July 15, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday (click here) , the New York PSC has adopted a moratorium on low-income customer participation in the retail electric and natural gas markets, in an action that PSC Staff said they believe (though not familiar with every state) to be the first of…
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May 25, 2016
Ohio has disclosed the retail suppliers selected via RFP to serve all or a portion of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer load for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017
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May 16, 2016
AEP Ohio has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to extend its electric security plan through May 31, 2024, which includes PUCO Staff's proposal for the level of a new adder applicable to Standard Service Offer (SSO) rates
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May 12, 2016
Nooruddin Investments, LLC has filed for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to reflect a change in its certificated legal name to VEH LLC. There are no changes to the REP's trade names which include Discount Power, Power Express, and Volterra Energy
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April 29, 2016
During an earnings call yesterday, AEP provided an update on its strategic review and sale process for its merchant generation which is not subject to a PPA with AEP Ohio
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April 29, 2016
AEP will seek re-regulation of the Ohio market thanks to FERC's decision -- prompted by so-called merchant generators -- to review PUCO-approved PPAs between AEP Ohio and affiliated non-regulated generation under the Edgar standard.
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April 28, 2016
Granting complaints filed by EPSA, the Retail Energy Supply Association, and other parties, FERC in separate orders rescinded affiliate waivers previously granted to various FirstEnergy and AEP companies, and will evaluate PPAs between FirstEnergy's and AEP's Ohio utilities and their merchant…
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April 25, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from AEP Ohio's March 2016 default service auction for a portion of default service supplies for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018
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April 8, 2016
A stipulation among several parties would permit AEP Ohio to proceed with phase 2 of its gridSMART program, which would include the deployment of approximately 894,000 AMI meters, and would also require steps to permit the billing of Time of Use rates by retail suppliers, with utility-offered TOU…
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April 1, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved a non-unanimous stipulation to implement AEP Ohio's sought PPA rider to support affiliated generation
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March 31, 2016
Update, 3/31: PUCO has approved the auction results described below
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February 29, 2016
Three retail market veterans are behind the launch of start-up retail supplier Current Power & Gas Inc., an Ohio application confirmed.
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February 2, 2016
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have proposed a competitive bid plan to serve the load of electric percentage of income payment plan customers.
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January 28, 2016
In separately filed complaints, the Electric Power Supply Association, Dynegy, Eastern Generation, LLC, several NRG Companies, and the Retail Energy Supply Association petitioned FERC to withdraw waivers previously granted to market-based rate subsidiaries of AEP and FirstEnergy concerning affiliate…
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December 22, 2015
AEP Energy has begun offering residential customers electricity and natural gas plans bundled with a Honeywell WiFi thermostat.
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December 15, 2015
A non-unanimous settlement concerning AEP Ohio's proposal to enter long-term PPAs with affiliated generation, whose output would be sold into the wholesale market (not used for SSO) with costs/benefit allocated on a nonbypassable basis, includes a proposal for a pilot customer referral program and…
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December 15, 2015
A non-unanimous settlement concerning AEP Ohio's proposal to enter long-term PPAs with affiliated generation, whose output would be sold into the wholesale market (not used for SSO) with costs/benefit allocated on a nonbypassable basis, includes a proposal for a bypassable adder to be added to…
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December 10, 2015
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC has filed comments in support of a complaint from Industrial Energy Users-Ohio filed at FERC in which the industrials argued that the treatment of certain transmission charges, including Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS), as nonbypassable at AEP Ohio…
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November 30, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has disclosed the winning bidders from AEP Ohio’s November default service auction which acquired 17 tranches of full requirements service for the delivery period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018 at an average clearing price of $48.29 per megawatt-hour
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November 17, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Ohio have filed consensus recommendations regarding a new purchase of receivables program to be implemented at AEP Ohio
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November 10, 2015
The four Ohio investor-owned electric distribution companies jointly asked the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to set a comment period for a Staff report on retail electric market improvements which recommended that EDCs implement a Warm Transfer process, which is the ability of the EDU to…
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November 5, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of AEP Ohio’s third wholesale auction that will ultimately determine retail generation service rates for its Standard Service Offer through May 2018.
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October 23, 2015
FirstEnergy Solutions has begun offering residential electric supply service to new customers in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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October 14, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have requested a further 30-day delay, until November 16, to file an implementation plan and specific discount rate for the introduction of purchase of receivables at AEP Ohio.
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October 12, 2015
Similar to its recommendation at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opposed the as-filed proposed AEP Ohio ratepayer backed contracts to support 2,700 MW of generation owned by AEP's merchant generating arm (plus the utility's share in OVEC), but offered…
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