January 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Staff Propose Reporting Requirements for Curtailment Service Providers
Maryland PSC Staff has proposed annual reporting requirements for curtailment service providers, which are subject to licensure by the Commission.
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January 9, 2012
Columbia Choice Program Terminated
The Maryland PSC has eliminated the choice program at Columbia Gas of Maryland, citing low participation which makes cost recovery of certain choice compliance costs impractical.
January 6, 2012
North American Power Reports Maryland Enrollments During November
North American Power has filed with the Maryland PSC its compliance report for the month November, which lists the number of customers enrolled in Maryland during the month.
January 5, 2012
ConocoPhillips to Pay $545,000 Civil Penalty Under Settlement with FERC
ConocoPhillips Company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $545,000 and to disgorge $3,174,900 plus interest to resolve FERC Enforcement Staff's allegations that ConocoPhillips violated various posting and bidding requirements and shipper-must-have-title requirements.
January 5, 2012
Consumers Energy Files 2012 Initial Choice Cap
Consumers Energy has filed its initial electric choice cap for 2012.
January 5, 2012
Ga. PSC Directs Marketers to Justify Pricing
Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise has requested that Georgia natural gas marketers clarify conflicting reports on Georgia natural gas prices.
December 29, 2011
FERC Grants Green Mountain Energy Penalty Waiver for Inadvertent Capacity Withholding
FERC has granted Green Mountain Energy Company a waiver of certain New York ISO tariff and penalty provisions which Green Mountain Energy could have triggered due to its inadvertent withholding of capacity.
December 26, 2011
Ohio Orders Provide Duke with Unfair Competitive Advantage, AEP Ohio Says
Recent PUCO orders concerning electric security plans at Duke Energy Ohio and AEP Ohio provide Duke Energy Ohio with an, "undue preference and advantage," due to the disparate treatment of corporate separation plans addressing the separation of generation from the distribution utilities, AEP Ohio…
December 15, 2011
Ohio Revokes Broker Licenses
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio revoked the licenses of two electric brokers, and one governmental aggregator, for failure to file an annual report for 2010.
December 14, 2011
Revised Calif. Draft Continues to Exclude RECs for Largest RPS Category, Clarifies Conditions for Resale
A revised California PUC agenda decision would add greater detail regarding rules for reselling RPS-eligible contracts in order to maintain the contract's original classification into one of three statutory RPS categories, but would not provide two major revisions sought by retail suppliers (R.…
December 12, 2011
Atmos Energy to Pay $6.4 Million for Flipping, Shipper-Must-Have-Title Violations
Atmos Energy Corporation will pay a civil penalty of $6.4 million under a consent agreement approved by FERC addressing various flipping and shipper-must-have-title violations by subsidiaries Atmos Energy Marketing, Inc. (AEM) and Trans Louisiana Gas Pipeline, Inc. (Trans La).
December 9, 2011
Frontier Utilities to Pay $28,500 to Settle PUCT Staff Compliance Audit
Frontier Utilities Inc. would pay $28,500 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Frontier Utilities was not in full compliance with 15 provisions of the Substantive Rules (39981).
December 5, 2011
ERCOT Credit Work Group to Discuss Minimum Capitalization Requirements
ERCOT's Credit Work Group will discuss today draft minimum market participation standards, which include minimum capitalization requirements, and are similar to those recently required at other RTOs by FERC.
December 2, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff Cite Need to Clarify Statutory Requirement for Electric Suppliers to Post Rates Online
Maryland PSC Staff have sought stakeholder comment on Public Utilities Article §7-507(j) which requires that an electricity supplier, "post on the Internet information that is readily understandable about its services and rates for small commercial and residential electric customers," as Staff noted…
November 22, 2011
Calif. Draft Revised Again to Exclude Some Small Commercial Customers from ESP Security Calculation
A fourth revision to a California PUC proposed decision regarding electric service provider security requirements would exclude certain small commercial accounts from triggering heightened security requirements for electric service providers, while also deferring to a subsequent proceeding the…
November 21, 2011
Young Energy to Pay $18,000 to Settle PUCT Staff Compliance Audit
Young Energy would pay $18,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Young Energy was not in full compliance with 10 provisions of the Substantive Rules (39920).
November 18, 2011
FERC Drops Proposal Limiting Capacity Release by Affiliates
In a final rule, FERC has dropped its earlier proposal to require that, if more than one affiliate of the same entity participates in an interstate natural gas pipeline open season, then none of those affiliates may release any capacity obtained in that open season pursuant to a pro rata allocation…
November 11, 2011
Pa. PUC Says EDC-Affiliated Suppliers Showing Up at Customer Doors Right Before Switches
The Pennsylvania PUC "is hearing anecdotally" that customers who call their electric distribution company for a meter read, in preparation for starting competitive supply, are being visited by the EDC's competitive affiliate in a last-ditch effort to win the customer.
November 10, 2011
PUCT's Nelson Gives Notice That Revocation is Preferred Solution for Non-Compliant REPs
PUCT Chairman Donna Nelson put REPs on notice that the she will not offer to help REPs which run afoul of the Commission's certification rules in the future, saying that she regretted granting time for dPi Energy to come into compliance rather than revoking the certificate.
November 4, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Orders Two Brokers to Show Cause Why License Should Not Be Suspended
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened two proceedings to investigate whether two electric brokers have failed to file an annual recertification report, and whether their ABC licenses should be suspended.
November 1, 2011
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Hearing Date Pushed Back for Consideration of Use of AEP Trade Name by Mass Market REP
October 25, 2011
Maryland Energy Marketers Coalition Asks for Temporary Delay to Test Maryland Supplier Price Portal
The Maryland Energy Marketers Coalition has asked the Maryland PSC to temporarily delay the requirement that retail electric suppliers begin using the PSC's new pricing web portal to allow testing of the system.
October 20, 2011
Bangor Hydro-Electric Informs PUC of Violation of Standards of Conduct Relating to Competitive Suppliers
Bangor Hydro-Electric has informed the Maine PUC that it has committed a violation of Ch. 304 of the Commission's rules regarding Standards of Conduct, specifically relating to recommendations of competitive electricity providers, due to a quote from a BHE employee included in a third-party press…
October 19, 2011
Illinois Adopts Final New Broker Rules
The Illinois Commerce Commission recently adopted as final new rules related to agents, brokers, and consultants (Docket 10-0733).
October 17, 2011
Electric Suppliers May Begin Using Maryland PSC Price Portal by End of Month
The Maryland PSC has established a secure online portal to allow electricity suppliers with active offers available in the state to upload information required by recent legislation.