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December 2, 2010
FirstEnergy Corp., Allegheny Energy, and several intervenors have filed a non-unanimous stipulation in Maryland that would provide for the approval of the merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny with several conditions (Case 9133).
December 1, 2010
Illinois House Passes Tenaska Sourcing Agreement Bill The Illinois House passed SB2485, the Tenaska Taylorville Energy Center sourcing agreement bill, by a vote of 63-50 late Tuesday. The approval came after an earlier vote failed by two votes, with some representatives saying their affirmative vote…
November 24, 2010
Opt-out municipal aggregation programs, regardless of whether they are run by home rule municipalities, "operate in contravention to 66 Pa. C.S. § 2807(d)(1) and 52 Pa. Code § 57.173, thereby making them impermissible," the Pennsylvania PUC Office of Trial Staff said in supporting petitions for a…
November 11, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a Secretarial Letter on November 10 directing electric distribution companies and electric generation suppliers to not switch any customers pursuant to an opt-out municipal aggregation plan until the Commission resolves legal issues surrounding such aggregations.
November 10, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions Not Signing Opt-Out Aggregation Agreements Until PUC Matter Resolved FirstEnergy Solutions confirmed this morning that it is not signing any opt-out municipal aggregation contracts with Pennsylvania home rule municipalities until the PUC resolves the legal questions of such…
November 4, 2010
Dominion Retail has filed a petition for a declaratory order from the Pennsylvania PUC finding that implementation of opt-out municipal aggregation programs, for home rule municipalities or otherwise, is illegal in the absence of an act of the General Assembly authorizing such activity…
November 1, 2010
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed a petition at the Pennsylvania PUC for a declaratory order regarding the ability of home rule municipalities to conduct opt-out aggregations under the current legislative regime (P-2010-2207062).
October 29, 2010
Starion Energy Seeks Maryland Electric License
October 27, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions supplied nearly 81% of retail sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories in Ohio during the third quarter, parent FirstEnergy Corp. announced in reporting third quarter earnings.
October 22, 2010
FERC approved Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Kentucky's plan to exit the Midwest ISO and join PJM and conditionally accepted the Duke companies' proposed Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) Integration Plan (ER10-2254 et. al.).
October 20, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC's law bureau is "looking at" the issue of home rule municipalities conducting opt-out municipal aggregations under their home rule charters.
October 13, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions has signed a contract to supply electricity to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field for a five-year term beginning April 2011, and is offering residential electric supply under what it labeled as "Steelers Offers" to customers in three western Pennsylvania territories.
October 11, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions has launched a marketing effort in Michigan to sign customers and place customers into the current queue to switch to retail access.
October 8, 2010
The City of Meadville, Pennsylvania, has approved a municipal opt-out electric aggregation program proposed by FirstEnergy Solutions, according to the Meadville Tribune .
October 5, 2010
The FirstEnergy Corp.-Allegheny Energy merger, "will reduce retail competition, not enhance it, and may lead to higher competitive prices for electricity, directly harming PEC [Potomac Edison] ratepayers," Maryland PSC Staff said in testimony in the FirstEnergy-Allegheny merger proceeding (Case 9233…
October 4, 2010
Some 84% of Pennsylvania electric customers support, "allowing a company other than the utility company," to provide default electricity supply if all of the current consumer protections remain in place, according to a poll by Zogby International commissioned by Direct Energy Services and included…
September 29, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions is offering electric service to small commercial customers in the Columbus Southern Power territory under offers marketed by Volunteer Energy Services.
