January 9, 2012
Reliant Providing 10,000 Free Home Energy Monitors
Reliant announced today that it is providing 10,000 free home energy monitors to early-adopter customers.
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December 8, 2011
N.J. to "Consider" Expanded Dynamic Pricing
New Jersey will "consider" expanding dynamic pricing under its final energy master plan .
November 17, 2011
TXU Energy Launches EV-Focused TOU Plan
TXU Energy has launched a new residential Time of Use product tailored for customers with electric vehicles or distributed solar generation.
November 14, 2011
Tentative Pennsylvania Order Would Require Suppliers to Meet Deadline in Submission of Switches
Pennsylvania electric suppliers would be required to submit switches to electric distribution companies (EDCs) prior to a customer-specific deadline under the PUC's tentative order to accelerate the switching process (M-2011-2270442).
October 27, 2011
PUCT Adopts New Timelines for TDU Discretionary Service Completion for Customers with Advanced Meters
The PUCT, with several clarifying revisions, adopted Staff's latest proposal for adoption for amendments to customer protection rules and the retail delivery tariff relating to advanced meters (38674).
October 21, 2011
ERCOT TDUs Willing to Complete AMS Discretionary Services on Saturday Regardless of Remote Communication Success
The ERCOT TDUs have agreed to send personnel out to the field to complete Advanced Metering System (AMS) service requests on Saturday if they are unable to communicate with a provisioned advanced meter, PUCT Staff reported in offering clarifying revisions to its earlier proposal for adoption…
October 11, 2011
Parties File Stipulation on Oncor Advanced Meter Cost Reconciliation
An unopposed stipulation reconciling Oncor's advanced metering system surcharge would maintain the currently applicable monthly surcharges allocated to retail electric providers (39552).
October 10, 2011
Calif. Scoping Ruling: "No Basis" at this Time to Exclude ESPs from Smart Grid Privacy Rules
"[T]here is no basis at this time to doubt that the Commission has authority to adopt privacy rules for either ESPs [electric service providers] or CCAs [community choice aggregators]," California PUC President Michael Peevey said in a scoping ruling concerning smart grid privacy standards, though a…
October 3, 2011
Major Energy Explains Ohio Exit, Focused on Markets with Smart Meters
Major Energy Services said that its decision to exit the Ohio natural gas market results from a shift in business strategy to focus on markets with advanced metering technology.
September 29, 2011
Anderson Offers Solution for Discretionary Fee Disclosure on Prepaid Disclosure Statement
PUCT Commissioner Kenneth Anderson has filed a recommendation to list certain TDU discretionary service charges on the residential prepaid disclosure statement, but which also addresses concerns that the inclusion of such charges might distort customers' views about prepay versus post-pay pricing.
September 28, 2011
Direct Energy Offering "Free Power Saturday" Plan at PPL
Direct Energy has launched a "Free Power Saturday" product at PPL, offering generation supply at 0 cents per kWh for usage on Saturdays.
August 31, 2011
Esty Seeks Suspension of Connecticut Smart Meter Proceedings at PURA
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel Esty has formally requested that the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority suspend PURA's two dockets concerning advanced meter implementation at Connecticut Light and Power and United Illuminating, claiming that…
August 30, 2011
Draft Would Deny Full AMI Roll-out at CL&P, Addresses Dynamic Generation Rate Options
A draft Connecticut PURA decision would deny Connecticut Light & Power's application for full deployment of advanced meters, concluding such deployment would result in net costs to customers (05-10-03RE04).
August 22, 2011
N.Y. Smart Grid Policy Statement Calls for "Timely" Access to Data for Authorized Third Parties
Customer data should be made available, "in a timely manner to third parties who are authorized by the customer to receive it, and utilities should be compensated for their costs of providing such access," under the New York PSC's recently adopted smart grid policy statement.
August 18, 2011
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Nations Power Undergoes Change in Control, Serving Customers Again
August 17, 2011
Champion Energy Again Tops J.D. Power Rankings for Texas Residential Customers
Champion Energy Services has repeated as the highest-ranked retail electric provider for Texas residential service under J.D. Power and Associates' annual customer satisfaction survey.
August 8, 2011
Reliant Energy Offering Cash-Back on Nights and Weekends
Reliant Energy has launched a product, for residential customers with provisioned advanced meters, offering customers cash-back for usage during nights and weekends.
July 29, 2011
Calif. PUC Adopts Rules for Provision of Smart Meter Data, Privacy
The California PUC approved rules to protect the privacy and security of customer usage data generated by smart meters, and to provide customers with timely usage and pricing data (R.08-12-009).
July 15, 2011
AEP Texas Files to Lower Discretionary Service Charges Applicable to REPs
AEP Texas Central Company and AEP Texas North Company have submitted their annual compliance filing to reduce certain Discretionary Service Charges charged to retail electric providers, due to the cost savings from the deployment of advanced meters (PUCT Docket 39594).
July 12, 2011
Pa. PUC Tentative Order Addresses Smart Meter EDI Standards
The Pennsylvania PUC, via a Tentative Order, proposes to direct the Electronic Data Exchange Working Group (EDEWG) to review each Electric Distribution Company's current smart meter plan to ensure that third parties, with customer consent, have direct meter access and electronic access to customer…
July 11, 2011
PUCT Approves Territory-Wide Advanced Meter Deployment at TNMP, Sets Surcharges
The PUCT approved a stipulation authorizing Texas-New Mexico Power's plan for the territory-wide deployment of an advanced metering system (AMS) (Docket 38306).
June 22, 2011
Consumer Groups Urge Retention of Rescission Period in Texas
The PUCT should retain the three day right of rescission for all types of contracting for electric service, consumer advocates and the Texas Energy Association for Marketers said in separately filed comments (38674).
June 10, 2011
TNMP Advanced Metering Settlement to Lower Certain Discretionary Charges
Parties have filed an unopposed stipulation to approve Texas-New Mexico Power's advanced metering system (AMS) deployment plan (Docket 38306).
June 8, 2011
Draft New Jersey Energy Master Plan Calls for Lower Dynamic Pricing Threshold
A draft of New Jersey's updated energy master plan calls for the state to, "gradually expose customers with lower energy demands to dynamic pricing."
June 3, 2011
Reliant Energy Providing Free Home Energy Monitors to 1,000 Low-Income Customers
Reliant Energy announced that it is providing up to 1,000 free home energy monitors to Reliant low-income customers in Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth with provisioned smart meters, and announced several other assistance programs for high summer bills.