June 25, 2012
FERC ordered that an inflation factor shall be applied to the Unit net Cost of New Entry (CONE) used in applying buyer-side mitigation to capacity sellers in the New York ISO ICAP mechanism, in ruling on a complaint filed by capacity suppliers (EL11-42).
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June 20, 2012
Aequitas Energy, Inc. has applied for market-based rate authority at FERC as part of its establishment of a retail energy supply operation.
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June 12, 2012
North American Power Offering Yankees Tickets with New Enrollments
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June 12, 2012
FERC yesterday approved the sale of Alpha Gas & Electric, LLC to Ketana Partners, LLC and David Wanounou.
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June 12, 2012
FERC accepted, with modifications, revisions to the Midwest ISO's Module E resource adequacy construct, and while FERC improved in some territories MISO's original proposal with respect to the assignment of capacity obligations to retail suppliers in retail choice environments, FERC's approved…
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June 4, 2012
PJM has filed at FERC to modify the methodology for calculating marginal losses.
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June 4, 2012
A new retail supplier, Independence Electricity, has indicated that it will enter the retail electric markets in all five New England states with electric choice, to serve all customer classes.
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May 28, 2012
FERC approved a stipulation and consent agreement between its Office of Enforcement, Vista Energy Marketing, L.P., and Michael P. Whalen, Jr. which resolves Enforcement's investigation under Part 1b of the Commission's regulations, 18 C.F.R. Part 1b, into whether Vista accurately described Whalen's…
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May 28, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC has opened a Notice of Inquiry regarding overarching issues relating to regulatory treatment of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and related services, and issued a series of initial questions for stakeholder comment (FC 1096).
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May 25, 2012
The Michigan PSC will establish a state compensation mechanism governing the charges paid by retail electric suppliers for capacity provided by Indiana Michigan Power Company to retail suppliers under I&M's Fixed Resource Requirement (Case No. U-17032).
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May 18, 2012
The PJM Independent Market Monitor has filed at FERC to withdraw its complaint against the unnamed owner of an unnamed capacity unit which the IMM alleged was using modeling assumptions in its capacity sell offer that were inconsistent with the Minimum Offer Price Rule in the Reliability Pricing…
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May 15, 2012
A new start-up, Amplified Power & Gas, LLC, will market electricity and natural gas to residential and commercial end-users in New York.
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May 15, 2012
Credits under PJM's price responsive demand (PRD) program, which reflect the capacity savings from the existence of the price responsive demand, will be paid only to load serving entities, and not non-LSE PRD providers, under a FERC order issued yesterday, but FERC will be monitoring the issue going…
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May 9, 2012
Noble Americas Gas & Power Corp. has created a new retail electric supply company called Your Energy Holdings, LLC.
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May 4, 2012
Several owners of Liberty Power Corp. are launching a new wholesale business to supply utilities.
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May 3, 2012
The PJM Independent Market Monitor has filed a complaint at FERC seeking a determination that various modeling assumptions, and the resulting sell offer, from an unnamed capacity supplier are invalid, and that the such assumptions must be modified to conform to the Minimum Offer Price Rule.
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May 1, 2012
FERC accepted for filing but suspended for five months the formula capacity rate filed rate by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) Company, an AEP company, that would be charged to retail suppliers taking capacity under I&M's Fixed Resource Requirement plan, as FERC's preliminary analysis, "indicates that…
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April 20, 2012
FERC has approved a new shortage pricing mechanism at PJM which features an $850 per MWh reserve price cap, and a $2,700 per MWh combined energy and reserves price cap (ER09-1063).
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April 19, 2012
Certain customers at Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an AEP company, intend to take electric service from competitive suppliers in the "near future," the Michigan PSC has been informed.
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April 16, 2012
FERC revoked the market-based rate authority of 35 "public utilities," including a retail supplier, for what FERC said was failure to file a baseline electronic market-based rate tariff as previously ordered (see prior story) .
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April 11, 2012
FERC has ordered hearing and settlement judge procedures regarding an error in PJM's calculation of Operating Reserve Lost Opportunity Cost credits paid to generators, which resulted in an overpayment of such credits funded by load, but declined to address in the instant proceeding any issues…
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April 10, 2012
FERC has posted a Staff Notice of Alleged Violations against Barclays Bank PLC and several individual traders.
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April 6, 2012
Noble Americas Gas & Power Corp. has entered into an agreement to take a 25% stake in the Eagle Point Cogeneration Facility in New Jersey.
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April 4, 2012
Viridity Energy, Inc. has filed a complaint at FERC regarding the compensation provided to customers registering with one curtailment service provider (CSP) in PJM's capacity program, but who use a different CSP for energy and ancillary services (EL12-54).
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April 3, 2012
OnDemand Energy Solutions Launches Affinity Program with Council of Smaller Enterprises
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