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December 30, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a generic proceeding regarding the "throughput incentive" faced by electric distribution companies, and whether to pursue decoupling, a lost revenue adjustment mechanism, or other mechanism to mitigate this incentive (10-3126-EL-UNC).
December 29, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio should not approve Duke Energy Ohio's market rate offer application as proposed, PUCO Staff said in prefiled testimony, citing the accelerated three-year transition to market rates in the application (10-2586-EL-SSO).
December 24, 2010
Several large non-residential customers have objected to Duke Energy Ohio's proposed Market Rate Offer for accelerating the transition to full market rates versus a five-year transition envisioned by statute, while retail suppliers sought to make several additional charges bypassable.
December 23, 2010
A draft Connecticut DPUC decision would deny United Illuminating's request to move the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component (10-08-01).
December 22, 2010
ICC Opens Rulemaking on ABC Licensing, Rules The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened Docket 10-0733 to address in a rulemaking amendments to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 454, relating to electric agent, broker, and consultant licensing. No documents are yet associated with the docket. However, legislation…
December 21, 2010
PPL Electric posted final Price to Compare information for the period January 1 through May 31, reflecting final generation supply charges, transmission service charges, and the tax adjustment surcharge.
December 17, 2010
A written order on Commonwealth Edison's purchase of receivables program holds that uncollectible costs shall be determined by Rider UF.
December 14, 2010
PPL Electric Utilities has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC its final calculation of its 2011 Transmission Service Charge for the period January 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011 (M-2010-2207826).
December 14, 2010
United Illuminating is seeking to move the recovery of the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component (10-08-01).
December 10, 2010
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for adoption which would institute a distribution cost recovery factor (DCRF) to be charged to REPs, and would shorten the notice to REPs of the new rate under the DCRF from 45 days to 35 days (38298).
December 6, 2010
PPL Electric Utilities has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed calculation of its 2011 Transmission Service Charge for the period January 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011.
December 6, 2010
Two Texas ALJs have recommended that the PUCT deny CenterPoint Energy's alternative cost recovery mechanism which would have significantly raised the fixed customer charge for residential customers. The proposal was an alternative to CenterPoint’s original request for a Distribution Cost Recovery…
November 23, 2010
Penn Power has filed updated Price to Compare information for the period December 1, 2010 through February 28, 2011 as follows:
November 23, 2010
Finding that National Grid's proposed method of cost recovery is not prohibited by statute, the Massachusetts DPU approved National Grid's power purchase agreement with Cape Wind, including its petition to recover above-market costs from all distribution customers through a nonbypassable charge…
November 17, 2010
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has sought approval from the Pennsylvania PUC to revise its accounting methodology for gas in storage inventory from an annual last-in/first out (LIFO) methodology to the weighted average cost of gas (WACOG) methodology, effective January 1, 2011 (P-2010-2209925).
November 17, 2010
PUCT Staff have opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's application to raise the monthly customer charge for the Residential and Secondary Less Than or Equal to 5 kW customer classes, in filing direct testimony in TNMP's rate case (38480).
November 16, 2010
Duke Energy Ohio has proposed a market rate offer to procure and price the electric supplies of Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers for the period beginning January 1, 2012, with the rate design including a potentially nonbypassable generation cost reconciliation rider (10-2586-EL-SSO).
November 12, 2010
West Penn Power (Allegheny) confirmed Price to Compare information for the period beginning January 1, 2011.
November 11, 2010
U.S. Gas & Electric Seeks Maryland Electric License Energy Service Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas and Electric, applied for a Maryland electric supplier license. A copy of the application was not available yesterday. The supplier is an affiliate of U.S. Gas & Electric, which currently has a…
November 9, 2010
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved without modification a unanimous settlement in the gas rate case of Northern Indiana Public Service Company which requires NIPSCO to not alter its current market practices and policies in connection with its competitive products (such as fixed bill…
November 9, 2010
TXU Energy and the Office of Public Utility Counsel separately opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal to cover 50% of the revenue requirement for residential and Secondary < 5 kW customers through a fixed customer charge (38480).
November 4, 2010
PUCT Staff has asked the Commission to address several questions regarding Project No. 38298, Rulemaking Related to Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities of Distribution Costs, during the November 10 open meeting.
October 18, 2010
Northern Indiana Fuel and Light would offer retail natural gas choice to customers as part of its merger into affiliate Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO).
October 8, 2010
The Massachusetts DPU has denied Nstar's petition to revise the adders applicable to the Nstar Green product, and will require Nstar to propose a method for calculating, and schedule for updating, its wholesale energy market price forecasts used to set the adders (Docket 10-12).
October 6, 2010
Detroit Edison has filed with the Michigan PSC a Power Supply Cost Recovery (PSCR) plan calling for a PSCR Factor of (2.98) mills per kWh (i.e., negative 2.98 mills per kWh) in customers' bills for the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (U-16434).
