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February 10, 2011
PUCT Staff reported during today's open meeting that due to recent events in the ERCOT market, an unidentified REP has not met its ERCOT obligations and could potentially transfer customers to POLR.
February 8, 2011
Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power have filed tariffs at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to establish new market rate schedules for customers returning to utility-provided generation service after having elected competitive supply and opting to bypass the POLR charge.
February 7, 2011
PPL Corp.'s Supply unit reported higher earnings of $281 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 versus $52 million a year ago.
February 2, 2011
Empiric Marketing & Sales, LLC, which intends to offer prepaid electric generation service in Pennsylvania, has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a declaratory order finding that provisions of 52 Pa Code § 56.17 do not apply to its prepaid service (P-2011-2222777).
January 31, 2011
AEP Ohio has proposed for Ohio Power an electric security plan for the period January 1, 2012 through May 31, 2014, that would include a half dozen new nonbypassable riders, plus the continuation of several existing nonbypassable riders (11-0348-EL-SSO et. al.). The electric security plan presumes…
January 12, 2011
AEP Ohio sought rehearing of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's order establishing a state compensation mechanism for capacity under the AEP Ohio Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) plan, arguing that PUCO lacks such authority, and that PUCO's order infringes upon FERC's exclusive jurisdiction…
December 22, 2010
Duquesne Light has filed an update to its Purchase of Receivables rate, as provided in its POLR V plan, and also updated its supply charges.
December 20, 2010
Interpreting the PJM Reliability Assurance Agreement as eliminating a Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) entity's ability to seek relief from FERC regarding the cost paid for capacity under an FRR plan where a state-established compensation mechanism is set would, "render[] the provision invalid or…
December 15, 2010
Notwithstanding Zahed Lateef's proposal to place ownership of dPi Energy into a trust over which he has no control, PUCT Staff is still seeking revocation of dPi Energy's REP certificate, with Staff alleging in testimony that, "[i]t appears that Mr. Lateef has been convicted and found liable for…
December 13, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has asked FERC to dismiss the application of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to institute a formula rate for capacity compensation from retail suppliers, given that PUCO action has made the issue moot (FERC Docket ER11-2183).
December 7, 2010
Several REPs currently offering prepaid service in ERCOT without the use of a customer prepayment device or system (defined here as advanced pay, also known as financial prepaid service) urged the PUCT to not eliminate the ability of REPs to offer prepaid service based on estimated usage for those…
October 29, 2010
PPL's Supply unit reported higher earnings from ongoing operations of $260 million in the third quarter, versus $124 million a year ago, on higher realized prices for its Eastern baseload generation.
October 27, 2010
The Connecticut DPUC has granted three clarifications or affirmations requested by United Illuminating relating to the procurement of Last Resort Service (LRS) and Standard Service (06-01-08RE04).
October 27, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions supplied nearly 81% of retail sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories in Ohio during the third quarter, parent FirstEnergy Corp. announced in reporting third quarter earnings.
October 25, 2010
The PUCT declined to modify the REP certification rules to provide that a REP must seek pre-approval for the change in control of a REP or REP certificate (Project 37685).
October 15, 2010
PUCT Staff posted final designations of non-volunteer POLRs for the 2011-12 term, along with the designation of the POLR responsible for the Electric Facts Label.
October 11, 2010
The Maryland PSC issued letter orders finding that the Commission requires additional information to rule on the pending electric and natural gas broker applications of Utility Choice International, LLC, and directed the company to answer several questions.
October 6, 2010
Clearview Electric has explicitly offered to not add any new customers to its ERCOT book as part of its request for a temporary waiver of the new financial requirements under P.U.C. SUBST. R. §25.107(f), it said in a brief supporting its request (38446).
October 5, 2010
United Illuminating has implemented a change under which it will solicit an alternative, indexed pricing methodology for Last Resort Service bids, and also asked the Connecticut DPUC to confirm that the foremost goal in Standard Service procurements is a competitive price, rather than adhering to a…
