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June 15, 2017
Says Utility's Offering Of Non-commodity Service Contrary To State's Goals Under Deregulation
On remand, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said that Duke Energy Ohio's 2014 application to offer nonelectric products and services amounts to, "an attempt to rebundle services and is the inverse of what the General Assembly intended with R.C. 4928.17(C)."
June 12, 2017
Constellation New Energy, Inc. (CNE) provided the New York PSC with notice of its withdrawal as a party from the PSC proceeding conducting an evidentiary review of the retail energy mass market.
June 9, 2017
The presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass markets have ruled that an outside consultant retained by the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) shall receive copies of the "keys" required to identify the Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) and their customers…
June 8, 2017
Commenting on a New York PSC Staff white paper concerning PSC oversight of distributed energy resource suppliers (DERS) (see story here) , the National Energy Marketers Association cautioned the PSC not to institutionalize disparity in treatment between DERS and ESCOs.
June 7, 2017
Survey Shows Consumers Strongly Support Maintaining Existing Energy Choice, ACCES Says
A survey conducted for the American Coalition of Competitive Energy Suppliers (ACCES) of consumers in Florida and Ohio found that, "consumers are overwhelmingly in favor of choice."
June 6, 2017
LDCs Will Allow ESCOs To Deliver Alternative Gas Supplies To City Gate Versus Allocated Storage
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (KEDNY) and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDLI) have proposed to make certain changes to capacity release as a result of an ESCO collaborative.
June 5, 2017
Utility Proposes To Install Battery That Would Provide Ancillary Services To PJM
As part of a proposed electric security plan for the period June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2024, Duke Energy Ohio is proposing to institute a nonbypassable rider PowerForward Rider (Rider PF) to recover incremental costs associated with any advanced grid installations or other innovations approved by PUCO…
June 1, 2017
The Massachusetts DPU has denied a tariff change sought by National Grid under which the utility had sought to extend the number of days that a competitive electric supplier must submit a switch, from two to four days prior to the scheduled meter read date, for the switch to occur at the next meter…
May 31, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association and Direct Energy Services, LLC submitted to the New York PSC an emergency request for interlocutory review of several recent orders from the presiding ALJs concerning the scope and schedule of the retail energy mass market evidentiary review proceeding.
May 30, 2017
An amended bill (SB 736) addressing the sale of retail power by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has passed both houses of the Texas legislature and has been sent to the governor, but the final bill gutted the original proposal that would have banned such GLO retail power sales in favor of…
May 26, 2017
A Texas ALJ has denied a motion for summary decision filed by parties asking that the Public Utility Commission of Texas deny AEP Texas-North Division's application to install and own a lithium-ion battery in two locations on its distribution system
May 25, 2017
PUC Adopts Billing Changes To Facilitate Prepay Service For Retail Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved a revised program at Columbia Gas of Ohio to implement day-one choice service.
May 25, 2017
Bill Would Prohibit Utilities From Offering Competitive Retail Electric Service
A newly filed bill in the Ohio House of Representatives (H. B. No. 247) would provide that, beginning on January 1, 2019, no electric utility and no entity affiliated with that utility may own and control any installed generation capacity located in Ohio
May 25, 2017
New Law Requires Study of Default Service Versus Retail Supplier Rates
Maine Governor Paul LePage has signed LD 803 which will require affirmative consent for certain retail supplier contract renewals exceeding a price threshold, but which omits an earlier proposal banning auto-renewals for all contracts
May 24, 2017
The presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy markets have affirmed that the proceeding is limited to reviewing the mass market, but found that discovery related to the large C&I market is appropriate
May 24, 2017
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted a limited, 30-day extension of the compliance deadline by which ESCOs must stop serving assistance program participant (APP) customers
May 23, 2017
Various New York consumer advocates have opposed the waivers sought by nine ESCOs to continue serving low-income customers.
May 22, 2017
The number of business customers eligible for direct access can be increased immediately without new legislation, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail electric choice.
May 22, 2017
Electricity community choice aggregations (CCA) in California are only passing 1-2% in savings on to their customers even as the competitive wholesale market produces gross margin of 30% versus the utility rate, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail…
May 18, 2017
An unopposed settlement among AEP Texas, Texas PUC Staff, and other parties would establish new Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (DCRFs) at AEP Texas' Central and North divisions, effective September 1, 2017
May 18, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association said that a May 16 letter from PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) regarding the new Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which will be the only vehicle for CAP customer shopping at PPL starting June 1, shows that there is uncertainty concerning…
May 17, 2017
NEM Says UBP Changes Appear To Be "End-Run" Around Evidentiary Proceeding
Adopting significant changes to the New York Business Practices, including a requirement for independent third party verification of all mass market sales, that have been proposed in a rulemaking proceeding, which is separate from the evidentiary proceeding reviewing the retail mass market, would…
May 17, 2017
Dismissing operational concerns raised by the Retail Energy Supply Association, PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) said in comments to the Pennsylvania PUC that "multiple" retail suppliers "intend" to participate in the Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which will be the only…
May 16, 2017
The presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass markets have found that the PSC's notice initiating the proceeding was proper, and declined to holding the proceedings in abeyance
May 15, 2017
PECO, the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, and several low-income consumer advocates proposed that the PUC abate consideration of issues related to the eligibility of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for an electric supplier, pending resolution of an…
