November 18, 2011
FERC denied rehearing on all but several minor points regarding its prior decision to inflate capacity prices in PJM by $3 billion by accepting a revised Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), which, among other things, removed the exemption from the MOPR for capacity sellers who were not net short on…
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June 30, 2011
Nstar Files Adder for All Basic Service Rates due to Green Under-recovery
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June 14, 2011
Ambit Energy said yesterday, in formally announcing the New York expansion first reported by Matters (6/13) that it, "enrolls nearly 13 percent of all New York households switching to an electricity service company (ESCO) in the markets where it operates." Using the most recent New York PSC electric…
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May 13, 2011
The Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) alternative to the PJM Reliability Pricing Model capacity auctions is "effectively unavailable" to any state with retail choice, the Maryland PSC said in a rehearing request at FERC, which begs the question, if Maryland and New Jersey are unable to overturn…
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April 13, 2011
FERC yesterday rushed to adopt tariff changes regarding the PJM Reliability Pricing Model administrative capacity mechanism which are solely designed to raise the capacity prices paid by end use customers by up to $3 billion, in accepting revisions related to the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR).
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March 7, 2011
PJM's Reliability Pricing Model, "may provide near-term value to system reliability, [but] these short term solutions will not provide for long-term SOS needs," Maryland PSC Chairman Douglas Nazarian said in testimony protesting proposed changes from PJM and the PJM Power Providers Group regarding…
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February 16, 2011
Md. PSC Sets Hearing on Price to Compare Calculation The Maryland PSC has scheduled a hearing for March 29 on the Office of People's Counsel petition for modifications to the utility SOS Price to Compare calculation process (Case 9228). OPC's petition was exclusively reported by Matters ( 2/11 ). In…
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February 8, 2011
North American Power to Expand Non-Profit Affinity Programs North American Power reported yesterday information related to its ".Org" affinity program for non-profits, in announcing its intent to grow the program. Non-profits participating in the affinity program enroll customers with North American…
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