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March 10, 2017
As part of an order valuing the output from distributed generation, the New York PSC established a process to further weigh the oversight of distributed generation providers, with the Commission setting a schedule that will allow the PSC to consider the issue of distributed energy resource (DER)…
March 10, 2017
During an open meeting yesterday, Texas PUC Commissioners agreed that a final order revising the Emergency Response Service (ERS) rule should omit language that would allow ERS resources to be used to relieve local transmission congestion or emergencies, with Commissioner Kenneth Anderson stating…
February 15, 2017
AEP Texas North Division reported that, as of February 14, it has received invoices from retail electric providers that exhaust 75% and 90% of the funds made available to REPs for reimbursement under a program under which REPs provide no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home…
January 27, 2017
Provides Update On Disposition Of Remaining Merchant Generation
Discussing updates to efforts at the Ohio legislature to restructure the state's electricity market, AEP CEO Nick Akins said that the company is focused on developing "surgical" provisions that would allow AEP Ohio investment in new generation, rather than broader re-regulation that would implicate…
January 26, 2017
It is the opinion of Staff of the District of Columbia PSC that the utility Pepco is not prohibited from owning generation under the 1999 restructuring act, Staff said in a wide-ranging report on the grid of the future.
January 25, 2017
AEP Texas North Division filed a further update with the Texas PUC concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
January 18, 2017
Utility Seeks OK For Investment In Storage, EV Infrastructure, DER Integration Tools
Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) have filed a rate case with the Massachusetts DPU that proposes to consolidate the operating companies into a single entity, along with certain rate consolidation, and which seeks authority to invest in storage and other new energy…
December 16, 2016
As of December 15, Oncor had $1.01 million of available funds remaining to cover future reimbursement requests for devices distributed pursuant to the program under which retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays…
December 12, 2016
Texas PUC Staff have filed an updated draft proposal for adoption concerning the distributed generation interconnection rulemaking, which addresses the ability for non-customer third parties to sign IAs
December 5, 2016
Oncor informed retail electric providers that 90% of funds designated to reimburse retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers are expected to be exhausted once Oncor pays invoices…
December 2, 2016
Dealing with customer frustration due to actual experience with distributed generation departing from dubious claims made in advertisements is a "real issue" the Public Utility Commission of Texas will likely need to face, Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez said during yesterday's open meeting, as…
November 28, 2016
AEP Ohio, as part of its proposed extension of its electricity security plan, is proposing to own 10 microgrids and nearly 1,300 EV charging stations.
November 17, 2016
Utility Says Current Energy Marketplace Provides "Sub-Optimal" Experience To Low-Income Customers
Consolidated Edison has issued a request for information for parties to propose one or more demonstration projects, "that will test innovative approaches to helping low- and moderate-income [LMI] Con Edison customers."
November 11, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will consider further at its next open meeting a proposal for adoption which would permit non-end users to be parties to distributed generation interconnection agreements (IAs), as Chairman Donna Nelson reiterated concerns about customer expectations regarding…
October 31, 2016
In addressing a rulemaking that would permit non-end users to be parties to distributed generation interconnection agreements (IAs), Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, expressed concern with the implications from having entities, over which the PUC lacks jurisdiction…
October 28, 2016
PECO, joined by several parties, requested to withdraw its petition at the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of a microgrid pilot, which would have included utility ownership of microgrids and distributed generation, to instead allow for a collaborative stakeholder process to consider microgrid…
October 25, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in a proposed list of issues in AEP Texas's application to install two grid-scale batteries to address distribution system reliability (click here for story) , said that parties should first brief whether a generic project, versus a contested case, is…
October 24, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted ERock On-Site LLC an Option 3 Texas retail electric provider certificate
September 27, 2016
The Maryland PSC has opened a new proceeding (PC44) concerning the transformation of the electricity grid.
September 19, 2016
AEP Texas North has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval to install two lithium-ion batteries, at Woodson and Paint Rock, Texas
September 16, 2016
AEP Texas North has requested that the Public Utility Commission of Texas assign a docket number with the following style: Application of AEP Texas North Company for Regulatory Approvals Related to the Installation of Utility-Scale Battery Facilities.
August 31, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) has notified Texas retail electric providers that it anticipates 90% of its designated funds under the low-income smart device program (under which Texas REPs are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home…
August 23, 2016
ERock On-Site LLC applied for an Option 3 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 15, 2016
Commenting on proposed distributed generation interconnection agreement rules before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, TXU Energy sought assurances that any rule will not infringe on retail electric providers' disconnection rights, and that the rule preserves the requirement that all retail…
August 3, 2016
Centrica, parent of Direct Energy, plans to launch not only its own smart thermostat, but its, "entire suite of Connected Home products," in the United States around the end of the year, executives said in a discussion of interim results.
