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September 10, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its preliminary determination of retail electric providers which are eligible to serve as Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for the 2013-2014 term, for each customer class and POLR service area.
August 17, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas this morning adopted a final order expanding retail electric choice to the former Cap Rock service territories now owned by Sharyland Utilities (39592).
August 14, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a petition to revoke the retail electric provider certificate of TexRep7, LLC d/b/a Saturn Power, LLC, after TexRep7 defaulted under its Standard Form Market Participant Agreement with ERCOT, which prompted a mass transition event.
August 7, 2012
Higher volumes of competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions in the second quarter of 2012 could not stem the negative impact of lower pricing in producing lower commodity margin, versus the year-ago quarter, FirstEnergy Corp. said today in…
July 31, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas in Project 39969 has adopted as final several tests to determine whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as is required by PURA §39.107(g).
July 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed an additional test to determine whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, in a draft proposal for adoption (Project 39969).
July 16, 2012
Unopposed Proposed Order Filed to Transition Sharyland's Former Cap Rock Territories to Retail Choice
June 29, 2012
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and all intervenors that had signed a prior stipulation concerning the transition to retail competition at Sharyland's former Cap Rock territories have requested that the procedural schedule in the docket be abated, and that…
May 8, 2012
Texas retail electric providers have asked the PUCT to modify a proposal to establish the criteria for determining whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as required by the PURA §39.107(g), as REPs said that the…
May 2, 2012
Increased competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions, net of the impact from changed pricing versus the year-ago, led to a $117 million improvement in commodity margin during the first quarter of 2012, FirstEnergy said in reporting earnings.
April 12, 2012
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has suggested that Standard Service Offer rates could reflect time-based price signals, in comments on PUCO's inquiry into dynamic pricing.
March 23, 2012
A non-unanimous stipulation concerning the transition of Sharyland Utilities' former Cap Rock service areas to retail competition would randomly assign customers not making an affirmative selection to a default REP, and would limit eligibility to serve in the default REP role to the 15 largest REPs…
March 15, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft Proposal for Publication to establish the criteria for determining if prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as required by the PURA §39.107(g), and to…
March 5, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has posted a Staff discussion document concerning possible end-state designs of default electricity service.
March 1, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions is forecasting 6 TWh of direct retail sales to mass market customers (excluding government aggregation volumes) in 2012.
February 29, 2012
Increased competitive retail sales directly to large and mass markets customers by FirstEnergy Solutions, net of the impact from changed pricing versus the year-ago, led to a $164 million improvement in commodity margin during the fourth quarter of 2011, FirstEnergy said in reporting earnings.
February 16, 2012
SCANA Energy reported earnings of $24 million for the year 2011, compared to $31 million in 2010, parent SCANA Corporation said yesterday.
February 13, 2012
PPL Corp.'s Supply unit reported lower ongoing earnings of $147 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, versus $311 million a year ago.
February 10, 2012
The Georgia Public Service Commission has selected a regulated provider at Atlanta Gas Light for a two-year term to begin September 1, 2012.
February 10, 2012
AEG Affiliated Energy Group has closed three mergers and acquisition deals specifically in the retail energy space in the past nine months, and expects more deals to close in the next two quarters.
January 24, 2012
Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc. has filed a petition in Travis District Court for a temporary and permanent injunction against the Public Utility Commission of Texas and its enforcement of a Notice of Violation issued against Glacial.
January 10, 2012
PUCT Staff have filed a petition to revoke the REP certificate of Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc (Docket 40090).
January 9, 2012
The PUCT has scheduled for February 16 a workshop regarding amending Commission substantive rules relating to electric Providers of Last Resort (POLR), including the calculation of the POLR rate and application of the POLR rate to prepaid service (Project 39969).
January 9, 2012
The PUCT executive director has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) against Glacial Energy seeking an administrative penalty of $235,750 as Oversight and Enforcement Staff alleged, among other things, that Glacial is not in compliance with the current requirements for REP ownership, alleged that…
December 22, 2011
Texas State Rep. Phil King has written a letter to the PUCT asking the Commission to consider, "how we may be able to set up a system that does not punish REPs for being prudent in purchasing electricity in advance when POLR rates drop drastically when the MCPE goes negative."
