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April 29, 2021
Vistra and its family of retail electricity brands, which includes TXU Energy, announced that they, "are adding another tool to their suite of value-added products and services by treating eligible Texas customers to a free professional A/C tune-up and cleaning."
April 28, 2021
OhmConnect, in partnership with Google, announced a plan to incentivize energy-efficient behavior through the use of Google's Nest thermostats, which OhmConnect said will reduce energy consumption during peak hours across thousands of California homes and help prevent blackouts.
January 7, 2021
Public Service Electric & Gas announced that it received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to invest approximately $700 million during the next four years to provide its 2.3 million electric customers with smart meters, under a territory-wide deployment.
December 9, 2020
AEP Texas North has proposed how to dispose of unused funds remaining under a closed program that reimbursed Texas retail electric providers for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
November 30, 2020
Mission:data Coalition has filed testimony with the New York PSC urging the PSC to exercise oversight, "over a novel and under-recognized technology that Niagara Mohawk Power Company ('NMPC' or the 'Company') proposes to install in its smart meters: distributed intelligence ('DI')."
November 19, 2020
Direct Energy is expanding services to its residential customers with more responsive, customized services for its U.S.-based residential customers, by providing actionable energy insights, customized plans, and an easier energy shopping experience.
June 23, 2020
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies), New York State Department of Public Service Staff, Multiple Intervenors, and certain ratepayer and green groups have filed a joint proposal in the Companies' electric…
May 18, 2020
Start-up Pro Technica Capital Ventures, LLC applied for a Texas electric broker license to serve residential and commercial customers
April 22, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order finding that the work of the PowerForward Collaborative (grid modernization), the Distribution System Planning Workgroup, and the Data and Modern Grid Workgroup has been completed, and directed that these cases be closed of record.
April 10, 2020
Affirms Removal Of HAN Functionality, Aside From Legacy Installations
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption in Rulemaking Project No. 48525, Rulemaking Relating to Advanced Metering, addressing AMI and Smart Meter Texas (SMT) issues
February 20, 2020
The New Jersey BPU has lifted the moratorium on pre-approval of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) implementation programs
January 22, 2020
Quantum New Energy announced the launch of a, " science-based sustainability platform to optimize energy consumption," called EnerWisely, which will include a retail electricity shopping service
November 8, 2019
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication for changes to the rules governing advanced metering systems (AMS, e.g. Smart Meter Texas), including proposed on-demand read requirements in place of the existing home area network functionality (HAN)…
October 11, 2019
During today's open meeting, DeAnn Walker, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that, as a starting point, she favors deleting the current home area network (HAN) requirements in the PUC's advanced metering system (AMS) rules, but supports including a requirement in the rules for…
October 1, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU, in an order on a National Grid electricity rate case, rejected Nation Grid's proposal to move certain customer-facing smart grid costs from basic service (default service) rates to base distribution rates
September 5, 2019
In comments on a strawman rule which includes rule provisions related to advanced metering and Smart Meter Texas, the Alliance for Retail Markets said that the prohibition against a TDU's provision of a competitive energy service should equally apply in the context of a web portal providing…
July 29, 2019
AEP Ohio Would Complete Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters
July 17, 2019
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, without substantive modification relating to retail market issues, a stipulation at the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs addressing grid modernization that includes, among other things, the installation of 700,000 advanced meters in the EDCs' service territories
July 17, 2019
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('National Grid', 'NiMo', or the 'Company') submitted a petition to the New York PSC seeking a limited waiver to extend the one-time option available to customers with plug-in electric vehicles ('PEVs') at their premises to receive a comparison of…
May 22, 2019
Residential Data Intervals Would Only Be Hourly
As part of newly filed rate cases, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation (RG&E) (collectively, the Companies) have petitioned the New York PSC for approval of the territory-wide deployment of advanced metering infrastructure for their…
May 13, 2019
Smart Meter Texas Market Holding Workshop For REPs
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has issued a save-the-date for its 2019 Competitive Retailer workshop, to be held July 25, 2019 in Houston
April 25, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC this morning approved a modified prepaid pilot for electricity and dual-fuel customers at PECO
February 26, 2019
Review Arises Out Of Concern Only Shopping Customers Would Benefit From Smart Energy Behaviors (Load Shifting, Reductions, Etc.)
February 1, 2019
In an Ohio proceeding concerning a distribution modernization plan at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, the Environmental Law and Policy Center has sought to compel responses by Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (IGS), a party to the proceeding, to two interrogatories concerning certain business metrics of…
January 17, 2019
Commissioner Place Concerned Non-shopping Customers Won't Benefit From "Positive" Behaviors (Load Shifting, Peak Reductions, Etc.)
