January 6, 2011
Major Energy Receives Maryland Electric License The Maryland PSC granted Major Energy Electric Services, LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential, commercial and industrial customers at Baltimore Gas & Electric ( 11/2 ).
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January 5, 2011
OPC Withdraws Opposition to Maryland Gas & Electric Trade Name The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has withdrawn opposition to the electric supplier license application of Energy Services Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric, after parent U.S. Gas & Electric Inc. answered OPC's concerns…
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January 5, 2011
Cross Plains Natural Gas Seeks Illinois Gas License Cross Plains Natural Gas LLC applied for an Illinois natural gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers in all areas with small volume choice programs. The start-up's principals include Byron Biggs, owner at Glenwood…
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January 4, 2011
Good Energy Seeks Illinois ABC License Good Energy, L.P. applied for an Illinois electric agent, broker, and consultant license.
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January 3, 2011
Dayton Power & Light's proposal to charge certain governmental aggregation customers returning to bundled service the higher of a market-based rate and the Standard Service Offer rate is contrary to DP&L's authorized electric security plan, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said in comments to the Public…
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December 31, 2010
Direct Energy Intends to Serve Residential Customers at Peoples Natural Gas Direct Energy, "has made a firm commitment to file an application for a [natural gas supplier] license in the Peoples [Natural Gas Company] service territory [in Pennsylvania]," and, "intends to service residential and small…
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December 30, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a generic proceeding regarding the "throughput incentive" faced by electric distribution companies, and whether to pursue decoupling, a lost revenue adjustment mechanism, or other mechanism to mitigate this incentive (10-3126-EL-UNC).
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December 29, 2010
IGS Energy Offering Service at Columbia Gas of Virginia Interstate Gas Supply, as Columbia Retail Energy, has begun offering service to customers at Columbia Gas of Virginia. IGS Energy's Virginia application was first reported in Matters ( 8/20 , 9/23 ). Through a direct mail offer, IGS Energy is…
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December 29, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio should not approve Duke Energy Ohio's market rate offer application as proposed, PUCO Staff said in prefiled testimony, citing the accelerated three-year transition to market rates in the application (10-2586-EL-SSO).
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December 29, 2010
Branded Retail Energy Seeks Pa. Broker License Branded Retail Energy Co. LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. As previously reported, Branded Retail Energy Co. specializes in creating…
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December 28, 2010
FERC's proposal to adopt an electric reliability standard requiring planning coordinators within ReliabilityFirst Corporation to analyze, assess, and document resource adequacy annually using a "one day in ten year" loss of load criterion exceeds FERC's authority under the Federal Power Act and…
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December 28, 2010
Nordic Energy Services Seeks to Serve All Illinois Electric Customers, Expand to Additional Territories Nordic Energy Services, LLC applied at the Illinois Commerce Commission to amend its alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, serve additional territories, and…
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December 27, 2010
United Energy Trading LLC, d/b/a Kratos Gas & Power, applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas.
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December 24, 2010
Several large non-residential customers have objected to Duke Energy Ohio's proposed Market Rate Offer for accelerating the transition to full market rates versus a five-year transition envisioned by statute, while retail suppliers sought to make several additional charges bypassable.
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December 22, 2010
Rapid Power Management Receives Ohio Broker License The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Rapid Power Management, LLC an electric aggregator/broker license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas (11/17).
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December 20, 2010
Interpreting the PJM Reliability Assurance Agreement as eliminating a Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) entity's ability to seek relief from FERC regarding the cost paid for capacity under an FRR plan where a state-established compensation mechanism is set would, "render[] the provision invalid or…
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December 17, 2010
AEP Ohio has withdrawn a stipulation governing its Significantly Excessive Earnings Test which also would have impacted rates at Columbus Southern Power and committed signatories to supporting the pending merger of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power into a single operating company.
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December 15, 2010
Rosenthal Energy Advisors Seeks Expedited Review of Pa. Broker Application Rosenthal Energy Advisors, Inc. petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to expedite the review of its electric broker application (11/24), objecting to a Secretarial letter which has extended the period for consideration of the…
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December 14, 2010
ICC to Consider ComEd POR Case Wednesday The Illinois Commerce Commission will further consider Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff filing (Docket 10-0138) at its December 15 Bench Session. EnergyChoiceMatters.com will provide live blogging of the meeting . The filed tariff's…
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December 13, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has asked FERC to dismiss the application of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to institute a formula rate for capacity compensation from retail suppliers, given that PUCO action has made the issue moot (FERC Docket ER11-2183).
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December 13, 2010
WGES Launches PECO Residential Offers Washington Gas Energy Services has launched residential electric service at PECO. WGES is offering:
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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).
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December 9, 2010
AEP Retail Energy Partners Serving 200 MW of Load AEP Retail Energy Partners LLC said that it provides electricity and energy-related services to more than 1,000 retail customers in Ohio, representing approximately 200 MW of load, in describing its standing in a motion to intervene in Duke Energy…
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December 9, 2010
Border Energy Electric Services Seeks Ohio Supplier License Border Energy Electric Services, Inc. applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. As only noted in Matters, affiliate Border Energy, Inc. recently…
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December 9, 2010
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed a report examining whether a Standard Choice Offer (SCO) supplier's direct relationship with a retail customer at Dominion East Ohio provides that supplier with an advantage in enrolling those customers onto other choice products, particularly…
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