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August 15, 2016
Stating that a requested 90-day extension for ESCO compliance is unnecessary, the Secretary of New York PSC has extended, by only 30 days, the deadline by which ESCOs must drop to default service customers initially identified by the utilities as no longer being eligible for ESCO service, due to…
August 12, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed that, as a condition of approving the merger of AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North, the PUCT impose a performance standard on the merged TDU, with rebates required for failure to meet this performance standard required to be rebated…
August 12, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC is to issue a tentative order considering potential measures to mitigate a surprise increase in the non-solar Tier I obligations of retail suppliers and other LSEs, including the assignment of the increase to EDCs on behalf of all load, with costs recovered on a nonbypassable…
August 10, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter yesterday informing retail suppliers and EDCs of a limited extension of the period for true-ups of a portion of the non-solar Tier I obligations (and only such tier) for the 2016 compliance year from September 1, 2016 to November 30, 2016, in light of…
August 8, 2016
A group of ESCOs have petitioned the New York PSC for an extension to comply with the PSC's recent ordering which prohibits ESCO service to customers participating in utility low-income assistance programs (Assistance Program Participant, or APP)
August 1, 2016
BlueRock Energy Applauds The Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Regulatory Exploitation
July 27, 2016
Noting a recent email to ESCOs from New York PSC Staff concerning the prohibition on the use of pass-throughs for costs not identified in an ESCO's disclosure statement, the National Energy Marketers Association said that there is, "significant risk," that ESCOs may not be able to recover new…
July 22, 2016
FERC has withdrawn a previously proposed rule that would have required any market participant in an RTO, including buyers, to file reports concerning the participant's "connected entities" (a new term broader than current affiliate reporting requirements)
July 14, 2016
The Budget and Fiscal Oversight Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) filed a report on a compliance audit of Just Energy's participation in the LITE-UP Texas program. The scope of the audit covered 2013-15.
July 12, 2016
Texas Staff Sets Date For Hearing on Alternative TDU Ratemaking Report (Impacts REP Pricing)
July 12, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have confirmed that Jade Energy, LLC has complied with the terms of a settlement concerning the company's REP certificate, and that the company will maintain its certificate.
July 11, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a revised proposal for a zero emission credit (ZEC) program, designed to provide out-of-market subsidies to nuclear power plants, which would require ESCOs and other LSEs to purchase ZECs.
July 11, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC has informed retail suppliers and EDCs of an approximate seven percent (7%) increase in the otherwise anticipated annual AEPS Tier I obligations for the 2016 compliance year.
July 7, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC's Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) issued a secretarial letter directing all retail natural gas suppliers serving residential and small business customers to submit to the PUC draft sample contract summaries they intend to use to comply with the PUC's recent order…
July 1, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved compliance plans to implement remote natural gas account look-up mechanisms at eight natural gas utilities, rejected National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.'s compliance plan, and approved cost recovery from retail suppliers, via the purchase of receivables discount, at…
June 27, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied an appeal from several ESCO groups concerning a Records Access Officer (RAO) ruling which had held that the release of ESCOs' historic pricing was not subject to confidential protection. The Secretary ruled that certain average pricing data is not…
June 23, 2016
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to TruSmart Energy, LLC, informing the company that the PUC's Oversight and Enforcement Division (O&E) is recommending the assessment of a $1.75 million administrative penalty against TruSmart Energy…
June 21, 2016
NRG Texas Power LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Section 39.151 of PURA and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.503, related to compliance with ERCOT procedures, due to the alleged failure to install a Power System…
June 21, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC recently issued an email to all ESCOs warning ESCOs that, to the extent ESCOs are charging a pass-through not listed in the customer disclosure statement, then Staff will insist such customers be, "rerated."
June 15, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has sought information from the EDCs to determine whether suppliers are submitting newly required information to be listed on customer bills
June 14, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has issued a preliminary findings and determination regarding each retail electric supplier's compliance with the RPS for the year 2014.
June 10, 2016
In adopting a settlement between Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric regarding the removal of switch-holds, Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson, in a view equally applicable to retail electric providers, said that compliance with the…
June 2, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has issued a letter to retail suppliers clarifying that suppliers need not make a monthly price filing of their generally available mass market offers to the rate board if their offers have not changed
June 2, 2016
Brooklet Energy Distribution, LLC would pay $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that Brooklet violated PURA §§ 17.053 and 39.101(b)(7) and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.485(e)(1)(D) (TAC) related to Response Times for Complaints.
May 31, 2016
The New York PSC has scheduled for June 9, 2016 a technical conference concerning a new clean energy standard (CES) to be imposed on load serving entities such as ESCOs
