December 23, 2010
FERC has approved Constellation Energy's acquisition of the portfolio of Boston Generating, dismissing conditions sought by Nstar and finding that the acquisition will have no adverse effect on competition (EC10-85).
Click for More
December 23, 2010
A draft Connecticut DPUC decision would deny United Illuminating's request to move the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component (10-08-01).
Click for More
December 22, 2010
ICC Opens Rulemaking on ABC Licensing, Rules The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened Docket 10-0733 to address in a rulemaking amendments to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 454, relating to electric agent, broker, and consultant licensing. No documents are yet associated with the docket. However, legislation…
Click for More
December 21, 2010
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of November 2010. The growth in migration from October to November was 14,004 accounts.
Click for More
December 20, 2010
Constellation Electric Offering Susan G. Komen Affinity Program in Maryland Constellation Electric (BGE Home Products & Services) is offering an affinity program with the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure which includes an initial $10,000 donation and additional donations if electric…
Click for More
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…
Click for More
December 17, 2010
Superior Plus Energy Services Receives Pa. Electric License As first noted by our live blog yesterday, the Pennsylvania PUC granted Superior Plus Energy Services an electric generation supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. It is…
Click for More
December 16, 2010
Md. PSC Eliminates Minimum Stay in BGE Gas Tariff The Maryland PSC approved Baltimore Gas & Electric's revisions to its Gas Service Tariff to remove a provision from Rate Schedules C and D that required customers to remain with a supplier for at least three months prior to switching to another…
Click for More
December 14, 2010
HOP Energy, LLC, which operates several fuel oil distributors in eastern Pennsylvania, applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier and aggregator license to serve all customer classes.
Click for More
December 14, 2010
United Illuminating is seeking to move the recovery of the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component (10-08-01).
Click for More
December 9, 2010
Border Energy Electric Services Seeks Ohio Supplier License Border Energy Electric Services, Inc. applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. As only noted in Matters, affiliate Border Energy, Inc. recently…
Click for More
December 8, 2010
PUCO Opens Docket on AEP Ohio Capacity Pricing PUCO has opened a docket entitled, "In The Matter Of The Commission Review Of The Capacity Charges Of Ohio Power Company And Columbus Southern Power Company." Other than the opening docket sheet, nothing is contained in the docket at this time…
Click for More
December 8, 2010
The Connecticut DPUC denied Cianbro Energy, LLC's request for a waiver of the supplier setup initialization fee ( 11/29 ).
Click for More
December 7, 2010
United Illuminating filed its migration report for the month ending November 30, 2010. The growth in migration from October to November was 4,353 accounts.
Click for More
December 6, 2010
Texas retained its top spot in the Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) for residential markets reported by Distributed Energy Financial Group, but the addition of several new criteria jumbled the rankings after the top three.
Click for More
December 6, 2010
Viridian Energy PA LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas.
Click for More
November 29, 2010
Md. PSC to Consider Utility Choice International Applications on Dec. 1 The Maryland PSC has listed on its final agenda for its December 1 administrative meeting the applications of Utility Choice International for electric and natural gas broker licenses, which the Commission previously took under…
Click for More
November 29, 2010
United Illuminating has informed Cianbro Energy, LLC that UI considers Cianbro Energy to be in material breach of Cianbro's obligations under the supplier service agreement executed with UI, due to an unpaid invoice.
Click for More
November 24, 2010
Ontario to Extend Off-Peak Pricing Period A long-term energy plan from the Ontario provincial government will advance the start of the off-peak usage hours for Regulated Price Plan customers to 7 p.m., rather than the current 9 p.m. start time. The change is to take affect for the May 2011 Regulated…
Click for More
November 22, 2010
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of October 2010. The growth in migration from September to October was 17,824 accounts.
Click for More
November 17, 2010
MXenergy Seeking to Serve Illinois Residential Electric Customers MXenergy is seeking authority to supply electricity to all eligible customers, including residential customers, at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren as part of its Illinois alternative retail electric supplier application ( 11/16 ).…
Click for More
November 16, 2010
MXenergy Seeking Illinois Electric License MXenergy has submitted an application for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license. A copy of MXenergy's application was not immediately available.
Click for More
November 12, 2010
BGE Files to Remove Minimum Stay with Gas Supplier Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC revisions to its Gas Service Tariff to remove a provision from Rate Schedules C and D that requires customers to remain with a supplier for at least three months prior to switching to another…
Click for More
November 10, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions Not Signing Opt-Out Aggregation Agreements Until PUC Matter Resolved FirstEnergy Solutions confirmed this morning that it is not signing any opt-out municipal aggregation contracts with Pennsylvania home rule municipalities until the PUC resolves the legal questions of such…
Click for More
November 8, 2010
The Connecticut DPUC issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against Starion Energy for what the Department said were violations of Connecticut General Statutes §§ 16-245o(e), 16-245o(h), and 16-245(g)(2), relating to, among other things, authorization for customer switches and…
Click for More