May 10, 2012
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Connecticut PURA Opens Docket to Review Electric Bill Charges, Including Bypassable and Nonbypassable Components
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May 3, 2012
Results from Illinois Energy, Capacity Default Service Procurements Posted
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the recent default service procurements at Commonwealth Edison (energy only) and Ameren (energy and capacity).
April 5, 2012
Glacial Energy Beings Offering Residential Electricity in Michigan
Glacial Energy has begun offering residential electricity service in Michigan.
April 3, 2012
Draft Order Would Deny Choice Incentive Mechanism at Consumers Energy, Apply Separate RDM to Choice Customers
A proposed decision in Consumers Energy's electric rate case would adopt a revenue decoupling mechanism (RDM) which differentiates between power supply and distribution revenues, and the draft would also decline to re-introduce a choice incentive mechanism at this time (U-16794).
March 19, 2012
N.H. PUC Approves New Default Service Rates at Unitil
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates for both large and mass market default service customers at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. for the period beginning May 1, 2011.
March 7, 2012
Delmarva SOS Winning Bid Prices Decline for Small Customers, Increase for Large Customers
The residential and small commercial SOS portfolio at Delmarva Power in Delaware will see an 8% decline in price for the 2012-2013 delivery year, while prices for larger customers will increase from the prices in last year's auction, according to the auction report from Vantage Energy Consulting…
March 2, 2012
License Briefs
DTE Energy Supply Receives License to Serve Small Customers in New State
March 1, 2012
PUCO Discloses Winning Bidders in Columbia Gas SCO Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the recent Standard Choice Offer auction at Columbia Gas.
February 22, 2012
DTE Energy CEO "Feel[s] Good" About Political Climate Concerning Choice Legislation
Gerard Anderson, DTE Energy's chairman, president and CEO, said during an earnings call last week that he, "feel[s] good about the political climate," concerning the potential to expand the current 10% electric choice cap.
February 17, 2012
Winning Bidders of FirstEnergy Ohio Auction Revealed
Consistent with prior direction from PUCO, CRA International submitted an unredacted list of winning bidders in the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' default service auction held in January.
February 17, 2012
Vectren Posts Winners of Recent SCO Auction
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio has posted winners of its recent Standard Choice Offer auction.
February 10, 2012
Direct Energy Business Expands to New Territory
Direct Energy Business announced that it will begin providing competitive electricity supply services to commercial and industrial customers in the Consumers Energy service territory of south central Michigan.
February 9, 2012
N.J. BGS Auction Produces Lower Prices for Mass Market Customers
The New Jersey BPU has posted results from the annual Basic Generation Service auctions.
February 2, 2012
Michigan PSC Reports Load Served by Each Competitive Supplier in 2011
The Michigan PSC has posted its annual report on retail electric choice, which includes the load served by each alternative supplier in 2011.
February 1, 2012
Detroit Edison Files Final Electric Choice Cap for 2012
Detroit Edison has filed its final electric choice cap for the year 2012 with the Michigan PSC.
February 1, 2012
Vectren Energy Delivery Seeks Modifications to SCO Auction, Market Structure
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc., Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Ohio Marketers Group, DTE Energy Trading, Inc., and the Ohio Consumers' Counsel have filed a stipulation regarding changes to the retail market under Vectren Energy Delivery's Standard Choice Offer (SCO)…
January 5, 2012
Detroit Edison Files 2012 Initial Choice Cap
Detroit Edison has filed its initial electric choice cap for 2012.
December 20, 2011
License Briefs
DTE Energy Supply Seeks to Serve Small Volume Customers
December 19, 2011
N.H. PUC Sets New Default Service Rates at Unitil
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for large commercial and industrial (G1) customers for the three month period from February 1 through April 30, 2012.
December 7, 2011
BP Energy Company Seeks Ohio Natural Gas Supplier License
BP Energy Company applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers at Columbia Gas.
December 5, 2011
Consumers Energy to Pursue $1.6 Billion in Environmental Upgrades at Generation, Allocation to Choice Customers Possible
Consumers Energy has announced the cancellation of a proposed clean coal plant project near Bay City and the anticipated suspension of operation of seven smaller coal-fired units in 2015.
November 17, 2011
Winners of October FirstEnergy Ohio Default Service Auction Published
Consistent with prior direction from PUCO, CRA International submitted an unredacted list of winning bidders in the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' default service auction held in October.
October 21, 2011
Michigan PSC: Choice Customers Must Help Shoulder Burden of Environmental Compliance, Other Costs of Utility Generation
Electric choice customers in Michigan, "must be expected to help shoulder the burden" of certain utility generation costs for assets, "that must stand ready to serve Choice customers again," the Michigan PSC said in an order in Detroit Edison's rate case (U-16472).
October 17, 2011
MISO Says It Can't Require PLC Method of Capacity Allocation to Retail Suppliers
The Midwest ISO filed an answer at FERC attempting to justify its capacity cost allocation method for states with retail choice, but its arguments were strained or simply puzzling.
October 5, 2011
Integrys Energy Services, Direct Energy Protest SECA Assignment Filing by Midwest TOs
A filing from the Midwest ISO Transmission Owners which purports to identify replacement suppliers for CMS Energy Resource Management Company load, for purposes of assigning Seams Elimination Charge Adjustment costs after FERC ruled that CMS was not responsible for such load, "is simply inadequate…