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December 27, 2016
Columbia Gas of Ohio has filed tariff revisions to implement a type of customer referral program and a bill ready solution meant to allow retail suppliers to offer customers the opportunity to prepay the commodity portion of the bill.
December 23, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to implement accelerated switching for natural gas supply service
December 23, 2016
Cites Court's Strike Of NYC Soda Ban As Precedent Preventing Agencies From Using Broad General Authority For Legislative Purposes
December 21, 2016
Proposed rules contained in an Illinois Commerce Commission first notice order requiring retail electric suppliers to call customers to inform them of contract renewals may result in suppliers running afoul of FCC rules, ICC Staff said in comments on the first notice order
December 19, 2016
As noted in our related story today, the PSC is permitting ESCOs to seek a waiver of the low-income prohibition for guaranteed savings products, and the PSC said in such order that it would potentially reconsider any other products identified in the larger mass market review that are found to offer…
December 19, 2016
The New York PSC has given ESCOs only 30 days from the effective date of the PSC's December 16 order prohibiting ESCO service to low-income customers to seek a waiver of the prohibition through the offering of a guaranteed savings product
December 16, 2016
The Michigan Senate and House have passed a revised version of SB 437, which Gov. Snyder has indicated he will sign, that permits the PSC to reduce the electric choice cap to below 10% under certain circumstances, and revises the previously proposed capacity obligations to be imposed on retail…
December 15, 2016
Update 2 (12/16): Additional Notes And Statements Made During PSC Meeting:
December 12, 2016
Texas PUC Staff have filed an updated draft proposal for adoption concerning the distributed generation interconnection rulemaking, which addresses the ability for non-customer third parties to sign IAs
December 12, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed an updated draft of the electric scope of competition report, which, for the first time publicly, includes a discussion of draft recommendations that the Legislature may wish to consider.
December 12, 2016
KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) have initiated an ESCO collaborative process, as provided for in a recent rate case, to address several ESCO-related issues.
December 8, 2016
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has signed SB2814, the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill, which also requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider imposing a new tax on retail electric and gas suppliers, in the form of an assessment to contribute to the state's Public Utility Fund (which helps fund…
December 6, 2016
The enrolled text of the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill has been posted, which confirms that, as expected, the enrolled version of the bill requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider imposing a new tax on retail electric and gas suppliers, in the form of an assessment to contribute to the…
December 5, 2016
The New York PSC has established an evidentiary hearing process to consider whether to adopt a complete prohibition on ESCO service to mass market customers, or other market, "reforms."
December 2, 2016
A final version of Exelon's nuclear subsidy bill (SB2814), passed by both the Illinois House and Illinois Senate, apparently includes a mandate that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall consider whether to subject retail electric and natural gas suppliers to an assessment to contribute to the…
December 2, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas ordered that AEP Texas file a study concerning the potential introduction of consolidated rates for its AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North division, which, as adopted by the PUCT yesterday, will be merged into a single entity
December 2, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a Staff Assessment Report on Niagara Mohawk's Clifton Park Demand Reduction Reforming the Energy Vision Demonstration Project, which includes NiMo's proposal for what is essentially a utility-directed opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the…
December 1, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled a technical meeting for December 9 to discuss, for natural gas, the (1) Minimum Standard Offer calculation (applicable to dual fuel customers), (2) acceptable interruption periods, and (3) current interruptible sales and interruptible transportation tariff…
December 1, 2016
A late amendment offered to the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill (SB2814) would direct the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider making alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers subject to assessments under the Public Utility Fund
November 29, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has proposed revisions to its retail electric supplier rules that would, among other things, include mandatory public posting of retail supplier prices, a longer rescission period, and the requirement for suppliers to offer customers the opportunity to cancel contracts via the…
November 29, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has proposed revisions to its electric supplier rules that include new disclosures required from aggregators.
November 28, 2016
As part of its requested extension of its electric security plan, AEP Ohio has sought changes to its tariffs governing retail suppliers to, "prevent[] suppliers from billing customers for prior-period energy usage amounts not settled in the PJM market, and for which there is no path for…
November 23, 2016
The Michigan PSC, in an order concerning changes to the natural gas reservation charge at DTE Gas (see related story today here) has ruled on whether retail supplier volumes and average customer rate data is entitled to trade secret status
November 23, 2016
The Michigan PSC has adopted dual natural gas pipeline reservation charges at DTE Gas, with a unique (reduced) reservation charge applicable to gas customer choice (GCC) customers of retail suppliers, and another reservation charge amount applicable to default service (GCR) customers.
November 23, 2016
The "forcible de-enrollment" of New York low-income customers from ESCO service in New York, as ordered by the New York PSC (with such order subject to a temporary court injunction), will deprive low-income customers of savings available versus utility supply rates, compels low-income customers, "to…
