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August 22, 2016
Implementing an opt-out municipal aggregation is one of 10 "High Impact Actions" that New York communities may undertake to be eligible for grants up to $250,000 under NYSERDA's Clean Energy Communities program
August 16, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association sought rehearing of the New York PSC's July 15 order which prohibits ESCO service to Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers.
August 12, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted without modification a settlement among certain parties approving the purchase of Pike County Light & Power (PCL&P) by Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation that requires the utility to study the use of bilateral contracts and other alternative options for default…
August 11, 2016
"I think we're going to continue to see consolidation in the retail market; we'll have an opportunity to capitalize on that" Joe Nigro, Chief Executive Officer of Constellation, said during an Exelon analyst day.
August 8, 2016
Consolidated Edison and Orange & Rockland have proposed fees for the provision of data to New York municipal electric and natural gas aggregations.
July 28, 2016
The board of directors of the recently established Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA) community choice aggregation in San Mateo County, California, has selected Direct Energy as PCEA’s Energy Service Provider for its first phase rollout.
July 20, 2016
Customers formerly on a "day-night" rate at NYSEG were enrolled into the Sustainable Westchester opt-out municipal aggregation (which has a flat rate) have been asking SW to institute a day-night rate, as SW asked the PSC to require NYSEG to share data concerning day-night customers
July 18, 2016
The New York's PSC's new moratorium on ESCOs serving customers participating in utility low-income assistance programs (Assistance Program Participant, or APP) bizarrely does not apply to opt-out municipal aggregations, the PSC's written order confirms
July 15, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday (click here) , the New York PSC has adopted a moratorium on low-income customer participation in the retail electric and natural gas markets, in an action that PSC Staff said they believe (though not familiar with every state) to be the first of…
July 12, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have informed Niagara Mohawk that NiMo's proposed update to its Clifton Park, NY Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project, which includes what is essentially a utility-directed opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the town which has about 15,000…
July 8, 2016
The Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) has filed a "generic" implementation plan for an opt-out municipal aggregation with the New York PSC
July 6, 2016
Niagara Mohawk has proposed an update to its Clifton Park, NY Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project, and now proposes to run what is essentially an opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the town which has about 15,000 customers
July 6, 2016
The dangers of opt-out municipal aggregation to workably competitive retail electric markets become more apparent as municipal aggregations move to take the next step, transitioning from mere brokers (though ones with a huge competitive advantage in their opt-out authority) to generation developers…
July 1, 2016
The number of residential customers on competitive electric supply at Commonwealth Edison has fallen from a peak of 70% in March 2014 to only 40% as of May 2016, primarily due the termination of various municipal aggregations and their return of customers to default service, an annual report from…
June 20, 2016
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. asked the Massachusetts DPU to introduce zonal default service pricing for residential and small C&I customers at Nstar and National Grid, starting with the next basic service price period (November 2016 and January 2017, respectively), in order to address…
June 13, 2016
A settlement among certain parties that would approve the purchase of Pike County Light & Power (PCL&P) by Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation would require the utility to study the use of bilateral contracts and other alternative options for default service supply
June 9, 2016
Good Energy, L.P. announced today that the company has executed agreements with Gloucester and Winslow Townships and the Borough of Somerdale in New Jersey to form what the company called the largest municipal aggregation program in New Jersey.
June 2, 2016
The City of Dayton, Ohio has selected IGS Energy as the supplier for the city's opt-out electric aggregation program.
May 24, 2016
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation sought rehearing of the New York PSC's generic order authorizing municipal aggregation on an opt-put basis statewide, as Distribution said that, "the benefits of a state-wide Opt-out enrollment model have not been demonstrated and are, accordingly, a matter…
April 22, 2016
The New York PSC will allow municipal electric and natural gas aggregations to include in their pools on an opt-out basis customers larger than those customers recently defined as mass market customers.
April 20, 2016
The New York PSC today approved an order which allows municipalities to engage in opt-out aggregation, and which contains requirements governing such aggregations, including customer eligibility
April 7, 2016
Sustainable Westchester, New York's first pilot opt-out municipal electric aggregation, has selected Constellation Energy to serve the aggregation in four communities located in the NYSEG service areas
April 6, 2016
The Energy Professionals of Ohio (EPO) hereby petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to clarify a 2014 finding on rehearing that requires the, "disclosure of all fees including those by brokers, governmental aggregators, etc."
March 29, 2016
The joint New York utilities have asked that the New York PSC defer consideration of another "demonstration" opt-out municipal aggregation until the PSC issues a generic order on municipal aggregation, and a report on the experience at the Sustainable Westchester pilot is developed.
March 28, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association sought rehearing on the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, arguing, among other things, that the order was arbitrary for not subjecting service to mass market aggregation customers (both those in a pilot municipal aggregation and a long-running…
