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May 28, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC has dismissed a complaint from Liberty Power Corporation regarding the application of the SOS minimum stay rule to a non-residential customer (FC 1097).
May 18, 2012
The PJM Independent Market Monitor has filed at FERC to withdraw its complaint against the unnamed owner of an unnamed capacity unit which the IMM alleged was using modeling assumptions in its capacity sell offer that were inconsistent with the Minimum Offer Price Rule in the Reliability Pricing…
May 18, 2012
Nooruddin Investments, LLC d/b/a Discount Power would pay $7,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that Discount Power was not in full compliance with six provisions of the Substantive Rules (40402).
May 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Chairman Douglas Nazarian said that he needs to be assured that the Commission wasn't "duped" in approving the merger of Exelon and Constellation Energy, after the merged company violated market power mitigation conditions contained in the merger order relating to its generating plants.
May 2, 2012
MP2 Energy, would pay $10,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve Staff's allegations that MP2 Energy violated Section 39.151(j) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)…
May 2, 2012
A class action suit was filed against Energy Plus Holdings LLC and Energy Plus Natural Gas LP today by Sanford Wittels & Heisler LLP, alleging the marketing and pricing of Energy Plus' variable rate products violates the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and breaches the covenant of good faith and fair…
April 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has fined Champion Energy Services, LLC $400 for not amortizing back-billed supply charges over the appropriate period.
April 24, 2012
Day-ahead and real-time energy prices in PJM were inflated by at least $141,000 during a two-week period in which mitigation was not applied to several Constellation Energy units as required under a Maryland PSC order, while total excess revenues to Exelon resulting from what the company called an…
April 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement HB 2133, concerning the disgorgement of excess revenues resulting from a violation of PURA or administrative rule or protocol (40073).
April 16, 2012
International Power Board Approves Sale of Remaining Stake to GDF SUEZ
April 16, 2012
FERC revoked the market-based rate authority of 35 "public utilities," including a retail supplier, for what FERC said was failure to file a baseline electronic market-based rate tariff as previously ordered (see prior story) .
April 13, 2012
The Maryland PSC has ordered Exelon to show cause why the Commission should not conclude that Exelon violated the terms of the PSC's order approving its merger with Constellation after Exelon reported that it "inadvertently violated" (as the PSC described Exelon's characterization) market power…
April 12, 2012
The Connecticut PURA has directed Verde Energy USA, Inc. to respond to several questions regarding a recent increase customer complaints, including allegations that the supplier's representatives have stated that they were employees of Connecticut Light & Power or United Illuminating.
April 11, 2012
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY has notified East Coast Natural Gas Inc. that East Coast Natural Gas Inc.'s right to serve customers in the Brooklyn Union service territory will be involuntarily discontinued as of the close of business on April 30, 2012.
April 10, 2012
FERC has posted a Staff Notice of Alleged Violations against Barclays Bank PLC and several individual traders.
April 6, 2012
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported late Thursday that, "Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission investigators on Thursday filed a formal complaint seeking to revoke the license of Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania, Inc. for allegedly omitting information in its 2009 application to be an electric…
April 3, 2012
The Connecticut PURA has directed North American Power and Gas, LLC to respond to several questions regarding a recent increase customer complaints, including allegations that the supplier's representatives have stated that they were employees of Connecticut Light & Power or United Illuminating.
March 30, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday issued a tentative order which would approve an expansion of Major Energy Services, LLC's natural gas supplier license, but which would also impose certain reporting conditions on Major Energy under the expansion.
March 29, 2012
A group of Independent Electric Generation Suppliers (EGSs) has recommended that the Pennsylvania PUC adopt an anonymous enforcement hotline, and require disgorgement for any violations of the code of conduct governing relations between electric distribution companies (EDCs) and retail suppliers.
March 29, 2012
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) this morning rejected a proposed settlement agreement between the Commission's Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff (now the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement) and MXEnergy, a PUC-licensed electric generation supplier, over the company's marketing…
March 28, 2012
10K Energy, L.L.C. would pay $20,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that 10K Energy was not in full compliance with 20 provisions of the Substantive Rules (40267).
March 26, 2012
The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG Energy have entered into an agreement, to resolve litigation relating to a 2001 energy crisis electricity contract, under which NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California, investing approximately $100 million…
March 21, 2012
TriEagle Energy L.P. would pay $36,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that TriEagle Energy was not in full compliance with 19 provisions of the Substantive Rules (40241).
March 16, 2012
FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff made the following statement at yesterday's FERC open meeting concerning the settlement with Constellation Energy Commodities Group regarding a FERC investigation into market manipulation.
March 14, 2012
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today informed Glacial Energy of New England, Inc. that PURA would not issue a Notice of Violation against the company at this time.
