November 28, 2018
The New York Retail Choice Coalition and Supporting Energy Services Entities (the DSA Coalition) has requested that the New York PSC extend the time to respond to a petition for a declaratory ruling, filed by the joint utilities, in which the utilities had asked that the PSC confirm the utilities’…
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November 14, 2018
Exit Fee Set at Zero For Newly Constructed Development
Several additional customers have filed with the Nevada PUC to take competitive electricity supply, while the PUC recently adopted orders setting forth the exit fees for other departing customers
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November 9, 2018
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY, KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid, and Niagara Mohawk Power…
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November 8, 2018
The District of Columbia PSC has extended the implementation date and compliance requirements of the Electricity and Natural Gas Supplier Education Workshops ("Workshop") until April 1, 2019.
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November 2, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted as final without modification a previously issued tentative order which streamlines the process for those electric generation suppliers, which have already received a reduction in their security amounts from 10% to 5% of their reported annual gross receipts, to renew…
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November 1, 2018
Nov. 1, 2018 Note: This story was first published on Nov. 1 at 1:20 pm with an alert to our email subscribers
The State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department has affirmed the New York PSC's (respondent) authority and related December 2016 order which prohibited ESCOs from providing service to assistance program participant (APP) customers except where the ESCO guarantees…
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October 23, 2018
The New York Retail Choice Coalition (the Coalition), a group of small and medium sized energy service companies, filed comments with the New York PSC proposing that the PSC adopt a remediation period prior to the imposition of any penalties that are proposed to be part of the new "pay as you go"…
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October 22, 2018
In comments to the New York PSC concerning a Department of Public Service Staff & NYSERDA Staff proposed to transition to a "pay as you go" mechanism for LSE (ESCO) compliance with the zero emissions credit (ZEC) program, the City of New York said that the PSC lacks authority to impose a penalty for…
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October 16, 2018
Suppliers To Be Charged Costs Of Utility System Upgrades Draft Would Direct Utilities CSRs To Proactively Discuss Supplier Rate Info With Customers; Share Default Service Rates
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft decision which would require utilities to drop customers to default service if the utilities do not timely receive next month rate information from the customer's retail supplier
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September 28, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted as final the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2019.
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September 25, 2018
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service filed a report on the business-to-business process under which a Data Security Agreement (DSA) and other cybersecurity requirements now required from ESCOs were developed.
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September 21, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2019.
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September 21, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order which would streamline the process for those electric generation suppliers, which have already received a reduction in their security amounts from 10% to 5% of its reported annual gross receipts, to renew their ability to meet the security requirements…
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September 21, 2018
Outside counsel for Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC, in a letter to National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation ("National Fuel"), a copy of which was also filed with the New York PSC in Matter No. 18-M-0376, contested National Fuel's characterization of whether Plymouth Rock Energy is in compliance with a…
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September 18, 2018
Staff of the Texas PUC formally sought a ruling on Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.'s late-filed request to serve as a volunteer Provider of Last Resort (POLR, or VREP).
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September 17, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted a further extension for ESCO compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018.
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September 14, 2018
The New York PSC revoked the ESCO eligibility of BluCo Energy, LLC for what the PSC said was failing to respond to a May 2018 show cause order, in which the PSC had said that BluCo had violated the UBP by failing to submit its annual compliance filing by January 31, 2018.
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September 14, 2018
34 REPs Active On One Site Not Listing Offers On Other Version Chair Walker: "Not Happy"
Note: This story was first published the morning of Sept. 14 with an alert to our email subscribers
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September 13, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought from the New York PSC a further extension for ESCO compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018
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September 4, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request from Liberty Power for an extension of the August 31 deadline for ESCOs to execute new Data Security Agreements (DSA) required by the joint utilities under a "business-to-business" process related to cybersecurity.
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August 28, 2018
Texas Retail Energy (TRE), a subsidiary of Walmart Inc. and a registered ESCO which self-supplies Walmart, requested that the New York PSC grant it an exception to the new Data Security Agreement (DSA) being required by the utilities, noting that, with service limited to self-supply, the data…
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August 28, 2018
In a Secretarial Letter the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) granted, in part, the Petition of AEP Energy, Inc. (AEP) to extend the 90-day true-up period to demonstrate compliance with the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS Act) for the current reporting period of…
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August 27, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request from the National Energy Marketers Association to extend the deadlines for Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) to execute the Self-Attestation and Data Security Agreement (DSA) required by the joint utilities under a "business-to-business" process…
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August 22, 2018
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) submitted a petition to the New York PSC for commission guidance and a related request for a modification to the procedural schedule Case 18-M-0376, energy market cyber security protocols, and associated business-to-business process that has been…
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August 16, 2018
Consistent with its obligation to routinely review its rules every five years, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a review of the rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-26, Dispute Resolution
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