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January 17, 2012
The amount of new direct access load available under Phase IV of the limited re-opening of direct access in California has already been fully subscribed, several suppliers told Matters after January 13, the first day that suppliers and customers were permitted to file six-month notices to take…
January 13, 2012
The California PUC has directed the investor owned utilities to better account for expected direct access load in their bundled procurement plans.
January 11, 2012
A settlement in Arizona Public Service Company's rate case would allow a capped number of large power users to elect alternative generation supply under a "buy through" mechanism (Docket E-01345A-11-0224).
January 9, 2012
Sharyland Utilities now proposes that it shall issue an RFP to select a default retail electric provider or providers for its four former Cap Rock service areas no later than April 30, 2013, as part of its plan to introduce retail competition to the service areas (39592).
January 9, 2012
The Maryland PSC has eliminated the choice program at Columbia Gas of Maryland, citing low participation which makes cost recovery of certain choice compliance costs impractical.
January 5, 2012
Consumers Energy has filed its initial electric choice cap for 2012.
January 5, 2012
Detroit Edison has filed its initial electric choice cap for 2012.
December 30, 2011
The Maryland Consumer Education and Customer Choice Workgroup (PC 25), tasked by statute with developing an electric choice education plan, has filed a final report with the Maryland PSC which finds that the primary purpose of any PSC efforts should be to inform customers about electric Choice, "not…
December 23, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) has recommended that the PUC reject a stipulation among PGW and retail suppliers to enhance choice at PGW, and said that Purchase of Receivables should not be implemented at PGW at this time (R-2008-2073938).
December 16, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC, via Secretarial Letter, ordered eight of the state's electric distribution companies (EDCs) to mail a postcard promoting electric shopping to small volume customers.
December 14, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC should reject a settlement among Philadelphia Gas Works and retail suppliers to increase customer education and improve operational rules for choice suppliers due to the costs that such measures would impose on distribution customers, the Office of Consumer Advocate said in…
December 9, 2011
PUCT Commission Advising has filed a draft preliminary order addressing a list of issues concerning Sharyland Utilities' proposal to transition the four former Cap Rock service areas to retail competition (39592).
December 6, 2011
"[M]ore than half of U.S. states allow retail competition for large industrial or commercial customers, [but] few today have competitive electricity retail markets at the residential level," says a new report by MIT.
November 30, 2011
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., an exploration and production company, has sought to make, "[i]ssues related to the manner in which retail electric providers ('REP') offer service upon the initiation of unbundling in Sharyland's service area and as Sharyland's unbundled service matures," part…
November 11, 2011
Sharyland to File Rate Case for Delivery Tariffs in New Choice Areas
November 9, 2011
CMS Energy and Consumers Energy President and CEO John Russell does not expect legislation to raise Michigan's electric choice cap to gain any traction.
November 8, 2011
Sharyland Choice Expansion to Proceed to Hearings
October 27, 2011
The Maryland PSC yesterday took under advisement the future of the Columbia Gas choice program, declining to issue from the bench an order on Columbia's recommendation to cease the program and suppliers' proposal to continue the program.
October 6, 2011
The PUCT has authority to pre-approve deferred accounting sought by Entergy Texas, Inc. in relation to its proposed integration into the Midwest ISO only if Entergy Texas, "proves that such pre-approval is necessary in order for ETI to join an RTO so that the ETI service area can move towards a more…
October 3, 2011
Calling a proposal from retail suppliers inadequate, Columbia Gas of Maryland has again recommended the termination of its choice program, reporting that the supplier proposal fails to include the costs of Purchase of Receivables, and that total expended costs have increased by over 20%.
September 30, 2011
The PUCT directed parties involved in the review of a competitive generation service tariff at Entergy Texas to file by November 1 a list of: (1) agreed issues; (2) unresolved issues pending a Commission ruling on core issues and (3) core issues requiring adjudication by the Commission so that other…
September 27, 2011
Three-fourths of Michigan residents support ending the electric choice cap in Michigan, the Customer Choice Coalition and Energy Choice Now said yesterday,
August 26, 2011
The Michigan PSC has approved revisions to the electric choice tariff of HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative, including a revision to insert a 1,000 kW threshold for a customer to qualify for choice service.
July 29, 2011
A bill which has been introduced to exempt Michigan schools from the 10% electric choice cap has "no traction" and has "not gone anywhere," CMS Energy President and CEO John Russell said on an earnings call yesterday.
July 18, 2011
Some 26,000 requests for direct access were rejected in California's Phase III of the process to implement the expanded direct access cap, according to a PUC Staff report detailing results of the Year 2 and Year 3 Notice of Intent periods (R.07-05-025.).
