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May 9, 2019
The South Carolina Senate has passed an amended version of H. 3659 which requires development of a program which would allow large customers to direct their utility to purchase renewable energy from a competitive provider on the customer's behalf.
May 8, 2019
Groups Call For Phase Out Of Capacity Market
A new group, the Virginia Energy Reform Coalition, has been formed to advocate for electric industry reforms in Virginia, including the introduction of retail electric competition
May 6, 2019
The California PUC has issued a proposed decision which would address various facets of the statutory increase in direct access (DA) load of 4,000 gigawatt-hours
May 6, 2019
Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Bob Burns has asked that several topics be discussed at a workshop devoted to retail electric competition this summer, including community choice aggregation (CCA) and allowing entities other than political subdivisions to engage in CCA.
May 2, 2019
Two Blackbirds Hospitality Management LLC applied at the Nevada PUC to take competitive electric supply for a new resort property being constructed in Las Vegas: The Drew Las Vegas
April 24, 2019
The Arizona Chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) has filed comments at the Arizona Corporation Commission seeking the expansion of a proposed new competitive supply program for large C&I customers at Tucson Electric Power to all customers.
April 23, 2019
A new poll shows that a super-majority of Illinois residents want to be able to choose their energy supplier, choose clean energy, and want more renewable energy in the Illinois power system.
April 22, 2019
Advisory Board Includes Retail Supplier CEO
Since 2017, ECC has updated its web address, which is now energychoicecoalition.org
April 22, 2019
Leadership Says Initiative Violates Ballot Requirements
Leadership of the Florida Senate and House have filed briefs with the state's Supreme Court opposing inclusion of the proposed electric choice constitutional amendment initiative on the 2020 ballot, arguing that the initiative violates requirements to be on the ballot, such as the single subject…
April 15, 2019
NEM Supports Administration's New Executive Order On Energy Infrastructure
Members of the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) last week met with Lawrence Kudlow, Director of the White House National Economic Council and President Trump's chief economic advisor, and a team of administration officials to discuss energy issues
April 3, 2019
Eligibility Threshold, Program Cap, Costs, Difference From APS
Details are now available concerning Tucson Electric Power's proposed competitive supply program for large C&I customers
April 2, 2019
Tucson Electric Power has filed an electric rate case with the Arizona Corporation Commission
March 26, 2019
The Arizona Competitive Power Alliance (AzCPA), whose membership largely consists of independent power producers, urged the Arizona Corporation Commission to accelerate the contemplated expansion of the competitive buy-through programs which allow certain customers to procure competitive electricity…
March 20, 2019
Arizonans for Electric Choice and Competition ("AECC") submitted to the Arizona Corporation Commission a list of "Areas for Discussion in Retail Electric Competition Rules."
March 18, 2019
Cites "Significant Costs To State And Local Governments" From Transition
Florida's Financial Impact Estimating Conference, a state commission which prepares financial impact statements to accompany any proposed constitutional amendment, said that the fiscal impacts from a proposed electric choice constitutional amendment are, "unknowable", at this time
March 15, 2019
The California PUC adopted a final resolution to open a rulemaking to implement expanded direct access caps pursuant to SB 237
March 14, 2019
Olson: Current Schedule Does Not Reflect a "Serious" Evaluation Of Choice, Requests Defined Timeline
March 5, 2019
A group named Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy (FARE) recently launched an effort opposing the proposed electric choice ballot initiative in Florida, as FARE said that it would, "set the record straight on the dangers of deregulation."
March 5, 2019
The California PUC issued an agenda (draft) decision to open a rulemaking to implement expanded direct access caps pursuant to SB 237
March 4, 2019
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has written Florida's Supreme Court in opposition to the inclusion of a proposed electric choice initiative on the state's ballot.
February 26, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission cited its "broad discretion" in addressing applications of aggregated customer load to take competitive electricity supply, in contrast to applications under other statutory mechanisms, in denying Walmart's application to take competitive supply for its…
February 25, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission cited its "broad discretion" in addressing applications of aggregated customer load to take competitive electricity supply, in contrast to applications under other statutory mechanisms, in denying Walmart's application to take competitive supply for its…
February 25, 2019
Less than one-month after its service area was re-opened to electric choice, Indiana Michigan Power (I&M, AEP) has hit the choice cap
February 22, 2019
In a memo to fellow Commissioners, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson urged the ACC to "prioritize" a discussion on retail competition
February 22, 2019
Florida TaxWatch released a report in which the group estimated that the introduction of retail electric choice under a proposed ballot initiative in Florida, "has the potential to cause a loss of state and local revenue ranging from $426 million to $1.368 billion in 2026, the expected first full…
