January 12, 2017
Texas Industrial Energy Consumers have proposed that Oncor be required to provide millions of dollars in rate credits as a condition of its acquisition by NextEra, with retail electric providers required to pass through the credits to customers
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January 3, 2017
McAllen Residential Rates To See 65% Increase ($55 Per Month)
Sharyland Utilities has filed an amended rate filing package with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would, in addition to new levels for base rates, impose new riders on retail electric providers.
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December 22, 2016
Settlement Also Includes $100 Million To Former Default Service Customers; Change In How Non-Market Transmission Rates Calculated
A global settlement concerning several remanded AEP Ohio proceedings would allow a single additional retail electric supplier to utilize supplier consolidated billing on a pilot basis
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December 20, 2016
PSC: "Appropriate" To Mitigate Full Service Customers' Supply Bill In Light Of Simultaneous Delivery Rate Increase Demand Costs Had Been Set "Too Low" For Full Service Customers
The New York PSC has approved a deferral of certain supply costs that would have otherwise been required to be reflected in default service rates at KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) starting on January 1, 2017, citing, in part, the need to temper the bills of…
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November 28, 2016
AEP Ohio, as part of its proposed extension of its electricity security plan, is proposing to own 10 microgrids and nearly 1,300 EV charging stations.
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November 28, 2016
AEP Ohio has sought PUCO approval of an extension of its electric security plan that would include the use of its entitlements in the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) generation to serve Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers (Case 16-1852-EL-SSO)
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November 23, 2016
The Michigan PSC has adopted dual natural gas pipeline reservation charges at DTE Gas, with a unique (reduced) reservation charge applicable to gas customer choice (GCC) customers of retail suppliers, and another reservation charge amount applicable to default service (GCR) customers.
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November 10, 2016
Nstar (Eversource Energy) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2017
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November 10, 2016
Regulators Express Concern About Suppliers' Pricing, Marketing To Low-Income Customers, Will Be Monitoring Rates, Complaints Under POR
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved purchase of receivables programs at North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas
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November 4, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio approved a revised nonbypassable PPA rider at AEP Ohio, which is now limited to the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC), in light of FERC jurisdictional issues with PPAs with AEP Ohio-affiliated generation.
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November 4, 2016
In a rehearing order concerning a PPA rider at AEP Ohio, PUCO affirmed that terms of a previously adopted stipulation concerning the rider, including retail market enhancements, remain in effect.
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November 2, 2016
PPL Electric's residential Price to Compare will decline marginally on December 1, while the small business PTC will increase by about 8%
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October 28, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a revised compliance plan governing Philadelphia Gas Works' implementation of a remote account number look-up mechanism, which now does not recover costs through PGW's purchase of receivables discount rate, and which instead recovers implementation costs through a…
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October 18, 2016
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning December 1, 2016
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October 17, 2016
New York natural gas utilities filed annual cost of gas reconciliations with the PSC that in some cases would result in a surcharge of up to $0.50/Mcf to recover under-collected supply costs during the 12 months ending August 31, 2016, with the surcharges (or refunds) effective January 1, 2017.
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October 13, 2016
PUCO Chair: Commission "Not A Bank"
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rejected a nonbypassable Retail Rate Stability (RRS) rider at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, but adopted a nonbypassable Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR) instead.
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October 5, 2016
Utility Rate Analysis Consultants (URAC) has filed comments with the New York PSC opposing the request of KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) to suspend collection of the annual reconciliation of gas costs surcharge/refund mechanism in its Gas Adjustment Clause…
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September 27, 2016
A settlement in Duquesne Light's default service plan proceeding (DSP VIII) for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would require the utility to "unbundle" certain costs from distribution rates, with recovery moved to bypassable default service rates.
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September 27, 2016
Under a non-unanimous settlement in Duquesne Light's default service proceeding, the utility would remove the uncollectibles component of the purchase of receivables (POR) discount, and instead collect such amounts through a nonbypassable delivery service surcharge on all customers.
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September 26, 2016
Dayton Power and Light has withdrawn its proposed Reliable Electricity Rider (RER), and replaced it with a request for an alternative to the RER, which has been named the Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR).
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September 8, 2016
From 9/8: Settlement Would End AEP Texas Efficiency Program Reimbursing REPs for LED Lamps If Not Cost-Effective This Year
Update, 9/9: The Texas PUC approved the proposed orders adopting the stipulations as modified by Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez's changes
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September 2, 2016
Consistent with PUCO's recent order setting new rates at Dayton Power & Light, DP&L has eliminated the bypassable Competitive Bid True-Up Rider (G30) approved under ESP II, which is about 5.5 mills/kWh.
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August 31, 2016
The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Office of Small Business Advocate, and industrial customers, in separately filed comments, have opposed a proposal to relieve Pennsylvania retail electric suppliers from complying with a surprise 7% increase in the non-solar Tier I AEPS (Alternative…
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August 30, 2016
Duquesne Light has opposed a proposal to relieve Pennsylvania retail electric suppliers from complying with a surprise 7% increase in the non-solar Tier I AEPS (Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards) obligations
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August 29, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adjudicated default service rate treatment at Dayton Power & Light in light of DP&L withdrawal of its current electric security plan (ESP II), which resulted from an Ohio Supreme Court decision
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