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January 30, 2017
Environmental groups have filed comments in support of several clarifications sought by Direct Energy concerning the carve-out for renewable energy supply sales as one of the last vestiges of retail electric choice in Virginia, as Direct Energy and the utilities continue to spar over the text of the…
January 30, 2017
Stream Energy New York, LLC filed a petition with the New York PSC for waiver of the PSC's prohibition on service to Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers so that Stream may continue to offer such customers its cash back program
January 27, 2017
Company Welcomes Opportunity To Prove Value of Competitive Market To Mass Market Customers
Discussing an initial procedural conference in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass market, Direct Energy's Chris Kallaher, Senior Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs for the Northeast Region, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com that he found the procedural conference…
January 27, 2017
Provides Update On Disposition Of Remaining Merchant Generation
Discussing updates to efforts at the Ohio legislature to restructure the state's electricity market, AEP CEO Nick Akins said that the company is focused on developing "surgical" provisions that would allow AEP Ohio investment in new generation, rather than broader re-regulation that would implicate…
January 27, 2017
Commissioner Asks "Where Will It End?" In Regards To Shopping Restrictions
January 26, 2017
It is the opinion of Staff of the District of Columbia PSC that the utility Pepco is not prohibited from owning generation under the 1999 restructuring act, Staff said in a wide-ranging report on the grid of the future.
January 25, 2017
Natara Feller, Esq., Managing Member at Feller Law Group and counsel to the Impacted ESCO Coalition, responded favorably to the news, “We are encouraged by the Commission’s decision as the extension provides additional time for ESCOs, industry groups, and the Commission to collaborate on the best…
January 23, 2017
The Fuel Fund of Maryland (FFM) is negotiating a "preferred rate" from an electricity supplier in the form of a long-term fixed-price electricity supply contract for its bill assistance clients who complete the Watt Watchers of Maryland program.
January 23, 2017
Staff of the Maryland PSC have advised against introduction of a state-endorsed opt-in retail electric supply program, where a single supplier would be selected by the state
January 23, 2017
The Maryland PSC should gather data on the electric rates paid by low-income customers to determine if a prohibition or other restrictions should be placed on shopping for an electricity supplier by low-income customers, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments filed with the PSC
January 18, 2017
Utility Seeks OK For Investment In Storage, EV Infrastructure, DER Integration Tools
Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) have filed a rate case with the Massachusetts DPU that proposes to consolidate the operating companies into a single entity, along with certain rate consolidation, and which seeks authority to invest in storage and other new energy…
January 16, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has provided to legislators a final report on alternative ratemaking mechanisms, that generally finds that major revision is not needed to the rate-setting and design process used for the utilities located within ERCOT
January 16, 2017
The New York PSC has extended the deadline by which ESCOs must file for a request for a waiver of the PSC's prohibition on service to low-income customers, under which ESCOs must offer a guaranteed savings product to such customers.
January 16, 2017
Three New York ESCOs -- Ambit New York, LLC; Zone One Energy LLC; and National Fuel Resources, Inc. -- have filed separate petitions with the New York PSC for a waiver of the PSC's prohibition on ESCO service to assistance program participant (APP) customers in order to be able to offer a guaranteed…
January 13, 2017
The Michigan PSC has issued a customer annual order requiring retail electric suppliers and other LSEs to submit a self-assessment of their ability to meet their customers’ expected electric requirements and associated reserves during the five-year period of 2017 through 2021
January 9, 2017
Gabel Associates, which was retained by the Maryland PSC to review the potential for an opt-in electricity affordability program (state-endorsed opt-in aggregation similar to the program in Delaware, see Delaware program details here ) told the PSC that such a program would be inappropriate for…
January 9, 2017
Gabel Associates, which was retained by the Maryland PSC to review the potential for an opt-in electricity affordability program (state-endorsed opt-in aggregation similar to the program in Delaware, see Delaware program details here ) told the PSC that such a program would be inappropriate for…
January 6, 2017
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid have scheduled for January 17, 2017 the next meeting of the Phase One of the "Power Generation Collaborative" which will address (i) implementation of "no-harm, no-foul" balancing provisions…
January 5, 2017
In response to an inquiry, the Connecticut PURA has informed Public Power, LLC that the "Form 2" notice of contract expiration and rate change is not required to be sent to residential customers in instances where customers have already renewed with the supplier, or the customer has already dropped…
January 4, 2017
The Connecticut PURA has sought further comment concerning the treatment of incidental residential meters for purposes of compliance with various retail supplier summary information which must be included on bills, and other requirements.
January 3, 2017
The New York PSC has changed the date for the procedural conference concerning Track I of the PSC's recently initiated evidentiary process reviewing the retail energy markets, including a potential total ban on mass market ESCO service
January 3, 2017
McAllen Residential Rates To See 65% Increase ($55 Per Month)
Sharyland Utilities has filed an amended rate filing package with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would, in addition to new levels for base rates, impose new riders on retail electric providers.
December 30, 2016
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order addressing, on an interim basis, obligations of retail suppliers and utilities with respect to net metered customers, which defers to a working group certain retail supplier obligations.
December 30, 2016
Michigan electric utilities have filed initial levels for the 2017 10% choice caps.
December 27, 2016
The New York PSC has scheduled for January 18, 2017 a procedural conference concerning Track I of the PSC's recently initiated evidentiary process reviewing the retail energy markets, including a potential total ban on mass market ESCO service
