March 14, 2014
To the extent the Georgia PSC does not make Atlanta Gas Light responsible for the collection of curtailment penalties, the Georgia PSC should authorize natural gas poolers on the Atlanta Gas Light system to place a "switch hold" on certain accounts, Infinite Energy said in comments to the PSC.
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March 11, 2014
Not that we needed more evidence that the PJM capacity market is designed to inflate wealth transfers to incumbent asset owners, but PJM's latest filing to reform the Reliability Pricing Model to curb alleged "speculation" (behavior which has the effect of reducing consumer prices) is simply another…
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March 10, 2014
PNE Energy Supply, LLC sought a declaratory ruling from the New Hampshire PUC regarding the proper interpretation of Rule Puc 2004.07(b)(1)b. with respect to the availability of off-cycle meter reads.
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March 5, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony recommending lower upfront and ongoing advanced meter opt-out charges at Texas-New Mexico Power.
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February 27, 2014
The Maryland PSC has established smart meter opt-out fees as follows: Utility Up-Front Charge Recurring Monthly Charge BGE $75.00 $11.00 Pepco $75.00 $14.00 DPL $75.00 $17.00 SMECO $75.00 $17.00
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February 19, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony recommending a lower upfront advanced meter opt-out charge at AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North, with a marginally higher monthly ongoing opt-out charge for an initial five years.
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February 3, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has adopted temporarily revised charges applicable to services provided by Public Service Company of New Hampshire to retail electric suppliers, to be in effect pending an incremental cost study for such charges.
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January 28, 2014
Keyspan New York and Keyspan Long Island have proposed a series of changes to the companies' retail access programs, relating to ESCO delivery requirements, ESCO access to swing assets, and the companies' balancing/nominations procedures.
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January 28, 2014
Update 2/10 : This story has been updated to reflect Pepco's revisions to the SOS rates as filed on 2/7
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January 24, 2014
The expansion of electric choice to the former Cap Rock service areas, now part of Sharyland Utilities, is on track for a May 1 start date after the Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday approved unbundled delivery rates for the service area.
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January 17, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication containing revisions to the Pro-Forma Retail Delivery Tariff.
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January 10, 2014
A tax reform plan released by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo does not include elimination of the delivery sales tax exemption currently enjoyed by customers who purchase their commodity supply from an ESCO.
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January 9, 2014
The Michigan PSC approved the request of two utilities to revise their tariffs to further restrict the types of customers eligible to take electric customer choice.
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January 2, 2014
A joint proposal in Consolidated Edison's electric and natural gas rate cases includes several provisions related to retail access, including ESCO service portability.
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December 31, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has ruled that Public Service Company of New Hampshire shall cease applying a $5 switching fee to both a customer's new retail supplier, and to the retail supplier losing that customer.
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December 26, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC has opened a proceeding to determine, among other things, whether operators of certain CNG fueling stations require a license as a retail natural gas supplier.
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December 26, 2013
PECO has filed a compliance plan to implement seamless move and switch-at-connect functionality, and in such plan included a proposal to recover costs of the programs.
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December 23, 2013
An unopposed stipulation would establish unbundled delivery rates for Sharyland Utilities' Stanton, Colorado City, Brady, and Celeste divisions as the service areas institute customer choice, and would include a requirement for Sharyland to file an advanced metering deployment plan.
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December 20, 2013
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed in tariff form new SOS electric rates for residential and Type I customers for the period June 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
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December 11, 2013
Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. have filed with the Massachusetts DPU revised purchase of receivables compliance plans which, with the exception of the commencement date at Nstar, are represented to reflect consensus among the utility and retail suppliers.
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December 3, 2013
Two Michigan utilities have filed tariffs with the PSC to further restrict the types of customers eligible to take electric customer choice.
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December 2, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has ruled that, under current law, electric suppliers are not subject to the assessment levied on various regulated entities to fund the Commission.
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November 27, 2013
5 Hires Veteran of Constellation, Pepco Energy Services
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November 25, 2013
Duquesne Light has filed new electric supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2013.
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November 18, 2013
ERCOT will increase the System Administration Fee effective January 1, 2014.
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