September 29, 2011
Should the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio accept a non-unanimous stipulation regarding AEP Ohio's electric security plan, FirstEnergy Solutions sought, at a minimum, to require AEP to provide RPM-priced capacity to governmental aggregation loads, and for such loads to be excluded from the…
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September 27, 2011
The marketing, disclosure, and related consumer protection rules to be established by the Illinois Commerce Commission for small volume electric customers should be extended to customers included in municipal aggregations, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments on a new First Notice…
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September 9, 2011
"Much" of the shopping at Met-Ed and Penelec has been "successfully captured" by FirstEnergy Solutions, FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Anthony Alexander told investors yesterday at a Barclays Capital conference.
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August 24, 2011
A draft California PUC decision would conclude that the security posted by electric service providers must include all of the investor-owned utilities' (IOUs) incremental costs to serve customers involuntarily returned to the utility, and would adopt, with modifications, a formula proposed by…
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August 17, 2011
Integrys Energy Services Reports Residential Enrollments in Illinois
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August 2, 2011
Windstream Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paetec Holding Corp in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. Paetec owns retail supplier U.S. Energy Partners, as well as broker Technology Resource Solutions, Inc. (Paetec Energy)
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July 29, 2011
The California PUC approved rules to protect the privacy and security of customer usage data generated by smart meters, and to provide customers with timely usage and pricing data (R.08-12-009).
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July 27, 2011
Broker Texzon Utilities, LTD is marketing an energy affinity program to cities as a way to raise city revenues.
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July 22, 2011
Integrys Energy Services to Supply North Aurora Municipal Aggregation
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July 19, 2011
Direct Energy has been selected by the Village of New Lenox and the City of Crest Hill, Illinois, to supply electricity to the municipalities' opt-out aggregation program.
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July 15, 2011
BlueStar Energy Solutions Lists Ameren Residential Offer on PlugIn Illinois
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July 14, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions has launched a residential electric offer at Commonwealth Edison, undercutting all other offers publicly posted on the Illinois Commerce Commission rate board.
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July 6, 2011
The Hampshire Council of Governments has petitioned the Massachusetts DPU to form a municipal opt-out electric aggregation plan covering 22 cities and towns in National Grid and Western Massachusetts Electric Company.
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July 4, 2011
An annual retail electric market report by Illinois' Office of Retail Market Development finds that the Commonwealth Edison non-residential market is generally less concentrated among suppliers versus the year-ago.
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June 23, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has begun offering residential electric supply at Commonwealth Edison.
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May 27, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions to Supply Fulton, Illinois Opt-Out Aggregation
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May 24, 2011
San Diego Gas & Electric has sought approval at the California PUC for three power purchase tolling agreements (PPTAs) totaling 450 MW of local peaking power which SDG&E said are needed for local reliability, and accordingly sought to recover costs through a nonbypassable surcharge.
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May 3, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions plans to grow its non-aggregation residential and small commercial retail generation sales to 3.3 TWh annually by 2013, it will report to investors this morning at an analyst conference.
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April 27, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission will likely need to "work through" several issues related to opt-out municipal electric aggregation, ICC Chairman Doug Scott said in addressing the National Energy Marketers Association Restructuring Conference.
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April 5, 2011
The California PUC has issued a draft decision to harmonize its nonbypassable Cost Allocation Mechanism (CAM) rules, which assign costs of generation built or procured for reliability, with the language of SB 695 (R. 10-05-006).
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March 29, 2011
A consultant does not have to be certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to review contracts or to file documents with the Commission, Palmer Energy Company said in testimony answering a complaint filed by Buckeye Energy Brokers, Inc (Case 10-0693-GE-CSS).
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March 24, 2011
A bill which would amend Illinois' opt-out municipal electric aggregation statute has advanced out of the Cities & Villages Committee.
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March 18, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC's written order prohibiting opt-out municipal aggregation programs developed by home rule municipalities affirms the Commission's "strong preference for individual choice," but finds that the Commission itself may approve an opt-out program under "unique circumstances."
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March 17, 2011
At this morning's public meeting, the Pennsylvania PUC held that opt-out municipal aggregation by home rule municipalities may not proceed.
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March 8, 2011
Several direct access parties have petitioned the California PUC for an immediate ruling to stay any changes to the Power Charge Indifference Amount (PCIA) calculation at Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric until a final decision by the PUC regarding direct access exit fees (R.…
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