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April 5, 2012
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Energy Highway Task Force yesterday said that it expects to issue a Request for Information (RFI) on April 11, seeking ideas for potential energy projects from private developers, investor-owned utilities, the financial community and others.
March 23, 2012
"[S]ignificant market potential" still exists for retail suppliers to explore in residential power markets across the United States, despite recent increases in residential switching, DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability said yesterday, based on its second annual Residential Power Choice Survey .
March 20, 2012
Any increase in the New Jersey solar RPS requirement should come into effect in Energy Year (EY) 2016 so as to not perpetuate the current competitive disadvantage imposed on competitive retail electric suppliers with respect to solar RPS compliance, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in…
March 19, 2012
American Power Partners LLC has begun offering residential electricity supply at PECO and PPL Electric.
March 14, 2012
Northeast Utilities, Nstar, the Connecticut Attorney General, and Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel have filed a settlement under which the OCC and AG will support the companies' merger before PURA.
March 13, 2012
ChoosePAWind.com, a website which promotes Pennsylvania-based wind energy to retail customers, has asked that PECO be required to promote the website as part of its electric default service plan.
March 9, 2012
Algonquin Power to Acquire Wind Generation in Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania
March 9, 2012
North American Power has begun offering residential electric supply at Commonwealth Edison.
February 27, 2012
Georgia Power has opposed a bill before the Georgia legislature which it said amounts to deregulation.
February 24, 2012
Texas Customers Formally Petition for Advanced Meter Opt-Out Rulemaking
February 22, 2012
A new website devoted to promoting Pennsylvania-based wind power includes the opportunity for customers to find a retail supplier of wind energy.
February 16, 2012
Nstar and Northeast Utilities said yesterday that they have reached separate, comprehensive merger-related agreements with both the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Attorney General (AG).
February 6, 2012
A draft Connecticut PURA decision would approve a settlement between ResCom Energy LLC and PURA Prosecutorial Staff under which ResCom would make a $4,500 donation to a fuel fund to resolve an investigation into unauthorized switches (See 2/1) . Notably, the PURA draft would allow the ResCom…
January 30, 2012
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. said that it plans not to proceed with the previously announced investment in First Wind Holdings, LLC's wind portfolio in the Northeast United States, citing the ongoing regulatory review in Maine.
January 25, 2012
PPL Electric Utilities has posted results from its January 9 procurement of default service supplies.
January 23, 2012
FERC intends to revoke the market-based rate authority of 70 "public utilities," including several competitive retail suppliers, if the entities do not file electronic market-based rate tariffs within 60 days.
January 12, 2012
Sperian Energy Corp. Receives New License
December 29, 2011
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected an appeal by opponents of the long-term PPA between Cape Wind and National Grid, and the DPU's prior decision permitting cost recovery of the contract will be affirmed.
December 21, 2011
The New Hampshire PUC has approved the nonbypassable recovery of certain supply costs related to PPAs that Public Service Company of New Hampshire will execute with several wood-burning generators (DE 11-184).
December 16, 2011
The California PUC yesterday adopted a final decision to implement the new RPS portfolio content categories established in SB 2 (1X).
December 15, 2011
Exelon and Constellation Energy have reached a settlement with Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Energy Administration under which MEA is now supporting the applicants' merger before the PSC, and under which Exelon commits to build up to 300 MW of new in-state generation.
December 14, 2011
A revised California PUC agenda decision would add greater detail regarding rules for reselling RPS-eligible contracts in order to maintain the contract's original classification into one of three statutory RPS categories, but would not provide two major revisions sought by retail suppliers (R.…
December 12, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating jointly submitted to PURA this morning (11-12-06) a solicitation plan for the procurement of RECs from qualifying Connecticut Class I renewable energy generation projects of varying sizes that have either low emissions (LRECs) or zero emissions…
December 6, 2011
Additional mitigation of the Exelon-Constellation merger remains necessary beyond the initially offered divestitures, Maryland PSC Staff said in a post-hearing brief, while Exelon-Constellation simultaneously announced a commitment to build new generation in an amount which Staff suggested could…
December 1, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions has signed a long-term agreement to purchase the output from the Maryland Solar Farm, which is to be constructed in Hagerstown, Md.
