August 31, 2023
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have reached a settlement with several parties, including the Office of Consumer Advocate and industrial customers, which would approve various transactions which would merge Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power into a single distribution…
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August 28, 2023
A Texas ALJ today approved, effective on and after September 1, 2023, new interim rates applicable to retail electric providers proposed by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CenterPoint Houston) under an update to CenterPoint Houston's Rider Temporary Emergency Electric Energy Facilities (TEEEF)
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August 28, 2023
Also Seeks Guidance That Securitization Charge Opt-Outs Are Not Transferable
Staff of the Texas PUC requested guidance from the Commission regarding two issues that relate to the implementation of the ERCOT Debt Obligation Order that was filed on October 13, 2021 in Docket No. 52322 (the uplift financing program for certain Uri costs)
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August 25, 2023
ERCOT formally filed at the Texas PUC a 2024/2025 ERCOT biennial budget which contemplates a change in the ERCOT system administration fee rate, which ERCOT proposes to increase for the first time since 2016, from $0.555 per megawatt hour (MWh) to $0.710 per MWh for ERCOT fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
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August 23, 2023
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers and Alliance for Retail Markets (collectively, REP Coalition) opposed an application by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) to implement, on an interim basis, new charges applicable to REPs under Rider Temporary Emergency Electric Energy Facilities…
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August 10, 2023
The Secretary of the New York PSC has issued a letter extending the deadlines set forth in Ordering Clauses 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 of the PSC's June 23 broker and consultant regulation order
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July 21, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has scheduled for August 31, 2023 a workshop in Case 23-0736-GA-ORD, concerning a review of Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-19, relating to, among other things, exit-the-merchant function plans for natural gas utilities, and similar exemptions and alternative…
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July 17, 2023
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2023
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July 17, 2023
A report from a consultant retained by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has recommended the elimination of the current Non-Market-Based Services Rider (Rider NMB) at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, with the PJM costs currently recovered under the rider instead assigned to a customer's retail…
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July 14, 2023
Dominion East Ohio (Dominion Energy or DEO) has proposed a new default service minimum stay, of at least 12-months, applicable to municipal aggregations which return a threshold number of customers to default service prior to the expiration of the aggregation program
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July 7, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has assigned Case 23-0736-GA-ORD for a review of Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-19, relating to, among other things, exit-the-merchant function plans for natural gas utilities, and similar exemptions and alternative rate plans
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July 1, 2023
The District of Columbia PSC approved updates, as filed without modification, to Washington Gas Light's purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates
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June 21, 2023
Another EDC Receives Approval To Increase Residential POR Discount By 0.5 Percentage Points
The Maryland PSC has approved, as filed, revisions to the purchase of receivables discount rates at Pepco and Delmarva, effective July 1, 2023
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June 19, 2023
Proposals, "Create Barriers To Market Entry For All But The Established Market Incumbents," Coalition Says "Favor[s] Established Large Competitive Suppliers," Coalition Says
Several New Hampshire utilities, including Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) and Unitil, have proposed new requirements for a creditworthiness test, security, and potential collateral requirements for retail electric suppliers and community power aggregators (CPA), the Community…
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June 15, 2023
PUC Says Proposed Carbon Offset Program Cannot Be Offered As A Tariffed Service
Reversing a recommended decision from a group of ALJs, the Pennsylvania PUC denied the proposal from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania to offer customers a voluntary carbon offset product on a pilot basis
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June 12, 2023
FERC approved PJM's tariff filing to delay the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM or capacity market) Base Residual Auction (BRA) and Incremental Auction schedules for the 2025/2026 through the 2028/2029 delivery years
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June 9, 2023
As part of a proposed Electric Transportation Plan included in its most recent electricity security plan proceeding, AEP Ohio said it, "can function as a provider of last resort in a necessary location," under a program meant to incentivize the creation of EV charging corridors
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June 1, 2023
Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) filed at the New Jersey BPU to decrease the current Board approved BGSS-RSG (residential) commodity rate of $0.471718 per therm (including losses and SUT) to $0.397497 per therm (including losses and SUT), for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30…
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May 26, 2023
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric ("CEHE", "CenterPoint", or the "Company") has floated a mechanism which would impose new obligations on retail electric providers as part of a potential program to provide low-income customers rate relief from Rider TEEEF, which collects the costs of Temporary…
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May 25, 2023
Duke Energy Ohio has filed updates to bypassable Riders AER-R and SCR, effective July 1.
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May 22, 2023
Ameren Illinois has filed its Retail Purchased Electricity Charges and Transmission Service Charge for the period beginning June 1, 2023
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May 19, 2023
Another EDC Files To Increase Residential POR Discount By 0.5 Percentage Points
Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland have filed updates to the purchase of receivables discount rates, to be effective July 1, 2023
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May 15, 2023
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update to its bypassable Transmission Service Charges which, when combined with previously filed and reported new Default Service Supply Rates, allows the computation of the price to compare for the period beginning June 1.
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May 8, 2023
The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. ('NYISO') on May 8 provided notice to FERC, "of the immediate termination of IPKeys Power Partners, Inc. ('IPKeys') from the ISO-Administered Markets in accordance with Section 2.7.5.3 of the NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff ('OATT') and Section…
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May 5, 2023
Lubbock Power & Light and ERCOT filed a joint update with the Texas PUC stating that LP&L and ERCOT anticipate that a recent FERC order, "will result in a delay of both the integration of the remaining [LP&L] load [into ERCOT] and LP&L's transition to retail competition."
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