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June 20, 2017
Staff Note Co-op Fails to Allege Immediate Danger
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that a service area dispute between Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC) and AEP Texas be referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings
June 16, 2017
The Michigan PSC has issued an order interpreting statutory language concerning when the PSC shall set the electric choice cap at a utility to 0%
June 13, 2017
AEP Texas Says It Has Grandfathered Rights To Serve Disputed Territory
Granting a request from Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC) for an order from the Public Utility Commission of Texas requiring AEP Texas to cease serving over 100 residences in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision (outside of Uvalde, TX) would harm customers who are currently taking delivery services…
June 7, 2017
Survey Shows Consumers Strongly Support Maintaining Existing Energy Choice, ACCES Says
A survey conducted for the American Coalition of Competitive Energy Suppliers (ACCES) of consumers in Florida and Ohio found that, "consumers are overwhelmingly in favor of choice."
May 30, 2017
A new organization, called The Energy Choice Coalition (ECC), dedicated to advancing the principles of consumer choice and competition in the United States electricity industry is slated to launch in the next month or so, the organization's leadership told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
May 22, 2017
The number of business customers eligible for direct access can be increased immediately without new legislation, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail electric choice.
May 22, 2017
Electricity community choice aggregations (CCA) in California are only passing 1-2% in savings on to their customers even as the competitive wholesale market produces gross margin of 30% versus the utility rate, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail…
May 11, 2017
Dominion Virginia Power has filed with the Virginia SCC for approval of six voluntary 100 percent renewable energy tariffs (for various customer classes/voltages) whereby participating non-residential customers with peak measured demands of 1,000 kW or greater can voluntarily elect to purchase 100…
May 8, 2017
Google has submitted a petition with the Nevada PUC for a declaratory order seeking an explanation of how a new electric customer to Nevada who is seeking to obtain service pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 704B can obtain such service without being subject to impact (exit) fees, with the…
April 27, 2017
The Virginia SCC has denied a reconsideration request from Dominion Virginia Power concerning the SCC's recent interpretation of the statutory carve-outs allowing certain electric customers to take competitive supply
April 17, 2017
Commission Staff Would Open Inquiry Into Retail Wheeling For Other Large Customers Under Stipulation
Puget Sound Energy has entered into a settlement with Microsoft and Staff of the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission that would allow Microsoft to purchase electricity supplies from the wholesale market
April 12, 2017
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission will hold a joint En Banc Hearing with Commissioners of both agencies attending to discuss the changing state of retail electric choice in California on May 19 in Sacramento
April 4, 2017
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced his appointments to the Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice.
March 30, 2017
In an annual update, Entergy Texas reported that no customers have yet signed up for service under its Competitive Generation Service Tariff (Rider CGS)
March 24, 2017
Verdigris Seeks To Open Atmos Choice To Commercial Customers (Currently Limited To Industrials)
Texas industrial customers expressed "outrage" upon learning of an application by Atmos Pipeline - Texas (APT) to change the Rates of City Gate Service (CGS) and Rate Pipeline Transportation (PT) Rates, with such application including an average rate increase of 57.45% for Rate PT customers, energy…
March 16, 2017
The Virginia SCC has ruled on a petition from Direct Energy concerning several interpretations of the statutory provisions regarding electric choice, as Direct Energy had said that certain interpretations were necessary for the market to remain viable in cases where certain statutory milestones…
March 14, 2017
The Michigan PSC has issued proposed revisions to the electric choice enrollment and queue procedures as a result of the recent PA 341, to incorporate various modifications to statute
March 2, 2017
A settlement among certain parties to Arizona Public Service's rate case would continue the competitive wholesale generation (buy-through) choice program at APS, at the current overall cap, but with higher fees to suppliers.
February 2, 2017
The Maryland PSC has sent to legislators a final report concerning an opt-in electricity affordability program for residential and small commercial customers (PC 47).
January 30, 2017
Environmental groups have filed comments in support of several clarifications sought by Direct Energy concerning the carve-out for renewable energy supply sales as one of the last vestiges of retail electric choice in Virginia, as Direct Energy and the utilities continue to spar over the text of the…
January 4, 2017
NEM Meeting Will Include Strategy To Preserve NY Retail Choice, All ESCOs Welcome
Due to the gravity of the current state of affairs in New York, the National Energy Marketers Association has opened its annual winter executive committee and policy development meeting to all members and prospective members, and all ESCOs are invited to attend.
December 16, 2016
The Michigan Senate and House have passed a revised version of SB 437, which Gov. Snyder has indicated he will sign, that permits the PSC to reduce the electric choice cap to below 10% under certain circumstances, and revises the previously proposed capacity obligations to be imposed on retail…
December 15, 2016
The New England chapter of the Retail Energy Supply Association named Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Commissioner Michael Caron as the 2016 recipient of its Champion of Choice Award.
November 22, 2016
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and affiliate Texas Retail Energy (TRE), LLC moved to intervene in a CCN proceeding before the Texas PUC concerning Entergy Texas' sought approval for a new 1,000 MW ratebased power plant, the Montgomery County Power Station
November 9, 2016
Nevada voters approved, with "Yes" winning with 72%, Question 3, which had asked whether Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution shall be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of…
