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February 21, 2019
The South Carolina House of Representatives has essentially passed a bill (House Bill 3659) that would allow large customers to direct their utility to purchase renewable energy from a competitive provider on the customer's behalf.
February 21, 2019
The Arizona Corp. Commission Staff rescheduled for February 25 a stakeholder meeting on possible modifications to the Commission's Rules for Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff ("REST"), the Environmental Portfolio Standard ("EPS"), and Net Metering.
February 14, 2019
New "Energy Justice" Coalition Seeking To End Utility "Monopoly" In North Carolina; Calls For, "Competitive Energy Market," "Consumer Choice"
February 12, 2019
Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission have proposed a schedule for the next workshop regarding Retail Electric Competition
February 1, 2019
Final Amounts For 2019 Choice Caps Filed
Michigan electric utilities have filed their final 10% choice cap
January 31, 2019
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe, which described itself as, "a federally recognized Indian tribe," filed comments with the Arizona Corporation Commission in support of electric choice
January 31, 2019
Diane Fellman, who recently retired from her position as a senior policy analyst at the California PUC, told attendees at the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) Western Energy Policy Summit that she expects the California legislature to address a variety of utility business model…
January 31, 2019
Speaking at the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) Western Energy Policy Summit, Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman Bob Burns said that he envisions a transition in the industry under which monopoly utilities eventually become wires-only companies
January 28, 2019
FPL CEO: Will Work To Educate Voters On "True Motives" Of Initiative Backers
During an earnings call for parent NextEra Energy, Florida Power & Light Company President and Chief Executive Officer Eric Silagy discussed a proposed ballot initiative to introduce retail electric choice in Florida, stating that the initiative would reduce funding available to first responders…
January 28, 2019
Various bills have been filed in the new New York legislative session addressing ESCO matters
January 23, 2019
NEM: Consumer Demand for Energy Choice Options Driving Market Openings in the West
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) announced that it will convene a Western Energy Policy Summit on January 30, 2019, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
January 22, 2019
With support from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, companion bills have been introduced into the Massachusetts state legislature that would ban new competitive electric supply contracts for individual residential customers beginning in 2020.
January 14, 2019
Tariff, If Approved, Would Have Foreclosed Availability Of Competitive Supply Offerings
Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) has withdrawn from the State Corporation Commission an application for a renewable electricity tariff that it had sought to comply with various statutory requirements that, if met, would terminate the current exemption allowing customers to take…
January 11, 2019
NEM Issues Save The Date For April National Energy Restructuring Conference
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has released an agenda with speakers for its Western Energy Policy Summit to be held January 29 - January 30, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada
January 4, 2019
Las Vegas Resort Holdings LLC d/b/a SLS Las Vegas applied at the Nevada PUC to purchase energy supply from a competitive electric provider pursuant to Chapter 704B of the Nevada Revised Statutes and Chapter 704B of the Nevada Administrative Code for what it described as its "Southern Facilities"
December 27, 2018
Gaughan South LLC d/b/a South Point Hotel and Casino applied at the Nevada PUC to purchase energy supply from a competitive electric provider pursuant to Chapter 704B of the Nevada Revised Statutes and Chapter 704B of the Nevada Administrative Code.
December 18, 2018
Note: This story was first published on Dec. 18 with an alert to our email subscribers
December 12, 2018
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson has filed a memo in an ACC proceeding reviewing electric choice, stating that, "simple deregulation is a nonstarter," due to the ACC's duty under the state's constitution, but that a framework of, "regulated competition," would be within the ACC's…
December 11, 2018
Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission have filed a proposed policy statement to institute a competitive electric supply buy-through program open to medium-sized C&I customers
December 10, 2018
Boyd Gaming Corporation has filed with the Nevada PUC to take competitive electricity supply and purchase energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources pursuant to Chapter 704B of the Nevada Revised Statutes and Chapter 704B of the Nevada Administrative Code.
December 10, 2018
The Arizonans for Electric Choice and Competition ("AECC") and Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC ("Calpine") have requested that the Arizona Corporation Commission adopt a process for its next steps in reviewing electric choice issues, and sought the adoption of a policy statement that would direct all…
December 6, 2018
Committee Report Says Capacity Markets "Certainly" Prop Up, "Older, More Inefficient," Power Plants At "Inordinately Burdensome" Cost
December 4, 2018
A study released today by NRG and Quadrant Strategies says that eighty-nine percent of U.S. residents support having the ability to choose their electric service provider
December 4, 2018
During the initial workshop in the Arizona Corporation Commission's latest consideration of electric choice, Commissioner Boyd Dunn expressed concern that residential customers in the rural parts of the state would not see the same benefits of electric choice as other customers.
November 14, 2018
Exit Fee Set at Zero For Newly Constructed Development
Several additional customers have filed with the Nevada PUC to take competitive electricity supply, while the PUC recently adopted orders setting forth the exit fees for other departing customers
