January 13, 2021
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('National Grid' or the 'Company') petitioned the New York Public Service Commission ('Commission') for approval to dispatch and wholesale market the output from a Company-owned energy storage system ('ESS') project located at National Grid’s East…
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January 12, 2021
CenStar Energy Corp. ('Censtar'); HIKO Energy, LLC; Major Energy Electric Services, LLC; Major Energy Services, LLC; Oasis Power, LLC d/b/a Oasis Energy; Spark Energy, LLC; Spark Energy Gas, LLC; and Verde Energy USA New York, LLC (together, the 'Spark Companies') requested from the New York PSC a…
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January 11, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as part of the 2021 State of the State, announced a proposal to prohibit utility disconnections, including for electric and gas utilities, in regions that are under a state of emergency.
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January 8, 2021
Family Energy, Inc. has requested a 60-day extension of several compliance deadlines from the latest New York PSC retail market reset order (the Sept. 18 order on rehearing, or "Order"), stating that Family's updated contracts and related compliance submissions remain pending with DPS Staff.
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January 7, 2021
National Fuel Resources, Inc. has filed at the New York PSC to withdraw its eligibility as an ESCO in New York.
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January 4, 2021
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has posted the pricing of Alternative Compliance Payments (ACP) for the 2021 compliance period.
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December 28, 2020
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. has filed with the New York PSC an updated Statement of Purchase of Receivables (POR) Discount Percentage for electricity
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December 22, 2020
Alleged Violations Include Failure To Cease Telemarketing During Declared State Of Emergency DPS Employees Allegedly Received Cold Calls From ESCO Agents
The New York PSC issued an order to show cause to SunSea Energy, LLC under which SunSea is ordered to show cause within 30 days, "why Department of Public Service Staff’s identification of apparent violations are incorrect and SunSea’s eligibility to provide retail energy services as an ESCO in New…
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December 22, 2020
Marathon Power, LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy (Marathon Energy) filed comments at the New York PSC in opposition to tariff amendments filed by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation which modified the Index pricing applied to retail suppliers' over- and under-deliveries, such that the average of the…
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December 22, 2020
David Energy Supply, LLC, whose services include retail energy supply, has filed with the New York PSC a Distributed Energy Resource Supplier (DERS) Registration Form
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December 16, 2020
174 Power Global and Con Edison today announced the signing of a seven-year dispatch rights agreement for the development of a 100-megawatt battery storage project: the East River Energy Storage System, in Astoria, Queens.
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December 16, 2020
Community Power Partners, LLC ("CPP"), a community solar aggregation company, today announced a joint venture with Genie Energy, Ltd. subsidiary CityCom Solar, LLC ("CityCom Solar"), a marketer of community generated solar energy directly to end users throughout New York State.
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December 15, 2020
Freight Farms, a provider of hydroponic vertical container farming, and Arcadia, which among other services provides a monthly subscription service that connects customers across the U.S. to clean energy, have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their…
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December 14, 2020
The District of Columbia PSC granted Nordic Energy Services electricity and natural gas supplier licenses to serve residential and commercial customers
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December 14, 2020
Vistra Corp. petitioned the New York PSC for a declaratory ruling from the Commission recognizing Vistra’s home warranty and maintenance product ("the Warranty Product") as a permissible energy-related value-added products and services ("ERVAS") under the PSC's Second Retail Market Reset Order, or…
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December 11, 2020
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, d/b/a National Grid NY (KEDNY), and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDLI), each filed with the New York PSC an errata to each LDC's December 31, 2019 twelve-month trailing average supply rates, which were originally filed on January 29, 2020 (for…
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December 10, 2020
V3 Commodities Group Holdings, LLC ("V3") today announced that it has closed a $15,000,000 wholesale commodity supply and credit facility with Robison Energy (Commercial), LLC and Robison Energy, LLC (collectively, "Robison"), each a retail energy provider serving natural gas and electricity markets…
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December 1, 2020
Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has acquired a three-project, 17 MW community solar portfolio from Source Renewables, a New York State developer focused on community solar assets.
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December 1, 2020
U.S. Energy Partners LLC (USEP) has entered into a transaction under which Catalyst Power REPCo LLC (Catalyst Power REPCo) will acquire 100 percent of the limited liability company interests in U.S. Energy Partners LLC from Robert Kreppel
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November 30, 2020
Central Hudson Gas & Electric has filed tariff revisions at the New York PSC to terminate the following temporary provisions originally adopted in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic:
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November 30, 2020
Likens Utility Control Over DI App Store To Big Tech, Risk Of Similar Abuses (Restricted Access, Crippling Features, Self-Preference)
Mission:data Coalition has filed testimony with the New York PSC urging the PSC to exercise oversight, "over a novel and under-recognized technology that Niagara Mohawk Power Company ('NMPC' or the 'Company') proposes to install in its smart meters: distributed intelligence ('DI')."
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November 30, 2020
A witness testifying on behalf of the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) said in testimony in a Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) rate case that the current use and treatment of Load Modifiers by NiMo creates an, "ongoing inequity in the commodity market in relation to ancillary services."
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November 30, 2020
Would Identify "Bad Actors" Improperly Using Resources Held For Core Customers, Staff Says
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have recommended in testimony in a Niagara Mohawk (NiMo, NMPC, or National Grid) rate case that NiMo, "be required to implement a process to verify that direct non-core customers or the ESCO’s or marketers serving non-core customers have firm…
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November 24, 2020
Pike County Light & Power Company, Electric Division has filed a proposed default service plan (DSP) at the Pennsylvania PUC to cover the period June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024.
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November 23, 2020
Ohio Senate Bill 363, introduced by Sen. Frank Hoagland, would terminate the authority of municipalities and political subdivisions to enroll electricity and natural gas customers into government aggregations on an opt-out basis
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