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December 19, 2012
Melissa Lauderdale, Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs at Integrys Energy Services, has been elected president of the Retail Energy Supply Association.
December 17, 2012
New York has lost its position as the second-highest ranked state for a competitive residential retail electric market under the latest Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS), providing a cautionary vision of markets which flirt with, but ultimately fail to…
December 14, 2012
Glacial Energy has started offering residential natural gas supply in California.
December 11, 2012
A California PUC agenda (draft) decision would adopt joint parties' recommendations for institution of a lottery process to assign any unsubscribed direct access load, and to require annual reporting of direct access migration and the lottery process.
December 5, 2012
Several direct access (DA) parties in California have petitioned the California PUC for a rulemaking relating to nonbypassable charges and utility generation and procurement cost allocation issues in light of certain directives contained in SB 790.
November 27, 2012
Two interrelated draft decisions recently issued by the California PUC would grant retail natural gas suppliers at Pacific Gas & Electric a modicum of relief regarding the cost of capacity assigned by Pacific Gas & Electric, but would deny marketers' request for an opt-out of certain capacity…
November 27, 2012
Network marketer Independence Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Plus Holdings LLC (an NRG Energy, Inc. company) has announced its initial natural gas markets.
November 21, 2012
The California PUC has posted a proposed decision which would adopt rules governing the treatment of Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) by electrical corporations (utilities), and establishing an expedited complaint procedure for use by Community Choice Aggregators (R. 12-02-009).
November 21, 2012
A proposed California PUC decision would adopt a formula to determine the amount of financial security and re-entry fee requirements applicable to Electric Service Providers (ESPs), and would also define the size of customers for which security must be provided (R. 07-05-025).
November 19, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Gila River Power LLC for what FERC said was, "Gila River's manipulation of power markets in California."
November 15, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission suspended the market-based rate authority of J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation for a period of six months, to become effective on April 1, 2013, for what FERC found to be, "repeated submission of false and misleading statements" to the California ISO…
November 12, 2012
A draft California PUC decision would adopt 2013 Power Charges for the Department of Water Resources (DWR), and would also set the 2013 DWR Bond Charge.
November 6, 2012
NRG Energy, through its eVgo subsidiary, is moving forward with its deployment of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California after FERC approved a settlement under which NRG Energy will deploy the network.
November 2, 2012
Exelon has cut its outlook for retail supply volumes and margins from an earlier forecast in response to, "aggressive competition and pricing," Exelon CEO Chris Crane said during an earnings call yesterday.
November 1, 2012
FERC dismissed, as unsupported, a complaint brought against the California ISO by Shell Energy North America regarding the definition of "complete and accurate" meter data, as Shell had said that the lack of a clear definition had led to a breakdown in the integrity of the grid-wide settlement…
November 1, 2012
FERC yesterday issued a show cause order and notice of proposed penalty against Barclays Bank PLC and individual traders Daniel Brin, Scott Connelly, Karen Levine, and Ryan Smith, as FERC alleged that they manipulated the electricity markets in and around California from November 2006 to December…
October 31, 2012
A California PUC proposed decision would order that mandatory dynamic pricing for small non-residential bundled service customers at San Diego Gas & Electric shall begin on November 1, 2013.
October 29, 2012
FERC granted Exelon and Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. a limited, one-time waiver of section 37.11.1 of the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) tariff that was in effect prior to October 1, 2011, to avoid a penalty of $282,000 for untimely submission of settlement meter data.
October 29, 2012
FERC has approved tariff revisions from the California ISO which grant additional mitigation authority related to exceptional dispatch, and FERC also referred behavior intended to be curbed by the tariff revisions to its Office of Enforcement for formal investigation.
September 27, 2012
Crius Energy Trust yesterday filed a preliminary prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada in connection with a proposed initial public offering of its trust units.
September 21, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has initiated a proceeding into whether J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp., "submitted misleading information and omitted material facts in communications with the Commission, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and the ISO’s Department…
September 19, 2012
San Francisco Board Moves Forward with Community Choice Aggregation
September 14, 2012
New City Joins Texas Coalition for Affordable Power
September 7, 2012
Ambit Energy has announced launch dates for its entry into several new electric and natural gas markets.
September 6, 2012
FERC yesterday directed Deutsche Bank Energy Trading, LLC to show cause why it should not be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $1.5 million for alleged violation of the Commission's anti-manipulation rules.
