June 23, 2020
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies), New York State Department of Public Service Staff, Multiple Intervenors, and certain ratepayer and green groups have filed a joint proposal in the Companies' electric…
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June 22, 2020
New York Department of Public Service Staff recently informed David Energy Supply, LLC that all requirements for its initial state of its eligibility determination as an ESCO have been satisfied.
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June 22, 2020
SmartestEnergy applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve commercial customers with annual usage >15,000 kWh in the Commonwealth Edison territory
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June 18, 2020
New Adder On LSE Purchases From NYSERDA Proposed As NYSERDA Funding Mechanisms; May Tilt Market For LSEs With Ability To Self-Supply
The New York State Department of Public Service (DPS) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) filed a White Paper proposing mechanisms to meet the state's goal of meeting 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and achieving a carbon free power sector by 2040
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June 18, 2020
New York Department of Public Service Staff recently informed Mayflower Power & Gas LLC that all requirements for its initial state of its eligibility determination as an ESCO have been satisfied.
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June 18, 2020
Energy Service Providers, Inc. d/b/a New York Gas & Electric; U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc. d/b/a New York Gas & Electric; Everyday Energy, LLC d/b/a Energy Rewards; Public Power, LLC; Viridian Energy NY, LLC d/b/a Viridian Energy; Viridian Energy PA, LLC d/b/a Viridian Energy; and Ambit New York, LLC d…
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June 16, 2020
Citing, in part, Consolidated Edison's recent action to defer certain electricity default service capacity supply costs for future recovery, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) petitioned the New York PSC for a further extension and reconsideration of the Commission’s December 12, 2019…
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June 16, 2020
Retail Supplier Details Marketing, Compliance Changes
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed comments recommending that PUCO approve the renewal of Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC's (Verde) electricity and gas supplier licenses in Ohio.
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June 15, 2020
In comments on a petition from UtiliSave, L.L.C. ('UtiliSave'), which is seeking a New York PSC declaratory ruling that ESCOs may not pass-through ZEC costs to customers on fixed rate contracts unless certain conditions were met, the NRG retail suppliers alleged that, "UtiliSave has misrepresented…
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June 12, 2020
The New York PSC issued an order to Northeastern Energy Corporation ("Northeastern") directing Northeastern to show cause why its eligibility to act as an ESCO in New York State should not be revoked, or, alternatively, why other consequences should not be imposed, as a result of a Notice of…
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June 12, 2020
In a declaratory ruling, the New York PSC found, among other things, that the provision (sale) of electricity generated on-site by Greenidge Generation LLC to third-party commercial tenants for data processing at Greenidge's data center site would not be subject to regulation by the Commission
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June 12, 2020
PSC Finds That ICAP Peak Hour Change Not A Permissible Trigger For Change In Law Clause Relied On By ESCO In Changing Fixed Rate
The New York PSC ordered Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy to re-rate fixed price customers who experienced an increased rate when Marathon changed rates as a result of a change in the peak hour used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, as the PSC found that such a rate change did not qualify…
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June 11, 2020
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission), in response to the impact of the COVID pandemic on New York’s utilities and ratepayers, established a new proceeding to identify and address the effects of the pandemic on utility and other Commission-regulated services and programs in New…
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June 8, 2020
Direct Energy Says Approval Of Competitors' Plans Without Public Disclosure May Contravene Constitutional Prohibition On Grant Of "Exclusive Privilege"
In May 29 comments to the New York PSC, Direct Energy Services, LLC and Gateway Energy Services Corporation urged the Commission to act expeditiously on Direct Energy’s publicly disclosed green gas proposals, "while leaving to another day the complex issue of how to obtain meaningful public comments…
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June 4, 2020
Sprague Resources LP ('Sprague') announced today that Sprague Resources Holdings LLC ('Holdings') has withdrawn its previously announced non-binding proposal, dated March 25, 2020, to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Sprague that Holdings and certain of its affiliates do not already…
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June 3, 2020
Marathon Energy ("Marathon") and National Fuel Resources, Inc. ("NFR") jointly announced that they have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement whereby Marathon will acquire NFR’s commercial and industrial gas contracts in NY and PA, along with select other assets.
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June 2, 2020
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Resource: City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy - DECKER_DPG1
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May 29, 2020
Staff Says An Additional (Higher) Financial Requirement For Door-to-Door Marketing Is, "Appropriate" Staff Recommends Forms of Acceptable Financial Instruments
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have issued a whitepaper with recommendations concerning new ESCO financial assurance requirements
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May 28, 2020
Con Edison noted in a filing with the New York PSC that it has deferred, for New York City residential customers, "a significant portion of higher generation capacity supply costs expected this year."
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May 27, 2020
Several ESCOs applied at the New York PSC for a waiver and/or declaratory ruling to permit the companies to offer certain green gas products as Energy-Related Value Added products to mass-market natural gas customers
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May 26, 2020
Consultant Says Sales Agreement Clauses Cannot Contradict Customer Disclosure Statement's "Plain Language", Per UBP
UtiliSave, L.L.C. ('UtiliSave') submitted a petition for a declaratory ruling to the New York PSC seeking affirmation the ESCOs may not pass-through ZEC costs to customers on fixed rate contracts unless, among other things, the customer disclosure statement indicated the potential of an exercise of…
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May 26, 2020
Also Seek Approval To Offer Pending Green Gas Programs Proposed By Direct Energy
Green Mountain Energy Company ('Green Mountain'), Reliant Energy Northeast LLC d/b/a NRG Home and d/b/a NRG Business Solutions, Energy Plus Holdings LLC, Energy Plus Natural Gas LLC, Independence Energy Group LLC d/b/a Cirro Energy, XOOM Energy New York, LLC, and Stream Energy New York, LLC…
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May 22, 2020
Several additional ESCOs have petitioned the New York PSC for waivers, or in the alternative declaratory orders, allowing such ESCOs to offer green gas natural gas products notwithstanding the product prohibitions contained in the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order
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May 21, 2020
In a news release discussing steps it has taken to prepare for the upcoming summer, Con Edison stated that it has taken steps to defer certain electric supply costs during the coronavirus crisis
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May 20, 2020
Report Says Existing ICAP Buyer-Side Mitigation Rules To Cost Nearly $1 Billion Per Year, Double Under Expansion
Reports from The Brattle Group addressing quantitative and qualitative analyses of resource adequacy, structures prepared for the New York Department of Public Service and NYSERDA, include a novel Co‐optimized Capacity & Clean Energy Procurement mechanism for LSEs such as ESCOs to meet various…
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