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November 22, 2016
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and affiliate Texas Retail Energy (TRE), LLC moved to intervene in a CCN proceeding before the Texas PUC concerning Entergy Texas' sought approval for a new 1,000 MW ratebased power plant, the Montgomery County Power Station
November 22, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility of Texas have filed proposed levels for the 2017 interest rates applicable to retail electric provider deposits and overbillings
November 21, 2016
An analysis by New York PSC Staff filed with the Supreme Court for the County of Albany indicates that low-income customers served by ESCOs in aggregate paid $96 million more than what the cost would have been under default service for the period January 2014 through June 2016.
November 17, 2016
Utility Says Current Energy Marketplace Provides "Sub-Optimal" Experience To Low-Income Customers
Consolidated Edison has issued a request for information for parties to propose one or more demonstration projects, "that will test innovative approaches to helping low- and moderate-income [LMI] Con Edison customers."
November 15, 2016
The Delaware PSC recently moved to publish a final proposal for changes to retail electric market and consumer protection rules, addressing non-consensus items including the rescission period and customer lists (Regulation Docket 49).
November 15, 2016
"Pricing Restrictions" Could "Undermine" Work To Develop Nationally Recognized PA Retail Market
The "unprecedented" action of the Pennsylvania PUC to restrict Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL Electric Utilities to shopping only through a new Standard Offer Program specific to CAP customers (CAP-SOP), under which the EGS must serve the customer at a 7% discount off the Price…
November 11, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will consider further at its next open meeting a proposal for adoption which would permit non-end users to be parties to distributed generation interconnection agreements (IAs), as Chairman Donna Nelson reiterated concerns about customer expectations regarding…
November 11, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Commissioners struggled with what, if any, recommendations should be made concerning alternative ratemaking mechanisms.
November 9, 2016
Nevada voters approved, with "Yes" winning with 72%, Question 3, which had asked whether Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution shall be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of…
November 8, 2016
The Michigan PSC adopted a settlement concerning the natural gas customer choice (GCC) program design at Consumers Energy which provides that retail suppliers shall not be subject to a capacity reservation charge at this time
November 4, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio approved a revised nonbypassable PPA rider at AEP Ohio, which is now limited to the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), in light of FERC jurisdictional issues with PPAs with AEP Ohio-affiliated generation.
November 4, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas would consider the impact on the implementation of customer choice at Entergy Texas in considering Entergy Texas's request for a CCN to build a new 1,000 MW ratebased power plant, under a draft preliminary order and list of issues
November 4, 2016
In a rehearing order concerning a PPA rider at AEP Ohio, PUCO affirmed that terms of a previously adopted stipulation concerning the rider, including retail market enhancements, remain in effect.
November 3, 2016
Direct Energy has filed to withdraw its petition before the Pennsylvania PUC in which Direct Energy had sought to restart the retail opt-in electricity referral/aggregation programs, which had been previously approved by the PUC, but which the PUC suspended prior to implementation.
November 2, 2016
The Ohio Supreme Court has remanded to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a PUCO order which had authorized Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. to amend its corporate separation plan to allow Duke to engage in a new line of business: the offering of various nonelectric products and services to its…
October 28, 2016
The idea of transitioning Entergy Texas to retail competition, "is something that is always worthy of consideration," although, "we haven't given a lot of additional thought to that," Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said in response to a question at the National Energy…
October 28, 2016
PUC Vice Chair: Changes, "Will Likely Force All CAP Customers To Return To Default Service"
October 27, 2016
State Launches New Energy Shopping Website
October 27, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU has formally adopted rules for a new electricity shopping website run by the DPU (http://www.energyswitchma.gov).
October 25, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in a proposed list of issues in AEP Texas's application to install two grid-scale batteries to address distribution system reliability (click here for story) , said that parties should first brief whether a generic project, versus a contested case, is…
October 24, 2016
Staff Draft Finds Current TDU Ratemaking Working Well
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft report to legislators to accompany a consultant's report concerning alternative ratemaking in Texas
October 17, 2016
Texas PUC Staff To Issue Strawman, Hold Workshop On Smart Meter Texas Governance, Funding
October 17, 2016
Virginia customers with loads in excess of 5 MW, while permitted to take competitive retail electric supply, may not purchase 100% renewable energy from a retail supplier if the customer's incumbent utility offers a 100% renewable energy tariff approved by the State Corporation Commission…
October 14, 2016
The New York PSC denied National Fuel Gas Distribution's request for rehearing concerning the inclusion of certain large customers in NFGD's territory in municipal aggregations on an opt-out basis.
October 13, 2016
In a rehearing order approved today, the New York PSC, answering a concern raised by the City of New York, clarified that it will allow municipalities to implement opt-out aggregations on a phased basis, such that municipalities are not required to place all customers in the aggregation at the same…
