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June 27, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought rehearing of a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio order approving compliance tariffs at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities which, for the first time, introduced a consolidated billing requirement for shopping customers to take service under Rider ELR…
June 27, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied an appeal from several ESCO groups concerning a Records Access Officer (RAO) ruling which had held that the release of ESCOs' historic pricing was not subject to confidential protection. The Secretary ruled that certain average pricing data is not…
June 24, 2016
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has approved HB 57, which terminates the use of the migration rider in the natural gas market, and allows imposition of a nonbypassable surcharge for recovery of gas cost reconciliations if they exceed a certain threshold.
June 23, 2016
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed to adjust the discount under the low-income discount program (Lite-Up Texas) to 25%, effective August 1
June 23, 2016
In filing comments at the Texas PUC concerning Lubbock Power & Light's proposal to join ERCOT, the Retail Electric Provider Coalition, "encourages the Commission to consider the inclusion of retail competition for the LP&L service territory as part of any further studies or public interest findings…
June 16, 2016
The New York PSC adopted a joint proposal in NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's current rate cases which, among other things, includes revisions to the utilities' code of conduct with respect to the use of the utilities' names by non-affiliates.
June 16, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE), Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, certain cities with original jurisdiction and other parties have reached an unopposed settlement to establish new charges under CEHE's Distribution Cost Recover Factor charged to retail electric providers…
June 15, 2016
The Maine PUC has opened an inquiry regarding, "to what extent electricity and natural gas utility bills should be further unbundled and, if so, which components should be separately stated."
June 10, 2016
A settlement among parties has been reached regarding the level of the new Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (DCRF) proposed to be implemented at AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North
June 9, 2016
Oncor has filed to refund to retail electric providers an over-collection of transition charges collected under the Rider TC2 - Transition Charge, which the company recently ceased billing as the company made the final scheduled payment on the related bonds
June 7, 2016
Among other deficiencies with a proposed reference price benchmark (or price cap) to which all mass market New York fixed ESCO rates would be subject, Direct Energy said in comments on a PSC Staff whitepaper that the proposed timeline for the release and application of the benchmarks is logistically…
June 7, 2016
The introduction of a reference benchmark price to which all mass market ESCO fixed rates would be subject create a market where ESCOs are forced to focus on, "jockeying around an administratively set benchmark," for a commodity-only product, rather than creating energy-related value-added products…
June 7, 2016
The New York PSC would be "remiss" to not address the "larger and larger" share of the customer's electricity price made up of broker fees, Big Apple Energy said in comments to the PSC on a price benchmarking whitepaper
June 2, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has issued a letter to retail suppliers clarifying that suppliers need not make a monthly price filing of their generally available mass market offers to the rate board if their offers have not changed
June 1, 2016
AEP Texas Central Company has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to refund about $18 million in transition charges through Rider TC Refund
May 26, 2016
The Michigan Senate Energy and Technology Committee in a 6-1 vote reported favorably SB 437, which would generally impose capacity requirements on retail suppliers
May 25, 2016
The New York PSC scheduled for May 31, 2016 a technical conference on several whitepapers issued by Staff concerning the PSC's ongoing implementation of the retail market reset order
May 24, 2016
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation sought rehearing of the New York PSC's generic order authorizing municipal aggregation on an opt-put basis statewide, as Distribution said that, "the benefits of a state-wide Opt-out enrollment model have not been demonstrated and are, accordingly, a matter…
May 23, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have recommended doubling certain under-delivery penalties for ESCOs at KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid), in testimony on the KeySpan LDCs' current rate case
May 12, 2016
With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently denying a Pennsylvania PUC petition for allocatur on the issue, the PUC issued a secretarial letter to implement a prior Commonwealth Court ruling which directed the PUC to adopt a prohibition on early termination fees for Customer Assistance Program (CAP…
May 11, 2016
New York's Public Service Law (PSL) does not confer to the PSC ratemaking authority over ESCOs, and the PSC has not cited any case law supporting its reset order which the PSC has attempted to justify in part based upon its PSL obligation to ensure just and reasonable rates, the National Energy…
May 5, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a whitepaper that provides potential options for imposing additional security requirements on ESCOs
May 5, 2016
The New York PSC Staff have issued a whitepaper for an alternative to the requirement to obtain express customer consent for material contract changes and contract renewal.
May 5, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a whitepaper that would establish a formula for determining an appropriate not to exceed benchmark "reference price" for a 12-month fixed price offering, thereby allowing ESCOs, contingent on a further PSC order, to offer such a product as an additional…
May 4, 2016
The temporary restraining order applicable to certain orders contained in the New York PSC's "full stop" retail market order has been extended again, until May 20, 2016, Genie Energy told investors in reporting earnings this morning.
