March 27, 2017
Parent Re-branding One Of Its Retail Suppliers
Effective April 1st, Just Energy is re-branding its Commerce Energy subsidiary as Just Energy
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March 23, 2017
New York Utilities: Muni Aggregator's Definition of Eligible Customer Is "Over-Inclusive"
Muni Aggregator's Plan, "Flips Opt-Out Process On Its Head," Utilities Say
The municipal aggregation implementation plan submitted to the New York PSC by Good Energy, L.P. is "over-inclusive" in defining eligible customers, and, for new customers moving into the municipality, "flips the opt-out process on its head," the joint New York utilities said in comments to the PSC
March 22, 2017
Direct Energy Says NY ALJs' Ruling Would Expose ESCOs' Pricing, Other Confidential Info to Freedom of Information Law Disclosure
Stating that a ruling, as clarified by an email last week, by two New York Administrative Law Judges, concerning confidential protection for ESCOs' data responses made during the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the mass market, would, "expose competitively sensitive pricing information and…
March 21, 2017
Large Commodities Trader Seeks New York ESCO License
Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC has submitted an application to the New York PSC for eligibility as an electricity ESCO
March 21, 2017
NY PSC Overturns Informal Finding, Affirms Sales Contract Must Be In Same Language As Marketing Pitch; Orders ESCO To Issue Refund
Overturning the informal finding of a hearing examiner in a complaint case, the New York PSC has ordered SJ Energy Partners to issue a refund to a customer after concluding that the execution of a contract, which was not in the same language as the language used to market to the customer, violated…
March 14, 2017
N.Y. PSC Suspends ESCO's Ability To Enroll Residential, Non-Residential Customers
The New York PSC has suspended Atlantic Power & Gas, LLC's ability to market to and enroll residential and non-residential customers until the Commission orders otherwise.
March 14, 2017
New York PSC Permits Two ESCOs To Maintain Eligibility, Enroll Customers Conditioned On Cessation Of Use Of Specific Sales Agent
In separate orders, the New York PSC ruled that Marathon Energy and ABC Energy, LLC shall continue to be eligible to operate as ESCOs and continue marketing to and enrolling residential and non-residential customers subject to certain commitments made by the ESCOs in responses to show cause orders…
March 13, 2017
Owner Of Texas Electricity Ratings Site Expands To New York With NY Retail Supplier Ranking, Customer Review Site
Electricity Ratings, LLC has launched NYEnergyRatings.com , which provides retail energy supplier prices, rankings, and customer ratings
March 10, 2017
New York PSC Orders Each Electric Utility To Deploy Two Storage Projects By End of 2018
The New York PSC has ordered that each investor-owned electric utility shall each deploy two energy storage projects by the end of 2018
March 10, 2017
New York PSC Adopts Compensation Mechanism To Value Distributed Generation
The New York PSC has adopted an order establishing a mechanism for the value at which distributed energy resources (DERs) are to be compensated.
March 10, 2017
New York PSC To Further Weigh Oversight Of Distributed Generation Providers, Consider Before New DG Compensation Implemented
As part of an order valuing the output from distributed generation, the New York PSC established a process to further weigh the oversight of distributed generation providers, with the Commission setting a schedule that will allow the PSC to consider the issue of distributed energy resource (DER)…
March 9, 2017
New York Proposes To Enshrine Municipal Aggregation's Ability To Enroll Customers On Opt-Out Basis In UBPs
As part of several revisions to the Uniform Business Practices (see related story today) , the New York PSC is proposing to exempt municipal aggregations from provisions related to customer authorization and slamming
March 9, 2017
Updated: NY PSC Proposes That All ESCO Mass Market Sales Be Subject To TPV (Internet, Mailer, Etc.)
ESCOs Would Be Prohibited From Acting As Customer Agent For Enrollment, Switch Purposes
March 8, 2017
Breaking: NY PSC Proposes That All ESCO Mass Market Sales Be Verified Through Voice Verification
Would Require ESCOs To Direct Customers To Compare Rate To Utility's Rate On Bill
The New York PSC has issued a proposed set of revisions to the Uniform Business Practices
March 8, 2017
N.Y. Gov. Designates Interim Chair of N.Y. PSC
The New York State Department of Public Service announced today that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has designated Gregg C. Sayre as the interim chair of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and interim chief executive officer of the Department of Public Service.
March 7, 2017
Identity of Retail Supplier Acquired By National Gas & Electric Disclosed
Perigee Energy, LLC informed regulators that on February 3, 2017, National Gas & Electric, LLC acquired 100% of the membership interests of Perigee, thereby implementing a change of control of the ownership of the company.
March 6, 2017
N.Y. ALJs Issue Guidance Addressing Concern Protected Information Submitted in Retail Mass Market Evidentiary Review Will Be Subject To Freedom Of Information Law
The presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass markets have issued further guidance addressing certain parties concerns that previously outlined procedures concerning protected information submitted as part of discovery are not entitled to confidential…
March 1, 2017
ESCO Alleges N.Y. PSC Show Cause Order, "Contains Numerous Factual Errors", Borrows Erroneous "Investigative" Language Describing A Separate ESCO
In response to a show cause order issued by the New York PSC, in which the PSC alleged various violations of the Uniform Business Practices, including alleged slamming, Spark Energy, LLC and Spark Energy Gas, LLC alleged that the PSC's show cause order, "contains numerous factual errors and…
February 25, 2017
N.Y. ALJ Issues Further Guidance On Retail Market Review Discovery Responses
In response to more questions, a New York ALJ has issued further guidance and FAQs concerning ESCOs' responses to discovery requests, now that a protective order has been issued in the New York PSC's retail mass market evidentiary review
February 23, 2017
New York Directs Utilities To Charge Customers Single, Constant Bypassable Rate For Clean Energy Standard Compliance To Minimize "Volatility"
In authorizing the state's electric utilities to recover costs associated with the various clean energy standards now imposed on LSEs, the New York PSC ruled that a single, constant charge shall be applied at each utility throughout the year, to minimize volatility.
February 23, 2017
NY PSC Won't Alter ESCOs' 2017 Clean Energy Procurement Obligations
While issues concerning the allocation of clean energy procurement obligations are pending before the New York PSC in a separate proceeding, the PSC said in adopting a clean energy standard implementation plan that any decision in such separate proceeding, "will not alter the requirements for the…
February 20, 2017
New York ALJs Adopt Protective Order In Retail Market Evidentiary Review Proceeding
The presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass market have adopted a protective order.
February 17, 2017
N.Y. ALJ Issues Further Guidance To ESCOs, Who Aren't Parties To Retail Market Review Case, Concerning PSC Staff Data Requests, Notes Staff's Subpoena Power
A New York ALJ presiding over the PSC's evidentiary review of the retail energy mass market has issued further guidance to ESCOs who are not parties to the evidentiary proceeding, to further provide understanding to non-parties concerning data requests which have been issued to them by New York PSC…
February 16, 2017
Update: Parent In "Process" Of Monetizing (Selling) Retail Supplier
In releasing earnings today, TransCanada Corporation said of its previously reported decision to sell its Northeast power marketing business, "We are also in the process of monetizing the U.S. Northeast power marketing business."
February 16, 2017
Large, Utility-Affiliated Retail Supplier Registers as New York ESCO
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC has filed an Energy Service Company (ESCO) retail access application, for electricity, with the New York PSC