February 7, 2018
PUCO accepted the results of the auction as discussed below and authorized a Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) of $0.07/Mcf at Dominion East Ohio (now d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio) for the period April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019
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February 7, 2018
NRG Energy, Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have entered into a Purchase Agreement for GIP to purchase NRG's ownership in NRG Yield and NRG's Renewables Platform for cash proceeds of $1.375 billion, subject to certain adjustments.
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February 6, 2018
The Maryland PSC denied rehearing of its prior order in which, in response to a complaint filed by the Maryland Alliance for Fair Competition (consisting of various home service/HVAC vendors), the PSC had found no fact supporting a conclusion that Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) and BGE…
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February 5, 2018
The Maryland PSC has approved as filed Baltimore Gas & Electric's new SOS administrative charges (bypassable adders), which, apart from the customary update, have been lowered due to recent federal tax legislation
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February 5, 2018
Would Also Adopt Regulations Governing Third Party Access To Customer Usage Proposes New Requirement For Energy Consultants To Register With PSC
The working group leader has filed a report in PC44, addressing several retail market enhancements and issues, including instant connects, seamless moves, and third-party access to customer usage history, among other issues.
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February 5, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed that the following retail suppliers won tranches to serve customers under Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's Standard Choice Offer for the 12-month period beginning April 1, 2018
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February 5, 2018
Suggests Further Study Of Requiring Suppliers To Send Advance Notice Of Rate Changes Via Email
The working group leader in PC44, a Maryland PSC process addressing several retail market enhancements and issues, has recommended a third phase of the process be initiated to study several more issues.
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February 5, 2018
Work Group Leader Proposal Recommends Making Suppliers Responsible For Agent Actions Only For Residential Service Would Change Door-to-Door Rules To Make Them Applicable Only To Residential Service
The Maryland PSC recently issued a letter order extending a waiver of the requirement that electric and natural gas suppliers perform background checks on door-to-door agents
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February 2, 2018
Determination Addresses Whether To Use Long-Term Contract Supplies For Default Service
A final Resource Assessment of the Millstone nuclear plant and Appraisal Report and Determination Pursuant to Executive Order 59 and Public Act 17-3 from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority finds that DEEP should…
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February 2, 2018
The Maryland PSC has granted PSEG Energy Solutions an electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers at the four investor-owned utilities.
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February 1, 2018
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for residential customers for the period beginning June 1, 2018
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February 1, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of FirstEnergy Ohio utilities’ wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its Standard Service Offer through May 2021.
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February 1, 2018
PUC Says Limiting Customer Choice, "Frustrate[s] The Purpose Of The Competition Act" Taking Away Customer's Ability To Choose, "Inherently Anticompetitive," PUC Says
In a written order denying a petition from NRG Energy to implement electricity supplier consolidated billing in Pennsylvania, the PUC made several observations regarding the purpose of the state's Competition Act and electric choice in general, which are of note given other proceedings before the…
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February 1, 2018
Proposal To Allow Suppliers To Block Customer Switches May "Trap" Customers, Harm Retail Market -- "Inherently Anti-competitive", PUC Says PUC Denies Retail Supplier's Ability To Order Disconnection Of Customers As Proposed In Petition
PUC Concerned With "Confusing", "Unwieldy", Process For Suppliers To Handle Disconnection Orders
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January 31, 2018
PUCO accepted results of the Columbia Gas auction as described below. The SCO retail price adjustment will be $0.123 per hundred cubic feet (ccf) for the term April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019
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January 31, 2018
Vistra Energy Corp. is the ultimate parent of start-up broker Blitz Ventures LLC, which, as previously reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com , has described itself as, "a newly formed company focused on energy brokerage services for commercial businesses."
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January 30, 2018
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for Type II customers for the period beginning March 1, 2018
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January 30, 2018
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning March 1, 2018.
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January 30, 2018
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning March 1, 2018.
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January 26, 2018
As-filed text of the latest bill (S877) in New Jersey to provide certain subsidies to nuclear generation would still place the obligation to procure nuclear diversity certificates (NDCs -- the mechanism for the subsidy) on, "electric public utilities," for their distribution customers, and would not…
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January 26, 2018
Pepco has informed the District of Columbia PSC that it is taking new federal tax law changes into account in setting the SOS electric rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018 (2018-19 SOS rates)
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January 25, 2018
Order May Have Broader Impacts On Generation Rates, Could Cause Default Service To Lag Market Court Also Addresses Ability Of Companies To Receive Trade Secret Status For Info Filed With PUCO
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio acted unlawfully when it ordered the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities to refund some $43 million collected under bypassable Rider AER (renewable energy compliance) because such refunds violated statutory prohibitions against…
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January 24, 2018
As part of its evaluation plan of a prepaid pilot that has been approved by the Maryland PSC (see story here) , Baltimore Gas & Electric has reported to the PSC that it will include, among other things, an evaluation of the impact of the pilot on retail choice.
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January 24, 2018
Effective January 19, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Anastasia Palivos and D. Ethan Kimbrel to five-year terms at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC).
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January 24, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Interstate Gas Supply d/b/a IGS Energy an expanded natural gas supplier license to include service to all customer classes at Philadelphia Gas Works
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