February 18, 2020
An Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification plan filed with the Maryland PSC has provided more details concerning Constellation's approved retail customer load shaping pilot approved by the PSC
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February 7, 2020
146 MW of Peak Rebate/Direct Load Control
ERCOT filed with the Texas PUC a report on demand response during the summer of 2019
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January 8, 2020
Pilot To Include Warm Transfer Process From Utility Call Center
The Maryland PSC recently accepted two load shaping pilots proposed by retail electric suppliers
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December 4, 2019
The Maryland PSC today accepted modified revisions from Baltimore Gas & Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva to their supplier coordination tariffs, and ordered that all retail electric suppliers serving BGE, Pepco, and Delmarva price responsive demand (PRD) customers shall execute a Billing Line Item…
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December 2, 2019
Verso Paper Holding LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Verso Corporation, has entered into a transaction under which it will sell 100% of the equity interests of Verso Androscoggin LLC (Androscoggin), including its FERC-jurisdictional facilities, and 100% of its equity interests in retail…
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November 13, 2019
Voltus, Inc. would pay $16,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Voltus's alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.1.3.3.3, related to Emergency Response Service Performance (ERS) and Testing
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November 5, 2019
Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva have filed revisions to their previously proposed Maryland tariffs to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM), that are…
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October 30, 2019
The Maryland PSC has further suspended tariffs filed by Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM), that are associated with each…
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October 25, 2019
Ohio-Based Retail Supplier Says Passage Of As-Filed Bill Would Cause Supplier To "Reconsider" Future Investment In Ohio
During an earnings call yesterday, AEP CEO Nick Akins said that, in Ohio, AEP is, "continuing our focus on HB 247 with hearings progressing well."
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October 23, 2019
Pilot Would Include Bill Guarantee For Customers
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid or "the Company") has filed at the New York PSC for changes to its Clifton Park Demand Reduction REV Demonstration Project, including a proposal to use a subscription model for part of the electric supply charges applicable to a subset of non-shopping customers who…
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October 21, 2019
REP Files Statement Of Intent To Provide Prepay Service Via Prepayment Device Or System
Evolve Retail Energy, LLC has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a statement of intent to provide retail electric services using a customer prepayment device or system
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October 16, 2019
Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco have informed the Maryland PSC that, in aggregate, two retail electric suppliers have filed proposals in response to the utilities' RFPs for load shaping pilot programs
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October 15, 2019
PUC Chair: "May Be Moving To A Market That's Not To Incent Generation As Much As To Incent The Response On The Demand Side"
Market Expected To Attract Resources With Low Capital Costs, Potentially High Operating Costs (Or High Curtailment Costs)
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October 10, 2019
OhmConnect, Inc. has applied for electricity market-based rate authority at FERC.
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October 8, 2019
ERCOT Provides Preliminary Estimates Of Load Reductions During Summer 2019 Peak Days IMM: Peaker Net Margin At Record Level Texas PUC Staff Details Increased Complaints Against REPs From Summer 2019
Staff: "Wholesale Pricing Plans" Saw Significant Increases In Complaints During August, September
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October 2, 2019
PJM earlier today declared a Pre-Emergency Load Management Reduction Action in the AEP, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), Dominion (DOM) and PEPCO service territories.
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September 17, 2019
RESA Says Utilities' Current Proposal Would Foreclose Retail Suppliers' Ability To Offer Price Responsive Demand Programs To Their Customers
The Maryland PSC has suspended for 30 days, from the effective date of October 1, 2019, tariffs from Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
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September 16, 2019
WGL Energy Services, Inc. has filed comments with the Maryland PSC raising concerns about implementation of proposed tariffs from Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers…
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August 29, 2019
Chair Walker Interested In Demand Response, 4CP In Particular, During Recent Scarcity Conditions
During a discussion of recent ERCOT grid conditions at today's open meeting, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Arthur D'Andrea, while noting that it was still August, commended ERCOT's recent performance and observed that, "We asked you to run a grid with very tight reserve margins, and you stepped…
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August 9, 2019
Retains Ban For Utility Supply Customers
The Michigan PSC has lifted a ban on the aggregation of demand response by third parties for bidding into the wholesale market for retail choice load
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August 6, 2019
Customer BYOD Component To Be Repeated Across Service Area
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy applied at the New Hampshire PUC for preauthorization of a proposed Westmoreland Clean Innovation Project, which would include integration of battery storage, distributed energy resources in the form of demand response, and enhanced…
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August 2, 2019
New Threshold For Reporting Established
Pursuant to paragraph (2) of ERCOT Protocol Section 3.10.7.2.1, Reporting of Demand Response, ERCOT has requested via a market notice that Retail Electric Providers (REPs) analyze their retail dynamic pricing and demand response-related products and sort each Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID)…
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July 25, 2019
Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, and Delmarva have each filed with the Maryland PSC tariff revisions to their Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff to establish a process by which retail electric suppliers must transfer, to the utility, credits, which the suppliers receive from the PJM…
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July 25, 2019
Touts New Ohio Law Allowing Utility To Enter Into Bilateral Contracts With Customers For Renewables
During an earnings call today, AEP CEO Nick Akins touted the ability of utility AEP Ohio to now enter into bilateral contracts with certain customers for renewable energy development, and looked towards the "redefinition" of Ohio energy policy via pending HB 247, which would allow utilities to offer…
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July 16, 2019
CPower announced today that it has acquired Electric Market Connection (EMC), a provider of energy efficiency measurement and verification and project monetization services in the PJM market.
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