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November 1, 2018
ERCOT has submitted new Retail Market Guide Revision Request 159 (RMGRR159), Revisions to Mass Transition Processes, to accelerate the mass transition process used in transitions to the providers of last resort (POLRs)
October 19, 2018
ERCOT will be hosting a workshop in support of future integrated Mass Transition testing on November 6, 2018.
October 17, 2018
The Texas PUC has approved a final list of non-volunteer POLRs (Large Service Providers, or LSP) for the 2019-20 term
September 21, 2018
A Texas PUC ALJ granted Constellation NewEnergy Inc.'s motion for good cause to accept Constellation's late-filed request to serve as a volunteer POLR (VREP) for the 2019-20 term.
September 20, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its proposed final list of non-volunteer Providers of Last Resort (aka Large Service Providers or LSPs) and Volunteer Retail Electric Providers (VREP, volunteer POLRs) for 2019-2020
September 18, 2018
Staff of the Texas PUC formally sought a ruling on Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.'s late-filed request to serve as a volunteer Provider of Last Resort (POLR, or VREP).
August 29, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) have filed a preliminary list of retail electric providers eligible to be designated as non-volunteer providers of last resort (Large Service Providers, LSPs), and a list of volunteer POLRs (VREPs), for the 2019-2020 term
August 21, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony opposing Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal, in its current rate case, to institute a new Inadvertent Gain fee and a new fee for a meter reading for purpose of a mass transition
August 13, 2018
The California PUC has released a final version of its paper discussing facing the retail sale of electricity in the state (known as the Green Book)
August 2, 2018
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. ("CNE") filed with the Texas PUC a request to serve as a volunteer POLR (VREP) pursuant to P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.43 (i).
August 1, 2018
First Volunteer POLR Request Since 2011-12 Term
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC (REP Certificate No. 10004) filed a request with the Texas PUC to be designated as a volunteer provider of last resort (VREP) for the 2019-2020 term
June 28, 2018
The Nevada Governor's Committee on Energy Choice has approved a final report on findings and recommendations related to the energy choice initiative
June 15, 2018
Staff of the Maryland PSC submitted a brief in response to a PSC request for stakeholders' views on several legal questions concerning the ability of retail suppliers to order the disconnection of a customer's utility service under supplier consolidated billing.
June 1, 2018
Breeze Energy, which as previously reported was subject to an involuntary mass transition and drop of its 9,800 Texas customers to POLRs, is encouraging its former customers to sign up with 4Change Energy
May 30, 2018
Note: This story was first published the evening of May 30 with an alert to our email subscribers
May 18, 2018
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2018 to December 2018, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2018 to September 2018
May 10, 2018
Urges Consideration Of Prohibiting Door-to-Door, Telephonic Sales, Capping Termination Fees
Committee Punts On Specific Default Service/POLR Structure, Would Task Legislature/PUCN With Development, Though Endorses POLR As "Temporary" Service
May 3, 2018
Responding to a question about an increase in retail M&A activity and books being shopped, Joseph Nigro CEO, Constellation and Executive Vice President, Exelon said during Exelon's first quarter earnings call that Exelon is "always" interested in retail acquisitions and will be "aggressive" if…
April 20, 2018
The Nevada PUC has posted a final draft report on the Energy Choice Initiative, a ballot initiative which, if approved, would extend to all customers the right to choose their electricity supplier.
April 7, 2018
Consistent with the schedule set forth in the substantive rules, Texas retail providers seeking to serve as volunteer POLRs for the 2019-2020 term must submit a request to be designated as a volunteer POLR no earlier than June 1st and no later than July 31st of this year.
April 6, 2018
Texas PUC Staff have filed a recommended proposal for adoption that would re-adopt the existing Chapter 25 electric substantive rules as part of a periodic review and re-adoption process (Project No. 47729)
April 6, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft recommended proposal for adoption which, as part of removing certain low-income customer benefits from the Substantive Rules due to elimination of the System Benefit Fund, would require that retail electric providers extend to all…
December 12, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that, as Sharyland Utilities will no longer be operating as a distribution service provider due to the acquisition of Sharyland's service areas by Oncor, "Staff is filing the attached updated Provider of Last Resort Designated Large Service…
November 13, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication which would eliminate in their entirety several customer protections currently in the substantive rules for customers who were eligible for the prior Lite-Up Texas discount program (funded by the defunct…
October 12, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) formally opened Docket No. 17-10001 to investigate issues of public importance regarding the pending Energy Choice Initiative and the possible restructuring of Nevada's energy industry.
