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July 20, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio must ensure that the acquisition of Dayton Power & Light by AES Corp. allows consumers to have full and unencumbered access to competitive retail electric service (CRES) suppliers, and that that the debt service obligations associated with the proposed "highly…
July 14, 2011
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has proposed expanding retail choice to all of its service areas in Texas effective January 1, 2014, which would expand customer choice to over 44,000 customers who currently buy electric supply from Sharyland (Docket 39592).
July 13, 2011
Granting Clearview Electric's requested temporary waiver of the REP certification financial requirements would provide Clearview with a "clear competitive advantage" over other REPs, PUCT Staff said in a post-hearing brief (38446).
July 7, 2011
FERC has approved the merger application of Nstar and Northeast Utilities, finding that the merger will have no adverse effect on competition as a result of either horizontal or vertical market power (EC11-35).
June 30, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has established a procedural schedule to address the proposal of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to establish new market-based rate schedules for customers returning to utility-provided generation service after having elected competitive supply and…
June 29, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation said that it, "will cease accepting new GCC [Gas Customer Choice] customer enrollments for one year," beginning September 1, 2011 (U-16481).
June 9, 2011
TXU Affiliate Brighten Energy Looks Forward to Competing in Pennsylvania
June 9, 2011
The status quo default service model and retail market design is "unacceptable," Pennsylvania PUC Chairman Robert Powelson said at the conclusion of an en banc hearing regarding alternative methods of default service.
June 6, 2011
"[A] properly functioning and workably competitive retail electric generation market does not exist in Pennsylvania," Direct Energy Services said in comments to the Pennsylvania PUC, arguing that the retail markets are progressing only as far as the current default service structure will allow…
May 26, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will allow Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to continue to charge existing tariffed rates, reflecting current POLR and environmental carrying charges, until a further order on a remand proceeding, with the caveat that the companies shall file new tariffs…
May 20, 2011
Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power have filed tariffs to continue to charge customers nonbypassable Provider of Last Resort charges, though not at the rates set in their electricity security plan (ESP), but at rates based on the prior Rate Stabilization Plan.
May 18, 2011
United Illuminating has filed updated Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning July 1.
May 12, 2011
DTE Energy Trading Wins UI Last Resort Service Load
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.
May 2, 2011
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated Purchase of Receivables discount rates for both electric and gas service, to take effect July 1.
April 20, 2011
The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed in part the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's 2009 order allowing Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to collect POLR charges under their electric security plan, though the Court's decision was based on technical rather than policy grounds.
April 14, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC will conduct an investigation into replacing Philadelphia Gas Works with an alternative default service supplier, if competitive suppliers are still interested in pursuing the matter. (R-2008-2073938)
April 13, 2011
FERC yesterday rushed to adopt tariff changes regarding the PJM Reliability Pricing Model administrative capacity mechanism which are solely designed to raise the capacity prices paid by end use customers by up to $3 billion, in accepting revisions related to the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR).
April 6, 2011
Updated 11:00 EST with info from Open Meeting, see last two grafs
April 1, 2011
Milagro Power Company (TexRep3, LLC) informed the PUCT yesterday that it has entered into an executed agreement with an undisclosed buyer for the sale of several Milagro assets, including the customer book (Docket 37753 et. al.).
March 24, 2011
The PUCT further deferred final action on a pending proposal for decision which would revoke the REP certificate of Milagro Power (TexRep3 LLC) until the April 6 open meeting, to provide additional time for a sale of the customer book, and provide an opportunity for Staff to investigate whether the…
March 14, 2011
The PUCT will investigate whether it can delegate to Staff the ability to authorize the sharing of TDU customer information with REPs acquiring customer books under fire sale-type transactions meant to avoid POLR transitions.
March 14, 2011
The PUCT intends to revoke the REP certificate of Milagro Power (TexRep3 LLC), but withheld final action until its next open meeting on March 24 to permit time for a potential sale of Milagro's book, and to avoid transferring customers to POLR (37753 et. al.).
February 25, 2011
ERCOT market observers are expecting another mass transition of customers to new retail providers, and this transition is likely to be a POLR drop rather than a transition outside of the POLR process, as was the case with Abacus Resources Energy earlier this month.
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.
