August 2, 2019
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would approve a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to establish a short-term pilot program as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program utility supply rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new real-time pricing…
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August 1, 2019
RESA Proposes Alternative Pricing Benchmark To Allow CAP Shopping
Parties have filed comments on a proposed Pennsylvania PUC policy statement that would restrict shopping for electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to a product whose rate does not exceed the default service Price to Compare at any time
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August 1, 2019
PALMco Power OH, LLC d/b/a Indra Energy (PALMco Power) and PALMco Energy Ohio, LLC d/b/a Indra Energy (PALMco Energy) (collectively PALMco) would sell its Ohio book of customers and cease operating in the state under a stipulation with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to resolve…
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July 31, 2019
Confirms Company Has Been Fielding Inbound Inquiries About Retail Supply Business
During an earnings call this morning, Dominion addressed reports that it was considering a potential sale of its competitive retail natural gas supply business.
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July 31, 2019
One PUC Changes Default Service Product Due To Delay Another PSC Initiates Review Of Issue
FERC's previously reported decision directing PJM not to conduct the 2022-23 base residual auction for PJM's capacity market during August as PJM had planned is already impacting default service procurements
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July 31, 2019
Supplier Alleged To Have Charged Rate In Excess Of 18¢/kWh, Called "Miscalculation" By Supplier
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a stipulation between National Gas & Electric (NG&E or Company) and PUCO Staff under which National Gas & Electric agreed to a forfeiture of $250,000 to resolve alleged violations detailed in a Staff Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated September…
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July 30, 2019
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced the hiring of Jack Deering and John Rooney.
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July 30, 2019
ENGIE Storage Announces 19 MW/38 MWh Community Solar And Energy Storage Project Portfolio Under Massachusetts SMART Program
ENGIE Storage today unveiled what it called, "a new, highly-integrated supply and services offering for developers of in-front-of-the-meter (IFOM) solar and energy storage projects in New England and emerging markets."
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July 30, 2019
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. ("FES" or "Company") has named the members of its Board of Directors (the "Board") for the reorganized company ("New Holdco") and their roles will become effective once the Debtors' successfully emerge from the Chapter 11 process.
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July 29, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has denied an appeal of a lower court ruling which had dismissed a putative class action suit against Direct Energy Services, LLC, as the Seventh Circuit found that neither the wholesale electric price nor the utility price to compare is an…
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July 29, 2019
EGSs Propose Winning Retail Suppliers Be Required To Pay A Per-Customer Charge Into "Social Responsibility" Fund Consumer Advocate Does Not Support PUC's Suggested Changes, Use Of PLC, NSPL Tickets For Small Customers
In comments filed in the Pennsylvania PUC's review of default service cost assignment, rate structure, and procurement issues, a coalition of retail electric suppliers proposed that the default service obligation be assigned to retail electric generation suppliers (EGSs) via a competitive bidding…
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July 29, 2019
Utility Would "Evaluate" Offering End-User Broadband Service If Rural Market Unserved, And Rules Changed Details Smart Home, Energy Management Tools, Disaggregated Usage Retail Supplier Data Access, Use Of AMI Data For Settlement Addressed
AEP Ohio Would Complete Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters
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July 26, 2019
Retail Supplier Had Warned Of Negative Impacts From Not Holding Auction In August, Inability To Forecast Future Capacity Prices In Retail Contracts
FERC has directed PJM to not run in August 2019 the Base Residual Auction (BRA) under its RPM capacity market for the 2022-2023 delivery year under its existing tariff
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July 26, 2019
Generators: "Opportune Time" For Pennsylvania To Reconsider Non-Utility Default Service Providers
Several stakeholders have filed comments in the Pennsylvania PUC's review of default service cost assignment, rate structure, and procurement issues
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July 26, 2019
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended denying a petition from Astral Energy, LLC for a waiver of a rule requiring the specific listing of the rate to be charged per month in marketing materials that accompany a contract, for its flat bill product
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July 26, 2019
Proposed Order Would Change Priority For Retail Supplier Charges In Partial Payment Situations
A proposed order from three Illinois ALJs in Nicor's natural gas rate case would reject a proposal from the Illinois Attorney General to increase the Nicor billing charge applicable to third party providers, including retail suppliers
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July 25, 2019
Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva have each filed with the Maryland PSC tariff revisions to their Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
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July 25, 2019
Touts New Ohio Law Allowing Utility To Enter Into Bilateral Contracts With Customers For Renewables
During an earnings call today, AEP CEO Nick Akins touted the ability of utility AEP Ohio to now enter into bilateral contracts with certain customers for renewable energy development, and looked towards the "redefinition" of Ohio energy policy via pending HB 247, which would allow utilities to offer…
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July 23, 2019
Enrolled Bill Includes Provision Allowing Utilities To Construct Renewable Energy Generation For Customers
The Ohio House has concurred with the Senate-passed version of HB 6, which provides subsidies to nuclear and other qualifying resources, and the bill has been enrolled
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July 23, 2019
PECO has posted new electric Prices To Compare for the period beginning September 1, 2019
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July 23, 2019
Retail Supplier Seeks Change In Light Of SCB
In comments in a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rulemaking, Columbia Gas of Ohio has recommended that PUCO study an expansion of the eligibility criteria for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program
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July 22, 2019
Announces Partnership With Multi-family Dwelling Service Providers
WattBuy today announced that it has closed a $1.2M seed round with Powerhouse Ventures, as well as funding from Schmidt Futures, "focused on expanding market access and deepening its data science capabilities."
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July 22, 2019
PJM Interconnection today announced the appointment of Nigeria Poole Bloczynski as its chief risk officer.
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July 22, 2019
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2019
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July 22, 2019
Retail energy veteran Preston Ochsner, Managing Partner of Ochsner Interests Inc., told EnergyChoiceMatters.com that he is working on several M&A deals in the retail energy space, acting as an investment banker, and has seen a "dramatic" increase in M&A activity around New York-based retail energy…
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