September 6, 2023
Stipulation Would Require New Utility CIS To Accommodate Supplier Consolidated Billing, Accelerated Switching New Residential Smart Thermostat Demand Response Program, Open To Retail Suppliers, Would Be Funded
Major parties to the electric security plan (ESP) proceeding of AEP Ohio have entered into a stipulation would approve an ESP (ESP V) for a term of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2028…
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August 25, 2023
In comments to the PUC of Ohio concerning a proposed use of a capacity proxy price in electricity default service procurements, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has suggested that PUCO should authorize retail electric providers, "to offer fixed price contracts that contain provisions…
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August 17, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted AEP Energy Partners, Inc. a retail electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers in the service area of AEP Ohio
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August 16, 2023
American Electric Power (AEP) has completed the previously reported sale of its 1,365-megawatt (MW) unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio to IRG Acquisition Holdings, a partnership owned by Invenergy, CDPQ and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure, at an enterprise value of $1.5 billion…
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July 10, 2023
AEP Energy Partners, Inc. applied for an Ohio retail electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers in the service area of AEP Ohio
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June 9, 2023
As part of a proposed Electric Transportation Plan included in its most recent electricity security plan proceeding, AEP Ohio said it, "can function as a provider of last resort in a necessary location," under a program meant to incentivize the creation of EV charging corridors
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May 10, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning retail suppliers selected to serve the electricity load of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers for the one-year period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024
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May 4, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), "is encouraging customers of Ohio’s regulated electric utilities to compare competitive offers from retail suppliers ahead of expected price increases to their utility’s default rate," PUCO said
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April 27, 2023
AEP Ohio has filed rates under the bypassable Generation Energy Rider and bypassable Generation Capacity Rider for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2023
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March 8, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, at each of the four electric utilities with choice programs, default service minimum stay rules that are to apply when a governmental aggregator returns a threshold level of customers to default service prior to the previously established end date of…
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January 26, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, without modification to various retail market provisions, a non-unanimous stipulation in a Columbia Gas of Ohio distribution rate case under which Columbia will convene a collaborative to discuss a potential exit from the merchant function for…
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January 23, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Approved Energy II LLC d/b/a Approved Energy an electric supplier license to serve all customer classes
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January 6, 2023
Proposed Standby Charge Part Of New Default Service Plan
AEP Ohio filed at the PUC of Ohio for approval of an electric security plan (also referred to as the 'ESP' or the 'proposed ESP' or 'ESP V') that will commence upon the expiration of the current ESP IV (June 1, 2024) and continue through May 31, 2030
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December 22, 2022
Approved Energy II LLC d/b/a Approved Energy applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes
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December 12, 2022
The Ohio electric distribution utilities have filed new minimum stay provisions, applicable to large municipal aggregation loads returning to standard offer service
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November 16, 2022
Utility Withdraws Proposed Carbon Offset Offering
Columbia Gas of Ohio has agreed to convene a collaborative to discuss a potential exit from the merchant function for non-residential customers, as part of a non-unanimous stipulation in a rate case
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October 24, 2022
Josco Energy USA, LLC is assigning its Ohio electric and natural gas customers to Median Energy Corp
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October 4, 2022
AEP announced today that it, "will initiate a strategic review of its retail business as part of its ongoing strategy to de-risk and streamline the company."
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September 8, 2022
Consumers' Counsel Says Customers Paying Millions More Annually Under Retail Supplier Versus Default Service
A witness for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, who formerly worked for several retail energy suppliers, alleged in testimony before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that a former supplier employer had decided that it could "ignore" the national do-not-call registry for those customers the…
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August 31, 2022
SSO Supplier Alleges NOPEC Charged Rates Consistently Higher Than SSO Despite Terms Used In Marketing, Cites Alleged "Grant" Payments To NOPEC, Inc. Totaling Almost 40% Of Revenue
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August 9, 2022
A formal complaint before one regulator, as well as multiple social media and similar public posts from customers in multiple states, allege that Planet Energy, and/or its brands Value Plus Energy and RiteRate Energy, have terminated such customers' fixed rate contracts in mid-contract, and has…
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August 2, 2022
American Electric Power announced that it has completed the sale of the 595-megawatt (MW) Cardinal Plant Unit 1 in Brilliant, Ohio, from AEP Generation Resources, the company’s competitive generation affiliate, to Buckeye Power.
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July 26, 2022
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorney examiner has adopted a procedural schedule to allow for consideration of a November 2021 Staff report which does not favor the expansion of electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) in Ohio
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June 27, 2022
Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. d/b/a Sunwave Gas & Power is dropping its Ohio electricity customers to default service and filed to relinquish its Ohio electric supplier license
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May 27, 2022
A Public Utilities Commission has disclosed the winning retail suppliers selected to serve…
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