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December 22, 2010
ICC Opens Rulemaking on ABC Licensing, Rules The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened Docket 10-0733 to address in a rulemaking amendments to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 454, relating to electric agent, broker, and consultant licensing. No documents are yet associated with the docket. However, legislation…
December 17, 2010
FERC Approves FirstEnergy-Allegheny Merger In an unsurprising decision given its merger review history, FERC approved the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy without any conditions relating to mitigation of market power. In doing so, FERC rejected protests from the Pennsylvania Office…
December 16, 2010
As first reported in our live blog yesterday, the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved tariffs to institute utility consolidated billing and Purchase of Receivables at Commonwealth Edison.
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.
December 15, 2010
Constellation NewEnergy has submitted an amendment to its Pennsylvania electric generation supplier license to expand the customer classes it may serve to include residential customers and commercial customers under 25 kW in all service areas.
December 14, 2010
ICC to Consider ComEd POR Case Wednesday The Illinois Commerce Commission will further consider Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff filing (Docket 10-0138) at its December 15 Bench Session. EnergyChoiceMatters.com will provide live blogging of the meeting . The filed tariff's…
December 14, 2010
United Illuminating is seeking to move the recovery of the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component (10-08-01).
December 9, 2010
AEP Retail Energy Partners Serving 200 MW of Load AEP Retail Energy Partners LLC said that it provides electricity and energy-related services to more than 1,000 retail customers in Ohio, representing approximately 200 MW of load, in describing its standing in a motion to intervene in Duke Energy…
December 9, 2010
The Midwest ISO has filed with FERC the general "foundation" which MISO expects will govern further revisions to its resource adequacy mechanism, which may potentially include a five-year forward obligation for load serving entities to purchase capacity, and a mandatory capacity auction.
December 8, 2010
AGL Resources has entered into an agreement to purchase Nicor Inc. for $2.4 billion, in a transaction that would create a combined firm with over 1 million unregulated retail customers.
December 7, 2010
Public Power, Energy Plus Holdings LLC Post Residential PECO Rates Public Power LLC has started offering residential electric service at PECO, with a fixed rate of 9.799¢/kWh for 12 months. The product includes an early termination fee of $75. Additionally, Public Power customers receive $500…
December 7, 2010
Planet Energy Seeks Maryland Electric License Planet Energy (Maryland) Corp., an affiliate of Canadian supplier Planet Energy, filed an application for a Maryland electric supplier license ( 11/24 ). A copy of the application was not immediately available.
December 6, 2010
Texas retained its top spot in the Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) for residential markets reported by Distributed Energy Financial Group, but the addition of several new criteria jumbled the rankings after the top three.
December 6, 2010
Viridian Energy PA LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas.
December 3, 2010
Nelson Suggests Price Comparison Tool for Texas Power to Choose Commissioner Donna Nelson has proposed that the PUCT's Power to Choose website offer a savings and comparison calculator so that customers may compare savings under different product offers as well as their current rate. Nelson said…
December 3, 2010
The Michigan PSC has directed the electric distribution utilities to file specific tariffs governing the participation of retail customers in RTO markets, but delayed the filing of such tariffs until further orders from FERC regarding participation of aggregators of retail customers (ARCs), which…
December 3, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Acting Chairman Manuel Flores pressed intervenors yesterday during oral arguments regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff regarding what form of cost recovery would lead to more robust residential choice.
December 2, 2010
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ which would find that the Illinois Power Agency is compelled to purchase physical renewable energy under the Illinois Power Agency Act contravenes definitions in the statute itself as well as Illinois Commerce Commission precedent, ICC Staff, Commonwealth Edison…
December 2, 2010
RetailOPCO of Texas, led by Australian Power Market Veterans, Receives Texas REP License The PUCT granted RetailOPCO of Texas, Inc. a REP certificate. As only noted in Matters, RetailOPCO is a start-up led by several veterans of the Australian power market ( see 8/26 ). Thomas Alexander Gilpin…
December 1, 2010
Illinois House Passes Tenaska Sourcing Agreement Bill The Illinois House passed SB2485, the Tenaska Taylorville Energy Center sourcing agreement bill, by a vote of 63-50 late Tuesday. The approval came after an earlier vote failed by two votes, with some representatives saying their affirmative vote…
December 1, 2010
Md. PSC Fines Affinity Energy Management, Grants Broker License The Maryland PSC declined to adjust Staff's recommended penalty and fined Affinity Energy Management, LLC $22,500 for operating as a broker in the state without the requisite license. The PSC also granted Affinity Energy Management an…
December 1, 2010
Entergy Texas, Inc. filed an unopposed motion to sever issues related to Competitive Generation Service (CGS) from the remaining settled issues in Docket 37744, addressing Entergy's rates and reconciled fuel costs. Entergy said that parties active in the Competitive Generation Service discussions…
November 30, 2010
The Illinois House Electric Generation & Commerce Committee reported out with a favorable recommendation SB2485, the Tenaska Taylorville Energy Center sourcing agreement bill, by a vote of 7-4.
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…
November 24, 2010
Ontario to Extend Off-Peak Pricing Period A long-term energy plan from the Ontario provincial government will advance the start of the off-peak usage hours for Regulated Price Plan customers to 7 p.m., rather than the current 9 p.m. start time. The change is to take affect for the May 2011 Regulated…
