November 10, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of AEP Ohio’s Nov. 7, 2016 default service auction that will ultimately determine its standard service offer through May 2018.
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November 10, 2016
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved a settlement between its Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and Fair View Energy, Inc. which resolves allegations that the company acted as a broker or marketer of electricity without being properly licensed by the PUC, and under…
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November 10, 2016
Regulators Express Concern About Suppliers' Pricing, Marketing To Low-Income Customers, Will Be Monitoring Rates, Complaints Under POR
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved purchase of receivables programs at North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas
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November 9, 2016
The FirstEnergy utilities have filed an answer opposing Respond Power's petition at the Pennsylvania PUC which was filed to prevent the EDCs from withholding nearly $500,000 of Respond receivables as an offset against a POR clawback charge.
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November 9, 2016
EnergyChoiceMatters.com exclusively reported last week that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order on AEP Ohio's electric security plan, had directed that implementation of a purchase of receivables program at AEP Ohio move forward, with PUCO directing that a procedural…
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November 9, 2016
Asked about the "ideal" outcome for FirstEnergy Solutions' generating assets, which the company announced last week are under a strategic review which could include asset sales, FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Chuck Jones told analysts at an EEI conference that, "The ideal outcome would be that Pennsylvania…
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November 8, 2016
LifeEnergy, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power, has begun offering service to customers at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois
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November 8, 2016
Tenaska Power Management Receives Supplier License in New State
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November 8, 2016
During October, PECO surpassed half a million residential electric accounts on competitive supply, while Pennsylvania saw statewide residential shopping increase by the highest number of accounts in a month since March 2016
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November 8, 2016
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) has reached an agreement for NextEra Energy Services Ohio, LLC (NESO) to become the supplier of electricity for an opt-out municipal electric program that currently serves almost 500,000 customers in 13 Northern Ohio counties within the FirstEnergy…
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November 7, 2016
Cites PJM's Embrace of More Costly "Annual" Resources Which Had Forced Outages During Polar Vortex
John Schultz, President of Direct Energy Business, LLC, wrote in a letter to the PJM Board of Managers that PJM's decision to adopt an "aggregation" proposal to address concerns about demand response's ability to participate in the 2020-21 capacity auction (which will only procure capacity…
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November 7, 2016
Ambit Energy has begun offering service at Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison, and Cleveland Electric Illuminating (the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs) in Ohio.
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November 4, 2016
Says FirstEnergy Solutions Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection
FirstEnergy disclosed in reporting earnings today that it is engaged in a "strategic review" of its competitive business and is posturing options to "thoughtfully and expeditiously move away from competitive markets."
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November 4, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio approved a revised nonbypassable PPA rider at AEP Ohio, which is now limited to the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), in light of FERC jurisdictional issues with PPAs with AEP Ohio-affiliated generation.
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November 4, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a settlement between Commerce Energy, Inc. d/b/a Just Energy and PUCO Staff under which Just Energy will pay $125,000 to resolve a November 2015 Staff Notice of Probable Non-Compliance.
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November 4, 2016
In a rehearing order concerning a PPA rider at AEP Ohio, PUCO affirmed that terms of a previously adopted stipulation concerning the rider, including retail market enhancements, remain in effect.
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November 4, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order on AEP Ohio's electric security plan, directed that a procedural process be developed to implement purchase of receivables at AEP Ohio.
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November 3, 2016
The Illinois Energy Professionals Association (ILEPA) announced a slate of speakers for its 2016 Annual Conference to be held in Chicago on November 17
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November 3, 2016
Direct Energy has filed to withdraw its petition before the Pennsylvania PUC in which Direct Energy had sought to restart the retail opt-in electricity referral/aggregation programs, which had been previously approved by the PUC, but which the PUC suspended prior to implementation.
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November 3, 2016
Dynegy's retail strategy will be focused on organic growth between now and 2018, Dynegy CEO Bob Flexon said during an earnings call
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November 3, 2016
Genie Retail Energy announced that on November 2 it closed on its acquisition of Retail Energy Holdings, LLC (REH), the owner of the Town Square Energy retail suppliers, for $9.5 million in cash plus working capital.
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November 2, 2016
Court "Skeptical" PUCO Could Approve Under Statute Utility Offering Of Nonelectric Products And Services
The Ohio Supreme Court has remanded to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a PUCO order which had authorized Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. to amend its corporate separation plan to allow Duke to engage in a new line of business: the offering of various nonelectric products and services to its…
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November 2, 2016
PPL Electric's residential Price to Compare will decline marginally on December 1, while the small business PTC will increase by about 8%
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November 2, 2016
TransCanada Announces Sales of Northeast Generation Assets
TransCanada announced that it expects to realize $435 million in a future sale of Northeast power marketing business, which is expected to be realized going forward.
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November 1, 2016
Company Launches Subs. To Focus on On-Site Generation, Renewables, To Invest $1 Billion In Renewables Through 2019
AEP in reporting earnings this morning said that it took a pre-tax impairment charge of $2.3 billion in third-quarter 2016 largely to write-down AEP's remaining competitive generation assets in Ohio to their estimated fair value.
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