February 8, 2024
Ohio Utility Seeks Approval To Finish AMI Deployment To All Customers
A utility petitioned the PUC of Ohio for…
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February 2, 2024
Retail Supplier Beta Testing Use Of Real-Time AMI Data To Reward Customer Demand Response
Affiliate Reports Data On Sales Force
A retail energy supplier announced…
November 16, 2023
PUC Won't Delay Consideration Of Utilities' Further Smart Meter Deployment Plan
A Public Utilities Commission won't delay consideration of…
March 8, 2023
Texas PUC Staff Recommend $1.74 Million Penalty Against TDU For Alleged Violations Of Customer Metering & Billing Practices
The Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a news release today that, "The Public Utility Commission of Texas’ (PUCT) Division of Compliance and Enforcement (DICE) today is recommending the Commission impose an administrative penalty of $1,747,400 for violations relating to Texas-New Mexico…
July 18, 2022
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities Seek Approval To Install 700,000 More Smart Meters; Propose Customer Energy Management & Smart Thermostat Programs
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have filed for approval of a second phase of their grid modernization plan, which would include the installation of an additional 700,000 AMI meters
June 23, 2022
ConEd Smart Meter Installations Nearly Complete
Con Edison announced that it is closing in on completion of its smart meter installation program, which includes more than 4.8 million smart meters
May 31, 2022
Texas REPs Detail TDU Billing Issues, Billing Of 700,000 kWh To Customer In One Month, Multiple Cancels/Re-bills
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers filed a statement of position with the Texas PUC opposing the inclusion, in Texas-New Mexico Power Company's distribution cost recovery factor update, of…
February 8, 2022
Pennsylvania PUC Asks If CSPs & Other Third Parties Should Have "Direct" Access To The Customer's Meter
The Pennsylvania PUC has opened a proceeding to, "determine if a safe, acceptable path exists for CSPs [conservation service providers] and other third parties [which are not retail suppliers] to gain access to customer data electronically from the EDCs."
January 24, 2022
TNMP May Need To Perform Manual Meter Reads On ~100,000 AMI Meters In Interim Due To 3G Shutdown, Supply Chain Issues
Texas-New Mexico Power issued a market notice concerning a remediation plan for its AMI meters which currently communicate via the AT&T 3G network which is being shut down at the end of February 2022
December 1, 2021
PUC Approves Settlement Addressing Retail Supplier Data Access, Use Of AMI Data For Settlement Addressed
Settlement Provides For Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted without modification a settlement in AEP Ohio's gridSMART Phase 3 proceeding under which AEP Ohio will complete the deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to the Company’s remaining customers by replacing up to an additional…
October 29, 2021
Utility With Retail Choice Withdraws Proposed Customer-Facing Smart Energy App As Part Of AMI Deployment Settlement
As part of a stipulation addressing advanced metering (AMI) and related smart grid issues, AEP Ohio ("the Company") has agreed to withdraw a smart energy app that would have provided smart home and energy management tools to customers.
July 15, 2021
PUC Approves Utility's Time Of Use Generation Rate Offering For Default Service Customers
PUC Orders Utility To File Testimony Regarding Use Of AMI Data For Wholesale Settlements, THEO, NSPL, & PLC
June 16, 2021
PUC Approves Settlement Concerning Dayton Power & Light Advanced Meter Roll-Out Which Addresses Default Service Issues
Addresses Supplier Access to AMI Data, Use In Wholesale Settlement
March 26, 2021
PSC Directs Workgroup To Develop Plan To Implement Green Button Connect My Data
The District of Columbia PSC reconvened the Customer Impact Working Group ('CIWG') to resolve the issues raised by Pepco in a report concerning Green Button Connect My Data (CMD), and to develop a plan for implementing Green Button Connect My Data (CMD) in the District.
February 22, 2021
St. Clair Newbern: A Silver Bullet to Fix the Texas Electricity Market
The following is a contribution from St. Clair Newbern IV, CEO of Live Energy Inc.
January 29, 2021
Consumers' Counsel Proposes Rule Requiring Utilities To Offer Time Of Use Rate Option As "Standard Service Offer"
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has proposed that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopt a rule that would require the electric utilities to offer, "as a standard service offer," an optional rate design tariff for demand, load, and time-based options for customers with AMI meters
January 7, 2021
PSE&G Receives Approval For Deployment Of Smart Meters
Public Service Electric & Gas announced that it received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to invest approximately $700 million during the next four years to provide its 2.3 million electric customers with smart meters, under a territory-wide deployment.
December 11, 2020
Texas Retail Providers Newly File Notice Of Intent To Provide Prepay Service Via Prepayment Device Or System
Ampra Energy and Peso Power -- both brands of JP Energy Resources LLC (REP Certificate No. 10278) -- have each filed with the Texas PUC a notice of intent to provide prepaid service using a customer prepayment device or system
December 9, 2020
Texas TDU Proposes Disposition Of Unused Funds In Program That Reimbursed Retail Electric Providers For Providing Smart Devices To Low-Income Customers
AEP Texas North has proposed how to dispose of unused funds remaining under a closed program that reimbursed Texas retail electric providers for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
November 30, 2020
Group Warns Of New York Utility's Control Over Smart Meter Distributed Intelligence "App Store", Says Oversight Needed To Prevent Competitive Harm To ESCOs, Other Providers
Mission:data Coalition has filed testimony with the New York PSC urging the PSC to exercise oversight, "over a novel and under-recognized technology that Niagara Mohawk Power Company ('NMPC' or the 'Company') proposes to install in its smart meters: distributed intelligence ('DI')."
October 23, 2020
Settlement Concerning Dayton Power & Light Advanced Meter Roll-Out Addresses Default Service Issues
Addresses Supplier Access to AMI Data, Use In Wholesale Settlement
July 7, 2020
Retail Choice Regulator Opens Phase II Grid Modernization Proceeding With "Focus" On Providing Smart Meters Only To Certain Default Service Customers
The Massachusetts DPU has opened Phase II of its grid modernization proceeding with a "primary focus" of examining whether to deploy advanced metering to basic service (default service) customers with electric vehicles (EVs), in addition to a discrete number of other customers
June 23, 2020
Two New York Utilities Would Implement Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters (AMI) Under Joint Proposal
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies), New York State Department of Public Service Staff, Multiple Intervenors, and certain ratepayer and green groups have filed a joint proposal in the Companies' electric…
June 8, 2020
Texas Retail Provider Newly Files Statement Of Intent To Provide Prepay Service Via Prepayment Device Or System
Heritage Power, LLC has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a statement of intent to provide retail electric services using a customer prepayment device or system
April 28, 2020
Exelon Invests In Real-Time Energy Data Monitoring Company, Notes Potential Application At Constellation
Vutiliti which describes itself as a, "smart utility monitoring company," announced today that it has received a Series A investment of $11.75 million led by Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture investing arm of Exelon Corporation, and Cycle Capital Management.