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August 29, 2018
The Michigan PSC adopted an order authorizing Consumers Energy to continue listing, on the utility consolidated bills for gas customer choice (GCC) customers, the utility's Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) rate.
July 25, 2018
The Michigan PSC approved a settlement agreement under which Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCo.) will continue its state reliability mechanism (SRM) charge of $90,810 per megawatt-year, assessed on full-service customers and on customers who have their electric provided by an alternative electric…
July 16, 2018
The State of Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the Michigan PSC lacks the authority to require alternative electric suppliers to meet local capacity clearing requirements
June 29, 2018
The Michigan PSC has set the forward local capacity requirements for LSEs, including retail electric suppliers, and adopted related parameters governing the local capacity requirement
June 20, 2018
Astral Energy, LLC is acquiring a book of customers from National Choice Energy, LLC (NCE)
April 13, 2018
The Midcontinent ISO's capacity auction for the 2018-19 planning year resulted in a clearing price of $10 per MW-day for all zones except Zone 1 (DPC, GRE, MDU, MP, NSP, OTP, SMP)
February 28, 2018
Provision Power & Gas, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
February 2, 2018
The Michigan PSC issued its annual electric choice report for 2017, which includes, for each retail supplier, the number of customers and MW served for 2017, by service area
February 2, 2018
Michigan electric utilities filed final levels for their 2018 choice caps
January 5, 2018
Several more Michigan utilities have filed initial amounts for the 2018 electric choice caps
December 29, 2017
Several Michigan utilities have filed initial amounts for the 2018 electric choice caps
December 1, 2017
The Michigan PSC has set the amount for the state reliability mechanism (SRM) capacity charge at 3 more utilities that customers of alternative retail electric suppliers shall pay if their supplier fails to demonstrate that it has enough capacity into the future, or elects not to arrange generating…
November 22, 2017
The Michigan PSC has set the amount for the state reliability mechanism (SRM) capacity charge that customers of alternative retail electric suppliers shall pay if their supplier fails to demonstrate that it has enough capacity into the future, or elects not to arrange generating capacity to meet the…
October 12, 2017
The Michigan PSC issued an order in Case No. U-18444 opening a contested case proceeding for determining the process and requirements for a forward locational requirement for generation resources used to meet electric capacity obligations under Section 6w of 2016 PA 341 (Act 341).
October 12, 2017
The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) has urged 4,500 former Energy America customers who may have signed up for service in 1998, "to check their bills to see if they are now being charged by Direct Energy Services as their natural gas supplier."
September 29, 2017
Entergy Corporation announced that it plans to operate Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, until the spring of 2022, under the existing Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Consumers Energy.
September 18, 2017
Adopts Capacity Showing Rules, Limits Reliance on MISO Auction To 5%
The Michigan PSC, in an order on the capacity demonstration process, ruled that LSEs, including retail suppliers, will not need to meet a locational capacity requirement for the period 2018-2021, but opened a new proceeding to determine the allocation of the forward locational requirement starting…
August 24, 2017
The Michigan PSC approved one of the options proposed by Consumers Energy under its Voluntary Large Customer Renewable Energy Pilot Program (VLC), which will offer large businesses the opportunity to purchase 100 percent renewable energy.
August 24, 2017
Start-up Receives Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
August 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC recently granted start-up National Choice Energy LLC an electric supplier license to serve all customers in all service areas.
August 1, 2017
While the Michigan PSC said there will be enough electricity available to meet customer needs throughout Michigan in the next five years, the PSC said that it, "remains concerned," that load serving entities in the Lower Peninsula do not have adequate capacity to meet the planning reserve…
August 1, 2017
Retail Energy Vet Serves As President
The Michigan PSC granted start-up National Choice Energy LLC an alternative gas supplier license
July 27, 2017
Direct Energy is extending its Connect to Comfort 24 Plan, which includes a Hive smart thermostat and subscription plan, to both natural gas and electricity customers in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.
July 13, 2017
While not adopting a prescriptive requirement at this time, the Michigan PSC, in directing the utilities to file voluntary green power programs as required under the state's recent Act 342, "encourage[d]," the utilities to work in cooperation with any C&Is who feel that contracting directly with a…
July 13, 2017
Pursuant to MCL 460.10a(1)(c), the Michigan PSC has set the electric choice cap at Indiana Michigan Power Company (AEP), Northern States Power Company (Xcel Energy), and several cooperatives to 0%.
