November 24, 2010
PPL Electric Utilities, the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate and several other parties have submitted a settlement that resolves all but one issue regarding changes to the procurement of solar RECs (SRECs) for PPL's residential default service customers…
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November 24, 2010
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would require the Illinois Power Agency to procure long-term contracts for physical renewable energy to serve Commonwealth Edison and Ameren customers under the IPA's 2011 procurement plan (10-0563, see 9/30 ).
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November 22, 2010
The New York PSC denied the request of Niagara Generation, LLC for a pricing adjustment in a Main Tier incentive contract entered into between NiGen and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program, as the PSC found that…
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November 22, 2010
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC (P-00072260) for approval to apply non-solar, Tier I alternative energy credits (AECs) obtained and banked during its "cost recovery period" (the period during which rate caps were in place) under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Act (AEPS) towards…
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November 22, 2010
Duke Energy Retail Sales Receives Pennsylvania License The Pennsylvania PUC granted Duke Energy Retail Sales, LLC an electric generation supplier license to serve commercial customers over 25 kW, industrial customers, and governmental customers in all service areas (Only in Matters, 9/17/10). Duke…
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November 19, 2010
FERC Issues Variable Resource Integration NOPR
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November 19, 2010
The New York PSC has adopted further revisions to its RPS program, including an expansion in the definition of qualified biomass, and a change in determining the economic development impact from some projects competing in the RPS solicitations.
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November 16, 2010
WGL Holdings, Inc. has executed a $50 million solar system investment agreement with California-based residential solar system installer, American Solar Direct Inc. (ASDI). Along with the agreement, WGL Holdings has also made a $5 million equity investment in ASDI's parent company, American Solar…
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November 10, 2010
FirstEnergy Solutions Not Signing Opt-Out Aggregation Agreements Until PUC Matter Resolved FirstEnergy Solutions confirmed this morning that it is not signing any opt-out municipal aggregation contracts with Pennsylvania home rule municipalities until the PUC resolves the legal questions of such…
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November 8, 2010
Champion Energy, LLC said that it intends to start offering residential electric service to customers at Commonwealth Edison starting in January 2011.
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November 8, 2010
Dominion Retail, Stream Energy, and Verde Energy USA Inc. have announced pricing for residential electric supply at PECO.
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November 4, 2010
Updated Nov. 5, 2010, Adds Management Remarks Throughout
One of Green Mountain Energy's initial priorities priorities under NRG ownership is "targeted" geographic growth, specifically, to serve customers in northeast deregulated markets who demand sustainable energy, NRG Energy announced in reporting earnings.
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November 2, 2010
MXenergy Submits Statement of Intent to Offer Prepaid Service Using CPDS in ERCOT
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October 28, 2010
Md. PSC Approves Nov. 1 Start for Standard Electronic Gas Market Transactions at BGE
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October 22, 2010
FERC clarified its decision regarding the California PUC's Combined Heat and Power purchase obligation and associated pricing, currently only applicable to the investor owned utilities, to hold that, "the concept of a multi-tiered avoided cost rate structure is consistent with the avoided cost…
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October 20, 2010
The agenda decision of California PUC President Michael Peevey, which would place a cap on tradable REC usage for RPS compliance by electric service providers, would retroactively apply this limit effective as of March 11, 2010 (the effective date of the earlier tradable REC decision, D.10-03-021)…
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October 19, 2010
BlueStar Energy Solutions has released pricing for PECO residential electric customers.
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October 14, 2010
Integrys Energy Services, Duke Energy Generation Services, and Smart Energy Capital announced yesterday the launch of a partnership to build and finance distributed solar projects throughout the United States.
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October 14, 2010
Connecticut competitive electric suppliers offering products with renewable content beyond the RPS should be required to conform their products to the labeling and disclosure requirements of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options (CCEO) program, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) said in…
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October 13, 2010
Consolidated Edison, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Consolidated Edison Solutions, and Consolidated Edison Development have jointly requested a declaratory ruling from the New York Public Service Commission that 200 MW of renewable energy projects to be developed and owned by ConEdison Solutions and…
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October 7, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims to address the marketing of renewable energy and carbon offsets.
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October 7, 2010
The Connecticut DPUC has sought comment on whether the Connecticut Clean Energy Options program should continue in light of renewable offers made by competitive retail suppliers.
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October 6, 2010
Dash Energy, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers in all service areas. The start-up is led by Kelsay Yerian, who most recently was in sales and marketing at Merck & Co., Inc. Al Padron, formerly president of broker I3 Energy…
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September 29, 2010
Maine PUC Finds Large Customers Not Subject to Fee for Ocean-based Long-Term Supply Contracts
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September 28, 2010
AEP Energy Partners has submitted Nodal Protocol Revision Request 281 to eliminate the requirement that Qualified Scheduling Entities representing Wind-powered Generation Resources (WGRs) must provide a 7-day forecast in their Current Operating Plan (COP).
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