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March 3, 2011
United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power said that they cannot accommodate mid-cycle supplier enrollments, contrary to the findings contained in a Connecticut DPUC draft decision concerning supplier marketing (10-06-24).
February 22, 2011
Competitive gas marketer Coweta-Fayette EMC Natural Gas (EMC Natural Gas, Inc.) has petitioned the Georgia PSC for a waiver of the Service Quality Standards for Certificated Marketers relating to call center service levels, as it said that implementing a new, improved bill would likely lead to…
February 18, 2011
PUCT Staff have asked that the Commission address several threshold policy issues regarding prepaid electric service at the February 24 open meeting to inform Staff's development of a formal proposal for adoption regarding revised Subst. R. 25.498 (Project 38675).
February 17, 2011
Pennsylvania electric generation suppliers, "are exempt from the budget billing obligation when offering dynamically-priced [including monthly variable] products to residential customers," the Pennsylvania PUC said in a Secretarial letter yesterday (M-2009-2082042).
February 4, 2011
The joint New York utilities have opposed a rehearing request filed by the Small Customer Marketer Coalition related to the New York PSC's recent order that ESCOs may only offer prepaid service when the ESCO is the billing party (98-M-1343).
February 2, 2011
Empiric Marketing & Sales, LLC, which intends to offer prepaid electric generation service in Pennsylvania, has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a declaratory order finding that provisions of 52 Pa Code § 56.17 do not apply to its prepaid service (P-2011-2222777).
January 19, 2011
Several Texas retail electric providers and Transmission and Distribution Service Providers have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to address the REPs' concerns of waiting until the next cycle billing date to receive meter tampering discretionary charges and rebills.
January 11, 2011
The Maryland PSC has rejected as unsupported a largely consensus working group report which would have governed the use of standard electronic transactions between natural gas local distribution companies and competitive suppliers, per COMAR 20.59.
January 7, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board has issued guidance for electricity retailers issuing supplier consolidated bills regarding the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit (OCEB), which provides a 10% reduction in the electric bills paid by all mass market customers regardless of supplier.
January 4, 2011
Although the 82nd Texas legislative session does not convene until January 11, a number of bills have been pre-filed regarding switch holds, disconnection, deferred payment plans, REP advertising, and net metering.
December 16, 2010
As first reported in our live blog yesterday, the Maryland PSC has suspended Baltimore Gas & Electric's electric purchase of receivables tariff revisions relating to sales tax, and directed the supplier coordination working group to address the issues ( 12/14 ).
December 14, 2010
The Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel has endorsed a mechanism that would allow current customers of financial prepaid, or advance pay, products to continue receiving this type of prepaid service despite proposed new rules which would require that all prepaid service in Texas be conducted…
December 3, 2010
Nelson Suggests Price Comparison Tool for Texas Power to Choose Commissioner Donna Nelson has proposed that the PUCT's Power to Choose website offer a savings and comparison calculator so that customers may compare savings under different product offers as well as their current rate. Nelson said…
November 18, 2010
Updated November 19 with Additional Details on REP Interaction (starting 7th paragraph)
November 16, 2010
The California PUC has issued a proposed decision which would adopt a core brokerage fee $0.025 per decatherm at Pacific Gas & Electric, effective January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013 (A. 09-05-026).
October 29, 2010
Rejecting recommendations from Trial Staff, FERC denied requests from NYSEG to require the New York ISO to rebill certain charges dating back 10 years to correct metering errors from both NYSEG and Niagara Mohawk (EL09-26).
October 26, 2010
Tara Energy, LLC would pay $13,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations from PUCT Staff that Tara Energy was not in compliance with nine provisions of the Substantive Rules (Docket 38839).
October 25, 2010
A Maryland working group has submitted a Maryland Gas Standard manual to implement standard electronic transactions for the retail gas market required by RM 35.
October 20, 2010
The Maine PUC has initiated an investigation of Central Maine Power Company's credit and collection practices and how such practices and related accounting methods may have influenced CMP's Standard Offer-related uncollectible balances and write-offs (2010-327).
October 14, 2010
Young Energy LLC, which offers prepaid service without the use of a customer prepayment device or system, opposed PUCT Staff's draft proposal for publication which would eliminate the offering of prepaid service without the use of a customer prepayment device or system (Project 38675).
October 11, 2010
Several retail natural gas suppliers have asked the Georgia PSC to consider implementing a permanent three day standard for Atlanta Gas Light to follow in regard to connecting, disconnecting and reconnecting customers, including monthly reporting of the service level standards (Docket 31647-U).
October 11, 2010
New York PSC Staff have opposed Niagara Mohawk's request to include a true-up of the uncollectible rate included in the electric Merchant Function Charge, which would also be used in setting the Purchase of Receivables discount rate (Case 10-E-0050).
October 11, 2010
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for publication in Project 38675 for new Subst. R. §25.498, governing prepaid service, under which REPs would be prohibited from offering prepaid service unless the REP uses a customer prepayment device or system (CPDS).
October 7, 2010
Penstar Power, L.L.C. would pay an administrative penalty of $6,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve a Staff investigation concerning Penstar's compliance with P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.474, concerning selection of a retail provider and P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.480, concerning bill payment…
October 4, 2010
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has filed a modification to Tariff Rule No. 15 - Measurement, to provide for a BTU content adjustment to the monthly determination of a customer's billing MCFs in addition to existing adjustments for pressure and temperature (Docket R-2010-2201974 ).
