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December 9, 2013
The Michigan bill (House Bill 5184) to expand electric choice to all customers also includes provisions requiring purchase of receivables, permitting opt-out municipal aggregation, and requiring utilities to no longer own generation.
December 9, 2013
ENCOA Receives Electric License in New State
December 6, 2013
Michigan State Rep. Mike Shirkey has introduced legislation to remove the 10 percent cap on electric choice.
December 5, 2013
DTE Gas (MichCon) has scaled back certain elements of its proposal to require alternative gas suppliers to post rates to a utility-run rate comparison website, but suppliers and Michigan PSC Staff raised concerns with several remaining proposals.
December 3, 2013
Two Michigan utilities have filed tariffs with the PSC to further restrict the types of customers eligible to take electric customer choice.
December 3, 2013
energy.me midwest llc d/b/a energy.me applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider license
November 25, 2013
MP2 Energy Seeks License in Another New State
November 21, 2013
A report from the Michigan PSC and Michigan Energy Office concerning electric choice offers no policy recommendations, and only outlines several alternatives.
November 15, 2013
The Michigan PSC granted TERM Power & Gas, LLC, d/b/a ENCOA, an alternative natural gas supplier license.
November 12, 2013
Direct Energy has announced a new fixed natural gas rate at Consumers Energy in Michigan for the upcoming winter season.
October 31, 2013
Consumers Energy issued a news release this morning stating that, "With the winter heating season starting, Consumers Energy has returned to its position of having the lowest natural gas price of any Michigan energy provider."
October 30, 2013
SouthStar Energy Services, under the trade name Grand Rapids Energy, has begun offering natural gas supply to Michigan customers at DTE Gas Company (MichCon) and Consumers Energy.
October 22, 2013
ChamberChoice, OnDemand, FirstEnergy Solutions Expand Friends and Family Program
October 18, 2013
Consumers Energy has sought Michigan PSC approval to conduct an auction to meet its reserve requirements for the Midwest ISO Planning Year 2016 and determine if certain capacity acquisitions can achieve a net reduction in PPA, fuel and labor costs for MISO Planning Years 2014 and 2015.
October 18, 2013
The Michigan PSC has directed Cloverland Electric Cooperative to allow MPI Acquisition, LLC to purchase electric supply from a competitive supplier in an amount which does not exceed the 10% statutory cap, but which also does not fully serve MPI Acquisition's load.
October 16, 2013
The Michigan Energy Office issued a draft report regarding electric choice policy options
October 16, 2013
DTE Gas Company (MichCon) has filed with the Michigan PSC changes to its voluntarily offered natural gas customer choice program, including the creation of a mandatory supplier rate board, and PSC Staff review of pricing
October 11, 2013
Plymouth Rock Energy Seeks Licenses in New State
October 2, 2013
A draft segment report on Michigan's energy future from the PSC and Michigan Energy Office states that subsidized electric rates for large volume users should be carefully examined.
September 25, 2013
The Michigan PSC has ordered Wisconsin Electric Power Company to arrange for two customers, for which Wisconsin Electric was delaying switches to an alternative electric supplier, to be switched to choice service immediately.
September 12, 2013
Although the superior policy was already clear for a variety of reasons, the institution of involuntary firm load shed in PJM, due in part to a lack of available generating capacity (click here for story) , provides Texas with the inescapable conclusion that requiring a mandated reserve margin to be…
September 12, 2013
In what is ultimately a failure of a mandated reserve margin to keep the lights on -- despite the billions of dollars in costs that it annually imposes on customers -- PJM was forced to direct utilities to involuntarily curtail tens of thousands of customers on Tuesday, due to "unseasonably" hot…
September 4, 2013
The Midcontinent ISO has filed with FERC updated Cost of New Entry (CONE) values for each local resource capacity zone, for the planning year that will commence on June 1, 2014
September 4, 2013
Retail energy supplier Energy.me announced that 20 months since its launch, it has acquired 6,000 mid-market commercial customers, or the equivalent of 230,000 residential customers.
August 30, 2013
The Michigan PSC granted Wisconsin Electric Power Company what it termed "limited authorization" to defer certain costs arising from the mass exodus of sales to competitive supply at the utility.
