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May 4, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) reported that it expects it will have soon exhausted 75% of funds designated to reimburse retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers
April 4, 2016
If responsibility of the Smart Meter Texas portal is transferred to ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, "must establish a reasonable path to ERCOT Market Participant status for all interested Third Parties, where such Market Participant status confers the same voting rights and…
March 24, 2016
Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed interim updates concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
March 21, 2016
In response to a PUCT Staff request for an interim update, AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North reported updated data concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to…
March 18, 2016
The New York PSC has approved the territory-wide deployment of advanced meters for electric and natural gas customers at Consolidated Edison, subject to a cap on capital expenditures of $1.285 billion
March 2, 2016
A Maryland working group has filed a report on retail electric supplier access to data from smart meters
February 25, 2016
The Pennsylvania Electronic Data Exchange Working Group (EDEWG) has asked the Pennsylvania PUC to extend by one month the deadline for proposing a uniform standard for the "System-to-System" functionality of utility web portals which are to provide retail electric suppliers with historical interval…
January 21, 2016
A proposal for decision from two Texas ALJs would approve the advance metering deployment plan of Sharyland Utilities, denying the requests from certain parties to withhold approval pending the outcome of the Oncor change-in-control proceeding.
December 31, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC filed an updated report, with data as of October 31, on the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
December 17, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ordered hearings on a proposal from Duke Energy Ohio to make certain interval meter data available to retail electric suppliers, noting that Duke's proposal appears to narrow the availability of interval data to retail providers rather than expand it as…
December 1, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a report on the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays to eligible low-income customers.
November 24, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in a post-hearing brief have urged the Commission to reject the as-filed advanced metering deployment plan of Sharyland Utilities, calling the plan, "flawed," and urging against a, "rush."
November 10, 2015
Dayton Power & Light has filed for a distribution rate case in Ohio, and Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has directed the utility to address several issues related to AMI as part of the case
November 4, 2015
Two Texas ALJs have denied a motion from certain parties, including Staff of the Texas PUC, to abate consideration of an advanced metering deployment plan from Sharyland Utilities pending resolution of the Oncor change-in-control proceeding.
October 27, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of the Public Utility Counsel (OPUC), the St. Lawrence Cotton Growers' Association, and the Texas Energy Association for Marketers (joint parties) asked that a proceeding examining the deployment of advanced meters at Sharyland Utilities be…
October 16, 2015
Consolidated Edison has filed an advanced metering business plan to deploy AMI for electricity and natural gas
October 16, 2015
Millions of dollars are still available for Texas retail electric providers to be reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays to eligible low-income customers.
October 12, 2015
Texas-New Mexico Power Company reported that as of October 1, 2015, it has exhausted 100% of the funds designated for the low-income smart thermostat and in-home display program under which REPs are reimbursed by the TDU for providing the devices to eligible low-income customers at no cost.
September 22, 2015
The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning has urged the PUC to consider time-of-use pricing as part of the PUC's newly opened grid modernization proceeding.
September 21, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities file a business case that seeks to expand the utilities' existing smart grid program
September 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a deployment plan for PPL Electric to deploy smart meters fully compliant with the requirements of Act 129
September 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order concerning electric distribution company (EDC) development of a standardized solution for the acquisition of historical interval usage (HIU) and billing quality interval use (BQIU) data by electric generation suppliers via a secure web portal
August 11, 2015
Duquesne Light sought Pennsylvania PUC approval for a delay in implementation of certain features of its smart meter deployment plan, specifically the ability to offer Time of Use and real-time pricing billing
July 21, 2015
ERCOT is "amenable" to taking on certain data warehouse and management functions of Smart Meter Texas, but said that it should not be charged with any customer-facing aspects of SMT, such as the customer portal, ERCOT said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas
July 8, 2015
Several Texas TDUs have filed updated reports regarding customers electing to take non-standard metering service, and opting out of AMS.
