retail Choice Coalition and Supporting Energy Services Entities (the DSA Coalition) has requested that the New York PSC extend the time to respond to a petition for a declaratory ruling, filed by the joint utilities, in which the utilities had asked that the PSC confirm the utilities’…
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November 27, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has denied a protective order, sought by retail suppliers, concerning responses to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default…
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November 26, 2018
The New York PSC has approved tariff changes filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation related to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
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November 26, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has dismissed objections, raised by retail suppliers, to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default service.
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November 20, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed new interest rates applicable to REP deposits and over-billings, consistent with the calculations set forth by rule
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November 20, 2018
Commonwealth Edison has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission proposed tariffs to implement a pilot Time of Use (TOU) electricity supply option that has greater "price certainty" than ComEd's currently authorized real-time supply pricing program.
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November 19, 2018
Texas stakeholders filed reply comments with the Texas PUC concerning the PUC's review of TDU ownership of batteries and other non-traditional technologies
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November 19, 2018
The New York PSC has approved tariff filings from Consolidated Edison (ConEd, Con Edison, or the Company) modifying the manner in which credit and collections and theft (C&C) recoveries for retail access customers served by Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) that participate in the electricity…
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November 19, 2018
Sustainable Westchester disclosed in an opt-out notice that Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has been selected to serve Westchester Power's residential and small commercial electricity customers' supply requirements, in the Consolidated Edison service area, for a two-year period beginning January 1…
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November 16, 2018
The New York PSC has issued an order directing several utilities to include default service costs when calculating a price guarantee provided to customers on new electric vehicle charging rates
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