March 7, 2011
An Illinois ALJ would direct Ameren to revise its electric tariff with respect to the rescission period to apply a three day rescission period for internet enrollments of mass market customers, rather than the 10-day period provided for in the tariff, under a proposed order issued Friday (Docket…
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March 3, 2011
DPL Energy Resources has purchased MC Squared Energy Services, LLC, which will provide MC Squared Energy Services with a platform to expand from its current market of Commonwealth Edison.
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March 2, 2011
Ameren Illinois has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to declare Ameren's provision of electric supply to retail customers with peak demands of at least 150 kW but less than 400 kW to be competitive effective May 1, 2011, which would move existing customers in this class to default hourly…
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March 1, 2011
Constellation NewEnergy is supporting its Commonwealth Edison residential electric offers with 2.2 million pieces of direct mail, along with a variety of other marketing initiatives, said David Fein, Constellation Energy's Vice President of Energy Policy for the Midwest and Pennsylvania.
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March 1, 2011
Direct Energy has begun offering electric supply to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
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February 23, 2011
Competition against Ameren’s residential retail electric rates is "effectively closed" due to the subsidization of electric heating customers, BlueStar Energy Services said in comments to the ICC.
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February 22, 2011
Constellation Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.
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February 21, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint for expedited declaratory relief at the Illinois Commerce Commission, seeking a declaration that Commonwealth Edison's recently filed Purchase of Receivables tariff, "does not conflict with, and is not intended to, override an existing administrative…
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February 15, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint against Commonwealth Edison and Ameren at the Illinois Commerce Commission seeking an order finding that the utilities have violated 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) by failing to file a tariff to implement Purchase of Uncollectibles as required by statute (Docket…
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February 11, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued an amendatory order on Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, which establishes a new discount rate, but also appears to result in the double collection of administrative costs, and creates additional confusion on the uncollectibles factor…
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February 10, 2011
PUCO Approves Columbia Auction Results The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of the Columbia Gas Standard Service Offer auction, which, as first reported in Matters yesterday, resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.88/Mcf. Additional details in our 2/9 story.
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February 9, 2011
Illinois' Office of Retail Market Development has asked electric suppliers to informally comment on the reasons for the lack of residential competition at Ameren.
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January 27, 2011
Nordic Energy Services, LLC confirmed yesterday that it intends to start offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren in March.
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January 24, 2011
Patch Energy Services Seeks Pa. Broker License Patch Energy Services, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve commercial customers over 25 kW, industrial customers, and governmental customers at PECO and PPL.
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December 29, 2010
Branded Retail Energy Seeks Pa. Broker License Branded Retail Energy Co. LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. As previously reported, Branded Retail Energy Co. specializes in creating…
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December 28, 2010
Nordic Energy Services Seeks to Serve All Illinois Electric Customers, Expand to Additional Territories Nordic Energy Services, LLC applied at the Illinois Commerce Commission to amend its alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, serve additional territories, and…
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December 23, 2010
The Illinois Commerce Commission has adopted a default service procurement plan for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren that relies on short-term purchases of RECs to meet renewable compliance obligations (10-0563).
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December 17, 2010
FERC Approves FirstEnergy-Allegheny Merger In an unsurprising decision given its merger review history, FERC approved the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy without any conditions relating to mitigation of market power. In doing so, FERC rejected protests from the Pennsylvania Office…
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December 16, 2010
As first reported in our live blog yesterday, the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved tariffs to institute utility consolidated billing and Purchase of Receivables at Commonwealth Edison.
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December 15, 2010
BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to rule on several pending motions in its complaint against Ameren concerning the rescission period.
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December 15, 2010
A recommended decision in Niagara Mohawk's rate case needs to reconcile disparate treatment of true-ups for the Merchant Function Charge (MFC) paid by full service customers and the POR discount rate, New York PSC Staff said in a brief on exceptions (10-E-0050). Staff did not opine on its preference…
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December 3, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Acting Chairman Manuel Flores pressed intervenors yesterday during oral arguments regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff regarding what form of cost recovery would lead to more robust residential choice.
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December 2, 2010
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ which would find that the Illinois Power Agency is compelled to purchase physical renewable energy under the Illinois Power Agency Act contravenes definitions in the statute itself as well as Illinois Commerce Commission precedent, ICC Staff, Commonwealth Edison…
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November 24, 2010
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would require the Illinois Power Agency to procure long-term contracts for physical renewable energy to serve Commonwealth Edison and Ameren customers under the IPA's 2011 procurement plan (10-0563, see 9/30 ).
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November 19, 2010
Starion Energy Seeks Pennsylvania Electric License
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