December 24, 2010
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates for large customers at Granite State Electric (National Grid) and Unitil Energy Systems for the three-month period beginning February 2011.
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December 15, 2010
A recommended decision in Niagara Mohawk's rate case needs to reconcile disparate treatment of true-ups for the Merchant Function Charge (MFC) paid by full service customers and the POR discount rate, New York PSC Staff said in a brief on exceptions (10-E-0050). Staff did not opine on its preference…
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December 14, 2010
HOP Energy, LLC, which operates several fuel oil distributors in eastern Pennsylvania, applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier and aggregator license to serve all customer classes.
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December 9, 2010
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) today announced that Liberty Energy Utilities Co., APUC's regulated utility subsidiary, has entered into agreements to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Granite State Electric Company and EnergyNorth Natural Gas Inc. from National Grid USA for…
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November 29, 2010
Clearview Electric Receives Delaware Electric License The Delaware PSC granted Clearview Electric, Inc. an electric supplier license. The Commission's order granting the license states that, "Staff reports that Clearview was able to resolve concerns regarding the provision of electric supply service…
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November 23, 2010
Finding that National Grid's proposed method of cost recovery is not prohibited by statute, the Massachusetts DPU approved National Grid's power purchase agreement with Cape Wind, including its petition to recover above-market costs from all distribution customers through a nonbypassable charge…
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November 18, 2010
Two New York ALJs have recommended that the New York PSC deny Niagara Mohawk's proposal to use a true-up mechanism for commodity-related uncollectibles and to true up the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to reflect the actual uncollectible experience, in a recommended decision in NiMo's…
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November 16, 2010
The joint New York utilities have recommended changes to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) beyond the currently pending changes addressing door-to-door sales (98-M-1343, 11/15 ), "because the purpose of the amendments are to protect consumers and to help them to make informed decisions about…
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October 20, 2010
Niagara Mohawk has proposed that it not implement its plan to provide customers with remote access to their account numbers at this time due to the lack of agreement among ESCOs to fund implementation (98-M-1343).
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October 15, 2010
The National Energy Marketers Association has released a final agenda for its upcoming fall leadership roundtable in Harrisburg, Pa. on October 19. The roundtable will focus on the Pennsylvania retail electric and gas markets, including a review of Purchase of Receivables, the unbundling/SEARCH…
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October 11, 2010
New York PSC Staff have opposed Niagara Mohawk's request to include a true-up of the uncollectible rate included in the electric Merchant Function Charge, which would also be used in setting the Purchase of Receivables discount rate (Case 10-E-0050).
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October 7, 2010
The Retail Energy Supply Association has urged the Massachusetts DPU to reject the electric distribution companies' proposed calculation of the Past Period Reconciliation Percentage to be contained in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate, with RESA arguing that the reconciliation component…
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September 28, 2010
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation informed FERC of several considerations in favor of action on a petition relating to NYSEG and Niagara Mohawk metering errors which prompted a partial settlement which has been sitting at the Commission for about a year, in Docket EL09-26. NYSEG stopped…
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