April 15, 2015
FERC rejected the as-filed version of an RMR contract for Exelon's Ginna nuclear reactor, but set the matter for hearing to determine whether the contract is appropriate when certain provisions are eliminated.
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April 13, 2015
GoCOM Corporation has asked FERC to defer ruling on dueling applications to reflect the acquisition of retail supplier Bluco Energy, LLC by either GoCOM Corporation, or separately, Vantage Commodities Financial Services II, LLC.
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April 8, 2015
Citing uncertainty at FERC, PJM has requested authorization to delay its upcoming Base Residual Auction for capacity, otherwise scheduled for May, to no later than the week of August 10-14, 2015.
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April 6, 2015
Start-up retail supplier Municipal Energy of PA, LLC is preparing to enter the retail market.
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April 2, 2015
FERC has rejected as "premature" PJM's "stop gap" demand response proposal intended to address demand response in the capacity market should the Supreme Court ultimately determine the decision in EPSA that FERC lacks jurisdiction to set compensation for demand response
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April 2, 2015
Castleton Commodities International LLC has applied at FERC for approval of a transaction under which it would acquire, from Ingenco Holdings, LLC, retail energy marketer Collegiate Clean Energy, LLC, as well as Ingenco Wholesale Power, L.L.C.
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April 1, 2015
FERC Staff called PJM's filing of its capacity performance proposal "deficient" and directed PJM to respond to a series of questions.
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March 31, 2015
PJM has filed with FERC revisions to the process of submitting meter data to reflect the increased breadth of retail choice, and to reduce attendant adjustments.
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March 30, 2015
FERC approved the sale of Duke Energy Retail and 6,100 MW of Duke merchant generation to Dynegy.
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March 23, 2015
The District of Columbia PSC issued a notice reminding electric vehicle charging service providers that they must obtain a license as an electricity supplier, depending on their business model.
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March 13, 2015
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed to update its purchase of receivables discount rates effective June 1, 2015, including a reduction in the Rate R residential discount from 1.3737% to 0%.
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March 11, 2015
Agera Energy LLC has entered into a stock purchase agreement, under which Agera will purchase all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Lumens Energy Holdings LLC, which is the ultimate parent of retail suppliers Aequitas Energy, Inc. and Lumens Energy Supply LLC
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March 10, 2015
PJM relied on the filed rate doctrine in opposing Champion Energy's request for a refund of what Champion said were unjust and unreasonable uplift charges during the polar vortex, but now it is retail suppliers who say PJM is ignoring the filed rate doctrine in seeking to impose a capacity…
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March 10, 2015
Vantage Commodities Financial Services II, LLC has foreclosed on retail supplier Bluco Energy, LLC, and has acquired the company, Vantage said in a FERC filing.
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March 9, 2015
PJM has opposed a refund of uplift charges related to January 2014 sought by Champion Energy Marketing, citing the filed rate doctrine, while Verde Energy USA, Inc. called PJM's current application of uplift, "unjust and unreasonable, and is contrary to the Commission's cost causation principles."
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March 9, 2015
FERC has issued an order to City Power Marketing, LLC and K. Stephen Tsingas directing them to show cause why they should not be found to have violated section 1c.2 of the Commission's regulations and section 222 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) by engaging in fraudulent Up To Congestion (UTC)…
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March 1, 2015
Retail supplier DES Retail, LLC, which has been inactive, will be administratively dissolved by the state of Georgia, its parent DES Wholesale, LLC d/b/a Diversified Energy Supply (DES) said in a filing at FERC regarding a change in ownership.
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February 24, 2015
The six investor-owned New York electric distribution companies have petitioned the New York PSC to approve a utility-offered demand response program to the extent the U.S. Supreme Court rules that FERC (via the RTOs) cannot set compensation for demand response.
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February 23, 2015
FERC approved PJM's request to retain 2,000 MW of capacity that would otherwise be released under the RPM incremental project, but denied a separate request from PJM for authorization to enter into contracts for capacity for reliability purposes outside of the centralized capacity market.
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February 19, 2015
Champion Energy Marketing LLC has filed a complaint at FERC against PJM regarding PJM's allocation of balancing operating reserves for January 2014.
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February 16, 2015
Retail supplier Bluco Energy, LLC has informed FERC that it has undergone a change in ownership, consummated in November 2014
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February 10, 2015
FERC approved the Midwest ISO's request to allow the ISO to compensate generators in excess of the current $1,000/MWh offer cap.
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February 4, 2015
FERC-driven changes in Midcontinent ISO practices may require the Public Utility Commission of Texas to consider whether changed circumstances exist such that Entergy Texas' participation in MISO is no longer in the public interest, the PUCT said in a filing at FERC.
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February 3, 2015
FERC ordered Maxim Power Corporation, Maxim Power (USA), Inc., Maxim Power (USA) Holding Company Inc., Pawtucket Power Holding Co., LLC, Pittsfield Generating Company, LP and Kyle Mitton to show cause why they should not be found to have violated section 1c.2 of the Commission’s regulations and…
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February 2, 2015
FERC has dismissed a complaint from the New England Power Generators Association that had asked FERC to eliminate the Peak Energy Rent (PER) Adjustment in the ISO New England market, and to adjust the mechanism for capacity periods for which auctions have already been run.
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