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April 15, 2011
PUCT Commissioners will consider the treatment of teaser rates for retail electric products at a future open meeting, after Commissioner Donna Nelson raised concerns with whether current disclosure requirements are sufficient.
April 13, 2011
In a notice (10-06-24) issued yesterday, the Connecticut DPUC clarified one of the ordering paragraphs in its March order regarding the relationship between electric suppliers and aggregators.
April 11, 2011
Connecticut's joint committee on Energy & Technology reported with a favorable recommendation a substitute version of SB1, with no major changes related to the retail marketing provisions (see 3/14) . Also advancing is a substitute version of HB 6592 which includes a supplier code of conduct that…
April 7, 2011
The PUCT intends to allow financial prepaid retail electric providers to continue to sign new customers through October 1, 2011, rather than the earlier effective date of amended Subst. R. 25.498 (38675).
April 4, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed an updated recommended proposal for adoption concerning prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498 that incorporates the consensus reached by Commissioners at the most recent open meeting (38675, see 3/25 ).
March 30, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC has stayed two ordering paragraphs relating to aggregators and supplier enrollments in its recent order on electric supplier marketing practices (Docket 10-06-24, see 3/17 ).
March 30, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff and Viridian Energy PA, LLC have offered a joint recommendation to resolve an outstanding complaint against the supplier from Staff under which Viridian would pay $20,000 (Case 9255).
March 30, 2011
As part of its remediation plan in response to a Maryland PSC Staff complaint (see related story) , Viridian Energy and Staff have agreed to work together on a company-specific code of conduct, "that could potentially be used as a starting point in the development of a generic Code of Conduct for…
March 29, 2011
Pennsylvania's Office of Competitive Market Oversight has requested each electric generation supplier and natural gas supplier licensed to provide residential service to answer several questions relating to the use of independent third party contractors for sale and marketing activities.
March 21, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued what is being billed as a "corrected" Proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection standards in the Part 412 rulemaking, this time with attached language for the rules, which would re-institute the proposed extended no-cancellation-fee period for…
March 17, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC issued this morning a final written order concerning several supplier marketing issues in Docket 10-06-24, under which the voluntary guidelines will be limited to small volume customers, and issues related to the cost of utility consolidated billing and the use of mid-cycle…
March 16, 2011
"For the [retail electric] industry to be basing its survival on whether or not we enable the procurers of Standard Service power to have various tools [such as managed portfolios] suggests that the reason you're here is solely to offer a commodity, [and] to not grow your value in other ways,"…
March 14, 2011
Connecticut lawmakers have drafted language for SB 1, essentially incorporating language nearly identical to the language of SB 493 which was vetoed in the 2010 session.
March 7, 2011
Retail gas suppliers could begin serving customers in what are currently the Kokomo Gas and Fuel and the Northern Indiana Fuel and Light Company Inc. territories in Indiana within two months as the operating companies are merged into affiliate Northern Indiana Public Service Company and opened to…
March 3, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has granted Staff's requested relief to toll the exceptions deadline regarding a proposed First Notice Order to restart to the electric marketing and consumer protection rulemaking under Part 412 (Docket 09-0592).
March 3, 2011
The Maryland PSC said yesterday that it will require all electric and natural gas supplier and broker applicants to submit training and marketing materials as part of their application.
February 28, 2011
Illinois' current and proposed rules regarding electric agent, broker and consultant licensing "wrongly impl[y] that the existence of any agreement between a supplier and an ABC renders the ABC no longer independent, or potentially makes them an affiliate of the supplier," Constellation NewEnergy…
February 25, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without additional retail market-related conditions, a non-unanimous stipulation authorizing the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy (A-2010-2176520 et. al.).
February 23, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have asked the Commission to suspend an exceptions deadline contemplated by a proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection rules, so that parties may have the benefit of actual rule language when drafting exceptions (Docket 09-0592).
February 23, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that North American Power and Gas, LLC make a payment of $35,000 to the Fuel Fund of Central Maryland, Inc., along with undertaking various remedial measures, to resolve Staff's complaint against the retail supplier (Case 9253).
February 21, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed First Notice Order concerning electric supplier consumer protection and marketing standards, which would, among other things, eliminate the earlier proposal granting customers the ability to cancel a contract, without incurring a termination fee, up to 10…
February 18, 2011
PUCT Staff have asked that the Commission address several threshold policy issues regarding prepaid electric service at the February 24 open meeting to inform Staff's development of a formal proposal for adoption regarding revised Subst. R. 25.498 (Project 38675).
February 17, 2011
In a Secretarial letter concerning the PA Power Switch website, the Pennsylvania PUC reminded electric generation suppliers, "that they are obligated to provide accurate pricing information in all marketing materials pursuant to 52 Pa. Code 54.7."
February 15, 2011
Pennsylvania's proposed new electric and gas supplier marketing rules eliminate the requirement for sales not resulting from contact with an agent to be verified, and uses new language regarding the requirement that verification, when required, is not conducted in the presence of the agent…
February 11, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC voted yesterday to issue a proposed rulemaking on marketing and sales practices for electric generation suppliers (EGSs) and natural gas suppliers (NGSs).
