February 17, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions increased its share of sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories in Ohio to 81.4%, FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in reporting fourth-quarter earnings.
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January 18, 2011
The California PUC has withdrawn a proposed decision governing community choice aggregation (CCA) bonding and re-entry fee issues, and re-opened the proceeding for limited briefing (R. 03-10-003).
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January 3, 2011
Dayton Power & Light's proposal to charge certain governmental aggregation customers returning to bundled service the higher of a market-based rate and the Standard Service Offer rate is contrary to DP&L's authorized electric security plan, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said in comments to the Public…
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December 21, 2010
An initial decision from two Pennsylvania ALJs would accept without modification a non-unanimous stipulation which would approve the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy (A-2010-2176520 et. al.).
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December 17, 2010
The California PUC has ordered that Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and Southern California Edison Company shall procure Combined Heat and Power resources on behalf of electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators (CCAs), with costs recovered…
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December 15, 2010
Delaware PSC Sets Workshop on Net Metering Changes The Delaware PSC has scheduled a workshop on revisions to its net metering rules, required under SB 267, after receiving stakeholder comment on a Staff proposal (Reg. Dckt. No. 49). SB 267 allows customers to aggregate individual meters for the…
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December 7, 2010
Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking to turn ratepayers into a source of venture capital, the Western Power Trading Forum, Direct Access Customer Coalition, and the Marin Energy Authority (collectively, the competitive supply parties) said in a protest at the California PUC concerning a proposed…
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December 6, 2010
Texas retained its top spot in the Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) for residential markets reported by Distributed Energy Financial Group, but the addition of several new criteria jumbled the rankings after the top three.
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November 24, 2010
Opt-out municipal aggregation programs, regardless of whether they are run by home rule municipalities, "operate in contravention to 66 Pa. C.S. § 2807(d)(1) and 52 Pa. Code § 57.173, thereby making them impermissible," the Pennsylvania PUC Office of Trial Staff said in supporting petitions for a…
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November 11, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a Secretarial Letter on November 10 directing electric distribution companies and electric generation suppliers to not switch any customers pursuant to an opt-out municipal aggregation plan until the Commission resolves legal issues surrounding such aggregations.
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November 10, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions Not Signing Opt-Out Aggregation Agreements Until PUC Matter Resolved FirstEnergy Solutions confirmed this morning that it is not signing any opt-out municipal aggregation contracts with Pennsylvania home rule municipalities until the PUC resolves the legal questions of such…
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November 8, 2010
Oasis Energy Seeking Pennsylvania Gas License Oasis Power LLC, d/b/a Oasis Energy, applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, at UGI Utilities.
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November 4, 2010
Dominion Retail has filed a petition for a declaratory order from the Pennsylvania PUC finding that implementation of opt-out municipal aggregation programs, for home rule municipalities or otherwise, is illegal in the absence of an act of the General Assembly authorizing such activity…
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November 1, 2010
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed a petition at the Pennsylvania PUC for a declaratory order regarding the ability of home rule municipalities to conduct opt-out aggregations under the current legislative regime (P-2010-2207062).
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October 20, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC's law bureau is "looking at" the issue of home rule municipalities conducting opt-out municipal aggregations under their home rule charters.
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October 18, 2010
A proposed settlement in Pacific Gas & Electric's general rate case (A. 09-12-020 et. al.) would eliminate PG&E's proposed revenue requirement for customer retention activities.
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October 15, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC denied, 4-1, the Office of Small Business Advocate's request for rehearing of the PUC's decision allowing Direct Energy to retain, without affirmative action by the customer, the customers it currently serves under the aggregation program at Pike County Light & Power if those…
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October 8, 2010
The City of Meadville, Pennsylvania, has approved a municipal opt-out electric aggregation program proposed by FirstEnergy Solutions, according to the Meadville Tribune .
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