August 2, 2019
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would approve a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to establish a short-term pilot program as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program utility supply rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new real-time pricing…
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August 1, 2019
Says Shopping Low-Income Customers Pay 25% Higher Rates
A report released today by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says that Massachusetts individual residential electric customers who switched to a competitive electric supplier paid $76.2 million more than if they would have remained with default service during the one-year period from July…
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August 1, 2019
Kennedy: "Long Way To Go" On Retail Competition Kennedy: Current C&I Only Retail Choice Proposal Presents Nothing But Risk To Residential Customers Commissioners Concerned With Rate Impact In Choice States
Dunn: "Cringe[s]" At Thought Of Losing Jurisdiction To FERC If RTO Needed For Choice
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July 31, 2019
Staff Says ACC Should Proceed "Cautiously," Sees "Numerous" Workshops Ahead Dunn: Stranded Assets, RTO "Huge Questions" For Arizona Burns Again Suggests Aggregation Model
Going into a workshop on retail electric choice held yesterday and continuing today, Utilities Division Staff ("Staff") of the Arizona Corporation Commission said that, at this point, Staff does not believe that it would be in the public interest to include residential customers in electric choice.
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July 26, 2019
Utility Says ACC's Authority To Authorize Municipal Aggregation Absent Statute Is "Questionable" Utility Says Retail Choice Is Actually "Re-regulation"
Arizona Public Service Company submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission on a Staff report on draft rules for retail electric competition (details here) and a proposed list of tenets for retail choice proposed by Commissioner Justin Olson (details here)
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July 15, 2019
The "Energy Switch" working group in the Massachusetts DPU's retail market investigation proceeding (19-07) will hold a meeting on July 31, 2019
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July 10, 2019
The Town of Chazy in Clinton County, NY has selected Direct Energy Services to supply its opt-out municipal electric aggregation, in the NYSEG service area
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July 3, 2019
Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission have filed revisions to a report regarding "possible" modifications to the ACC's retail electric competition rules, with such modifications raising the eligibility threshold for a customer to take retail electric choice
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July 2, 2019
Staff Propose Allowing Municipal Aggregation, With CCAs Allowed To Serve All Customers Retail Supplier Services Subject To Approval Via Tariff
Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission have filed a report regarding "possible" modifications to the ACC's retail electric competition rules
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July 1, 2019
At Ameren, Where Residential ARES Customers Are "Overwhelmingly" Aggregation Customers, ARES Customers Paid 1.6¢/kWh More Than Default Service
Yearly Cost Under Retail Supply Versus SOS Is $124 Million Higher At ComEd; $122 Million At Ameren
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June 28, 2019
The Town of Red Hook, NY has authorized joining the Hudson Valley Community Power municipal aggregation
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June 26, 2019
The New York City Council's Committee on Environmental Protection this week heard testimony on Bill Int 0140-2018, which would require a study on implementing opt-out municipal aggregation for retail energy supply
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June 21, 2019
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted a further extension for ESCO compliance with the revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018.
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June 21, 2019
Seeks January 1, 2020 Start Notes Risk Premiums In Default Service Rates While Aggregation Has Been Pending Consultant Fee Disclosed
The City of Boston, Massachusetts has filed at the Massachusetts DPU for approval of a plan governing its proposed opt-out municipal aggregation program for electricity customers
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June 18, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought from the New York PSC a further extension for ESCO compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018
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June 17, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU will host an initial meeting for both newly formed retail energy working groups on June 26, 2019
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June 14, 2019
Staff: "Counter-Intuitive" That Customer Who Signed Up For Fixed Rate Would Expect Their Auto-Renewal Would Be Variable Staff Propose Entire Sales Conversation Be Recorded (Not Just TPV) Staff Propose GPS Requirement For Door-to-Door Agents
Staff Propose That Municipal Aggregation Rates Be Posted On State's Shopping Website, At Top Of Results
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May 31, 2019
The California PUC on May 30 adopted an order addressing various facets of the statutory increase in direct access (DA) load of 4,000 gigawatt-hours.
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May 21, 2019
New York municipal aggregation Hudson Valley Community Power has selected a retail supplier for an opt-out municipal electricity aggregation covering the City of Poughkeepsie and several other New York municipalities in the Central Hudson Gas & Electric service area.
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May 10, 2019
Customer Count Decreases On Margin Discipline, Movement Away From Municipal Aggregation
Crius Energy Trust ("Crius Energy", the "Company", or the "Trust") today announced its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2019 (first quarter of 2019). All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
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May 8, 2019
Constellation NewEnergy has been selected to serve several opt-out municipal electricity aggregations run by Good Energy, L.P. in New York
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May 6, 2019
Draft Addresses Proposed Cap On Direct Access Load Within Community Choice Aggregations, Sought By CCA Group
The California PUC has issued a proposed decision which would address various facets of the statutory increase in direct access (DA) load of 4,000 gigawatt-hours
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May 6, 2019
Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Bob Burns has asked that several topics be discussed at a workshop devoted to retail electric competition this summer, including community choice aggregation (CCA) and allowing entities other than political subdivisions to engage in CCA.
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May 6, 2019
Genie Energy Reports Customer Growth Domestic Earnings Higher On Margin Improvement
Genie Energy reported customer growth and higher Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019.
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April 30, 2019
Adopts New Brand
The Texas Renewable Energy Co-op (or TREC, rebranded and formerly Texas Power Pool) announced that it, "has confirmed receipt of multiple bids for wholesale electricity below the 3-cent per kWh target price on 12-year contracts."
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