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September 27, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC has ordered that bidders in an upcoming Pepco SOS procurement for the June 2022 to May 2023 delivery year shall include a $0/MW-day cost for capacity in their bids, with winning bidders instead reimbursed the actual final price of capacity once determined.
September 25, 2019
The results from the ISO New England capacity auction for the 2022/2023 Capacity Commitment (FCA 13) have taken effect by operation of law, after FERC did not render a decision on ISO-NE's results filing
September 19, 2019
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from a fall 2019 procurement of capacity for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
September 18, 2019
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera-BHD aka BHE) for the month of October 2019.
September 17, 2019
The Maryland PSC has suspended for 30 days, from the effective date of October 1, 2019, tariffs from Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
September 16, 2019
Will Compare Retail Supplier, Default Service Rates Will Also Study Natural Gas Capacity Issues
The New Jersey BPU recently issued a public notice inviting comments on whether residential customers have saved money by taking service from a retail supplier under natural gas choice
September 16, 2019
Three-Year Forward Obligation, Cleared Through Centralized Auction, Similar To Capacity Obligation
A white paper prepared for NRG has proposed a new forward, centrally cleared clean energy obligation that would be imposed on competitive retail electric suppliers and other LSEs
September 13, 2019
A proposed order for a California PUC ALJ would require competitive retail suppliers (electric service providers, or ESPs), community choice aggregations, and investor-owned utilities to procure their assigned share of incremental reliability and renewable integration resources identified by the…
September 13, 2019
FERC Commissioner Richard Glick will recuse himself for a longer period of time from any cases to which Avangrid and its affiliates are a party, which includes pending changes to the PJM capacity market under Docket No. EL18-178 et al.
September 9, 2019
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced today that it, "anticipates there will be sufficient installed generating capacity available to serve system-wide forecasted peak demand this fall and winter."
September 3, 2019
A group of retail suppliers, generators, community choice aggregators and San Diego Gas & Electric Company have filed a settlement with the California PUC that would adopt a "residual" central buyer structure to resolve issues respecting central procurement of Resource Adequacy (RA) under the…
August 30, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC invited stakeholder comments on proposed changes to an upcoming SOS procurement due to the indefinite delay of the 2022-2023 PJM Base Residual Auction for capacity pending further FERC order.
August 29, 2019
Would Clarify Retail Suppliers Must Meet Local RA Requirement For Disaggregated PG&E 'Other' Area
A proposed decision from a California PUC ALJ would deny a petition from the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets for certain relief related to a prior decision to disaggregate the PG&E Other local resource adequacy area.
August 28, 2019
ISO New England said in a market notice that, a new report, which the ISO said may assist market participants with their estimations of Forward Capacity Market monthly cost allocations to load obligation starting in the 2022-2023 capacity commitment period, is now available on the ISO New England…
August 23, 2019
A Pennsylvania ALJ would adopt without modification a settlement among various parties in UGI Utilities - Gas Division's (the "Company") rate case that addresses various natural gas market issues
August 16, 2019
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC a report concerning a work group meeting that was convened to discuss how to address an upcoming SOS procurement that is scheduled to include, for residential and small commercial customers (RSC), a three-year contract, for approximately one-third of…
August 7, 2019
Costs Will Be Allocated To Retail Suppliers, Load
Due to the lack of action by FERC, ISO New England's proposed Inventoried Energy Program has become effective by operation of law.
July 31, 2019
One PUC Changes Default Service Product Due To Delay Another PSC Initiates Review Of Issue
FERC's previously reported decision directing PJM not to conduct the 2022-23 base residual auction for PJM's capacity market during August as PJM had planned is already impacting default service procurements
July 26, 2019
FERC has directed PJM to not run in August 2019 the Base Residual Auction (BRA) under its RPM capacity market for the 2022-2023 delivery year under its existing tariff
July 25, 2019
Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva have each filed with the Maryland PSC tariff revisions to their Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
July 19, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has referred the matter of changes in prices, under what PURA calls "fixed" price contracts, by Spark Energy, LLC (Spark), and Direct Energy Services, LLC (Direct) to the Connecticut Attorney General and Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection for further investigation, if…
July 18, 2019
FERC's order states, "We deny Complainants’ allegations that Dynegy exercised market power in the 2015/16 Auction, causing an unjust, unreasonable, and unduly discriminatory Auction Clearing Price in Zone 4. MISO conducted the 2015/16 Auction in compliance with the MISO Tariff, including the Tariff…
July 17, 2019
Says OCC Ignores Scaling Factor, Other Impacts On Capacity Costs
Spark Energy LLC has requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority hold a hearing in PURA's proceeding addressing a declaratory ruling regarding the altering of the prices in fixed-price contracts, specifically, with respect to ISO charges
June 28, 2019
FERC has rejected tariff changes from PJM to update the rules and requirements for Price Responsive Demand (PRD) to conform to the rules and requirements for Capacity Performance Resources (PRD Update).
June 25, 2019
A settlement in the annual 1307(f) purchased gas cost proceeding at Philadelphia Gas Works would require changes to the capacity releases charges applicable to retail suppliers, addressing a concern raised by the Office of Consumer Advocate
