April 22, 2020
Concurrence Urges Interval Data To Be Used For Wholesale Settlement So Retail Suppliers May Design Better Products
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order finding that the work of the PowerForward Collaborative (grid modernization), the Distribution System Planning Workgroup, and the Data and Modern Grid Workgroup has been completed, and directed that these cases be closed of record.
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April 10, 2020
Affirms Removal Of HAN Functionality, Aside From Legacy Installations
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption in Rulemaking Project No. 48525, Rulemaking Relating to Advanced Metering, addressing AMI and Smart Meter Texas (SMT) issues
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April 7, 2020
Sustainable Westchester has partnered with Logical Buildings to launch a GridRewards pilot campaign allowing eligible customers to receive cash rewards from participating in Con Edison’s demand response programs, while also digitally assisting participants to reduce their monthly energy bill
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March 6, 2020
ERCOT is hosting a workshop to discuss issues related to the Advanced Meter System (AMS) implementation for Interval Data Recorder (IDR) Meter customers.
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February 20, 2020
The New Jersey BPU has lifted the moratorium on pre-approval of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) implementation programs
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December 13, 2019
Recommends Green Button Connect-My-Data Be Used For Retail Suppliers To Access CEUD For Existing Customers
A Data and Modern Grid Workgroup (DWG) report by a consultant retained by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has recommended that the electric utilities be required to use customer AMI data for wholesale settlement purposes, and not the current generic load profiles
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November 8, 2019
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication for changes to the rules governing advanced metering systems (AMS, e.g. Smart Meter Texas), including proposed on-demand read requirements in place of the existing home area network functionality (HAN)…
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October 24, 2019
Texas-New Mexico Power issued a market notice stating that TNMP implemented a web portal to provide automation for current manual processes as well as access to REP specific data not previously offered.
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October 11, 2019
During today's open meeting, DeAnn Walker, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that, as a starting point, she favors deleting the current home area network (HAN) requirements in the PUC's advanced metering system (AMS) rules, but supports including a requirement in the rules for…
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September 19, 2019
Retail Suppliers Had Called Proposed Program Anti-Competitive
The Illinois Commerce Commission adopted an order approving a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to establish a short-term pilot program, as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program utility supply rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new real-time pricing…
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September 5, 2019
In comments on a strawman rule which includes rule provisions related to advanced metering and Smart Meter Texas, the Alliance for Retail Markets said that the prohibition against a TDU's provision of a competitive energy service should equally apply in the context of a web portal providing…
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August 16, 2019
Low-Income Customers Would Receive Bill Protection Under TOU Pilot Draft Order Would Allow Reconciliation Charge For TOU Customers
ALJ Would Deny Relief Concerning Retail Supplier AMI Settlement & Data Access, But Would Require Staff Report On Barriers To Retail Supplier TOU Plans
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July 29, 2019
Utility Would "Evaluate" Offering End-User Broadband Service If Rural Market Unserved, And Rules Changed Details Smart Home, Energy Management Tools, Disaggregated Usage Retail Supplier Data Access, Use Of AMI Data For Settlement Addressed
AEP Ohio Would Complete Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters
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July 23, 2019
Original Erroneous Data Had Resulted In Lower Bills For ConEd, Higher Bills For Some ESCOs
FERC granted a waiver sought by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. to allow ConEd to correct metering data for April 2018 beyond the 130-day period prescribed in the tariff
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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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June 20, 2019
ICEA Calls Program Anti-Competitive
In a brief, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission stated that they do not object to a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to established a short-term pilot program as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new…
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June 11, 2019
Draft Supports "Strategic" Rollout Of Smart Meters Says Utilities Should Pilot Demand Response As Part Of Suite Of Rate Design Mechanisms
The State of New Jersey has released its Draft 2019 Energy Master Plan
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May 22, 2019
Residential Data Intervals Would Only Be Hourly
As part of newly filed rate cases, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies) have petitioned the New York PSC for approval of the territory-wide deployment of advanced metering infrastructure for their…
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April 23, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC has granted an extension for the filing of comments in its recently opened investigation of potential changes to default service procurement policies and cost assignment & allocation policies (pricing) as a result of AMI-enabled data, including the potential to move away from a…
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April 22, 2019
Review Of Barriers To Offering Of Dynamic Pricing By Competitive Retail Suppliers
The Acadia Center, the Cape Light Compact JPE, Conservation Law Foundation, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, and Northeast Clean Energy Council (the "Parties") requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (the "Department" or "DPU") immediately commence its investigation into the…
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April 2, 2019
The Ohio EDCs made filings concerning their architecture and related information as part of Ohio's PowerForward grid modernization proceeding
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March 7, 2019
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, and Texas-New Mexico Power Company ("Petitioners") have filed a petition at the Texas PUC for a waiver of certain performance measures reporting requirements related to the retail market
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February 18, 2019
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (the "Company") has, at the New York PSC, proposed modifications to its Clifton Park Demand Reduction REV Demonstration Project
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February 1, 2019
In an Ohio proceeding concerning a distribution modernization plan at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, the Environmental Law and Policy Center has sought to compel responses by Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (IGS), a party to the proceeding, to two interrogatories concerning certain business metrics of…
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December 31, 2018
--- Includes Targeted Customer Marketing Based On Customer Usage, AMI Data
As part of its proposed offering of Time of Use supply rates and a prepay option for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers, proposed in its grid modernization plan as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on December 24 (see story here) , Dayton Power & Light will actively market…
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