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December 15, 2010
A recommended decision in Niagara Mohawk's rate case needs to reconcile disparate treatment of true-ups for the Merchant Function Charge (MFC) paid by full service customers and the POR discount rate, New York PSC Staff said in a brief on exceptions (10-E-0050). Staff did not opine on its preference…
December 13, 2010
Staff of the New York Public Service Commission has proposed lowering the cutoff for mandatory hourly pricing at Orange & Rockland to 300 kW from the current 500 kW cutoff. Staff's recommendation came in testimony in O&R's electric rate case (10-E-0362).
December 10, 2010
GearyEnergy Receives Ohio Electric License The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted GearyEnergy, LLC an electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas (11/8).
December 10, 2010
IDT Energy posted income from operations of $8.8 million for the three months ending October 31, 2010 (first fiscal quarter of 2011), down from $10.5 million a year ago, on lower gross margins.
December 8, 2010
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation has filed further revisions to its imbalance and cash-out procedures with the New York PSC, adding a "safe harbor" provision to the pricing of imbalances.
December 8, 2010
Halifax-American Energy Co., a unit of Freedom Energy Logistics which acts as an agent for South Jersey Energy Co., has filed a Freedom of Information Law Request with the New York PSC seeking access to and disclosure of the variable energy price contracts of several ESCOs.
December 8, 2010
AGL Resources has entered into an agreement to purchase Nicor Inc. for $2.4 billion, in a transaction that would create a combined firm with over 1 million unregulated retail customers.
December 7, 2010
Public Power, Energy Plus Holdings LLC Post Residential PECO Rates Public Power LLC has started offering residential electric service at PECO, with a fixed rate of 9.799¢/kWh for 12 months. The product includes an early termination fee of $75. Additionally, Public Power customers receive $500…
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.
December 6, 2010
Fireside Natural Gas Receives Waivers to Offer Prepaid Product in Georgia The Georgia PSC approved Fireside Natural Gas, LLC's requested waivers of applicable disconnection rules to allow Fireside to offer a prepaid natural gas product. Fireside customers will be offered the same published fixed and…
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.
December 3, 2010
Nelson Suggests Price Comparison Tool for Texas Power to Choose Commissioner Donna Nelson has proposed that the PUCT's Power to Choose website offer a savings and comparison calculator so that customers may compare savings under different product offers as well as their current rate. Nelson said…
December 2, 2010
Md. PSC to Further Examine Columbia RM 35 Costs, Implementation The Maryland PSC directed Columbia Gas to present additional details regarding various costs of implementing several provisions of RM 35, including purchase of receivables and a 12-day enrollment timeline, after Columbia reported that…
December 1, 2010
The New York ISO has filed with FERC an application to set the ICAP demand curves for the Capability Years of 2011/2012, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014.
November 30, 2010
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation petitioned FERC for rehearing of the Commission's October 28 order denying NYSEG's request to rebill certain charges dating back 10 years to correct metering errors from both NYSEG and Niagara Mohawk (EL09-26).
November 30, 2010
Citizens Choice Energy Formally Announces N.Y. Service Citizens Choice Energy, LLC formally announced its launching of New York service yesterday. Citizens Choice Energy has been offering service in New York for several months, initially offering gas service at Consolidated Edison. A standard form…
November 30, 2010
U.S. Gas & Electric Seeks Pa. Electric License Energy Services Providers, Inc., trading as U.S. Gas & Electric and Pennsylvania Gas & Electric, applied for a Pennsylvania electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. Pennsylvania Gas…
November 29, 2010
FERC directed the New York ISO to make several changes to its proposed methodologies for determining the duration of in-City buyer-side mitigation in the ICAP market (ER10-3043, Only in Matters, 9/28/10 ), finding that the original proposals, "potentially may over- or under-mitigate the exercise of…
November 24, 2010
Planet Energy Taking Steps for New York Market Entry Planet Energy (New York) Corp. has filed an application for market-based rate authority with FERC. According to the New York PSC, Planet Energy has also completed Phase I EDI testing. Aside from its Canadian affiliates which market electricity and…
November 22, 2010
Energy Edge Consulting hires Jeff Roberts Energy Edge Consulting has added Jeff Roberts to its team of energy professionals to focus on business development. Roberts was previously Senior Vice President at Amerex Energy Services and also Director of Origination for Choice Energy Services.
November 22, 2010
The New York PSC denied the request of Niagara Generation, LLC for a pricing adjustment in a Main Tier incentive contract entered into between NiGen and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, as the PSC found that…
November 19, 2010
The New York PSC has adopted further revisions to its RPS program, including an expansion in the definition of qualified biomass, and a change in determining the economic development impact from some projects competing in the RPS solicitations.
November 19, 2010
The New York PSC approved without modification Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation's plan to expand mandatory hourly pricing to non-shopping S.C. No. 2 customers with demand greater than 300 kW in any two months during the twelve months ended June 30, 2010 (09-E-0588).
November 18, 2010
Two New York ALJs have recommended that the New York PSC deny Niagara Mohawk's proposal to use a true-up mechanism for commodity-related uncollectibles and to true up the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to reflect the actual uncollectible experience, in a recommended decision in NiMo's…
November 16, 2010
The joint New York utilities have recommended changes to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) beyond the currently pending changes addressing door-to-door sales (98-M-1343, 11/15 ), "because the purpose of the amendments are to protect consumers and to help them to make informed decisions about…
