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 17, 2010
A written order on Commonwealth Edison's purchase of receivables program holds that uncollectible costs shall be determined by Rider UF.
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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
Constellation NewEnergy has submitted an amendment to its Pennsylvania electric generation supplier license to expand the customer classes it may serve to include residential customers and commercial customers under 25 kW in all service areas.
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December 14, 2010
ICC to Consider ComEd POR Case Wednesday The Illinois Commerce Commission will further consider Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff filing (Docket 10-0138) at its December 15 Bench Session. EnergyChoiceMatters.com will provide live blogging of the meeting . The filed tariff's…
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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 30, 2010
Citizens Choice Energy Formally Announces N.Y. Service Citizens Choice Energy, LLC formally announced its launching of New York service yesterday. Citizens Choice Energy has been offering service in New York for several months, initially offering gas service at Consolidated Edison. A standard form…
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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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November 17, 2010
MXenergy Seeking to Serve Illinois Residential Electric Customers MXenergy is seeking authority to supply electricity to all eligible customers, including residential customers, at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren as part of its Illinois alternative retail electric supplier application ( 11/16 ).…
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November 15, 2010
Commonwealth Edison's most recent calculation of a combined uncollectibles factor to be used in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate for all customer classes appears to have been calculated, "in a manner that is not consistent with the calculation used by Ameren Illinois in Docket Nos.…
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November 9, 2010
ComEd Reports Weighted POR Uncollectibles Factor Commonwealth Edison has calculated the "weighted average uncollectibles factor" specific to the customer classes eligible for POR derived in a manner consistent with the method used at Ameren, and reported that the value is 1.8453%. That compares to…
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November 8, 2010
Champion Energy, LLC said that it intends to start offering residential electric service to customers at Commonwealth Edison starting in January 2011.
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November 2, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff said that they have no objection to using the system average uncollectible factor found in Commonwealth Edison Rider UF if the Commission elects to impose a single discount rate on all customer classes under ComEd's Purchase of Receivables program.
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November 1, 2010
Constellation NewEnergy is "look[ing] to expand our participation in the residential markets by 2012," Kathleen Hyle, COO of Constellation Energy Resources, said during an earnings call Friday.
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October 27, 2010
Constellation Approved to Serve Residential Customers at ComEd
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October 19, 2010
Md. Staff Recommend Commission Note IGS Filing to Use Columbia Retail Energy Trade Name
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October 13, 2010
BlueStar Energy Solutions Receives Massachusetts Electric License
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October 11, 2010
An Illinois ALJ has recommended that Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables discount rate be established solely as a fixed percentage discount off of a supplier's receivables, with no flat per-bill charge as proposed by ComEd (Docket 10-0138).
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October 4, 2010
The Illinois Statewide Smart Grid Collaborative has filed a report with the Illinois Commerce Commission providing a detailed analysis of the issues surrounding the development of a smart grid in Illinois.
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September 30, 2010
The Illinois Power Agency submitted to the Illinois Commerce Commission (10-0563) its final proposed plan for the procurement of electricity for non-hourly default service customers at Commonwealth Edison and the Ameren utilities for the period June 2011 through May 2016.
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