June 22, 2015
Energy Technology Savings, Inc. petitioned the New York PSC for a waiver of the requirement of the Consolidated Edison tariff that telecommunications service to locations otherwise eligible to participate in the demand reduction programs established in Riders S and U of the tariff must have been in…
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June 18, 2015
New York Approves Utility Procurement of Demand Response
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June 18, 2015
The New York PSC yesterday adopted joint proposals concerning rate cases at Consolidated Edison and Central Hudson Gas & Electric which include provisions relating to retail access.
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June 18, 2015
In adopting a joint proposal concerning Central Hudson Gas & Electric's current rate cases, the New York PSC affirmed its prior decision to delegate to PSC Staff the review and approval of demonstration projects to be proposed by the utility as part of the Reforming Energy Vision proceeding.
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June 16, 2015
The Connecticut PURA, under a draft decision, would re-open Docket 13-07-18 to re-examine several issues from its November 2014 order in the proceeding, including issues related to: customer notification method requirements; supplier website requirements; cancellation (rescission) methodology…
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June 16, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed for approval of interim rates for its proposed new Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), which it said are identical to the rates agreed to in a stipulation among the parties in the case (with such stipulation not yet formally filed).
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June 12, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted final rules concerning the application of interest to default electric service over-collections and under-collections.
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June 9, 2015
In testimony concerning Northern Utilities' proposal to provide capacity planning for 100% of its load with the exception of dual fuel customers (eliminating the capacity exempt status for other transportation customers), Global Montello Group Corp. and Sprague Operating Resources, LLC expressed…
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June 4, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's requested revenue requirement for a new Distribution Cost Recovery Factor be revised downward by about $7 million, resulting in a lower charge applicable to REPs under the fee.
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June 1, 2015
Two proposals have been offered to the District of Columbia PSC to make the residential low-income electric assistance discount portable, or available to customers regardless of their electric supplier.
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June 1, 2015
A new stipulation among the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities and several industrial customer groups concerning the utilities' pending electric security plan filing would create a "pilot" program allowing certain industrial customers to opt-out of nonbypassable treatment of various non-market-based PJM…
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May 28, 2015
Following earlier passage in the Senate, the Connecticut House passed a bill yesterday to ban variable rate electric contracts for residential customers.
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May 27, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set for hearing the application of Dayton Power & Light to move certain under-recovered costs under the bypassable Competitive Bid True-up (CBT) rider into the nonbypassable reconciliation rider (RR-N).
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May 21, 2015
The Connecticut Senate passed a bill yesterday to ban variable electric contracts for residential customers.
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May 20, 2015
Massachusetts should require that retail electric supply plans, which include an automatic renewal, that are posted on the state's forthcoming electric shopping website renew for a term of at least 12 months, the Massachusetts Attorney General told the DPU
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May 20, 2015
Massachusetts should impose a fee on competitive retail electric suppliers who seek to use a forthcoming state-administered electricity shopping website and rate board, Nstar and WMECO (Eversource) said in comments to the DPU
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May 19, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's advanced metering systems (AMS) surcharge, for residential customers only, will terminate on May 31, 2015 as scheduled.
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May 15, 2015
The District of Columbia PSC has suspended its review of potential dynamic pricing programs, including potentially making SOS a dynamic pricing program (or adding an optional SOS dynamic pricing rate), citing the uncertainty regarding what compensation, if any, will be available in the wholesale…
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May 7, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has issued proposed rules for a DPU retail electricity rate board and shopping website.
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May 6, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU approved a revised municipal aggregation plan for the Cape Light Compact, dismissing various concerns raised by the Attorney General, as either irrelevant to the aggregation plan itself, or outside of the DPU's jurisdiction.
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May 6, 2015
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource), "may be improperly assigning residential rate classifications to commercial customers," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to PURA.
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May 6, 2015
Citizens for Local Power (CLP) has proposed an opt-out municipal aggregation "demonstration" project for Ulster County, New York, as part of a collaborative on Reforming the Energy Visions projects resulting from Central Hudson's rate case.
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May 1, 2015
N.Y. Sets Further Collaborative On ESCO Service to Low-Income Assistance Customers, Faster Gas Switching
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May 1, 2015
Regulators from Vermont and Georgia discussed prospects for electric choice in their states during the National Energy Marketers Association National Restructuring conference.
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May 1, 2015
The "promised land" for retail electric choice in Rhode Island is out there, but the PUC needs retail suppliers to fight against the default "paternalistic" attitude of many state policymakers, Rhode Island PUC Commissioner Paul Roberti told the National Energy Marketers Association National…
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