September 12, 2018
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC), Inc. has stated in response to an RFI that it does not wish to transfer existing customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision who are currently served by AEP Texas, and the customers' selected REP, but for which the Texas PUC has ruled that AEP Texas does not…
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September 10, 2018
Oncor has filed an unopposed stipulation with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reflect reduced federal tax rates, and associated changes, in its base distribution rates applicable to retail electric providers, to be effective October 8, 2018
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September 7, 2018
The District of Columbia PSC has granted a request to extend the implementation date for Washington Gas Light Company’s new Purchase of Receivables (POR) program until the final POR discount rates and tariff pages have been approved.
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September 4, 2018
ISO New England has filed with FERC proposed "interim" tariff revisions to allocate the out-of-market costs for resources retained for "fuel security" to load-serving entities on a regional basis using the Real-Time Load Obligation allocator.
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August 31, 2018
The Texas PUC has approved an initial Distribution Cost Recovery Factor rider at Oncor, and updates to the DCRF at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, adopting unopposed stipulations in both cases
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August 31, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved territory-specific Distribution Cost Recovery Factors, charged to retail electric providers, at AEP Texas, after discussing language in PURA regarding the application of "system-wide" DCRF rates
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August 30, 2018
In a memo in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker said that an unopposed settlement that would establish new Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (DCRF) at AEP Texas, which would set rates on a territory-specific basis (unique rates for Central, North divisions), is…
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August 27, 2018
As previously reported , per the order in Docket No. 46050, AEP Texas filed for a merger savings credit Monday, February 26, 2018 in PUCT Docket No. 48110. In its application, AEP Texas proposed to refund the savings stemming from lower debt issuance costs.
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August 24, 2018
The duty, if any, of Texas retail electric providers to inform customers of a change in the customer's assignment to a specific TDU rate class, and associated changes in rates due to such change, may be addressed in another pending customer complaint before the Texas PUC
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August 21, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony opposing Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal, in its current rate case, to institute a new Inadvertent Gain fee and a new fee for a meter reading for purpose of a mass transition
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August 17, 2018
New York Department of Public Service Staff will host a working group meeting on Friday, September 21, 2018 to discuss rate design principles to be applied to electric vehicle charging stations.
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August 16, 2018
Consistent with its obligation to routinely review its rules every five years, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a review of the rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-14, Uniform Purchased Gas Adjustment Clause
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August 15, 2018
Stipulation Addresses Other Retail Choice Issues As Well
A settlement among parties in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding addressing the proposed merger of UGI's three Pennsylvania natural gas utilities into a single utility -- with distinct rate zones and tariffs -- addresses various retail choice issues, including requiring UGI to propose expansion of its…
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August 14, 2018
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. petitioned FERC for a one-time waiver of provisions of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff as necessary to enable PJM to delay its 2019 Base Residual Auction (BRA) for the 2022/2023 Delivery Year until August 14-28, 2019, to the extent FERC extends the comment process…
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August 14, 2018
The Alliance for Retail Markets has filed testimony with the Texas PUC opposing new discretionary service charges proposed by Texas-New Mexico Power as part of TNMP's rate case, such as a new Inadvertent Gain fee, and a new fee for a meter reading for purpose of a mass transition
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August 13, 2018
Oncor informed retail electric providers in a market notice that recovery of authorized expenses under Rider RS expired after the August cycle 11.
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August 9, 2018
A final biennial Strategic Energy Assessment released by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for 2018-2024 did not contain a substantive discussion of retail electric customer choice.
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August 8, 2018
AEP Texas Inc. filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for a determination by the Commission that AEP Texas's system restoration costs, incurred in connection with Hurricane Harvey and other previous weather-related events within the Central Division of its service area, are…
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August 6, 2018
The City of San Antonio has filed at the Texas PUC a decommissioning cost analysis for the South Texas Project nuclear electric generating station, in which, among other things, CPS Energy, "is recommending suspension of monthly recurring decommissioning fees collected from AEP-TCC's retail…
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August 3, 2018
Oncor informed retail electric providers in a market notice that recovery of authorized expenses under Rider RS may occur earlier than the expected August 31, 2018 date
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July 27, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has adopted a preliminary (scoping) order in a customer complaint that includes, as an issue to be addressed in the case, whether the customer's retail electric provider had a duty to inform the complainant of the change in a customer's TDU rate classification…
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July 26, 2018
Penn Power has filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the Pa. PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
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July 25, 2018
The Michigan PSC approved a settlement agreement under which Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCo.) will continue its state reliability mechanism (SRM) charge of $90,810 per megawatt-year, assessed on full-service customers and on customers who have their electric provided by an alternative electric…
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July 20, 2018
A draft preliminary order in a customer complaint case before the Public Utility Commission of Texas would include as an issue to be addressed in the case whether the customer's retail electric provider had a duty to inform the complainant of the change in a customer's TDU rate classification that…
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July 18, 2018
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2018
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