April 5, 2018
Proposed Rate 7% Lower Than Previously Approved September 2018 Rate
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update the Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF), effective September 1, 2018.
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April 4, 2018
Stakeholders filed testimony with the California PUC concerning the allocation of supply costs, incurred by utilities to serve bundled service customers, to competitive suppliers when such customers depart the utility for a competitive LSE, via charges or alternatives to the current Power Charge…
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April 4, 2018
AEP Texas has filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update the Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF) for its Central and North divisions, effective September 1, 2018.
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April 3, 2018
A passed and adopted version of New York state's budget does not terminate the existing exemption from state sales tax granted to customers of ESCOs for transmission and distribution of electricity and gas sold to such customers.
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April 2, 2018
DPS Staff: $1.3 Billion In ESCO Overcharges Can't Be Explained By Value-Add Premiums, Polar Vortex DPS Staff: Overcharges Result From "Greed", Lack of Transparency
DPS Staff Says Calls For Greater ESCO Collateral Requirements Appears To Be Part Of "Hidden Agenda" From Larger ESCOs To Weed Out Smaller ESCOs
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March 29, 2018
Mass. AG Study: Economics Suggest Retail Supply Market "Will Always Fail" Individual Residential Customers Due To No-Mark-Up Default Service, Suppliers' Marketing Costs
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March 29, 2018
The New York PSC has extended until July 26, 2018 the deadline for ESCOs to comply with the Commission’s January 19, 2018 Order Adopting Revised Uniform Business Practices
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March 23, 2018
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have posted a hypothetical amount of the total dollars that would be assigned to alternative retail electric and natural gas suppliers under a proposed new tax on such suppliers to fund ICC operations
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March 22, 2018
The New York PSC has approved revisions to the gas tariff schedule, P.S.C. No. 9 - Gas, of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (the Company) in which ConEd is modifying its Daily Delivery Service (DDS) Program to implement a mandatory 12-month pilot program for the release of certain…
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March 16, 2018
The New York PSC has adopted a joint proposal in Niagara Mohawk's electric and natural gas rate cases which addresses a variety of ESCO and supply-related matters.
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March 15, 2018
New York PSC Endorses Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation With Opt-Out Community Distribution Generation Component
This story was first published on March 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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March 15, 2018
Rejects Rehearing Of Order Denying Two Other ESCOs From Serving Low-Income Customers
This story was first published on March 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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March 14, 2018
Consistent with the process set forth in the order initially authorizing the Sustainable Westchester (SW) opt-out municipal aggregation to begin service, Department of Public Service Staff has approved a filing from SW to add the Village of Croton-on-Hudson to the aggregation
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March 13, 2018
Cites "Significant Strain" On Liquidity From Obligation Based On Old Load Data
AP Gas & Electric (NY), LLC, AP Gas & Electric (TX), LLC and AP Gas & Electric (NJ), LLC submitted to the New York PSC a request for the acceleration of an adjustment to their zero emissions credit obligation.
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March 12, 2018
During an earnings call, Spark Energy CEO Nathan Kroeker discussed, in response to an analyst question, the company's current view on retail market regulatory proceedings in New York
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March 9, 2018
The Maryland Public Service Commission initiated an Administrative Docket, RM 62, to consider revisions to the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 20.32, 20.50, 20.53, 20.55, and 20.59 regarding customer choice in the retail gas and electric competitive markets and related issues
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March 8, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas today approved the integration of 470 MW of Lubbock Power & Light's load into ERCOT
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March 8, 2018
PUC Should Address Resource Adequacy Through Current Integrated Resource Planning Until Organized, Competitive Market Established By *Legislature*
Retail Market Participation Should Be "Condition[ed]" On Retail Offerings That "Align" With State Goals Of Renewables, Energy Efficiency
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February 28, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will be hosting a Natural Gas Technical Conference on Thursday, March 29, 2018, intended for Natural Gas Suppliers (NGSs) and Natural Gas Distribution Companies (NGDCs) and any parties interested in the proceedings at Docket Nos. L-2016-2577413…
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February 26, 2018
The Illinois Commerce Commission Staff has posted a straw proposal to adopt assessments on retail electric and gas suppliers effective for fiscal year 2019.
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February 23, 2018
In response to several petitions from ESCOs to change their Zero Emissions Credit obligation, which is currently based on historic load with a later true-up, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service said at the PSC's session yesterday that Staff will develop for PSC consideration a…
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February 21, 2018
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a proceeding pursuant to amended Section 2-202(i-5) of the Public Utilities Act to consider the initiation of assessments and fees to be potentially levied on alternative retail electric and natural gas suppliers to fund the Commission's operations (Docket…
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February 20, 2018
Raises Concern On Changes Governing Assignment Of Contracts, In Addition To Changes Regarding Budget Billing, TPVs
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has filed with the New York PSC a petition for clarification and/or rehearing of the PSC's Order adopting revised uniform business practices issued on January 19, 2018
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February 19, 2018
AEP Texas has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to provide retail electric providers with a contemplated credit for various merger savings and credits from the previously reported merger of AEP Texas's central and northern divisions into a single operating company.
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February 19, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC issued an order extending the deadline for compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs).
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