November 28, 2016
As part of its requested extension of its electric security plan, AEP Ohio has sought changes to its tariffs governing retail suppliers to, "prevent[] suppliers from billing customers for prior-period energy usage amounts not settled in the PJM market, and for which there is no path for…
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November 23, 2016
The Michigan PSC has adopted dual natural gas pipeline reservation charges at DTE Gas, with a unique (reduced) reservation charge applicable to gas customer choice (GCC) customers of retail suppliers, and another reservation charge amount applicable to default service (GCR) customers.
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November 22, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility of Texas have filed proposed levels for the 2017 interest rates applicable to retail electric provider deposits and overbillings
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November 17, 2016
Respond Power LLC has filed a new complaint at the Pennsylvania PUC against the application of the newly implemented purchase of receivables clawback tariffs at Penelec and West Penn Power.
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November 11, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Commissioners struggled with what, if any, recommendations should be made concerning alternative ratemaking mechanisms.
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November 10, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC at its meeting yesterday ratified a prior one-commissioner emergency order which granted certain relief requested by Respond Power in a dispute concerning a POR clawback charge at the FirstEnergy EDCs
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November 9, 2016
The FirstEnergy utilities have filed an answer opposing Respond Power's petition at the Pennsylvania PUC which was filed to prevent the EDCs from withholding nearly $500,000 of Respond receivables as an offset against a POR clawback charge.
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November 8, 2016
The Michigan PSC adopted a settlement concerning the natural gas customer choice (GCC) program design at Consumers Energy which provides that retail suppliers shall not be subject to a capacity reservation charge at this time
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October 28, 2016
Granting, in part, relief requested by Respond Power, LLC, the Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman Andrew Place issued an emergency order requiring Penelec and West Penn to cease and desist from implementing a POR Clawback charge until Penelec and West Penn have filed the appropriate tariff supplements…
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October 27, 2016
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new SOS rates and posted certain SOS pricing information for the periods beginning December 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017
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October 26, 2016
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2016
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October 25, 2016
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates for commercial customers with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2016
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October 24, 2016
Staff Draft Finds Current TDU Ratemaking Working Well
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft report to legislators to accompany a consultant's report concerning alternative ratemaking in Texas
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October 20, 2016
On Oct. 18, 2016, the PJM Board of Managers approved the Members Committee-endorsed proposal for a new composite "stated rate" of 36 cents per megawatt-hour for two years (2017 and 2018), and then a 2.5 percent annual increase to 41 cents per MWh in 2024, to recover administrative costs
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October 20, 2016
A Texas ALJ would approve the merger of AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North into a single company (AEP Texas), with certain conditions
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October 18, 2016
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2016,
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October 17, 2016
Texas PUC Staff To Issue Strawman, Hold Workshop On Smart Meter Texas Governance, Funding
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October 17, 2016
Virginia customers with loads in excess of 5 MW, while permitted to take competitive retail electric supply, may not purchase 100% renewable energy from a retail supplier if the customer's incumbent utility offers a 100% renewable energy tariff approved by the State Corporation Commission…
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October 13, 2016
PUCO Chair: Commission "Not A Bank"
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rejected a nonbypassable Retail Rate Stability (RRS) rider at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, but adopted a nonbypassable Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR) instead.
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October 13, 2016
On rehearing, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has reversed its earlier finding and has withdrawn its prior direction that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities propose to unbundle from distribution rates the costs that the FirstEnergy EDCs incur to support Standard Service Offer (SSO) service and…
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October 10, 2016
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2016.
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October 3, 2016
PECO has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to increase its natural gas purchase of receivables (POR) discount rate, to reflect the PUC's approval of recovering 50% of the costs of implementing a natural gas remote account number look-up mechanism through the discount.
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September 30, 2016
Utility Would Recover Some Costs a YEAR Later in 2018!
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September 26, 2016
Dayton Power and Light has withdrawn its proposed Reliable Electricity Rider (RER), and replaced it with a request for an alternative to the RER, which has been named the Distribution Modernization Rider (DMR).
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September 22, 2016
The New York PSC has adopted tariff changes at KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) to improve capacity release for ESCOs, and other previously adopted retail market enhancements may now be implemented on a permanent basis as KeySpan's new Gas Transportation Information System…
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