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March 26, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set for hearing several Duke Energy Ohio natural gas program and tariff changes which will determine the viability of the retail choice market.
March 25, 2015
The Connecticut Energy & Technology joint committee has reported favorably a bill (S.B. No. 573) which would prohibit retail suppliers from charging variable electric rates to residential customers.
March 24, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and several retail electric providers have filed a non-unanimous stipulation regarding the refund of an $11 million over-recovery of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric transition charges under Rider TC1
March 20, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a Secretarial Letter which "relieves" EDCs of the annual mailing of a postcard promoting PA Power Switch
March 18, 2015
N.Y. Sets Information Session on REV Demonstration Projects
March 18, 2015
Consistent with prior Pennsylvania PUC direction, PECO has filed to begin recovering uncollectible costs through its natural gas purchase of receivables discount, and to create a bypassable Merchant Function Charge to recover uncollectibles from default service customers.
March 17, 2015
A working group of competitive retail suppliers said that it was "heartened" by discussions to include a Yelp-like rating system for suppliers on the in-development Massachusetts retail electric shopping website, though the working group did not reach a consensus on the issue.
March 16, 2015
In an address outlining Michigan's energy policy, Gov. Rick Snyder said that the state does not need to eliminate the current provision for retail access, if retail suppliers can demonstrate that they are assuring reliability for their customers.
March 11, 2015
Also Cites Dominance of Three Utility Affiliates in Muni Aggregation Deals
Municipal aggregation, as currently structured in several states, "is not real competition," and is dominated by three suppliers currently or formerly affiliated with incumbent utilities, the retail companies of NRG Energy, Inc. said in comments to the New York PSC.
March 9, 2015
The Connecticut PURA scheduled a fourth meeting of the Supplier Working Group for April 7, 2015
March 9, 2015
The Maryland PSC has directed its Office of External Relations to develop a proposal for accelerated switching.
March 6, 2015
Michigan State Rep. Aric Nesbitt, Chair of the House Energy Policy Committee, has introduced a bill (HB 4298) to end electricity choice.
March 4, 2015
The New York PSC will co-sponsor a seminar with the Environmental Defense Fund and New York University Institute for Policy Integrity on March 31 in New York City addressing dynamic pricing for residential customers, entitled "On the REV Agenda: The Role of Residential Time Variant Pricing."
March 1, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC's proposal to base new assessments on retail electric and natural gas suppliers based on a supplier's gross intrastate revenues would, "likely result in suppliers who serve large industrial and commercial customers subsidizing those suppliers whose load consists primarily of…
February 27, 2015
The New York PSC aims to incubate an online platform and exchange for retail energy that could instill confidence in commodity supply and distributed energy purchases, it directed in its Reforming the Energy Vision Order
February 27, 2015
The New York PSC has approved, as a demonstration project, an opt-out municipal aggregation for Westchester County to be developed by Sustainable Westchester (SW).
February 26, 2015
New York Schedules Collaborative Meeting on Rules Governing ESCO Service to Low-Income Assistance Customers
February 25, 2015
Connecticut Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) has called for a ban on variable rate electricity contracts.
February 23, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a notice that the third meeting of the supplier working group will be held on March 3, 2015
February 23, 2015
Alleging that a proposal from CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC would lead to a "windfall" to retail electric providers, the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities has opposed the utility's as-filed proposal to refund $11 million to retail electric providers.
February 20, 2015
New York utilities slammed the proposed mechanics of a pilot municipal aggregation sought by several Westchester, New York communities for seeking to require utilities to absorb many of the responsibilities (and costs) of the community choice aggregation, although the utilities would support a much…
February 19, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has formed a working group to address specifically issues associated with the presentation of variable-price competitive supply products on the DPU-run electric price and shopping website that is in development.
February 18, 2015
Should the New York PSC determine that municipalities should be permitted to conduct opt-out aggregations, the New York utilities said that the PSC should review and approve "detailed" aggregation plans prior to implementation.
February 18, 2015
Staff of the New York PSC does not agree with PSEG Long Island's proposal to institute a "collaborative" on electric retail choice at the Long Island Power Authority, stating that the issue be more "formally and comprehensively" addressed under a PSC review.
February 17, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has denied an application from Citizens' Electric Company and Wellsboro Electric Company to implement a nonbypassable rider to implement Electronic Data Interchange in the utilities service areas, to support electric choice.
