January 17, 2014
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed a retail electric market development workplan which, as expected, does not include any major changes to the state's market design, but does recommend requiring utilities to offer purchase of receivables.
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December 31, 2013
Dayton Power & Light has filed an application to transfer or sell its generation assets so that they are no longer owned by the utility.
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December 23, 2013
AEP Ohio has filed for approval of an electric security plan that would rely on more market reflective rates versus the process used at the other Ohio electric distribution companies.
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December 23, 2013
AEP Ohio has sought approval to offer a purchase of receivables program, as part of its electric security plan proposal for the period 2015-2018
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December 12, 2013
Plymouth Rock Energy announced that it has expanded its service to Ohio.
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December 9, 2013
Xoom Energy is now offering electric service in Ohio, at AEP Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, and Dayton Power & Light.
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December 5, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted AEP Ohio a waiver of its corporate separation plan to allow it to retain contractual entitlements from generating resources owned by Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), as other owners of OVEC have not consented to the assumption of these…
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November 27, 2013
AEP Energy has entered into a partnership with the Arena District Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio to launch an affinity program that allows Central Ohioans to save money on their electricity supply and their athletic club membership.
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November 20, 2013
North American Power has begun offering residential electric service at AEP Ohio.
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November 14, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio yesterday rejected AEP Ohio's request to expand the rate impact caps applicable to rates under its electric security plan, but also said it could not yet adjudicate many issues with regard to the rate impact from the transition to auction-based default…
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November 14, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted a schedule delaying the start of a transition to fully auction-sourced default service at AEP Ohio, but which leaves unchanged the time at which 100% of default service will be auction-based.
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November 12, 2013
Perigee Energy LLC has begun offering residential electric service in Ohio at AEP Ohio.
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November 4, 2013
"[T]here appears to be little interest by competitive retail electric suppliers in providing [time-differentiated] rates in the near term," Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has observed in comments on AEP Ohio's smart grid plan.
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October 24, 2013
By Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
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October 24, 2013
Integrys Energy Services has begun offering residential electric service at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities.
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October 7, 2013
Blaming Ohio's "energy policy transition to market," Ormet announced that it was shutting down its Hannibal, Ohio aluminum smelting plant after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio declined to fully grant Ormet's latest request for subsidized electric rates.
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October 7, 2013
AEP Ohio has sought a waiver to its corporate separation plan from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to allow it to retain contractual entitlements from generating resources owned by Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), as other owners of OVEC have not consented to the assumption of these…
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September 17, 2013
AEP Ohio Files to Significantly Increase Smart Meter Installations, But Not Full Deployment
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September 10, 2013
AEP, Dominion Retail File Settlement Over SECA Charges
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August 29, 2013
Retail supplier AEP Energy has begun offering 100% renewable products to residential electric customers in Ohio that include an affinity donation to Green Energy Ohio.
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August 19, 2013
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (jointly, Exelon) have opposed a recommendation from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to hold more frequent auctions, for a shorter delivery period, to procure energy for AEP Ohio Standard Service Offer customers, with such auctions held…
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August 14, 2013
AEP Ohio has again proposed that prices resulting from its energy auctions for a portion of, and eventually 100% of, its Standard Service Offer (SSO) default supply requirements be included within the existing 12% rate cap applicable to certain costs under AEP Ohio's electric security plan.
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July 26, 2013
PJM's capacity market is a "version of socialism," American Electric Power CEO Nicholas Akins said during an earnings call yesterday.
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July 23, 2013
AEP Ohio has proposed a collaborative process to reach consensus on changes to its supplier coordination tariff, asking that PUCO abate its current proceeding reviewing the tariff.
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July 23, 2013
Integrys Energy Services has begun offering residential electricity service to individual customers at Dayton Power & Light in Ohio.
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