March 16, 2020
Commercial POR Discount Nearly Doubles
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2020.
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March 13, 2020
New York Utilities Suspend Disconnections PUCs Undertake Coronavirus Measures, Disconnection Moratoriums, New Utilities Added (Including States With Supplier Consolidated Billing) FERC Cancels Monthly Meeting
PUCs Undertake Coronavirus Measures, Disconnection Moratoriums, New Utilities Added (Including States With Supplier Consolidated Billing)
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March 6, 2020
Regulator Is Seeking Party Responsible, "To Avoid Having To Take Other Action, Which Could Impact All Suppliers" "Unacceptable" Calls Claim Customers Being Overcharged, Can Avoid State-Mandated Fees By Switching
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities recently issued a notice to all retail electric suppliers, directing the suppliers to obtain from their vendors attestations concerning their recent telemarketing activity, after the DPU learned of calls that are, "misleading and deceptive."
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March 5, 2020
Residential Natural Gas Migration Declines
The New York PSC posted year-end electricity and natural gas migration reports for the year 2019
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March 4, 2020
The City of Saratoga Springs and the Town of Niskayuna have joined the opt-out municipal aggregation run by the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA)
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January 23, 2020
Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) has created a new MEGA municipal aggregation group, National Grid F.
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January 23, 2020
Additional New York utilities have posted 12-month trailing average utility supply rates, which are to be used as a price cap for certain ESCO offers
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January 22, 2020
Utility Uses Weather-Normalized Rates
Update: NYSEG and RGE have also filed rates
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January 22, 2020
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid or "the Company") has filed at the New York PSC further revisions to its Clifton Park Demand Reduction REV Demonstration Project, with changes to a proposal to use a subscription model for part of the electric supply charges applicable to a subset of non-shopping…
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January 14, 2020
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY, KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid, and Niagara Mohawk…
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December 30, 2019
Starion Energy, Inc., certain of its principals, and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (AGO) have entered into a settlement agreement, based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which Starion would pay up to $10 million and undertake various changes to its marketing and pricing…
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December 19, 2019
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service electricity rates for the period February 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020 for the industrial customer group
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December 13, 2019
PSC Sets Discount Rate, Minimum Savings For Participation Rejects Utility Proposal To Engage In Customer Acquisition For CDG
The New York PSC ordered the electric utilities to allow community distributed generation (CDG) providers to bill for the projects on a utility consolidated bill
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November 21, 2019
Niagara Mohawk d/b/a National Grid filed with the New York PSC revisions to its annual reconciliation of purchased gas costs and gas cost recoveries, including an adjustment to the calculation of the Company’s System Performance Adjustment (SPA).
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November 14, 2019
Family Energy Inc. filed comments with the New York PSC in opposition to a request from the three National Grid utilities for a declaratory ruling that certain provisions on the utilities' respective codes of conduct restrictions do not apply to one or more of the utilities' plans to enter into an…
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November 11, 2019
Several Stakeholders Warn Against Long-Term Contracts
The joint New York utilities (Joint Utilities) have proposed at the New York PSC two capacity market redesign approaches that, "both address the NYPSC’s goals within the framework of the NYISO’s markets and may satisfy several key objectives and criteria for market design changes."
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October 25, 2019
Cuomo Threatens To Revoke Franchise Of National Grid, Alleging "Corporate Abuse"
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo "demand[ed]" in a letter to the New York PSC Chair that the PSC explain its oversight of National Grid's actions with respect to a natural gas customer connection moratorium, due to inadequate supplies, and asked that the PSC also explain, "potential grounds for revocation…
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October 24, 2019
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY ('KEDNY'), KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('KEDLI'), and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('Niagara Mohawk') (collectively 'National Grid' or the 'Companies') petitioned the New York PSC for a declaratory…
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October 23, 2019
Pilot Would Include Bill Guarantee For Customers
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid or "the Company") has filed at the New York PSC for changes to its Clifton Park Demand Reduction REV Demonstration Project, including a proposal to use a subscription model for part of the electric supply charges applicable to a subset of non-shopping customers who…
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October 16, 2019
Numerous LDCs File For Reconciliation Refunds of 1-2¢/therm Two Utilities To Add Reconciliation Surcharge Of About 1¢/Ccf To Default Service Rate
The New York natural gas utilities have filed their annual reconciliations of their default service gas supply costs for the twelve-month period ended August 31, 2019.
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October 1, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU, in an order on a National Grid electricity rate case, rejected Nation Grid's proposal to move certain customer-facing smart grid costs from basic service (default service) rates to base distribution rates
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September 25, 2019
Family Energy, Inc. submitted comments to the New York PSC to raise "several concerns" with the Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”) product offerings that have been proposed by the KeySpan LDCs (KEDNY and KEDLI aka National Grid) in the LDCs' current rate cases
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September 18, 2019
Utility Cites Desire To Bolster Position As "Trusted Energy Advisor" To Customers New Chief Customer Officer To Address Customer Solutions, Customer Growth, & Innovation
National Grid has named Gregory Knight as its Chief Customer Officer
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September 18, 2019
Default Service Winning Suppliers Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service rates for the period November 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020 for the residential and commercial customer groups and the period November 1, 2019 through January 31, 2020 for the industrial customer group
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September 3, 2019
Staff Provides Recommendation On Merchant Function Charge September 3 , 2019
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have filed testimony in support of the proposal from KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (collectively, National Grid) for a "Green Gas" tariff offering that will allow customers to voluntarily purchase renewable natural gas [RNG] to meet all…
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