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January 24, 2011
UGI Central Penn Gas has proposed significant changes in its rate classifications to align the classes with those used at affiliates UGI Utilities and UGI Penn Natural Gas, as part of a newly field rate case before the Pennsylvania PUC (R-2010-2214415).
January 21, 2011
N.Y. PSC Approves Monthly Balancing at KEDLI The New York PSC approved KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island's tariff (06-G-1186) to implement an Interim Monthly Balancing Transportation Program for its non-firm transportation customers receiving service under Service Classification No. 7…
January 21, 2011
The PUCT approved without modification to any substantive terms an unopposed stipulation to establish new delivery rates to be charged by Texas New Mexico-Power to retail electric providers (38480).
January 20, 2011
Delaware PSC Approves Recovery of Long-Term RFP Administrative Costs in Base Rates The Delaware PSC issued an order in Delmarva Power's rate case, under which Delmarva will be permitted to recover from distribution customers about $4 million in administrative costs related to conducting an…
January 18, 2011
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has filed to lower its uncollectible percentage, used in both the Purchase of Receivables discount rate and the bypassable Price to Compare, as part of its newly filed rate case (R-2010-2215623).
January 10, 2011
Oncor has filed a rate case with the PUCT which would significantly modify how demand charges are applied to customers of REPs in the Secondary Service Greater than 10 kW class (38929).
January 7, 2011
San Diego Gas & Electric applied at the California PUC for authority to acquire the El Cajon Energy Facility from CalPeak Power for a total purchase price of $16.8 million, to be recovered in rates with an annual revenue requirement of $4.4 million in 2012 (A. 11-01-004).
January 3, 2011
A Pennsylvania administrative law judge has recommended accepting without modification a settlement in Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg's rate case that would institute a direct load control pilot with costs recovered in base rates, rather than generation charges as originally proposed…
December 29, 2010
The Kentucky PSC will examine the reasonableness of the current eligibility thresholds for non-residential customers to qualify for transportation service at Atmos Energy Corporation, Delta Natural Gas Company, Duke Energy Kentucky, and Louisville Gas and Electric in their next individual general…
December 17, 2010
AEP Ohio has withdrawn a stipulation governing its Significantly Excessive Earnings Test which also would have impacted rates at Columbus Southern Power and committed signatories to supporting the pending merger of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power into a single operating company.
December 15, 2010
A recommended decision in Niagara Mohawk's rate case needs to reconcile disparate treatment of true-ups for the Merchant Function Charge (MFC) paid by full service customers and the POR discount rate, New York PSC Staff said in a brief on exceptions (10-E-0050). Staff did not opine on its preference…
December 14, 2010
ICC to Consider ComEd POR Case Wednesday The Illinois Commerce Commission will further consider Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff filing (Docket 10-0138) at its December 15 Bench Session. EnergyChoiceMatters.com will provide live blogging of the meeting . The filed tariff's…
December 13, 2010
Staff of the New York Public Service Commission has proposed lowering the cutoff for mandatory hourly pricing at Orange & Rockland to 300 kW from the current 500 kW cutoff. Staff's recommendation came in testimony in O&R's electric rate case (10-E-0362).
December 13, 2010
A stipulation in Texas-New Mexico Power's rate case would increase the residential customer charge but not implement the significant change in rate design originally sought by TNMP which would have placed 50% of the total revenue requirement in a fixed monthly charge (38480).
December 7, 2010
Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking to turn ratepayers into a source of venture capital, the Western Power Trading Forum, Direct Access Customer Coalition, and the Marin Energy Authority (collectively, the competitive supply parties) said in a protest at the California PUC concerning a proposed…
December 6, 2010
Two Texas ALJs have recommended that the PUCT deny CenterPoint Energy's alternative cost recovery mechanism which would have significantly raised the fixed customer charge for residential customers. The proposal was an alternative to CenterPoint’s original request for a Distribution Cost Recovery…
December 3, 2010
In a non-binding poll, Pennsylvania PUC Commissioners unanimously endorsed an ALJ's recommendation regarding the treatment of uncollectibles under PPL Electric's Purchase of Receivables program, including rejecting the Retail Energy Supply Association's proposal ( 9/7 ) to institute a nonbypassable…
December 1, 2010
Entergy Texas, Inc. filed an unopposed motion to sever issues related to Competitive Generation Service (CGS) from the remaining settled issues in Docket 37744, addressing Entergy's rates and reconciled fuel costs. Entergy said that parties active in the Competitive Generation Service discussions…
November 29, 2010
Increasing the costs of distribution service which are recovered through a fixed customer charge, rather than a volumetric charge, at Texas-New Mexico Power will not have a material impact on the design or structure of the products that REPs offer customers, TNMP contended in rebuttal testimony in…
November 24, 2010
Ontario to Extend Off-Peak Pricing Period A long-term energy plan from the Ontario provincial government will advance the start of the off-peak usage hours for Regulated Price Plan customers to 7 p.m., rather than the current 9 p.m. start time. The change is to take affect for the May 2011 Regulated…
November 18, 2010
Two New York ALJs have recommended that the New York PSC deny Niagara Mohawk's proposal to use a true-up mechanism for commodity-related uncollectibles and to true up the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to reflect the actual uncollectible experience, in a recommended decision in NiMo's…
November 17, 2010
PUCT Staff have opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's application to raise the monthly customer charge for the Residential and Secondary Less Than or Equal to 5 kW customer classes, in filing direct testimony in TNMP's rate case (38480).
November 9, 2010
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved without modification a unanimous settlement in the gas rate case of Northern Indiana Public Service Company which requires NIPSCO to not alter its current market practices and policies in connection with its competitive products (such as fixed bill…
November 9, 2010
TXU Energy and the Office of Public Utility Counsel separately opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal to cover 50% of the revenue requirement for residential and Secondary < 5 kW customers through a fixed customer charge (38480).
November 5, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co.'s rate case under which T. W. Phillips will institute a Purchase of Receivables program upon the request of competitive suppliers (R-2010-2167797).
