May 16, 2018
Ohio Edison Company, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison (FirstEnergy Ohio utilities) said in an answer filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, addressing a complaint filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities are permitted to offer…
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May 15, 2018
Report Says Prior Assignment Of FirstEnergy Solutions Retail Supply Sales Responsibility To FirstEnergy Service Company, "Highly Inappropriate"
A final report from the SAGE Management Consultants, LLC (SAGE) on a Compliance Audit of the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (including the Ohio regulated utilities, or Ohio Companies) with the Corporate Separation Rules of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) says that a prior assignment…
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May 7, 2018
The Massachusetts DPU has adopted in a final order new notice requirements, and Standards of Conduct, for the door-to-door marketing of electricity
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April 30, 2018
Connecticut Schedules Technical Meeting On Next Month Rate Info Retail Supplier Must Provide For Bills
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April 30, 2018
Astral Energy, LLC petitioned the New York PSC for a reduction of ZEC (Zero Emissions Credits) Compliance Payments for the year ending March 31, 2019
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April 26, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed a complaint at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio against Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and The Toledo Edison Company (collectively, the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities or EDUs), alleging that the billing of various…
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April 19, 2018
Industry Group Had Alleged Supplier Not Honoring Fixed Rates, Supplier Allegedly Cited Changing Market Conditions Which Made Contracts Unprofitable
The Connecticut PURA said that it will investigate allegations of unfair trade practices made against Mint Energy, LLC by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, as PURA denied a motion from Mint to not open a proceeding.
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April 18, 2018
NEM Seeks Stay of PSC Evidentiary Proceeding Given Court's Election To Hear Appeal
On March 27, 2018, the New York Court of Appeals granted the National Energy Marketers Association’s Motion for Leave to Appeal. NEM said that, under the appeal, the Court of Appeals will address, "the question of whether the Legislature ever imparted to the Commission the authority to regulate the…
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April 13, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas re-adopted the existing Chapter 25 electric substantive rules as part of a periodic review and re-adoption process, with no changes to the existing rules (Project No. 47729)
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April 13, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has denied the transfer of Perigee Energy LLC's customers to Spark Energy, and directed, as alternatively proposed by Perigee, that such customers be returned to default service.
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April 12, 2018
Texas PUC Chair: Bill Precludes PUC From Requiring REPs To Allow All Residential Customers To Pay Deposits >$50 In Two Installments
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April 10, 2018
Mansfield Power & Gas LLC would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation of Mansfield for alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.107 (TAC), relating to reporting requirements for retail electric providers (REPs) for…
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April 7, 2018
Consistent with the schedule set forth in the substantive rules, Texas retail providers seeking to serve as volunteer POLRs for the 2019-2020 term must submit a request to be designated as a volunteer POLR no earlier than June 1st and no later than July 31st of this year.
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April 7, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a response to NRG Energy clarifying certain retail supplier RPS compliance requirements in light of statutory changes
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April 6, 2018
Texas PUC Staff have filed a recommended proposal for adoption that would re-adopt the existing Chapter 25 electric substantive rules as part of a periodic review and re-adoption process (Project No. 47729)
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April 6, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft recommended proposal for adoption which, as part of removing certain low-income customer benefits from the Substantive Rules due to elimination of the System Benefit Fund, would require that retail electric providers extend to all…
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March 30, 2018
The Texas PUC adopted an order imposing an administrative penalty on TruSmart Energy LLC for what the order said was, "failing to timely remit payment to five transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) under the terms of its tariff with each."
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March 29, 2018
Discussing a case imposing a penalty on a retail electric provider which defaulted on TDU payment obligations, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker expressed concerns with "lockbox" type arrangements under which the guarantor can assume the right to receive a REP's receivables, and use such receivables…
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March 29, 2018
The New York PSC has extended until July 26, 2018 the deadline for ESCOs to comply with the Commission’s January 19, 2018 Order Adopting Revised Uniform Business Practices
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March 27, 2018
NRG Retail submitted to the Connecticut PURA an emergency motion for clarification of effect of certain legislative changes during the 2017 session related to Connecticut renewable portfolio standard compliance.
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March 23, 2018
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have posted a hypothetical amount of the total dollars that would be assigned to alternative retail electric and natural gas suppliers under a proposed new tax on such suppliers to fund ICC operations
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March 21, 2018
ROSE Pushes For PUC To Set Standard For Use Of Cryptocurrency In Retail Electric Market
GridPlus Says Will Comply With All Laws, Regulations; Says Concerns Raised By ROSE Are From Older, Generic Whitepaper That Doesn't Reflect Current Thinking Or Products
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March 19, 2018
Retail Supplier Says Dispute Is Contractual, And Outside Jurisdiction of State Utility Regulator Complaint Stems From Supplier Allegedly Seeking to Change Fixed Rates Due To Market Conditions
Stating that its actions did not amount to deceptive or unfair trade practices, and that PURA lacks jurisdiction over non-residential contractual disputes, Mint Energy has moved that the Connecticut PURA close, without further action, a docket opened in response to a petition from the Connecticut…
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March 16, 2018
Illinois Commerce Commissioner Sadzi Martha Oliva will host the third installment of Illinois' Power Meter titled, "Retail Electric Suppliers: Best Practices & Consumer Protections", on Wednesday, March 21
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March 16, 2018
In a statement of position concerning preliminary issues, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision (outside of Uvalde, TX) are within AEP Texas's certificated service area.
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