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March 30, 2016
The New York PSC has extended the comment period for issues related to electric choice on Long Island, due to the ongoing collaborative process addressing the broader February 23 retail market reset order
March 30, 2016
Note: The previous version of this story contained a statement from one of the stakeholders at the collaborative. EnergyChoiceMatters.com wishes to stress that such stakeholder did not approach EnergyChoiceMatters.com with this story. EnergyChoiceMatters.com independently heard the Staffer's comment…
March 29, 2016
The joint New York utilities have asked that the New York PSC defer consideration of another "demonstration" opt-out municipal aggregation until the PSC issues a generic order on municipal aggregation, and a report on the experience at the Sustainable Westchester pilot is developed.
March 29, 2016
IGS Energy has proposed a $20,000 lump sum assessment on all New York ESCOs to pay for compliance and enforcement
March 29, 2016
During a collaborative meeting yesterday concerning the New York PSC's retail market reset order, Staff of the New York PSC admonished ESCOs for focusing on challenges presented in developing pricing benchmarks to potentially be used to allow and evaluate ESCO products in the market, warning that if…
March 28, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association and IGS Energy sought rehearing of the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, and in such petition also sought clarification of the affirmative consent required under the order to move customers to certain compliant products
March 28, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association sought rehearing on the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, arguing, among other things, that the order was arbitrary for not subjecting service to mass market aggregation customers (both those in a pilot municipal aggregation and a long-running…
March 28, 2016
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation sought rehearing on the New York PSC's order requiring a "full stop" to the retail market, stating that the order ignored administrative burdens which may be placed on utilities from a likely return of mass market customers to default service en masse, and…
March 23, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association asked the New York PSC to extend the deadline for comments on issues related to retail electric choice at the Long Island Power Authority, stating that it would be premature to address the issues prior to clarity under the PSC's broader "full stop" retail market…
March 18, 2016
Two identical proposed bills in Maryland (SB 1075 and HB 927) would require the Maryland PSC to study the advisability of creating an opt-in electricity affordability (aggregation) program.
March 18, 2016
Direct Energy is to petition the Pennsylvania PUC today 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.
March 17, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have issued in Project 45730 a request for comments concerning the Power to Choose website, including changes to the computation of the Electricity Facts Label average pricing, and potential elimination of the shopping component on the Power to Choose…
March 14, 2016
Direct Energy has proposed that New York ESCOs be subject to a financial assurance requirement of up to $3 million.
March 10, 2016
The Maryland PSC granted retail suppliers and utilities certain waivers extending the deadline for compliance with recently adopted revisions to electric and natural gas customer protection rules (RM54)
March 10, 2016
RetailEnergyX.com reported yesterday that Sustainable Westchester has selected ConEdison Solutions to supply an initial portion of its opt-out municipal electric aggregation, and aggregation rates have now been revealed.
March 8, 2016
New electric and natural gas customer protection rules approved by the Maryland PSC last month have now been published in the March 4, 2016 state register.
March 7, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC has issued additional orders concerning refunds to retail suppliers of unspent assessment funds, this time related to 2013, 2014, and 2015
March 7, 2016
New York State Senator John DeFrancisco, Deputy Majority Leader, called the New York PSC's February 23 "full stop" retail market order, "anti-competitive" in a March 3 letter which had sought at least a 60-day postponement of the order's effective date
March 7, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com Friday morning , a New York Supreme Court judge for the County of Albany issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New York PSC from enforcing Ordering Clauses #1-3 of its Feb. 23 "full stop" retail markets order
March 4, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC is to refund unspent assessment costs related to FY 2012 to certain competitive natural gas suppliers and competitive electric providers
March 4, 2016
Update #3, 4:58 pm: Several orders in response to specific ESCO petitions have been issued. At least one of the temporary restraining orders specifically applies to Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's Feb. 23 order, and stays their enforcement.
March 3, 2016
Retail suppliers have appealed a ruling from the New York PSC Records Access Officer (RAO) in which the RAO denied confidential treatment of residential historic pricing that ESCOs have been required to file with the PSC since early 2014.
March 3, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request to extend a March 4 deadline for ESCOs to comply with the PSC's February 23 retail mass market order.
March 2, 2016
New York PSC Staff have issued today a guidance document concerning specifics as to how ESCOs may comply with the PSC's recent "full stop" retail mass market order.
February 29, 2016
New York's February 23 order requiring a "full stop" to the retail energy mass market, "requires changes that were unexpected and are impossible to implement within the 10 day time-frame specified in the Order," IGS Energy said in a request for an extension of the compliance deadline
