May 18, 2020
Retail electric provider Axon Power & Gas, LLC, which has been subject to default under a TDU tariff, said in a status update with the Texas PUC that Axon, "has completed payment to three of the four TDUs."
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May 8, 2020
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. and affiliates petitioned the New York Public Service Commission for a declaratory ruling finding IGS Energy's Carbon-Neutral Natural Gas Product and Home Warranty Service Product meet the requirements for Energy-Related Value Added (ERVA) services set forth in the PSC's…
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May 5, 2020
Kiwi Energy NY LLC petitioned the New York PSC for a declaratory ruling that Kiwi Energy’s green natural gas products are permissible energy-related value-added products under the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order
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May 1, 2020
Brokers Will Be Required To Disclose To Customers Affiliation With Any Retail Electric Provider Brokers Will Be Required To Obtain Agreement "In Writing" To Act As "Client Agent"
Broker Registration Limited To Three Years, But Update Process Tweaked
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April 30, 2020
Consultant Report Had Recommended That "FirstEnergy" Name Should Be Dropped From Then-Affiliate FirstEnergy Solutions' Name
An Attorney Examiner at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued a schedule allowing intervenors to file supplemental comments on a report from a consultant retained by PUCO concerning a compliance audit of the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (including the FirstEnergy Ohio regulated utilities…
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April 29, 2020
RESA Warns Of "Dire Financial Consequences" To Retail Suppliers From Order
The Retail Energy Supply Association sought rehearing of a New Hampshire PUC order that applied, to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers, an earlier order which prohibits providers of electric and gas service from disconnecting or, as relevant here, discontinuing service for non-payment…
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April 24, 2020
Brokers Would Be Required To Disclose To Customers Affiliation With Any Retail Electric Provider Brokers Would Be Required To Obtain Agreement "In Writing" To Act As "Client Agent"
In Draft Broker Rule Proposal For Adoption, Texas PUC Staff Would Require Electric Brokers To Disclose How Broker Will Be Compensated, But Not Amount Of Compensation
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April 22, 2020
PUC Of Ohio Grants Broker/Aggregator License To FirstEnergy Advisors
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April 20, 2020
During Friday's open meeting, in discussing a customer complaint case against a retail electric provider (see related story here) , Commissioner Arthur C. D'Andrea expressed a desire for the Commission to make the State Office of Administrative Hearings process cleaner for pro se litigants, such as…
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April 17, 2020
STX Group, LLC filed a petition for clarification with the New York PSC asking that the PSC allow ESCOs to engage in REC banking for compliance with the directive in the New York PSC's retail market reset order that holds that one of the compliant products ESCOs will be able to offer under the reset…
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April 16, 2020
The joint New York utilities have urged the New York PSC to establish a new collaborative to review the Uniform Business Practices’ financial security requirements for ESCOs
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April 15, 2020
Consolidated Edison and several other New York utilities have just filed with the New York PSC their 12-month trailing average utility supply rates for the latest period (i.e., April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020) for each mass-market service class and for each mass-market customer grouping that receives…
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April 13, 2020
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc (O&R or the Company) filed with the New York PSC its 12-month trailing average utility supply rates for the latest period (i.e., April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020) for each mass-market service class and for each mass-market customer grouping that receives different…
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April 9, 2020
The Secretary Of the New York PSC has granted an extension request from Department of Public Service Staff concerning a deadline for Staff to file a report regarding the development of financial assurance requirements for energy service companies (ESCOs) as a condition of eligibility to serve…
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April 8, 2020
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service has requested an extension, until May 29, 2020, to file a report regarding the development of financial assurance requirements for energy service companies (ESCOs) as a condition of eligibility to serve customers
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April 7, 2020
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted ESCOs a further extension to comply with various ordering clauses under the New York PSC's retail energy market reset order
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April 6, 2020
Timeline For TDU Execution Of Disconnections For Non-Pay Also Included
The Executive Director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a letter to various regulated entities concerning certain enforcement discretion that the Commission is undertaking during the COVID-19 emergency
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April 2, 2020
The Maryland PSC granted Breakerbox, LLC, a unit of Exelon, an electricity broker/aggregator license to serve commercial and industrial customers in all service areas
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March 30, 2020
Staff of the Texas PUC have sought approval of a proposed order to establish a procedural schedule in a Project to designate retail electric providers as Providers of Last Resort for the 2021-22 term.
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March 24, 2020
The Maine PUC opened an inquiry to implement new thermal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements created by legislation enacted last year.
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March 24, 2020
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection reminded businesses that, pursuant to a recently adopted state law, unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to anyone in an area subject to a declared state of emergency are prohibited
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March 23, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association issued the following statement regarding COVID-19.
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March 23, 2020
Texas Legal Services Center and several other similar groups have petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for an emergency rule to, among other things, apply a moratorium on utility shutoffs to residential utility services statewide during and for 30 days after the termination of the COVID…
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March 18, 2020
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. and the Alliance for Retail Energy Markets filed a motion at FERC seeking an emergency order immediately instructing the California ISO to cease its plans to, as described by petitioners, "unilaterally" issue invoices and resettle the market to address a FERC…
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March 18, 2020
The NRG retail energy suppliers have requested that the New York PSC grant an additional ninety (90) day extension from the current May 11, 2020 compliance deadlines (Ordering Clauses 1 and 2) set forth in the New York Public Service Commission’s retail energy reset order
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