July 11, 2017
Current Bypassable Adder Removed From SOS PSC Won't "Coerce" Customers Off SOS Essentially All Of Retail Suppliers' Sought Changes Rejected
The District of Columbia PSC has issued an order in its investigation into the current structure of electricity SOS, and essentially rejected all proposed changes from retail suppliers, while removing the current bypassable adder to SOS rates.
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July 7, 2017
Seeks Info On Incremental Cost of Utility's Billing For Retail Suppliers
The District of Columbia PSC adopted an order concerning a new billing system at Washington Gas Light, ordering WGL to make the bill-ready billing format available to competitive service providers (CSPs) within 60 days
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July 6, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted SFE Energy Texas, Inc. an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate.
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July 5, 2017
A Maryland working group has filed proposed regulations to govern the access to customer interval meter data by third-party providers (PC 44)
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July 5, 2017
New Variable Rate Disclosures Proposed Rescission Period Would Be Extended Distributed Generation Providers Would Be Included in "Energy Supplier" Definition Accelerated Switching Proposed
The District of Columbia PSC has issued proposed revisions to various retail electric and natural gas rules
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June 29, 2017
Note: The story below was first posted at 4:40 p.m. on June 29
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June 29, 2017
MPower Energy Receives Supplier License In New State
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June 28, 2017
Discount For One Class Had Initially Been Proposed At 6%
Pepco and Delmarva have filed with the Maryland PSC revised proposals to update their purchase of receivables discount rates, with a proposed new effective date of July 5, 2017
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June 28, 2017
Would Require Suppliers To Post "Adequate" Rate, Service Info For Residential And Small Commercial Offers Online Would Limit Retail Licenses To Five Years
The District of Columbia PSC recently issued proposed new rules governing natural gas supplier licensing which includes the definition for a new term: "Customer Consent Form."
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June 27, 2017
Duquesne Light is re-enrolling some 150-200 customers onto its Customer Assistance Program (CAP) who were supposed to be grandfathered under changes to the program, but who were nonetheless removed from CAP in 2014.
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June 27, 2017
World Fuel Services, Inc. applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all sizes of commercial and industrial customers in all service areas.
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June 27, 2017
Start-up Zinger Strategies LLC applied for Ohio electricity and natural gas broker/aggregator licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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June 26, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a written order directing PPL Electric Utilities to meet with retail electric suppliers concerning operational issues related to the new Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which is the only vehicle for CAP customer shopping at PPL effective…
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June 23, 2017
RESA Says PUC Lacks Authority To Mandate Transfer of Customers From EGS To Default Service
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed a brief with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in support of its appeal of the Pennsylvania PUC's decision which ordered that, effective June 1, Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL may only shop through a CAP-specific Standard Offer…
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June 22, 2017
PUCO Does Grant "Safe Harbor" For Competitive Retail Contracts, But Burden of Showing Safe Harbor May Still Leave Multi-Family Dwelling Owners Leery
Website Allowing Submetered Customers To Compare Their Rates To Default Service To Be Created
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June 22, 2017
PSC Rejects Portfolio, Long-Term Contracts for SOS
The Delaware PSC recently adopted an order shortening the length of full requirements contracts procured for Delmarva's small customer electricity SOS from the current three years to two years, and the contracts will continue to be procured on a laddered basis.
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June 21, 2017
Think Energy, Engie's mass market retail supplier is rolling out natural gas service in Ohio
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June 20, 2017
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2017
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June 20, 2017
Koch Energy Services Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
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June 20, 2017
The UGI electric and natural gas utilities in Pennsylvania have petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for waivers authorizing the utilities to maintain their current default service rates through November 30, 2017, rather than enacting scheduled changes otherwise required on September 1, 2017, and, for…
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June 19, 2017
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017.
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June 19, 2017
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017
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June 19, 2017
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017
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June 19, 2017
Lime Energy Co., which designs and implements direct install energy efficiency programs and provides related energy services, has created a new subsidiary, Lime Energy Resources, LLC, to engage in the brokering of retail energy supply.
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June 19, 2017
EQT Corporation and Rice Energy Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which EQT will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rice common stock for total consideration of approximately $6.7 billion – consisting of 0.37 shares of EQT common stock and $5.30 in…
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