January 18, 2019
Vista Energy Marketing, L.P. ("Vista") would pay a civil penalty in the amount of $37,500 under a Settlement ("Settlement") with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to resolve allegations that a vendor's agent conducted door-to-door sales on behalf of Vista prior to…
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January 18, 2019
Order Includes Retail Market Data, Operational Enhancements
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted, without modification, a settlement in Pike County Light & Power Company's default service plan proceeding (DSP), which authorizes Pike County to implement a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its default service load
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January 18, 2019
Order Had Required Utility To Either Expand "On-Bill" Non-Commodity Billing To Retail Suppliers, Or Cease Practice
The Pennsylvania PUC has denied rehearing requests of a December 2018 order in which, as part of Columbia Gas's rate case, the PUC found that Columbia's practice of providing "on-bill" billing for non-utility services to only two select providers is, "discriminatory."
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January 18, 2019
Avangrid Renewables applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas
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January 17, 2019
Commissioner Place Concerned Non-shopping Customers Won't Benefit From "Positive" Behaviors (Load Shifting, Peak Reductions, Etc.)
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January 17, 2019
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting March 1, 2019
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January 17, 2019
PECO electric Price to Compare is to increase for residential and small commercial customers effective March 1.
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January 16, 2019
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 15, 2019 resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $0.85 per Mcf for the period April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020 ($0.085 per ccf)
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January 16, 2019
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorney examiner has stayed a proceeding in which the Retail Energy Supply Association had filed a complaint against the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, as RESA alleged that the billing of various nonelectric services offered on the "Smartmart By FirstEnergy"…
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January 15, 2019
In an order on various proposed electric vehicle programs from the states' utilities, the Maryland PSC authorized the utilities to own and operate public electric vehicle charging stations.
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January 15, 2019
A Maryland energy storage working group under PC 44 has proffered a non-consensus Proof of Regulatory Concept Program Proposal which is, "intended to test innovative regulatory and business models for energy storage."
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January 14, 2019
Tariff, If Approved, Would Have Foreclosed Availability Of Competitive Supply Offerings
Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) has withdrawn from the State Corporation Commission an application for a renewable electricity tariff that it had sought to comply with various statutory requirements that, if met, would terminate the current exemption allowing customers to take…
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January 14, 2019
Revisions Address Scope, Applicability To Non-residential Customers
The Maryland PSC has scheduled for February 6, 2019 a rule making session to consider, "whether to finally adopt the proposed revisions to the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 20.32, 20.50, 20.53, 20.55, and 20.59 addressing competitive markets and retail gas and electric choice that were…
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January 14, 2019
Ameren Illinois has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission for a declaratory ruling that a proposed listing of Price to Compare information on all utility electric bills for small volume customers, including utility consolidated bills sent to customers of alternative retail electric suppliers…
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January 11, 2019
NEM Issues Save The Date For April National Energy Restructuring Conference
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has released an agenda with speakers for its Western Energy Policy Summit to be held January 29 - January 30, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada
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January 11, 2019
Retail Supplier Alpha Gas Seeks License In New State
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January 10, 2019
In an order on rehearing concerning jurisdiction over entities engaged in submetering, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio addressed arguments that a submetering reseller could, under the mechanism adopted by PUCO in a prior order, establish an affiliate to act as a retail supplier for the sole…
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January 10, 2019
Pennsylvania saw a decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during December 2018 that was consistent with the declines recorded in recent months
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January 10, 2019
Eligo Energy Receives Gas Supplier License In New State
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January 9, 2019
Staff Concerned Proposed Renewable PPAs Could Crowd Out Competitive Options
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has filed testimony stating that AEP Ohio has not demonstrated a need for at least 900 megawatts (MWs) of renewable generation resources
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January 9, 2019
Aggressive Energy LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers at Cleveland Electric Illuminating and AEP Ohio
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January 9, 2019
Start-up RH EnergyMarketing, LLC applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license as a marketer, aggregator, and broker to serve all customer classes at Dominion East Ohio.
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January 7, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio granted Spire Marketing Inc. (SMI), formerly Laclede Energy Resources, a natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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January 7, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association petitioned the District of Columbia PSC for a temporary delay in the effective date of the revised Consumer Bill of Rights (CBORs) and associated retail electric and gas market rules, or a "market waiver," of approximately 11 weeks from December 14, 2018, or…
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January 7, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has approved at Appalachian Power Company (AEP) a voluntary renewable energy option tariff which the SCC found meets the statutory definition for such an offering, which means that, under statute, there is no longer an exemption for customers at Appalachian…
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