December 10, 2020
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson offered an amendment to a recommended order in Tucson Electric Power's rate case to adopt proposed modifications from retail suppliers to a proposed competitive generation buy-through program (Market Pricing Experimental Pilot Program or MP-EX), except…
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November 30, 2020
Central Hudson Gas & Electric has filed tariff revisions at the New York PSC to terminate the following temporary provisions originally adopted in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic:
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November 30, 2020
Would Identify "Bad Actors" Improperly Using Resources Held For Core Customers, Staff Says
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have recommended in testimony in a Niagara Mohawk (NiMo, NMPC, or National Grid) rate case that NiMo, "be required to implement a process to verify that direct non-core customers or the ESCO’s or marketers serving non-core customers have firm…
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November 25, 2020
A recommended order from an Arizona ALJ in Tucson Electric Power's rate case would modify TEP's proposal for a Market Pricing Experimental Pilot Program (MP-EX) so that medium commercial customers would be able to select an alternative wholesale generation supplier as part of their participation in…
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November 19, 2020
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed commercial PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2020
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November 17, 2020
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. has filed at the New York PSC for a revision to the Clean Energy Standard Supply (CESS) Surcharge, part of the bypassable Market Supply Charge, with the calculation of the revision intended, in part, to, "limit the change in the rate on customers resulting from…
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November 17, 2020
As part of a rate case compliance filing, Nstar in Massachusetts has removed its fixed price option pilot program for default service from its natural gas tariff
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November 13, 2020
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed new interest rates to be applicable to REP deposits and over-billings, consistent with the calculations set forth by rule, calculated pursuant to the process set forth in the PUC's rules
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November 13, 2020
PECO has filed new amounts for the bypassable Transmission Service Charge (TSC), to be effective December 1, 2020, coincident with previously reported new Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges, and a new Price to Compare
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November 9, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a brief today that while a 20-year old electric choice pilot program at the Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) remains "open," active participation by customers in the program is only appropriate under statute if the Commission finds…
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November 5, 2020
AEP Texas has filed at the Texas PUC to implement a final refund to retail electric providers, related to service to customers in the former AEP Texas Central service area, resulting from over-collections under Rate Schedule TC-2
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November 2, 2020
PPL Electric has posted electricity prices to compare for the period beginning December 1, 2020.
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October 16, 2020
Commentary by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
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October 16, 2020
Patronage Of Renewable Option Would Reduce Renewable Costs Recovered In Bypassable Rates
Commentary by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
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October 15, 2020
Various New York utilities have posted their 12-month trailing average utility supply rates for the latest period (i.e. 12 months ended September 30, 2020) for each mass-market service class and for each mass-market customer grouping that receives different supply rates based on the company’s…
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October 1, 2020
Northern Illinois Gas Company d/b/a Nicor Gas Company (the Company) has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission for approval of a Renewable Gas Interconnection (RGI) Pilot, which would be a new tariffed interconnection service that will allow renewable natural gas (RNG) producers located in the…
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September 24, 2020
Consideration of potential changes to the entity which serves as the state's reliability monitor for the ERCOT region could potentially implicate the ERCOT Administrative Fee, per a discussion at today's meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
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September 24, 2020
Nearly 100 elected officials and community leaders throughout California called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today to modify rules relating to the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), a fee charged to all electricity consumers for utility above market generation costs
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September 17, 2020
Orange and Rockland Utilities has filed with the New York PSC to modify its electricity tariff to allow it to enter into negotiated agreements for billing services, to address requests not covered by existing Riders or Service Classification
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September 11, 2020
Oncor has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to issue a further credit to retail electric providers under Rider ISR to refund additional interest rate savings related to Oncor's previous acquisition by Sempra
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September 8, 2020
East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company (ETSWD) filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a petition for declaratory order and request for the opening of a pilot retail electric choice implementation project at Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
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September 2, 2020
Fitchburg Gas and Electric d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU revised Standard Complete Billing Percentages (purchase of receivables [POR] discount rates), to be effective December 1, 2020
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September 1, 2020
San José Mayor Sam Liccardo and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl today called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), "to increase transparency and accountability for California's 'Big Three' investor-owned utilities as the companies prepare to levy hefty fees on California…
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August 21, 2020
Commonwealth Edison has filed updated new electric supply rates, known as Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for the period beginning October 1, 2020
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August 3, 2020
Would Initially Recover Costs Through Merchant Function Charge; MFC Also To Be Used As "Backstop" ConEd: 60% Of Customers Express "Preference" To Purchase Their Green Power From ConEdison
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (the "Company") petitioned the New York PSC for approval to provide residential and small commercial full-service customers with a renewable, carbon-free electricity option (the 'Green Power Program').
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