March 12, 2019
Oncor has filed at the Texas PUC to implement Rider ISR — Interest Savings Refund to refund to retail electric providers certain interest-rate savings resulting from its acquisition by Sempra, in accordance with a previously adopted stipulation
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March 11, 2019
AEP Texas Inc. has filed at the Texas PUC for approval of a financing order to securitize the distribution-related system restoration costs incurred by AEP Texas due to Hurricane Harvey and other weather-related events in AEP Texas Central Division’s service territory.
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February 13, 2019
Says DMR Rider "Syphon[s]" Above-Market Revenues To "Out-Of-State Bankers"
Interstate Gas Supply (IGS Energy, or IGS) has filed testimony on a non-unanimous stipulation in Dayton Power & Light's electric security plan proceeding
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February 8, 2019
Several Other Supply Rates, Components Approved
The Michigan PSC has approved several supply rates and components
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February 1, 2019
Files To Reduce Amount Of Rider Charged To Texas Retail Providers
AEP Texas has filed at the Texas PUC to reduce and revise Rider NDC 6.1.1.5.1 - Nuclear Decommissioning Collections applicable to customers at the AEP Texas Central division
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January 9, 2019
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reduce the amounts charged to retail electric providers under Rider NDC - Nuclear Decommissioning Charges
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January 9, 2019
Staff Concerned Proposed Renewable PPAs Could Crowd Out Competitive Options
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has filed testimony stating that AEP Ohio has not demonstrated a need for at least 900 megawatts (MWs) of renewable generation resources
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December 21, 2018
Files System-wide Rates Cost Study, Says System-wide Rates Do Not Lead To Significant Bill Impacts For Customers, Except For Primary Service
AEP Texas filed a study examining the difference in costs that would occur under delivery rates that are separate for its Central and North divisions, versus introduction of system-wide rates.
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December 21, 2018
Order Eliminates AMS Surcharge, Significantly Reduces Most Discretionary Fees Order Increases Flat Base Rate Monthly Fees For Residential Service By 50%, Also Increases Volumetric Charge
The Texas PUC has approved without modification a stipulation resolving TNMP's base rate case proceeding.
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December 19, 2018
Also Files Updates To Rider 8 Reconciliation
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new amounts for its bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Charges
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December 18, 2018
In a report on the yearly reconciliation of default service gas supply costs, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service reported that, without interim adjustments to the supply rates during the year, the state's natural gas utilities would have collectively under-collected by approximately…
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December 17, 2018
AEP Texas has filed updated amounts for Rider Merger Savings Credit, which is to provide a one-month credit to retail electric providers, to be effective with the first billing cycle in September 2019.
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December 10, 2018
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC a proposal for how it will comply with Senate Bill 365, which requires the solicitation for the purchase of output from various biomass electric generation facilities, with Eversource stating that it executed…
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November 12, 2018
A settlement among various parties filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas would establish the level of AEP Texas's system restoration costs, incurred in connection with Hurricane Harvey and other previous weather-related events within the Central Division of its service area, that are…
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November 7, 2018
--- To Be Modeled After Current AG-X Alternative Supply Program For Large C&Is --- Arizona Launches Workshop Process For "Comprehensive" Discussion Of Retail Choice
Note: This story was first published the evening of Nov. 7 with an alert to our email subscribers
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November 5, 2018
Eliminates AMS Surcharge, Significantly Reduces Most Discretionary Fees Would Increase Flat Base Rate Monthly Fees For Residential Service By 50%, Also Increase Volumetric Charge
Texas-New Mexico Power, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Alliance for Retail Markets, the Texas Energy Association for Marketers, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, and the Office of Public Utility Counsel have filed a stipulation that would resolve TNMP's base rate case…
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October 26, 2018
Also Questions Whether Certain Costs Should Be In Supply Or Distribution Rates
In discussing the Pennsylvania PUC's approval of a stipulation in the three UGI natural gas utilities' annual purchased gas cost proceedings, Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chair Andrew Place highlighted the "rather high" amounts of reconciliations of prior gas costs and their impact on shopping decisions.
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October 24, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened rulemakings to review Ohio Adm.Code Chapters 4901:1-35, 4901:1-36, 4901:1-37, and 4901:1-38, concerning standard service offers, electric transmission cost recovery riders, corporate separation for electric utilities and affiliates, and reasonable…
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October 23, 2018
An Attorney Examiner with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ruled that PUCO shall first determine whether there is a need for new generation at AEP Ohio, before considering specific tariff filings from AEP Ohio to procure 400 MW of new renewable energy.
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October 22, 2018
Supplier Now Contesting Stipulation That Had Deferred Issue Of Further Unbundling To Rate Case (Recent Decisions Resulted In No Further Unbundling)
IGS Energy has requested that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio hold a hearing on a stipulation governing default service at Dayton Power & Light, after IGS Energy withdrew from the stipulation as the result of PUCO modifying a key provision of the stipulation
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October 22, 2018
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to issue a one-time billing credit to retail electric providers, resulting from a recent stipulation concerning changes in federal tax law.
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October 22, 2018
Propose Transition Process For Existing Contracts
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed a proposal to implement the prohibition on Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP, or CAP) customer shopping, except in instances in which a CAP customer enters into a contract with an electric generation supplier (EGS)…
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October 16, 2018
Other Gas Utilities Report Surcharges For Under-collections, Refunds For Over-collections
New York natural gas utilities have filed their annual reconciliations of natural gas costs for the 12-month period ending August 2018
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September 28, 2018
Seeks To Offer REC Products To Default Service, Choice Customers
AEP Ohio has petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for approval of renewable energy purchase agreements totaling 400 MW of nameplate capacity solar energy
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September 27, 2018
PUC Directs Staff To Investigate Allegations That Utility Changed Retail Supplier Bond Form, Remedy Timing Without PUC Approval
In an order in Dayton Power & Light's rate case, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has rejected, as "fatally flawed," a proposal from the Retail Energy Supply Association and IGS Energy to implement a revenue-neutral rider that would make certain costs related to default service (Standard…
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