July 11, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC has informed retail suppliers and EDCs of an approximate seven percent (7%) increase in the otherwise anticipated annual AEPS Tier I obligations for the 2016 compliance year.
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July 8, 2016
ALJs Would Rule That Failure For Supplier To Inform Customer "How [Variable] Price Would Be Calculated" Is Deceptive
An initial decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs in a complaint brought by state consumer agencies against Blue Pilot Energy, LLC would conclude that Blue Pilot Energy, "violated numerous provisions of the Public Utility Code, Chapters 54, 56, and 111 of Title 52, Pa.Code, as well as Pennsylvania…
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July 8, 2016
Use of Exception to Wet Signature Requirement Denied
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July 7, 2016
Delmarva filed a correction to its Maryland SOS electric rates, stating that the previously filed tariffs for the period beginning October 1, 2016 inadvertently switched the rates for the Type I Small General Services SGS-S and Type I Space Heating SGS-S classes.
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July 7, 2016
LifeEnergy (LS Power Retail Supplier Affiliate) Seeks License In New State
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July 7, 2016
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a new default service supply rate for Medium C&I customers (25-300 kW) for period beginning September 1, 2016.
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July 7, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC's Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) issued a secretarial letter directing all retail natural gas suppliers serving residential and small business customers to submit to the PUC draft sample contract summaries they intend to use to comply with the PUC's recent order…
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July 6, 2016
Niagara Mohawk has proposed an update to its Clifton Park, NY Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project, and now proposes to run what is essentially an opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the town which has about 15,000 customers
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July 6, 2016
Large Customer Receives Pa. Electric Supplier License
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July 6, 2016
DQE Holdings LLC, the parent of utility Duquesne Light Company and wholesale power marketer Duquesne Power, LLC, has sought FERC approval for a transaction under which a consortium owned by a pension fund and John Hancock would acquire a 30% stake in DQE Holdings
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July 5, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC affirmed without modification an initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ, as the PUC imposed a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500 on Blue Pilot Energy, Inc., and also required the company to issue a refund, in granting a customer complaint
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July 5, 2016
Direct Energy, recently awarded the designation as the Electric Retail Supplier Exclusively Contracted by the State of Delaware for an opt-in affinity program, has petitioned the Delaware PSC to direct Delmarva Power to distribute a bill insert concerning offers under the opt-in affinity program to…
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July 1, 2016
Denies Access to Non-EGS, Non-Contracted CSP Third Parties
The Pennsylvania PUC approved the technical implementation standards proposed by Electronic Data Exchange Working Group's (EDEWG) Web Portal Working Group (WPWG) for a standardized solution for the acquisition of historical interval usage (HIU) and billing quality interval use (BQIU) smart meter…
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July 1, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved compliance plans to implement remote natural gas account look-up mechanisms at eight natural gas utilities, rejected National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.'s compliance plan, and approved cost recovery from retail suppliers, via the purchase of receivables discount, at…
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July 1, 2016
Investment Bank Receives Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
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July 1, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order proposing to adopt a settlement among IDT Energy and the Pennsylvania Attorney General, the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA), and the Office of Small Business Advocate, under which IDT Energy would provide certain Pennsylvania customers with an…
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July 1, 2016
ConEdison Solutions has been selected as the supplier for OnDemand Energy's ChamberChoice energy program in the Duquesne Light service territory, including for residential and small business customers
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July 1, 2016
Analysis Finds Illinois Competitive Supply Customers (Dominated By Aggregation Rolls) Paying More Than Default Service
The number of residential customers on competitive electric supply at Commonwealth Edison has fallen from a peak of 70% in March 2014 to only 40% as of May 2016, primarily due the termination of various municipal aggregations and their return of customers to default service, an annual report from…
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June 30, 2016
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed testimony opposing the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' modified Retail Rate Stability Rider (RRS), and have instead proposed that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities be authorized to collect a new Distribution Modernization Rider
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June 30, 2016
nTherm Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
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June 29, 2016
Mint Energy Receives License in New State
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June 29, 2016
Mike Senff, former interim President of Direct Energy Business, is launching a new broker called Advantage Energy Partners LLC
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June 28, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Stream Pennsylvania, LLC an amended Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve residential and all sizes of commercial customers at Philadelphia Gas Works.
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June 28, 2016
AEP Energy has begun publicly posting residential natural gas offers in the Dominion East Ohio, Vectren Energy Ohio, and Duke Energy Ohio service areas.
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June 28, 2016
Palmco Power NJ, LLC and Palmco Energy NJ, LLC have agreed to pay $5.28 million, including up to $4.5 million in consumer restitution, and to significantly revise its business practices, in order to resolve allegations from the New Jersey Attorney General, BPU, and Division of Consumer Affairs that…
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