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August 27, 2012
Portland General Electric has proposed modifying OAR 860-038-0275(5) to specify that, "the annual multi-year direct access program offered by electric companies be open solely to customers with 10 MW or greater peak load at a site."
August 22, 2012
Energy Choice Now said that a report prepared by Continental Economics, Inc. concludes that raising the current 10% cap on electric choice participation in Michigan will lower electric costs for businesses and consumers, "stimulating economic growth and creating thousands of new jobs for Michigan…
August 17, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas this morning adopted a final order expanding retail electric choice to the former Cap Rock service territories now owned by Sharyland Utilities (39592).
August 15, 2012
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio announced today the recent entry of additional competitive natural gas suppliers into the natural gas choice market.
July 17, 2012
Retail suppliers, end users, and California utilities have jointly proposed a lottery process to assign any space which becomes available under the current direct access cap, such as from a current direct access customer leaving direct access service (R. 07-05-025).
July 16, 2012
Unopposed Proposed Order Filed to Transition Sharyland's Former Cap Rock Territories to Retail Choice
June 29, 2012
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and all intervenors that had signed a prior stipulation concerning the transition to retail competition at Sharyland's former Cap Rock territories have requested that the procedural schedule in the docket be abated, and that…
June 26, 2012
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has opened a docket (12-06-14) to examine the procedures for creating and expanding municipal electric utilities.
June 26, 2012
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. has withdrawn its request for a hearing in the Public Utility Commission of Texas' review of a transition to retail competition at the former Cap Rock territories now owned by Sharyland Utilities, LP.
June 21, 2012
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has endorsed putting an opt-out municipal electric aggregation program for the city on the November ballot.
June 14, 2012
"The transition adjustment mechanism is probably the single largest barrier to development of a competitive market," in Oregon, the Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities told the Oregon PUC.
May 28, 2012
The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a settlement in Arizona Public Service Company's rate case proceeding under which a limited amount of large customers will be able to choose an alternative provider of wholesale energy under a "buy through" mechanism (Docket E-01345A-11-0224).
May 22, 2012
Liberty Power has expanded its residential electric offerings to New Jersey.
May 22, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC proposed in a secretarial letter delaying two mailings from the electric distribution companies intended to educate customers about electric choice.
May 21, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has resolved threshold issues regarding the design of a competitive generation service (CGS) tariff at Entergy Texas, and with such direction parties will now work to bring a consensus final program design before the Commission for approval (Docket 38951).
May 17, 2012
Nearly 29,000 enrollment requests for direct access in California were denied service during the January 2012 enrollment period as a result of the direct access caps being reached, according to a report from the PUC.
May 8, 2012
Liberty Power today announced that it had entered four new residential markets.
May 7, 2012
An Arizona ALJ has recommended that a settlement at Arizona Public Service, which contains an opportunity for certain large customers to elect an alternative source of wholesale power, should be approved without modification.
May 3, 2012
Expanding the unbundling of the natural gas industry to allow for residential choice in Connecticut would increase distribution rates, while any cost savings from competitive supply are "unclear," the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority said in comments to the Department of Energy and…
May 1, 2012
Entergy Texas, Inc. filed its application at the PUCT (40346) to transfer operational control of its transmission assets to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
April 20, 2012
The stipulated design for Entergy Texas' Competitive Generation Service (CGS) tariff has come a "long way" from the intent of the statute, PUCT Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said during a hearing yesterday, expressing disappointment concerning certain eligibility limits (38951).
April 19, 2012
A unanimous stipulation among parties would establish the eligibility and cap for the competitive generation service (CGS) tariff at Entergy Texas, Inc. (38951)
April 17, 2012
The issue of whether Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s Spraberry Driver Unit should be reconfigured from secondary meters to one or more primary meters should not be addressed as part of the transition to retail competition for the former Cap Rock service areas now part of Sharyland Utilities…
April 13, 2012
The Maryland PSC approved the end of the Columbia Gas choice program effective with the October 2012 billing cycle.
April 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that the Columbia Gas choice program be terminated with the October 2012 billing cycle.
