December 24, 2018
Vistra Energy Retail Supplier To Use Brand Brighten Energy
Dynegy Energy Services (East), LLC, a unit of Vistra Energy, intends to utilize the following two trade names in its marketing and sales operations within Pennsylvania:
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December 21, 2018
License Briefs
Freepoint Energy Solutions Receives Authority To Serve Residential Customers, Also Expanded Service Area
December 20, 2018
In Final Order, Pa. PUC Denies Re-allocation Of $100 Million From PECO Distribution Rates To Default Service
The Pennsylvania PUC in a final order in a PECO rate case has denied a proposal from NRG Energy to re-allocate approximately $100 million in costs at PECO which NRG had argued are attributable to electricity default service and thus should be allocated to generation rates rather than nonbypassable…
December 20, 2018
Pa. PUC Proposes Requiring Use Of Rate Ready Billing, %-Off-PTC Product For CAP Shopping Program At FirstEnergy EDCs
PUC Proposes Changes To Customer Referral Program Scripts
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order addressing various terms of the Customer Assistance Plan (CAP) shopping program at the FirstEnergy EDCs which, effective June 1, 2019, shall be the only means for a CAP customer to take service from a competitive retail supplier
December 20, 2018
License Briefs
Working Assets Funding Service, Inc. d/b/a CREDO Energy applied for a Maine electric broker license to serve residential customers at CMP and BHE. Currently, CREDO serves as an affinity partner for Crius/Energy Rewards. CREDO Energy also has a pending Delaware broker license application. CREDO also…
December 20, 2018
Pennsylvania PUC Proposes Requiring That All Customer Assistance Program (CAP) Customers, At All EDCs, Be Prohibited From Shopping Except Where Retail Supplier Rate Is At Or Below Price To Compare For ENTIRE Term Of Contract
Note: This story was exclusively first published the morning of Dec. 20 with an alert to our email subscribers
December 19, 2018
DC Adopts As Final 100% RPS Bill
Council States Intent That Utility Shall Not Own Energy Storage
The Council of the District of Columbia passed as final an amended substitute of Bill B22-0904, which increases the District's RPS to 100%
December 19, 2018
BGE Files Lower Amounts For Bypassable Admin. Charge
Also Files Updates To Rider 8 Reconciliation
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new amounts for its bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Charges
December 19, 2018
Total Energy Resources Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Total Energy Resources, LLC applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers at Dominion East Ohio
December 19, 2018
PUCO Directs Duke To File "Detailed" Cost Of Service Study, Regarding Default Service Or CRES Subsidization, In Next Rate Case
Stipulation Had Been Called "Bad Deal" For Retail Suppliers
December 18, 2018
City of Philadelphia Enters 70-Megawatt Solar Power Purchase Agreement, Price Disclosed
Community Energy Inc. today announced the approval of a 70-megawatt (MW) solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Adams County, Pennsylvania to power government facilities in Philadelphia, PA.
December 18, 2018
Retail Supplier Announces Sponsorship of Syracuse University Athletics
Agway Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Suburban Propane, LP, today announced their sponsorship of Syracuse University Athletics.
December 18, 2018
Retail Gas Marketer Continues Expansion Into Electricity
nTherm, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
December 17, 2018
License Briefs
Colonial Energy Receives Expanded Retail Supplier License To Serve Customers In New Service Area
December 17, 2018
Maryland PSC Authorizes Utilities To Offer Value-Add Behavioral Load Shifting Tool As Part Of Time Of Use Rate Supply Pilots
The Maryland PSC has authorized Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), and Delmarva Power & Light Company to offer to customers in a Time of Use pilot (which includes TOU supply rates for utility supply service) a Behavioral Load Shifting (Shaping) tool.
December 17, 2018
Draft Illinois NextGrid Grid Modernization Final Report Posted, Recommends Prioritizing Three Issues
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted a draft final report in its NextGrid grid modernization proceeding
December 14, 2018
PSC Approves Start Date For New POR Program, Updated POR Discount Rates
The District of Columbia PSC has approved a start date, and updated discount rate, for Washington Gas Light's new purchase of receivables (POR) program
December 13, 2018
Ohio Sets Non-Solar Renewable Compliance Payment For 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order establishing that the non-solar renewable energy resource compliance payment under R.C. 4928.64(C)(2)(b) shall be $51.31/MWh for 2018.
December 13, 2018
PUC Expands Mechanisms Available For Utilities Moving To Exit The Merchant Function
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted revisions to the rules governing alternate rate plans and merchant function exits for natural gas utilities.
December 12, 2018
Pennsylvania ALJ: More Price Stability And Certainty Is In "Public Interest"
In recommending adoption, without modification, of a settlement in Pike County Light & Power Company's default service plan proceeding (DSP), which would allow Pike County to implement a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its default service load, a Pennsylvania ALJ said that, "More…
December 12, 2018
Mitsubishi Subsidiary, Active In Retail Gas Market, Expanding To Retail Electricity
CIMA Energy Solutions, LLC has applied for a Pennsylvania electric supplier license, and recently received a New Jersey electric supplier license (and gas supplier license), and received eligibility as an ESCO in New York for electricity (as well as gas)
December 12, 2018
Retail Energy Vet Launches New Broker
Context Source Group has newly launched electricity broker operations
December 7, 2018
License Briefs
StateWise Energy Receives Supplier License In New State
December 7, 2018
Pennsylvania PUC Finds Utility's Billing Practice To Be "Discriminatory" Against Retail Suppliers
The Pennsylvania PUC issued an order in a Columbia Gas rate case which finds that Columbia's practice of providing "on-bill" billing for non-utility services to only two select providers is, "discriminatory."
December 6, 2018
PSC Adopts 3-Day Accelerated Switching, Sets Date For Implementation
The District of Columbia PSC has adopted final rules to implement accelerated switching for the retail electric market, with switches to be completed within 3 business days, and the PSC established an implementation date of September 10, 2019