July 25, 2019
Touts New Ohio Law Allowing Utility To Enter Into Bilateral Contracts With Customers For Renewables
During an earnings call today, AEP CEO Nick Akins touted the ability of utility AEP Ohio to now enter into bilateral contracts with certain customers for renewable energy development, and looked towards the "redefinition" of Ohio energy policy via pending HB 247, which would allow utilities to offer…
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July 23, 2019
Enrolled Bill Includes Provision Allowing Utilities To Construct Renewable Energy Generation For Customers
The Ohio House has concurred with the Senate-passed version of HB 6, which provides subsidies to nuclear and other qualifying resources, and the bill has been enrolled
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July 23, 2019
Retail Supplier Seeks Change In Light Of SCB
In comments in a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rulemaking, Columbia Gas of Ohio has recommended that PUCO study an expansion of the eligibility criteria for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program
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July 22, 2019
Announces Partnership With Multi-family Dwelling Service Providers
WattBuy today announced that it has closed a $1.2M seed round with Powerhouse Ventures, as well as funding from Schmidt Futures, "focused on expanding market access and deepening its data science capabilities."
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July 22, 2019
Retail energy veteran Preston Ochsner, Managing Partner of Ochsner Interests Inc., told EnergyChoiceMatters.com that he is working on several M&A deals in the retail energy space, acting as an investment banker, and has seen a "dramatic" increase in M&A activity around New York-based retail energy…
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July 18, 2019
Affirms Denial Of Unbundling Proposal
In denying a rehearing request from IGS Energy in a Duke Energy Ohio electric security plan and rate case, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio affirmed that, "all customers benefit from Duke’s ability to provide the SSO [standard service offer]," and the recovery of certain administrative and…
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July 17, 2019
Proposed Rule Would Prohibit Inclusion Of Non-Commodity Services On Utility Consolidated Bills
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued proposed revisions to its electric service rules that would, among other things, allow customers to request a switch block on their account
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July 17, 2019
FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs To Install 700,000 Smart Meters Settlement Includes Provisions For Retail Supplier Access To AMI Data
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, without substantive modification relating to retail market issues, a stipulation at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs addressing grid modernization that includes, among other things, the installation of 700,000 advanced meters in the EDCs' service territories
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July 17, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has granted AEP Energy, Inc.'s petition for a waiver of the current rules concerning third-party verification for door-to-door electricity and natural gas sales
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July 17, 2019
Ohio Senate Passes Nuclear Subsidy Bill With Provision Allowing Utility To Construct Renewable Energy Generation For Customers
Updated, 7/18: With several members who support the bill absent, the Ohio House, lacking votes to pass the Senate version of HB 6, recessed until August 1 without taking up the Senate version of the bill
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July 17, 2019
Alleged To Have Charged Rate In Excess Of 18¢/kWh, Called "Miscalculation" By Supplier
National Gas & Electric (NG&E or Company) has agreed to a forfeiture of $250,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to resolve alleged violations detailed in a Staff Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated September 11, 2018
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July 15, 2019
In comments on a rulemaking regarding Ohio corporate separation rules, Duke Energy Ohio requested that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio clarify that an existing rule concerning the reporting of unreasonable sales practices and market deficiencies does not impose an obligation on utilities to…
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July 15, 2019
Says Utilities A "Trusted" Party To Customers Cites Behind The Meter Services, Community Solar, EV Charging As "Fertile Ground" For Utilities
In comments on a rulemaking regarding Ohio corporate separation rules, Dayton Power and Light ('DP&L') said that, "the rules should make clear that the electric distribution utilities ('EDUs') also have a place in providing a regulated option from which customers may choose innovative products and…
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July 10, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Iberdrola Solutions LLC an Option 1 retail electric provider certificate
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July 9, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a periodic five-year review of the Minimum Gas Service Standards under OAC Chapter 4901:1-13, which include certain rules impacting retail natural gas marketing rules
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July 3, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has requested from parties further briefing on the electric security plan at Dayton Power & Light, due to the inclusion in a stipulation (which itself is being contested after withdrawal of a retail supplier) of a distribution modernization rider (Rider DMR)…
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July 3, 2019
Ohio Power Company (AEP Ohio or the 'Company'), petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a waiver of a rule relating to the due date of bills sent from out of state, with AEP Ohio noting that application of the rule would delay payments to retail electric suppliers
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June 28, 2019
Eligo Energy recently completed the onboarding process to serve customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (formerly known as Dominion East Ohio) and plans to begin offering service to customers in that service area in the upcoming weeks
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June 27, 2019
Retains RPS Requirement, At Lower Amount
An Ohio Senate committee substitute for HB 6, the nuclear subsidy bill, would revise proposals in the bill, as passed by the House, concerning the ability of electric distribution companies to enter into renewable energy agreements with customers
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June 20, 2019
WattB, Inc., the operator of the Wattbuy(dot)com electricity shopping website, has applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve residential customers in all service areas
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June 19, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a stipulation between Great American Power and PUCO Staff under which Great American Power agreed to a forfeiture of $35,000 to resolve all of the issues identified by Staff in a Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated October 25, 2018
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June 19, 2019
In written testimony submitted to an Ohio Senate committee on HB 6, the nuclear subsidy bill, Teresa Ringenbach, Sr. Manager of Midwest Government & Regulatory Affairs for Direct Energy, said that, "As written House Bill 6 is a direct attack on retail energy competition in Ohio."
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June 19, 2019
PUCO Previously Ruled FirstEnergy EDCs May Withdraw Electric Security Plan (Governing Default Service, More) In Response To Adverse Ruling
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio erred in approving the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs' Distribution Modernization Rider (Rider DMR)
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June 6, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio set the non-solar renewable energy resource compliance payment under R.C. 4928.64(C)(2)(b) at $52.62/MWh for 2019
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June 4, 2019
PUCO Staff's October 2018 notice of probable non-compliance to Great American Power, LLC has been made public, disclosing more details on allegations which led to the stipulation first reported yesterday (see original story below)
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