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April 15, 2011
Edwards Air Force Base has remained a bundled service customer of Southern California Edison despite purchasing bulk energy supply from various sources, including the Western Area Power Administration, SCE said in reply to a petition from Edwards seeking to include its load under the direct access…
April 5, 2011
The California PUC has issued a draft decision to harmonize its nonbypassable Cost Allocation Mechanism (CAM) rules, which assign costs of generation built or procured for reliability, with the language of SB 695 (R. 10-05-006).
March 22, 2011
The California ISO has identified an "exploitation" of the existing bid cost recovery tariff rules which has caused load to overpay certain resources by $57 million, CAISO said in submitting tariff changes to prohibit the practice (ER11-3149).
March 8, 2011
Several direct access parties have petitioned the California PUC for an immediate ruling to stay any changes to the Power Charge Indifference Amount (PCIA) calculation at Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric until a final decision by the PUC regarding direct access exit fees (R.…
March 1, 2011
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
February 24, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has recently acquired Accent Energy, Interstate Gas Supply disclosed in applying for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license.
February 1, 2011
Christie Signs N.J. Capacity RFP Bill As expected, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law S2381, which requires the Board of Public Utilities to acquire 2,000 MW of new capacity for the delivery year starting June 1, 2014 or June 1, 2015 ( see 1/11 for full discussion of the bill’s…
February 1, 2011
Several market participants believe that the amount of new direct access load available under Phase Three of the limited re-opening of direct access in California was hit essentially upon the Notice of Transfer period opening yesterday morning. Phase Three allotments are for direct access service…
January 20, 2011
Delaware PSC Approves Recovery of Long-Term RFP Administrative Costs in Base Rates The Delaware PSC issued an order in Delmarva Power's rate case, under which Delmarva will be permitted to recover from distribution customers about $4 million in administrative costs related to conducting an…
January 19, 2011
5Linx Enterprises Seeks Maryland Broker Licenses 5Linx Enterprises, Inc. applied for Maryland electric and natural gas broker licenses. Copies of the applications were not immediately available. As only noted in Matters, 5Linx Enterprises is a direct marketer expanding its product suite to energy…
January 19, 2011
Robert Kramb, president of broker Bmark Energy, expects the California Phase Three direct access cap to be hit immediately upon the start of the next Notice to Transfer period, which commences January 31, 2011.
January 18, 2011
The California PUC has withdrawn a proposed decision governing community choice aggregation (CCA) bonding and re-entry fee issues, and re-opened the proceeding for limited briefing (R. 03-10-003).
January 17, 2011
5Linx Enterprises, Inc., a direct/multi-level marketing company that offers various telecom and other services, is expanding its product suite to include competitive electricity and natural gas sales, with a rollout sometime this month.
January 14, 2011
The California PUC adopted final companion decisions yesterday maintaining the 25% cap on the use of tradable renewable energy credits (TRECs) for compliance with the 20% RPS, applying the 25% cap to both the large investor owned utilities and competitive electric service providers, and lifting the…
January 10, 2011
Companion revised proposed decisions from the California PUC would not alter the current 25% cap on the use on tradable RECs for RPS compliance (R. 06-02-012), and would still apply the same usage limit to the investor owned utilities and competitive electric service providers (R. 08-08-009).
January 7, 2011
San Diego Gas & Electric applied at the California PUC for authority to acquire the El Cajon Energy Facility from CalPeak Power for a total purchase price of $16.8 million, to be recovered in rates with an annual revenue requirement of $4.4 million in 2012 (A. 11-01-004).
January 5, 2011
OPC Withdraws Opposition to Maryland Gas & Electric Trade Name The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has withdrawn opposition to the electric supplier license application of Energy Services Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric, after parent U.S. Gas & Electric Inc. answered OPC's concerns…
December 27, 2010
United Energy Trading LLC, d/b/a Kratos Gas & Power, applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas.
December 24, 2010
In an Assigned Commissioner's ruling, California PUC President Michael Peevey denied Commercial Energy of California's motion to show cause and request for related relief regarding the implementation of the direct access phase-in at Pacific Gas & Electric (Rulemaking 07-05-025).
December 20, 2010
The California PUC has adopted a final decision which sets the core brokerage fee at Pacific Gas & Electric at $0.025 per decatherm, effective January 1, 2011, and remaining in effect until PG&E's next cost allocation proceeding is resolved (A.09-05-026).
December 17, 2010
FERC Approves FirstEnergy-Allegheny Merger In an unsurprising decision given its merger review history, FERC approved the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy without any conditions relating to mitigation of market power. In doing so, FERC rejected protests from the Pennsylvania Office…
December 17, 2010
The California PUC has ordered that Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Edison Company shall procure Combined Heat and Power resources on behalf of electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators (CCAs), with costs recovered…
December 15, 2010
Delaware PSC Sets Workshop on Net Metering Changes The Delaware PSC has scheduled a workshop on revisions to its net metering rules, required under SB 267, after receiving stakeholder comment on a Staff proposal (Reg. Dckt. No. 49). SB 267 allows customers to aggregate individual meters for the…
December 10, 2010
GearyEnergy Receives Ohio Electric License The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted GearyEnergy, LLC an electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas (11/8).
December 7, 2010
Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking to turn ratepayers into a source of venture capital, the Western Power Trading Forum, Direct Access Customer Coalition, and the Marin Energy Authority (collectively, the competitive supply parties) said in a protest at the California PUC concerning a proposed…
