December 23, 2011
Maine PUC Sets Standard Offer Rate at BHE
The Maine PUC has adopted a new Standard Offer rate for Bangor Hydro-Electric's large non-residential customer class.
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December 23, 2011
Final Illinois Order Allows Forward Procurement of Capacity at Ameren
A final Illinois order allows the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) to procure, for default service customers at Ameren Illinois, capacity for the periods 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 during the solicitation held in early 2012 (11-0660).
December 21, 2011
N.Y. PSC Approves Voluntary TOU Generation Rate at NiMo
The New York PSC has approved a voluntary Time of Use generation rate option for Service Classification No. 2 - Non-Demand (SC2-ND) customers at Niagara Mohawk.
December 21, 2011
N.H. PUC Adopts New Default Service Rates for Granite State Electric
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates for large and medium commercial and industrial customers (Large Customer Group) at Granite State Electric Company d/b/a National Grid, for the period from February 1 through April 30, 2012.
December 21, 2011
Illinois Adopts Default Service Procurement Plan
The Illinois Commerce Commission this morning approved an Illinois Power Agency procurement plan for default service customers.
December 21, 2011
N.H. PUC Approves Nonbypassable Recovery for PSNH Contracts
The New Hampshire PUC has approved the nonbypassable recovery of certain supply costs related to PPAs that Public Service Company of New Hampshire will execute with several wood-burning generators (DE 11-184).
December 20, 2011
PSNH Asks to Maintain Current Default Service Rate Beyond January 1
Public Service Company of New Hampshire has asked the PUC to maintain the currently applicable default service rate beyond January 1, 2012, until such time as the PUC approves temporary rates to address certain PSNH scrubber costs.
December 19, 2011
N.H. PUC Sets New Default Service Rates at Unitil
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for large commercial and industrial (G1) customers for the three month period from February 1 through April 30, 2012.
December 19, 2011
Pennsylvania Orders Utilities to Consider Use of Annual Default Service Reconciliations
Pennsylvania electric distribution companies (EDCs) will be required to "contemplate" the use of semi-annual or annual reconciliations of default service costs under their next default service plans, in addition to the current quarterly reconciliations, the Pennsylvania PUC directed in a final order…
December 19, 2011
Retail Opt-In Auctions In Pennsylvania Limited to Service After
Opt-in auctions to place retail electric customers in Pennsylvania on competitive supply would not include service prior to June 1, 2013 under a tentative PUC intermediate retail market workplan.
December 16, 2011
Cawley Asks Utilities to Use Quarterly Reconciliations for Bypassable Transmission Charges
Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner James Cawley has requested that Pennsylvania electric distribution companies reconcile transmission rates, which are a bypassable component of the price to compare, on an quarterly basis rather than on an annual basis.
December 16, 2011
Pa. PUC Issues Proposed Intermediate Work Plan for Retail Market Development
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) yesterday issued a proposed intermediate work plan as part of its Retail Electricity Markets Investigation designed to improve the state's retail electricity market.
December 16, 2011
Pa. PUC Adopts Final Recommendations on Interim Default Service Plans with Eye Toward Retail Markets Investigation
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday voted to issue final recommendations to electric distribution companies (EDCs) concerning the structure of their next default service plan filings, such that the filings, to the extent possible, do not preclude any market design changes that the PUC may ultimately…
December 16, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio Generation Rates to Fall Drastically January 1
An auction for default service supplies at Duke Energy Ohio produced lower retail generation rates, as expected, for the period beginning in 2012.
December 15, 2011
Maine PUC Posts New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has established Standard Offer rates for the residential and small commercial customer classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric, for the period March 1, 2012 though February 28, 2013.
December 14, 2011
PUCO Enlarges Discounted Capacity Made Available to Retail Suppliers Under AEP Ohio Electric Security Plan
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a modified stipulation establishing the AEP Ohio companies' electric security plan governing default service for the period 2012 through May 31, 2016, which revises the amount of "discounted" capacity made available to competitive retail suppliers (11…
December 14, 2011
Proposed Illinois Order Would Allow Three-Year Forward Procurement of Capacity for Ameren Default Service
A proposed Illinois order would allow the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) to procure, for default service customers at Ameren Illinois, capacity for the periods 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 during the solicitation held in early 2012 (11-0660).
December 12, 2011
Mass. DPU Rejects Unitil REC Cost Recovery Proposal as Not Competitively Neutral to Retail Suppliers
The Massachusetts DPU rejected a proposed cost recovery mechanism from Fitchburg Gas & Electric (Unitil) regarding RECs to be procured under a long-term REC contract, finding that, "because even a small reduction in basic service prices could result ... the Company's proposed cost recovery mechanism…
December 8, 2011
N.J. to "Consider" Expanded Dynamic Pricing
New Jersey will "consider" expanding dynamic pricing under its final energy master plan .
December 7, 2011
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Parties File Pre-hearing Memos Regarding PPL TOU Generation Mechanism
December 7, 2011
BP Energy Company Seeks Ohio Natural Gas Supplier License
BP Energy Company applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers at Columbia Gas.
December 5, 2011
N.Y. Staff Recommend Further Lowering Hourly Pricing Cutoff
New York PSC Staff have recommended lowering the current mandatory hourly pricing cutoff for default service customers at Orange & Rockland, and also recommended changes in the pricing of capacity (11-E-0408).
November 30, 2011
Illinois Senate Passes Tenaska Sourcing Agreement Bill
The Illinois Senate has passed SB 678 which would require, among other things, that alternative retail electric suppliers enter into sourcing agreements with an initial clean coal generating facility to be developed under the law, which is to be the Tenaska Taylorville Energy Center.
November 23, 2011
Pa. OCA Seeks Fixed Price Hedge for Pike County Default Service
The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate is seeking to include a 1 MW fixed price hedge for on-peak residential default supply at Pike County Light and Power, in contrast to the utility's proposal to continue to rely exclusively on the spot market for default service needs (P-2011-2252042).
November 23, 2011
Maine PUC Sets BHE Large Non-Residential Default Service Rate
The Maine PUC issued an order yesterday establishing the Standard Offer price for the large non-residential class at Bangor Hydro-Electric for December 2011.