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February 15, 2011
Oasis Energy Begins Offering Residential Service at PPL Oasis Energy has begun offering service to residential electric customers at PPL Electric Utilities. Oasis is offering a monthly variable rate currently priced at 8.53¢/kWh and which will be priced for the first two months, "at rate of up to 8%…
February 9, 2011
ERCOT Reverts uth Percentile to Prior Level ERCOT is reverting the "uth" percentile used to determine exposure for Point-to-Point (PTP) Obligation Bids in the Day Ahead Market (DAM) to the 90th percentile starting with the DAM run on February 9, 2011, for Operating Day February 10, 2011. As…
February 7, 2011
Nordic Energy Services Enters Partnership with Blue Planet Energy Nordic Energy Services, LLC, has entered into a partnership with broker Blue Planet Energy under which Nordic will serve as Blue Planet's primary supplier of electricity. Blue Planet Energy runs an affinity program which donates 15%…
February 4, 2011
Viridian Energy will begin offering electric service in New York on February 14, the company confirmed yesterday, as it issued a sustainability report .
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 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 19, 2011
5Linx Enterprises Seeks Maryland Broker Licenses 5Linx Enterprises, Inc. applied for Maryland electric and natural gas broker licenses. Copies of the applications were not immediately available. As only noted in Matters, 5Linx Enterprises is a direct marketer expanding its product suite to energy…
January 17, 2011
ResCom Energy Seeks Pennsylvania Electric License ResCom Energy LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier license to serve all customer classes at PECO, PPL, and Duquesne Light. ResCom Energy stated that it does intend to use door-to-door sales in Pennsylvania, with third party…
January 13, 2011
Exelon Seeking Texas Option 1 REP Certificate ExTex Retail Services Company, LLC, which is Exelon's Texas retail electric provider, applied at the PUCT to transition from an Option 2 REP to an Option 1 REP. Option 2 REPs are limited to serving only specifically identified customers, each of whom…
January 10, 2011
Companion revised proposed decisions from the California PUC would not alter the current 25% cap on the use on tradable RECs for RPS compliance (R. 06-02-012), and would still apply the same usage limit to the investor owned utilities and competitive electric service providers (R. 08-08-009).
January 7, 2011
Green Mountain Energy's contract to supply the Empire State Building ( 1/6 ) is intended to boost the supplier's visibility and credibility with its new target market of larger commercial customers, and is the type of contract facilitated by Green Mountain ownership under NRG Energy, Green Mountain…
January 6, 2011
Major Energy Receives Maryland Electric License The Maryland PSC granted Major Energy Electric Services, LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential, commercial and industrial customers at Baltimore Gas & Electric ( 11/2 ).
January 6, 2011
The Maine PUC has directed Central Maine Power to enter into a long-term contract for the capacity value and renewable energy credits associated with Verso Bucksport LLC's 40 MW Renewable Capacity Project (2010-66).
January 5, 2011
Consistent with an earlier announcement ( 11/8 ), Champion Energy has started offering electric service to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
December 31, 2010
ERCOT is reviewing up to $9 billion in transmission projects to maintain reliability and improve grid efficiency, ERCOT reported in an annual Electric System Constraints and Needs Report , which includes a five-year planning horizon.
December 28, 2010
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would approve a settlement regarding the procurement of solar alternative energy credits (SRECs) at PPL Electric Utilities, and would decline to require solar aggregators under a small system carve-out to certify that they have long term contracts for…
December 24, 2010
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates for large customers at Granite State Electric (National Grid) and Unitil Energy Systems for the three-month period beginning February 2011.
December 20, 2010
The Maine PUC has issued an RFP to select a green power provider to offer a REC offset product available to Standard Offer customers of the utilities in an amount equal to 50% or 100% of the customer's usage.
December 15, 2010
Delaware PSC Sets Workshop on Net Metering Changes The Delaware PSC has scheduled a workshop on revisions to its net metering rules, required under SB 267, after receiving stakeholder comment on a Staff proposal (Reg. Dckt. No. 49). SB 267 allows customers to aggregate individual meters for the…
December 15, 2010
Rosenthal Energy Advisors Seeks Expedited Review of Pa. Broker Application Rosenthal Energy Advisors, Inc. petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to expedite the review of its electric broker application (11/24), objecting to a Secretarial letter which has extended the period for consideration of the…
December 10, 2010
PUCT Staff have filed a recommended proposal for publication which revises an April Staff draft proposal to institute a 500 MW carve-out for non-wind resources in the RPS mandate. Staff's revisions to the earlier draft proposal would use a more narrow definition for Tier 2 resources and would extend…
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 2, 2010
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ which would find that the Illinois Power Agency is compelled to purchase physical renewable energy under the Illinois Power Agency Act contravenes definitions in the statute itself as well as Illinois Commerce Commission precedent, ICC Staff, Commonwealth Edison…
December 2, 2010
FirstEnergy Corp., Allegheny Energy, and several intervenors have filed a non-unanimous stipulation in Maryland that would provide for the approval of the merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny with several conditions (Case 9133).
November 29, 2010
Clearview Electric Receives Delaware Electric License The Delaware PSC granted Clearview Electric, Inc. an electric supplier license. The Commission's order granting the license states that, "Staff reports that Clearview was able to resolve concerns regarding the provision of electric supply service…
