September 26, 2011
License Briefs
Viridian Energy NJ Seeks to Change Ohio-Certified Name to Cincinnati Bell Energy
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September 23, 2011
RESA Seeks Shorter Period for Collection of Prior Mitigation of BGE SOS
The Retail Energy Supply Association has requested that the Maryland PSC collect previously mitigated SOS costs from Type II G and GS customers at Baltimore Gas & Electric over a period of three months, rather than the 12-month period contained in a BGE tariff filing.
September 20, 2011
IGS Energy Seeks Retail Gas Market Enhancements as Condition of Constellation-Exelon Merger
Interstate Gas Supply asked the Maryland PSC to condition the merger of Constellation Energy and Exelon on improvements to the design and operation of the retail gas market at Baltimore Gas & Electric.
September 20, 2011
Dominion Retail, IGS Energy Oppose Use of XML in Maryland Gas Transactions
Dominion Retail and IGS Energy have separately raised objections to a working group's recommendation to use extensible markup language (XML) for uniform electronic transactions (UETs) in the Maryland retail gas market.
September 19, 2011
Briefly
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed updated rates under Rider 8 through January 2012, which is a component of the bypassable SOS price. Rider 8 amounts can be found here .
September 19, 2011
Md. PSC Staff Analysis Shows Benefits from Constellation-Exelon Merger Potentially Negated by Even Small Impact from Market Power
The proposed merger of Exelon and Constellation Energy is, as filed, not consistent with the public interest, Maryland PSC Staff said in testimony to the PSC (9271), with Staff's analysis incomplete due to a later deadline for filing testimony relating to market power issues.
September 19, 2011
License Briefs
GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions Seeks N.Y. License, to Use Trade Name Think Energy
September 19, 2011
Residential Migration Slides at Potomac Edison
Breaking 28 consecutive months of positive residential account migration growth, Potomac Edison recorded a net loss in migrated residential accounts in the month of August, compared to the July total.
September 15, 2011
Bleeding of BGE Type I Customers Back to SOS Abates in July
The significant migration of Type I customers at Baltimore Gas & Electric back to SOS supply witnessed in June did not continue in July, as migration essentially held steady during the month, according to the latest data from the Maryland PSC.
September 9, 2011
Retail Suppliers Commit to Paying 75% of Columbia Gas Market Enhancement Costs to Maintain Threatened Choice Program
Four retail natural gas suppliers have proposed bearing about 75% of Columbia Gas of Maryland's COMAR 20.59 implementation costs to date in exchange for the continuation of the choice program, and the assignment of the remaining 25% of costs to distribution customers via base rates.
September 8, 2011
Briefly
Regulation, Ramping RA Obligation for California LSEs Deferred to Future Rulemaking
September 8, 2011
Constellation Launches Residential Solar Leasing Program
Constellation Energy's retail business is now offering a solar panel leasing program to residential customers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
September 2, 2011
BGE Files Rider to Collect Previously Mitigated Costs from SOS Customers
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed a tariff rider (Rider 29) to recover from Schedule G and GS Type II customers the Standard Offer Service (SOS) costs which should have been collected in 2008, but which were mitigated by the Maryland PSC in an action later determined to be unlawful by the courts.…
August 31, 2011
North American Power Reports Enrollments
North American Power has filed with the Maryland PSC compliance reports for the months of May and June, which list the number of customers enrolled in Maryland during those months.
August 16, 2011
BGE Gas Residential Migration Growth Nearly 10,000 Over Last Three Months
The Maryland PSC has posted natural gas migration statistics for the quarter ending June 2011.
August 16, 2011
Columbia Gas of Maryland Sees Highest Residential Choice Participation in Over Two Years
Columbia Gas of Maryland, whose choice program is currently under threat of cessation, has seen continued growth in residential and commercial choice customers during the first six months of 2011, with residential migration reaching its highest total in over two years.
August 11, 2011
BGE Says Customers Receiving 2008 SOS Mitigation Should Fund Refund, Not Explicit as to Recovery Under SOS or Distribution Rates
Baltimore Gas and Electric has proposed that the "new" Type II G/GS customers who received SOS rate mitigation in 2008 should fund any refund to other non-residential customers who paid for the mitigation, but was not explicit on whether such new Type II customers should fund the refund through…
August 9, 2011
Viridian Energy Reports Maryland Customer Count as of June 30
As of June 30, 2011, Viridian Energy was serving 26,918 active electric customers in Maryland, according a compliance report filed with the PSC.
August 5, 2011
Briefly
Reliant Energy Grows Customers Taking eSense Product
August 1, 2011
Maryland Work Group Files Supplemental Report on Electronic Transaction Standards for Gas Market
On behalf of a working group, Maryland PSC Staff submitted a supplemental report regarding implementation of uniform electronic transactions for the retail gas market.
July 27, 2011
GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions to Serve Residential Customers As Well
According to an application it filed for a REP certificate in Texas, GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC will serve residential customers in addition to small commercial customers.
July 18, 2011
Small Commercial Customers Flocking Back to BGE for Supply; Residential Growth Steady
Baltimore Gas & Electric saw nearly 5,000 Type I commercial customers leave competitive supply during the month of June 2011, according to the most recent PSC data.
July 13, 2011
Maryland PSC Sets Discount Rates for BGE Electric, Gas Purchase of Receivables
The Maryland PSC has adopted revised Purchase of Receivables discount rates for electric and natural gas service at Baltimore Gas & Electric.
July 11, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff Recommend Adjustments to BGE POR Discount Rates
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended modifications to Baltimore Gas & Electric's proposed updates to the electric and natural gas Purchase of Receivables discount rates.
July 1, 2011
Briefly
NRG Greens Bayou 5 Submits Notice of Suspension