October 9, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning prices from a procurement of default service electricity supplies at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, for a portion of requirements for various delivery terms starting June 1, 2020
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August 19, 2019
Retail Suppliers Say PUC Lacks Authority To Adopt Switch-Block
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, AEP Ohio said that it, "applauds" a proposed switch-block mechanism included in the draft rules.
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August 9, 2019
Claim: Electric Competition Has Saved Ohio Customers Nearly $9 Billion From 2016-18 (Uses Muni Aggregation Rates As Proxy For All Mass Market Migrated Customers)
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July 17, 2019
FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs To Install 700,000 Smart Meters Settlement Includes Provisions For Retail Supplier Access To AMI Data
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, without substantive modification relating to retail market issues, a stipulation at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs addressing grid modernization that includes, among other things, the installation of 700,000 advanced meters in the EDCs' service territories
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July 3, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has requested from parties further briefing on the electric security plan at Dayton Power & Light, due to the inclusion in a stipulation (which itself is being contested after withdrawal of a retail supplier) of a distribution modernization rider (Rider DMR)…
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June 19, 2019
PUCO Previously Ruled FirstEnergy EDCs May Withdraw Electric Security Plan (Governing Default Service, More) In Response To Adverse Ruling
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio erred in approving the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs' Distribution Modernization Rider (Rider DMR)
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May 3, 2019
Summer Energy Ohio is now actively pricing and transacting retail electric commercial sales in Ohio, at AEP Ohio, Duke, Dayton Power & Light, and the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities
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April 13, 2019
Leaves Retail Suppliers With Unrecoverable Renewable Energy Compliance Costs Bill Lowers Bypassable Default Service Rate
The introduced version of an Ohio bill (HB 6) to provide subsidies to nuclear and other qualifying resources still includes language that lowers the renewable energy compliance obligation for electric distribution utilities (EDUs) only, while apparently not providing for a similar reduction in the…
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February 25, 2019
Powervine Energy (Sanford Energy Associates, LLC) recently launched electric and natural gas service in Ohio
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February 21, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the January 2019 default service auction for a portion of SSO supplies at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs for the period beginning June 1, 2019
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February 6, 2019
Earlier: Retail Supplier Wins Ability To Serve 100% Of Certain Low-Income Customer Load
Update: The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the auction results described below. While no further specific information was publicly released at this time (as such information will only be released once PIPP auctions are conducted at all the EDCs), PUCO's order did describe that…
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February 1, 2019
In an Ohio proceeding concerning a distribution modernization plan at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, the Environmental Law and Policy Center has sought to compel responses by Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (IGS), a party to the proceeding, to two interrogatories concerning certain business metrics of…
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January 30, 2019
Earlier: PUC Reports Results From Default Service Auction
PUCO approved the auction results, including an average clearing price of $47.92 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for the delivery period of June 2019 through May 2020, as discussed below. The results will be blended with previous auctions to help determine the price-to-compare for customers at the…
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January 16, 2019
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorney examiner has stayed a proceeding in which the Retail Energy Supply Association had filed a complaint against the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, as RESA alleged that the billing of various nonelectric services offered on the "Smartmart By FirstEnergy"…
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January 9, 2019
Aggressive Energy LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers at Cleveland Electric Illuminating and AEP Ohio
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January 2, 2019
Interstate Gas Supply, the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, and the Ohio Consumers Counsel have filed separate comments supporting the recommendation from a consultant, which, as part of an audit of the FirstEnergy Ohio Operating companies' compliance with the corporate separation rules, has…
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December 3, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has set forth a comment schedule concerning a final report from the SAGE Management Consultants, LLC (SAGE) on a Compliance Audit of the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (including the Ohio regulated utilities, or Ohio Companies) with the Corporate Separation…
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November 27, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Solarstone Limited an electric broker/aggregator license to serve residential, commercial, and mercantile customers at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs and Duke Energy Ohio.
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November 15, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the October 22 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies at the FirstEnergy Ohio electric distribution companies
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November 12, 2018
Would Install 700,000 Smart Meters Settlement Includes Provisions For Retail Supplier Access To AMI Data
The FirstEnergy Ohio electric distribution companies have filed with several parties a stipulation addressing grid modernization, along with several federal tax issues, that would, among other things, include the installation of 700,000 advanced meters in the EDCs' service territories
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October 24, 2018
PUCO approved the results of the auction that were described in our story below. The results will be blended with previous and future auctions to determine the price-to-compare for the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs customers during the delivery period June 2019 through May 2020.
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July 24, 2018
FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in an 8-K several executive retirements
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May 25, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio released unredacted auction reports showing the retail suppliers which won the right to serve 100% of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) load at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs, Duke Energy Ohio, and Dayton Power & Light for the 12-month period beginning June…
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May 16, 2018
Ohio Edison Company, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison (FirstEnergy Ohio utilities) said in an answer filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, addressing a complaint filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities are permitted to offer…
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May 15, 2018
Report Says Prior Assignment Of FirstEnergy Solutions Retail Supply Sales Responsibility To FirstEnergy Service Company, "Highly Inappropriate"
A final report from the SAGE Management Consultants, LLC (SAGE) on a Compliance Audit of the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (including the Ohio regulated utilities, or Ohio Companies) with the Corporate Separation Rules of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) says that a prior assignment…
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