June 8, 2015
A joint proposal in Orange & Rockland's current electric rate case would require the New York utility to study the expansion of mandatory day ahead hourly pricing for default service customers.
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May 27, 2015
NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric have, as part of a new distribution rate case, proposed instituting a deposit for ESCOs to perform EDI testing.
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April 21, 2015
A joint proposal in Consolidated Edison's current electric rate case would establish a collaborative to address advanced meter deployment at ConEd, proposing that the PSC rule on ConEd's AMI plan by January 2016
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April 21, 2015
A joint proposal at Consolidated Edison would extend its current rate plan through the end of 2016, without adjudicating several issues raised by Consolidated Edison in seeking new base rates, such as the expansion of mandatory hourly pricing.
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April 20, 2015
During a discussion of recent customer complaints concerning high bills, Sharyland Utilities, LP reported during Friday's Public Utility Commission of Texas open meeting that it was "looking" at the feasibility of filing a base rate case earlier than July 1, 2016.
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April 17, 2015
The Texas Senate last week passed SB 774 which would extend until September 1, 2019 the ability for distribution service providers to establish rates charged to retail electric providers through non-rate case periodic rate adjustments, meaning alternative ratemaking mechanisms such as the…
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March 27, 2015
Complaints about high bills at Sharyland Utilities, LP implicate how costs are allocated and recovered in distribution rates, and raise questions regarding whether such distribution costs should be recovered on a volumetric or non-volumetric basis, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson…
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February 18, 2015
Staff of the New York PSC does not agree with PSEG Long Island's proposal to institute a "collaborative" on electric retail choice at the Long Island Power Authority, stating that the issue be more "formally and comprehensively" addressed under a PSC review.
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February 9, 2015
A joint proposal in Central Hudson's rate case includes several changes to operating procedures applicable to retail access natural gas service at the utility.
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February 3, 2015
As part of its newly filed electric rate case in New York, Consolidated Edison has proposed the deployment of advanced meters in its territory.
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February 2, 2015
PSEG Long Island has proposed convening a collaborative to explore electric choice issues at the Long Island Power Authority.
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February 2, 2015
Consolidated Edison has filed to lower the cutoff for mandatory hourly pricing for default service customers from 500 kW to 300 kW under a newly filed rate case.
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December 30, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC approved an increase in the Public Service Company of New Hampshire default service rate effective January 1.
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August 27, 2014
In a statement regarding a recent order concerning the purchased gas cost filing of Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC - Equitable Division, Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner James Cawley expressed concern with the retainage rate as contained in a settlement agreement, noting its impact on retail suppliers…
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July 3, 2014
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to set Rider RCE - Rate Case Expenses Surcharge to zero, as rider has collected all of the necessary expenses.
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February 24, 2014
A final New York PSC order in Consolidated Edison's electric rate case requires the utility to file a proposal to expand mandatory hourly pricing (MHP) to customers with demands over 300 kW.
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January 22, 2014
Several parties have informed the Maryland PSC that they have reached a non-unanimous settlement concerning the level of the bypassable administrative charge included in SOS rates at Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland.
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January 2, 2014
A joint proposal in Consolidated Edison's electric and natural gas rate cases includes several provisions related to retail access, including ESCO service portability.
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January 2, 2014
A joint proposal in a Consolidated Edison electric rate case would require the utility to file a proposal to expand mandatory hourly pricing (MHP) to customers with demands over 300 kW.
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December 31, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has ruled that Public Service Company of New Hampshire shall cease applying a $5 switching fee to both a customer's new retail supplier, and to the retail supplier losing that customer.
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November 15, 2013
Parties have informed the Public Utility Commission of Texas that they have reached an agreement in principle in the rate unbundling proceeding for Sharyland Utilities, L.P., covering the Stanton, Colorado City, Brady, and Celeste divisions which are being transitioned to retail choice.
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November 5, 2013
Several Texas retail electric providers have warned the Public Utility Commission of Texas that introducing retail choice to Sharyland Utilities' former Cap Rock service areas during the summer -- if a rate case schedule does not permit a May 1, 2014 transition to competition as originally…
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August 22, 2013
Electric Standard Offer Service in Maryland should, "continue to include some form of Administrative Charge, in addition to the purchased power costs, transmission charges and taxes," the Maryland PSC concluded in reversing a proposed order from a hearing examiner, as the Commission remanded the…
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August 15, 2013
Wisconsin Electric Power Company has petitioned the Michigan PSC for accounting authority to defer, "unrecovered costs of implementing customer choice."
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August 5, 2013
Donald Brandt, CEO of Arizona Public Service Company, said on an earnings call Friday that he can count the number of Arizona customers that support deregulation of the electric industry, which would introduce retail choice to the system, "on one hand."
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