June 29, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions Launches Residential Service in Another New Territory; Rate Under 3 Cents
FirstEnergy Solutions has launched residential service at Ameren Illinois.
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June 27, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions Marketing Residential Service in New Territory, Offer Under 5 Cents/kWh
FirstEnergy Solutions has begun offering residential electric service at PECO.
June 12, 2012
FERC Imposes "Uncertain and Variable" Capacity Obligation on Retail Suppliers at Certain Midwest ISO Utilities
FERC accepted, with modifications, revisions to the Midwest ISO's Module E resource adequacy construct, and while FERC improved in some territories MISO's original proposal with respect to the assignment of capacity obligations to retail suppliers in retail choice environments, FERC's approved…
June 5, 2012
Constellation Now Unopposed to Non-Unanimous Default Service Stipulation at FirstEnergy Ohio
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and its parent corporation, Exelon Generation Company, LLC have signed, as non-opposing parties, a stipulation to implement the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' sought third electric security plan (ESP 3), after the FirstEnergy EDCs agreed to make certain data available to…
May 30, 2012
AEP Retail Says Capacity Prices in ATSI Zone Could Result in "Unlevel Playing Field" for Retail Suppliers
AEP Retail Energy Partners LLC has requested a modification to the procedural schedule regarding consideration of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' electric security plan (ESP) , and an opportunity to present additional testimony, in light of the results of the PJM Base Residual Auction for the…
May 22, 2012
Ohio Consumers' Counsel: Uncertainty in ATSI Zone Augurs Against Three-Year Default Supply Contract
"[E]xtraordinary uncertainty about future market conditions and prices," in the American Transmission Systems Inc. zone, in which the FirstEnergy Ohio distribution companies are located, augurs against the use of 36-month supply contracts procured in October 2012 and January 2013 to serve default…
May 22, 2012
N.Y. Approves Move to Market-Based Rates at Penelec
The New York PSC has adopted, with one substantive modification, a joint proposal under which Penelec will move its New York customers to market-based default service rates effective June 1, 2012, with the rate increases mitigated in a competitively neutral manner (Case 11-E-0594).
May 2, 2012
PJM Forced to RMR FirstEnergy Units, FirstEnergy Reports Higher Competitive Retail Sales
Increased competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions, net of the impact from changed pricing versus the year-ago, led to a $117 million improvement in commodity margin during the first quarter of 2012, FirstEnergy said in reporting earnings.
April 26, 2012
Cincinnati Selects Supplier for Opt-Out Aggregation
The City of Cincinnati, Ohio has selected FirstEnergy Solutions to supply its opt-out electricity municipal aggregation with 100% green power.
April 18, 2012
AEP Retail Energy Begins Offering Residential Service in New Territory
AEP Retail Energy has begun offering service to residential customers at Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Ohio Edison, and Toledo Edison.
April 17, 2012
TV Ad Backed by AEP Ohio Compares Retail Suppliers to Middle Men, Supports Cost-based Capacity Charges
Ohio Power Company (AEP Ohio) has created an organization called FairEnergyOhio.org which is running television ads opposing a mechanism under which retail suppliers would be charged the Reliability Pricing Model price for 100% of capacity provided by Ohio Power Company under its Fixed Resource…
April 16, 2012
Use of Three-Year SSO Portfolio at FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities to be Extended Under Stipulation
Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison have filed a stipulation among several parties, including PUCO Staff and large industrials, to extend, with some modifications including the deferral of bypassable renewable energy costs, the utilities' current electric security plan…
April 12, 2012
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Veteran Energy Launches Affinity Program with Lone Survivor Foundation
March 28, 2012
Exelon Energy, FirstEnergy Solutions Seek to Excise from Proposed Rule Prohibition on Retail Supplier Use of Name "Substantially Similar" to Utility or Utility Parent
Exelon Energy and FirstEnergy Solutions, in separately filed comments, have protested the Pennsylvania PUC's proposed rule [§ 54.122(3)(v)] that an electric generation supplier, "may not have the same or substantially similar name or fictitious name as the electric distribution company or its…
March 27, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions Files Complaint at FERC Over Allocation of FTRs for Facilities Returning to Service
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. has filed a complaint at FERC concerning rules governing the PJM Auction Revenue Right (ARR) allocation process for transmission facilities that have been modeled as out-of-service for the entire year but which return to service for one or more months.
March 22, 2012
AEP Seeks Higher Capacity Charge from Retail Suppliers at Indiana Michigan Power
Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an AEP company, has sought FERC approval to charge a capacity rate other than the Reliability Pricing Model clearing price for capacity it provides to retail suppliers as the Fixed Resource Requirement entity (ER12-1173).
March 12, 2012
Exelon, Constellation Complete Merger After FERC Approval
Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy have completed their merger, effective today, in the wake of FERC's approval of the transaction on Friday.
March 8, 2012
FirstEnergy Generation Files for Feasibility Study for 800 MW at Eastlake
FirstEnergy Generation Corp., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has filed an application for a feasibility study with PJM Interconnection (PJM) to install and interconnect to the transmission system approximately 800 megawatts (MW) of new combustion turbine peaking generation at its existing…
March 6, 2012
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Maine PUC Discloses Supplier of Large Customer Standard Offer Load
March 5, 2012
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Direct Energy Cites Cross-Sell Potential in Completing Acquisition of Home Warranty of America
March 5, 2012
Energy Company of America Launches Residential Service
Energy Company of America (ENCOA), a trade name of TERM Power & Gas, LLC, has begun offering residential electricity.
March 1, 2012
AEP Ohio Seeks Expedited FERC Action on Capacity Charge Complaint
FirstEnergy Solutions has opposed AEP Ohio's motion to reinstate the bifurcated capacity pricing mechanism applicable to retail suppliers, while AEP Ohio has asked FERC to expedite ruling on its complaint concerning the state compensation mechanism for capacity pricing.
March 1, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions Forecasts 400% Increase in Direct Retail Sales to Mass Market Customers
FirstEnergy Solutions is forecasting 6 TWh of direct retail sales to mass market customers (excluding government aggregation volumes) in 2012.
February 29, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions Reports Increased Direct Retail Sales
Increased competitive retail sales directly to large and mass markets customers by FirstEnergy Solutions, net of the impact from changed pricing versus the year-ago, led to a $164 million improvement in commodity margin during the fourth quarter of 2011, FirstEnergy said in reporting earnings.
February 24, 2012
Sperian Energy Begins Offering Residential Service in New Territory
Sperian Energy Corp. has begun offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison.