December 18, 2018
In a report on the yearly reconciliation of default service gas supply costs, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service reported that, without interim adjustments to the supply rates during the year, the state's natural gas utilities would have collectively under-collected by approximately…
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December 14, 2018
Directs Competitive Procurement Of 250 MW Of Storage Resources
The New York PSC issued an order directing the utilities to competitively procure 350 MW of storage resources (discussed below).
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December 11, 2018
CleanChoice Energy has launched CleanChoice Energy Community Solar in Massachusetts with 3.489 MW of proposed community solar capacity.
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December 11, 2018
East Coast Power & Gas, LLC ('East Coast') filed with the New York PSC a complaint and formal dispute resolution request for expedited resolution against, "KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid, ('KEDNY')" [sic], concerning its annual reconciliation charges of over four hundred thousand…
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November 16, 2018
Starion Energy, Inc. and several affiliates have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
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November 16, 2018
The New York PSC has issued an order directing several utilities to include default service costs when calculating a price guarantee provided to customers on new electric vehicle charging rates
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November 9, 2018
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 Power…
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October 23, 2018
The New York PSC has approved tariff revisions at Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company), effective on November 1, 2018, to amend its capacity release program for energy services companies (ESCOs) to address capacity constraints on the East side of National Grid’s system.
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October 17, 2018
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company (KeySpan New York, or KEDNY) said that, concerning its gas cost reconciliation, it under-collected approximately $18 million of gas purchase costs for the twelve months ended August 31, 2018. This under collection results from the netting of: 1) $21.2 million gas…
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October 17, 2018
The Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) has filed a lawsuit in state court against Starion Energy, Inc., alleging various "unfair or deceptive act" were committed in the selling of electricity
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September 19, 2018
Commercial Rate To Increase 30%
National Grid electricity default service rates in Massachusetts for mass market customers are due to rise 26-30% starting November 1, according to basic service rates filed with the Massachusetts DPU
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September 19, 2018
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) has filed with the New York PSC proposed changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers
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August 28, 2018
Texas Retail Energy (TRE), a subsidiary of Walmart Inc. and a registered ESCO which self-supplies Walmart, requested that the New York PSC grant it an exception to the new Data Security Agreement (DSA) being required by the utilities, noting that, with service limited to self-supply, the data…
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August 3, 2018
CleanChoice Energy has begun offering residential and business customers in New York and Illinois retail electricity supply plans with 100% in-state wind.
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August 2, 2018
The Massachusetts investor-owned electric distribution companies have collectively sought approval at the DPU for PPAs totaling 800 MW with Vineyard Wind LLC for offshore wind energy
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July 17, 2018
The New York PSC has, for the utilities, lifted a cap on banking RECs for compliance with the clear energy standard (CES) only for any RECs the utilities are required to purchase under the compensation mechanism the PSC adopted for utility purchases from distributed energy resources
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June 21, 2018
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for industrial customers for the period August 1, 2018 through October 31, 2018.
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June 7, 2018
United Metro Energy Services Corp. filed at the New York PSC to extend its eligibility as an ESCO to include the marketing and sale of electricity in the Consolidated Edison New York City and Westchester service areas and at National Grid in all zones, for residential and non-residential customers
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May 14, 2018
Says Benefits Unlocked Mostly Through Dynamic Pricing, But With Load Migrating To Competitive Supply, Can't Guarantee Pricing Structure Or That Benefits Will Be Realized
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May 9, 2018
RESA: Residential Customers Could Have Saved $93 Million In First 4 Months Of 2018 By Shopping For Retail Supplier RESA Cites Inappropriate Comparisons In AG's "Incomplete" Report
During a legislative hearing concerning the Massachusetts Attorney General's call to shut down residential electric choice in the state, Direct Energy told lawmakers that its residential customers on fixed price products in the state have saved over $500,000 over the past fours years.
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April 27, 2018
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at National Grid, to be effective May 1, 2018.
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March 22, 2018
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for residential and commercial customers for the six-month period beginning May 1, 2018, and for industrial customers, for the three-month period beginning May 1, 2018
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March 20, 2018
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2018.
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March 16, 2018
The New York PSC has adopted a joint proposal in Niagara Mohawk's electric and natural gas rate cases which addresses a variety of ESCO and supply-related matters.
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March 15, 2018
Rejects Rehearing Of Order Denying Two Other ESCOs From Serving Low-Income Customers
This story was first published on March 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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