November 21, 2019
A proposed decision from a California ALJ would warn electric service providers (ESP, or retail suppliers) that those ESPs which do not file RPS cost data risk enforcement action
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November 18, 2019
Retail Suppliers Propose New Eligibility Requirements, Pricing Guardrails For Customer Assignment Program
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed testimony in support of Staff's previously reported recommendation to eliminate the Monthly Variable Rate (MVR) program at Dominion East Ohio for residential and nonresidential customers
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November 18, 2019
Platinum Advertising has agreed not to operate in Massachusetts for one year and to pay $150,000 to settle allegations of deceptive marketing and sales tactics for retail electric contracts, under an agreement Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Maura Healey
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November 8, 2019
Final Order Allows Retail Suppliers To Self-Provide (All or None), But Permits Use Of Utility Procurement Backstop Final Order Allows Some Imports To Qualify
The California PUC issued a final order concerning the obligation of LSEs, including competitive retail suppliers (electric service providers, or ESPs) to procure their assigned share of needed incremental reliability and renewable integration resources identified by the order
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October 29, 2019
Freedom Energy Logistics named Carol Anne Watts as Director of Energy Sales.
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October 24, 2019
A revised proposed decision from a California PUC ALJ would revise the allocation method, and amounts required, for the obligation of competitive retail suppliers (electric service providers, or ESPs) to procure their assigned share of needed incremental reliability and renewable integration…
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October 18, 2019
Bill Says "Retail" Model In Choice States, "Does Not Promote The Conditions Needed For Development Of High Levels Of Renewable Energy"
A Colorado legislative committee has recommended a bill to require the study of the viability of a wholesale, opt-out model of electricity municipal aggregation (called community choice energy, or CCE)
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October 17, 2019
The Village of Greenwood Lake, New York has authorized joining an opt-out municipal aggregation run by Good Energy, L.P.
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October 14, 2019
Proposes Pricing Restrictions For Small Suppliers Proposes Time Limit On Service To Assigned Customers
Retail supplier Dominion Energy Solutions, Inc. has offered recommended changes to the Monthly Variable Rate (MVR) customer assignment program at Ohio utility Dominion Energy Ohio, including restrictions on eligibility for MVR suppliers
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October 14, 2019
PUC Staff: Current Customers Assigned To Retail Supplier Under Monthly Rate Program Should Be Transferred Back To Auction-Based Service PUC Staff: Market Is Not Protecting Customers
Retail Suppliers Say PUC Lacks Authority To Change Customer Assignment Program Due To Time Limit Placed In Rules
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October 8, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU has released a procedural schedule in a docket considering the opt-out electric municipal aggregation plan filed by the City of Boston, MA, and the schedule extends though late January 2020
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October 8, 2019
Independent Energy Consultants, Inc. applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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September 13, 2019
Would Assign Responsibility To Retail Suppliers Rather Than Having Utility Conduct Procurement, With Use Of CAM
A proposed order for a California PUC ALJ would require competitive retail suppliers (electric service providers, or ESPs), community choice aggregations, and investor-owned utilities to procure their assigned share of incremental reliability and renewable integration resources identified by the…
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September 9, 2019
Updated opt-out notification letter formats filed with the New York PSC by municipal aggregation Westchester Power include, in a rate chart presented to customers, an average rate from July 2017 to July 2018 when listing the rate for Consolidated Edison
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September 4, 2019
In New York, the Town of New Paltz and the Village of New Paltz have joined the Hudson Valley Community Power municipal aggregation, which is run by Joule Assets
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September 3, 2019
LSEs Would No Longer Be Obligated To Individually Procure Capacity, But Could Elect To Do So September 3 , 2019
A group of retail suppliers, generators, community choice aggregators and San Diego Gas & Electric Company have filed a settlement with the California PUC that would adopt a "residual" central buyer structure to resolve issues respecting central procurement of Resource Adequacy (RA) under the…
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August 21, 2019
Cites Potential Harm To Default Service Customers From Boston Aggregation City Had Sought Approval By End Of August, For January 2020 Start Date
The Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) has requested that the Massachusetts DPU set a procedural schedule in the DPU's consideration of the City of Boston's electricity opt-out municipal aggregation plan that would allow for discovery and the ability to request evidentiary hearings
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August 20, 2019
Cites Experience in California, Texas (Notes Recent Texas Emergency Alert, Price Spikes) Cites "Pattern Of Consumer Fraud" Under Retail Choice Suggests 20 Square Mile Geographic Pilot For Retail Choice (All Customer Classes)
The Arizona Corporation Commission has, "a long way to go," before being able to make a decision concerning retail electric choice, Commissioner Sandra Kennedy wrote in a memo filed in the electric choice proceeding
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August 19, 2019
Invites Revised Proposals On Marketing Scripts, Contract Summary, Renewal Notice
A hearing office at Massachusetts DPU directed retail suppliers to submit information concerning their numbers of customers served under auto-renewals, and the nature of such service
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August 19, 2019
Retail Suppliers Say PUC Lacks Authority To Adopt Switch-Block
In a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding reviewing the rules applicable to electricity billing, AEP Ohio said that it, "applauds" a proposed switch-block mechanism included in the draft rules.
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August 16, 2019
In a town resolution filed with the New York PSC, the Bedford, New York Town Board said that, "we anticipate that Sustainable Westchester, under its Community Choice Aggregation program, will seek the option to offer Community Solar on an opt-out basis."
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August 9, 2019
Claim: Electric Competition Has Saved Ohio Customers Nearly $9 Billion From 2016-18 (Uses Muni Aggregation Rates As Proxy For All Mass Market Migrated Customers)
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August 7, 2019
Staff No Longer Recommending Suppliers Report Certain Data Concerning Low-Income Customers Staff Invites Suppliers To Present Alternative To Use Of Customer Account Numbers For Enrollment
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU in a working group presentation has proposed alternative language for marketing disclosures for retail electric suppliers, compared to disclosures developed by a supplier-led work group.
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August 5, 2019
New Hampshire SB 286 has made it through the legislative process, has been signed by the governor, and has become a chaptered law (Chapter 316 of 2019)
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August 5, 2019
Genie Retail Energy Reports Customer Growth Reports Second Quarter Results
This story has been updated with additional details and data
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