March 15, 2016
Supreme Energy, Inc. proposed that the New York PSC could set up a "rating system" for ESCOs, similar to the points used on driver's licenses, in which ESCOs with records of good behavior could apply such record in an instance of a Uniform Business Practice violation.
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March 14, 2016
Direct Energy has proposed that New York ESCOs be subject to a financial assurance requirement of up to $3 million.
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March 11, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a final order approving without modification an application from Pike County Light & Power to continue to rely on New York ISO spot market purchases for all default service load for the period June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2018
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March 11, 2016
At a regularly scheduled meeting with utility consumer service representatives yesterday, PSC Staff reminded utilities, consistent with current protocols, to direct consumer complaints about deceptive marketing to the PSC, including any such complaints concerning ESCOs
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March 11, 2016
Pennsylvania PUC Chair Gladys Brown yesterday "encourage[d]" the state's electric distribution companies to provide empirical data for any future default service plan which deviates from the statutory "prudent mix" standard.
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March 10, 2016
RetailEnergyX.com reported yesterday that Sustainable Westchester has selected ConEdison Solutions to supply an initial portion of its opt-out municipal electric aggregation, and aggregation rates have now been revealed.
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March 10, 2016
Alleging that ESCOs may jack up rates under the assumption this is the "final opportunity" to make money in New York, the New York PSC has asked a court to require ESCOs petitioning for review of the PSC's full stop retail markets order to provide an undertaking in the amount of $100 million to…
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March 9, 2016
Genie Retail Energy continued net customer growth during the fourth quarter of 2015, though at a slower pace than the third quarter of 2015
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March 8, 2016
Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC announced the winners of its REP of the Year Award and Most Innovative Marketer of the Year Award, presented at the recent Houston Energy Marketing Conference
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March 7, 2016
New York State Senator John DeFrancisco, Deputy Majority Leader, called the New York PSC's February 23 "full stop" retail market order, "anti-competitive" in a March 3 letter which had sought at least a 60-day postponement of the order's effective date
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March 7, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com Friday morning , a New York Supreme Court judge for the County of Albany issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New York PSC from enforcing Ordering Clauses #1-3 of its Feb. 23 "full stop" retail markets order
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March 4, 2016
NEM, ESCOs Seek Restraining Order Against New York PSC in Court, Injunction Against Enforcement Of "Full Stop" Retail Markets Order
Update #3, 4:58 pm: Several orders in response to specific ESCO petitions have been issued. At least one of the temporary restraining orders specifically applies to Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's Feb. 23 order, and stays their enforcement.
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March 3, 2016
Retail suppliers have appealed a ruling from the New York PSC Records Access Officer (RAO) in which the RAO denied confidential treatment of residential historic pricing that ESCOs have been required to file with the PSC since early 2014.
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March 3, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request to extend a March 4 deadline for ESCOs to comply with the PSC's February 23 retail mass market order.
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March 2, 2016
New York PSC Staff have issued today a guidance document concerning specifics as to how ESCOs may comply with the PSC's recent "full stop" retail mass market order.
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March 1, 2016
East Coast Power & Gas, LLC filed a complaint at the New York PSC against KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid concerning the LDC's plan to update the current outbound 820 file to include: (1) the netting out of the Billing Service Fee and the Credit and Collection Fee for the National…
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March 1, 2016
Windrose Power and Gas, LLC, a Texas-based start-up, is seeking several licenses to launch a retail energy supplier
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February 29, 2016
New York's February 23 order requiring a "full stop" to the retail energy mass market, "requires changes that were unexpected and are impossible to implement within the 10 day time-frame specified in the Order," IGS Energy said in a request for an extension of the compliance deadline
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February 24, 2016
The New York PSC revoked the eligibility of Engineered Energy Solutions, LLC to act as an ESCO for failure to file with the Commission Secretary an annual compliance filing attesting that the information and attachments submitted in its Retail Access Eligibility Form and application are current or…
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February 24, 2016
The New York PSC has ordered that ESCOs servicing mass market electric and natural gas customers on month-to-month variable rate products must return these customers to default service, or "enroll" the customers onto a compliant product under the PSC's "full stop" of the retail market.
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February 23, 2016
Note: The following story is based on discussion at the PSC's meeting this morning. Based on such discussion as well as PSC procedure, it is understood that the PSC was voting on a Staff draft for final adoption and that the PSC's vote constituted final action, and that the PSC was not simply…
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February 23, 2016
EnergyChoiceMatters.com reported yesterday on proposed changes to the NYSEG code of conduct contained in a joint proposal in NYSEG's rate cases (click here for details)
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February 22, 2016
A joint proposal in NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's current rate cases would include revisions to the utilities' code of conduct with respect to the use of the utilities' names by non-affiliates.
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February 19, 2016
In reporting earnings yesterday, Consolidated Edison, Inc. reported customer and volume data for the retail electricity supply business of ConEdison Solutions
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February 18, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the period beginning April 1, 2016.
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