December 10, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission adopted as final new rules governing retail electric customer protections, including rules addressing the marketing and contracting of electricity supply.
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October 5, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a post-prohibition order in its retail electric customer protection rulemaking, and will send the revised proposed rule back to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for consideration.
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August 24, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a "Post Prohibition Proposed Order" concerning proposed customer protection rules for the competitive retail electric market, under which the ICC is seeking briefs on its prior second notice order in the case.
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July 13, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission has adopted as final new rules for internet enrollments for retail electric service.
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June 18, 2012
The Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules has prohibited the filling and adoption of electric consumer protection rules applicable to competitive retail electric suppliers, which had been proposed by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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June 7, 2012
A preliminary memo from Illinois Commerce Commission Staff has recommended that the Commission direct Staff to prepare a Staff Report and a draft Initiating Order for a rulemaking concerning several issues related to governmental electric aggregations, with such rulemaking opened no later than…
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November 23, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the start of a second notice period for proposed electric customer protection rules, which, among other things, would newly prevent retail suppliers from using the name of an Illinois natural gas utility (09-0592).
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September 27, 2011
The marketing, disclosure, and related consumer protection rules to be established by the Illinois Commerce Commission for small volume electric customers should be extended to customers included in municipal aggregations, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments on a new First Notice…
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July 8, 2011
Early termination fees for electric service would be limited to $50, and shall be waived for cancellations within 10 days of the first bill, under a new First Notice Order concerning electric customer protections in Illinois (Docket 09-0592).
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March 7, 2011
An Illinois ALJ would direct Ameren to revise its electric tariff with respect to the rescission period to apply a three day rescission period for internet enrollments of mass market customers, rather than the 10-day period provided for in the tariff, under a proposed order issued Friday (Docket…
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March 3, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has granted Staff's requested relief to toll the exceptions deadline regarding a proposed First Notice Order to restart to the electric marketing and consumer protection rulemaking under Part 412 (Docket 09-0592).
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February 23, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have asked the Commission to suspend an exceptions deadline contemplated by a proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection rules, so that parties may have the benefit of actual rule language when drafting exceptions (Docket 09-0592).
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February 21, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint for expedited declaratory relief at the Illinois Commerce Commission, seeking a declaration that Commonwealth Edison's recently filed Purchase of Receivables tariff, "does not conflict with, and is not intended to, override an existing administrative…
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February 21, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed First Notice Order concerning electric supplier consumer protection and marketing standards, which would, among other things, eliminate the earlier proposal granting customers the ability to cancel a contract, without incurring a termination fee, up to 10…
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December 15, 2010
BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to rule on several pending motions in its complaint against Ameren concerning the rescission period.
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October 27, 2010
Ambit Launches Product Aimed at Small Commercial Customers in ERCOT
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October 21, 2010
An interim order which would withdraw proposed electric consumer protection rules in Illinois is set for consideration by the Illinois Commerce Commission on October 26 (Docket 09-0592), prompted by the upcoming one-year deadline since the rules were first noticed, and continuing work by an ALJ to…
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October 11, 2010
An Illinois ALJ has recommended that Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables discount rate be established solely as a fixed percentage discount off of a supplier's receivables, with no flat per-bill charge as proposed by ComEd (Docket 10-0138).
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