October 12, 2011
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October 10, 2011
Calif. Scoping Ruling: "No Basis" at this Time to Exclude ESPs from Smart Grid Privacy Rules
"[T]here is no basis at this time to doubt that the Commission has authority to adopt privacy rules for either ESPs [electric service providers] or CCAs [community choice aggregators]," California PUC President Michael Peevey said in a scoping ruling concerning smart grid privacy standards, though a…
October 10, 2011
Calif. Draft Would Exclude Unbundled RECs from Meeting Largest RPS Carve-Out Category
A draft California PUC decision would determine that unbundled RECs may not be used to satisfy the Pub. Util. Code § 399.16(b)(1) RPS requirement, which under the recent SB 2 (1X) is the largest among three carve-outs in the RPS, starting at 50% of the total RPS requirement for the 2013 compliance…
October 10, 2011
Proposed Order Would Allow TexRep6 to Maintain REP Certificate
A proposed order from PUCT docket management would allow TexRep6 LLC, which is owned by Smartcom Energy Technologies, LLC, to maintain its REP certificate and would deny Staff's original petition to revoke the certificate (38732).
October 7, 2011
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Constellation Confirms Small Business Gas Service at PECO, PGW
October 7, 2011
Blue Rock Energy Seeks PSC Order Preventing KeySpan-NY from Terminating Blue Rock's Ability to Serve Customers
Brooklyn Union Gas (National Grid/KeySpan New York) is seeking to involuntarily terminate Blue Rock Energy's right to serve customers at Brooklyn Union, due to a failure to deliver, and Blue Rock Energy has filed a complaint at the New York PSC to stop the termination (Case 11-01982).
October 6, 2011
MXenergy Reports Erroneous Charging of Termination Fees
MXenergy reported to the Connecticut PURA that it erroneously sent early termination fee collection letters to several customers, and "a small percentage" of those customers paid the fee in error as a result.
October 6, 2011
Viridian Energy Reports Maryland Enrollments, Customer Count for July, August
As of August 31, 2011, Viridian Energy was serving 24,825 active electric customers in Maryland, according a compliance report filed with the PSC.
October 4, 2011
PURA Opens Investigation of Public Power, LLC
The Connecticut PURA has opened an investigation of Public Power, LLC under Docket 11-10-06.
September 30, 2011
Draft Conn. Order Would Broadly Define "Legal Agent" of Electric Supplier
A draft Connecticut PURA decision (10-06-24) would conclude that a person is a "legal agent" of an electric supplier if such person "contracts with" or "is compensated by" the electric supplier to sell electric generation services, even if common-law factors, such as the person's authority to act on…
September 29, 2011
Anderson Recommends July 1, 2012 Deadline for Clearview Electric Compliance
PUCT Commissioner Kenneth Anderson has recommended that the contemplated suspension of Clearview Electric's REP certificate should only be in place through July 1, 2012, at which time Clearview must show compliance with all provisions of the Substantive Rules or be subject to certificate revocation.
September 22, 2011
Texas Power to Pay $65,000 to Resolve PUCT Staff Compliance Audit
Texas Power L.P. would pay $65,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Texas Power was not in full compliance with 30 provisions of the Substantive Rules (39791).
September 21, 2011
Direct Energy to Pay $1.65 Million (Canadian) Plus Interest in Cancellation Fee Reimbursements, Penalty
Direct Energy Marketing Limited shall reimburse Ontario customers approximately $950,000, plus interest, and pay an administrative penalty of $700,000, under an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance with the Ontario Energy Board to resolve an investigation of customers who were charged an early…
September 16, 2011
FERC Orders RTOs to Verify Market Participant Compliance With Risk Management Policies
FERC yesterday ordered the RTOs to engage in ongoing compliance reviews of market participants' risk management policies, further expanding the breadth of RTOs' power beyond their originally intended functions.
September 16, 2011
PUCT Unabates Consideration of TexRep6 Certificate Standing
The PUCT unabated a proceeding regarding TexRep6's REP certificate, directing docket management to prepare a proposed order, or, if appropriate, address the matter through delegated administrative approval (38732).
September 16, 2011
PUCT Defers Clearview Electric Suspension Order to Consider Shorter Compliance Deadline
The PUCT yesterday deferred action on a proposed order which would suspend, but not revoke, the REP certificate of Clearview Electric (38446).
September 15, 2011
Acacia Energy to Pay $40,000 to Resolve PUCT Staff Compliance Audit
Acacia Energy Inc. would pay $40,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Acacia was not in full compliance with 23 provisions of the Substantive Rules (39767).
September 15, 2011
PUCO Issues Show Cause Order to 20 Suppliers/Brokers, With License Revocation to Follow Absent Compliance
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio directed 20 energy suppliers and brokers to show cause why PUCO should not revoke such entity's certification for what PUCO alleged was failure to file an annual report of sales and receipts for 2010 (11-03-GE-RPT).
September 14, 2011
PUCT Staff Says TexRep6 in Compliance With Financial, Technical, and Managerial Certification Requirements
PUCT Staff said that TexRep6, LLC is now in compliance the financial, technical, and managerial requirements for REP certification, including the financial provisions of Subst. R. 25.107 (38732).
September 14, 2011
Clearview Electric, PUCT Staff Propose Deadline for Compliance with Financial Security Requirements
Clearview Electric said that it and the PUCT Staff have agreed to a specific deadline under which Clearview would have to come into compliance with the financial security requirements for REP certification, or its certificate would be revoked.
September 13, 2011
Ontario Energy Board Accepts Assurances of Voluntary Compliance from Nine Suppliers
The Ontario Energy Board has accepted Assurances of Voluntary Compliance from nine retail energy suppliers, in response to the Board's recent notices that it intended to take enforcement action against 12 suppliers for various allegations of non-compliance with customer protection rules.
September 13, 2011
PSC Again Rejects WGL Tariff to Impose Balancing Responsibility on Retail Suppliers
The District of Columbia PSC has again rejected a series of changes to Washington Gas Light Rate Schedule No. 3 (Interruptible Sales Service), Rate Schedule No. 3A (Interruptible Delivery Service) and Rate Schedule No. 6 (Small Commercial Aggregation Pilot), finding that certain provisions remain…
September 12, 2011
PUCT Staff Propose Assessments on REPs to Fund Internet Broadcasting
PUCT Staff have proposed assessments on various retail electric providers and generators (as well as TDUs and telecomms) to fund the cost of internet broadcasting of PUCT meetings for 2012, as required by statute.
September 12, 2011
PSC Rules WGL's Use of Cash-Out for Supplier Imbalances Was Contrary to Tariff
Washington Gas Light, "acted outside the provisions of its tariff," by utilizing a cash-out procedure to reconcile retail supplier delivery imbalances for the period January through March 2009, the Maryland PSC said in an order Friday (Case 9509 (d)).
September 7, 2011
Connecticut Issues Data Requests to Suppliers on Solicitation Practices
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has issued data requests to several electric suppliers concerning compliance with Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 16-245o, particularly with respect to persons or entities that the supplier uses to solicit customers.