November 11, 2013
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would approve the smart meter deployment plan of the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies.
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November 4, 2013
"[T]here appears to be little interest by competitive retail electric suppliers in providing [time-differentiated] rates in the near term," Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has observed in comments on AEP Ohio's smart grid plan.
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October 17, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted rules providing customers with the ability to opt-out of having an advanced meter.
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October 17, 2013
In updating rules related to metering (largely relating to a smart meter opt-out, click here for related story ), the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio declined a request from a retail supplier for the provision of de-identified customer energy usage data from advanced meters to retail suppliers.
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October 1, 2013
Texas TDUs have filed widely varying estimates of the number of customers electing to opt-out of having a provisioned advanced meter, in filing their compliance tariffs to set the rates for the AMS opt-out.
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October 1, 2013
Texas transmission and distribution utilities have filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas initial tariffs to implement an opt-out from advanced metering, including sought levels for the one-time and ongoing opt-out fees.
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September 17, 2013
AEP Ohio Files to Significantly Increase Smart Meter Installations, But Not Full Deployment
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September 6, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a proceeding to address access to electric customer usage data under various scenarios, especially due to statutory language concerning the privacy of customer data in AMI pilots.
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August 20, 2013
ERCOT Mobile App Update Offers Real-Time Conditions, Wholesale Prices, More
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August 12, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted a final rule to allow customers to opt-out of having a provisioned advanced meter, which splits responsibility between the TDU and REP for various provisions under the rule.
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July 31, 2013
Barry Smitherman, current Texas Railroad Commission Chairman and former Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, has urged the PUCT in a letter to the agency to allow customers to opt-out of having a communicating advanced meter.
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July 11, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued draft rules which would allow customers to opt-out of having an advanced meter.
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June 4, 2013
Champion Energy Services this morning announced an agreement with Lowfoot, Inc. to provide Texas customers with data and other benefits associated with the interval data from smart meters.
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April 29, 2013
Clearview Electric, Inc. has filed a notice of intent with the Public Utility Commission of Texas of its intent to provide prepaid service using a customer prepayment device or system.
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April 3, 2013
Duke Energy Ohio has agreed to provide to retail suppliers a list of eligible customers who have provisioned advanced meters.
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February 8, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication that would allow a customer to select an alternative to a fully functioning advanced meter.
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February 4, 2013
Ameren has sought approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission for a Peak Time Rebate (PTR) program to be available to all residential customers with advanced metering, regardless of electricity supplier.
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January 8, 2013
The Maryland PSC has ordered that further proceedings be held to develop a mechanism to allow customers to opt-out of the use of a smart meter, though a specific mechanism was not adopted.
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January 7, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a reduction in certain discretionary service charges applicable to retail electric providers at Oncor.
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December 14, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will open a formal rulemaking on providing electric customers with some form of ability to "opt out" of certain functionalities of smart meters.
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December 7, 2012
The Michigan PSC is reviewing its prior determinations regarding the participation of end-use retail customers in RTO demand response (DR) programs in light of recent FERC orders.
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December 3, 2012
Parties have filed an unopposed stipulation to establish reduced discretionary service charges applicable to retail electric providers at Oncor.
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November 12, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have requested guidance from the Commission as to how to proceed with a project reviewing the potential for customers to be provided with an opt-out from advanced meter deployment.
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November 1, 2012
Michigan PSC Proposes Written Consent for Provision of AMI Data to Third Parties
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September 4, 2012
Pepco has informed retail suppliers in the District of Columbia that, at this time, it does not intend to provide, on a daily basis, residential interval data from advanced meters to retail suppliers.
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