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July 18, 2011
Illinois Seeks Additional Comments on Plug-In Vehicle Charging Regulation
The Illinois Commerce Commission Initiative on Plug-In Electric Vehicles is seeking comments on a series of regulatory and legal issues related to plug-in electric vehicles, and will hold a policy committee meeting on August 23rd in Chicago to discuss the responses.
July 18, 2011
Calif. Staff Reports on Implementation of Direct Access Re-opening
Some 26,000 requests for direct access were rejected in California's Phase III of the process to implement the expanded direct access cap, according to a PUC Staff report detailing results of the Year 2 and Year 3 Notice of Intent periods (R.07-05-025.).
July 15, 2011
Calif. PUC Rules Electric Vehicle Service Providers Eligible for Residential Rates, Limits Utilities' Ownership of EV Equipment
The California PUC approved a decision yesterday under which, except in limited circumstances, electric vehicle service providers operating in residential settings shall be served under the otherwise applicable residential rates (Docket R.09-08-009).
July 15, 2011
AEP Texas Files to Lower Discretionary Service Charges Applicable to REPs
AEP Texas Central Company and AEP Texas North Company have submitted their annual compliance filing to reduce certain Discretionary Service Charges charged to retail electric providers, due to the cost savings from the deployment of advanced meters (PUCT Docket 39594).
July 15, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities Now Only "Contemplating" Choice Moratorium; Silent on Whether PSC Approval Needed
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation has revised its earlier testimony and is now only "contemplating" a moratorium on choice enrollments, but it has made no statement regarding whether, after such contemplation is complete, it believes it can implement any resulting moratorium without specific PSC…
July 13, 2011
Maryland PSC Sets Discount Rates for BGE Electric, Gas Purchase of Receivables
The Maryland PSC has adopted revised Purchase of Receivables discount rates for electric and natural gas service at Baltimore Gas & Electric.
July 12, 2011
WGES Seeks Rehearing on WGL POR Discount Rates
Washington Gas Energy Services has sought rehearing on the Maryland PSC's June order establishing Purchase of Receivables discount rates at Washington Gas Light (see 6/17) .
July 11, 2011
PUCT Approves Territory-Wide Advanced Meter Deployment at TNMP, Sets Surcharges
The PUCT approved a stipulation authorizing Texas-New Mexico Power's plan for the territory-wide deployment of an advanced metering system (AMS) (Docket 38306).
July 11, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff Recommend Adjustments to BGE POR Discount Rates
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended modifications to Baltimore Gas & Electric's proposed updates to the electric and natural gas Purchase of Receivables discount rates.
July 8, 2011
Mich. PSC Staff: Michigan Gas Utilities May Only Cease Choice Enrollments Upon PSC Approval
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation may only stop accepting new choice enrollments, "after obtaining Commission approval to change its program and tariff," Michigan PSC Staff argued in a filing yesterday (Case No. U-16481).
July 7, 2011
Retainage Rates at Peoples Natural Gas Would Rise Under Settlement
A proposed settlement in Peoples Natural Gas' annual 1307f proceeding would increase the retainage rates for transportation customers (R-2011-2228694).
July 6, 2011
PSC to "Fish or Cut Bait" on Columbia Gas Choice Program at October 26 Meeting
The Maryland PSC has set for October 26 a final decision on whether to continue the choice program at Columbia Gas of Maryland.
July 5, 2011
Texas REPs Oppose Re-introduction of Priority Move-In Charge Once AMS Deployments Complete
Retail electric providers in Texas have opposed the proposal from transmission and distribution utilities to include a separate Priority Move-In charge for premises with provisioned advanced meters with remote connect/disconnect capability (38674).
July 4, 2011
PUCT Staff File Proposal for Distribution Cost Recovery Factor Applicable to REPs
PUCT Staff have filed in Project 39465 a recommended proposal for publication to implement a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) via proposed Substantive Rule 25.243.
June 30, 2011
PUCO to Consider AEP Ohio Rate Proposal for Customers Returning from Competitive Supply
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has established a procedural schedule to address the proposal of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to establish new market-based rate schedules for customers returning to utility-provided generation service after having elected competitive supply and…
June 30, 2011
SCE Seeks to Impose New World Nonbypassable Charge on Continuous Direct Access Customers
Southern California Edison Company (SCE) has sought to modify California PUC Decision 08-09-012 regarding nonbypassable charges for new world generation, in order to apply such charges to "continuous" direct access (DA) customers who leave direct access, return to the utility, and subsequently…
June 30, 2011
BGE Corrects Proposed POR Discount Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC revised proposed Purchase of Receivables discount rates for electric and gas service.
June 29, 2011
Maryland PSC Accepts WGL POR Compliance Tariff With Modifications
The Maryland PSC accepted, with modifications, Washington Gas Light's compliance tariff to implement Purchase of Receivables with bills rendered on and after June 29, 2011, which is the start of the July billing cycle.
June 29, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities to Cease Accepting New Choice Customers Under Moratorium
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation said that it, "will cease accepting new GCC [Gas Customer Choice] customer enrollments for one year," beginning September 1, 2011 (U-16481).
June 28, 2011
Settlement Reached to Align UGI Central Penn Gas Rate Classes, Retail Operations with Affiliates
Parties have reached a settlement in UGI Central Penn Gas' rate case which would implement, without substantive modification, Central Penn Gas' proposed changes in its rate classifications to align the classes with those used at affiliates UGI Utilities and UGI Penn Natural Gas (R-2010-2214415).
June 28, 2011
Calif. Bill Would Raise Direct Access Load Cap
A newly amended California bill would expand the current direct access load cap.
June 27, 2011
Noble Americas Energy Solutions Seeks Changes in PacifiCorp OATT to Remove Barriers to Retail Access
Noble Americas Energy Solutions, LLC has protested at FERC revisions to the Open Access Transmission Tariff [OATT] of PacifiCorp, seeking changes to practices which Noble Americas says hinders retail access in Oregon (ER11-3643).
June 27, 2011
Extension of ComEd Residential Real-Time Pricing Program Projected to Result in Net Loss for Customers
Extending Commonwealth Edison's residential real-time pricing program (RRTP) for another 10 years would result in significant net costs to ComEd customers as a whole, as well as ComEd residential customers, according to a report by Navigant.
June 27, 2011
NiMo Clarifies Retail Pricing of Capacity Under New Commodity Rate Mechanism
Niagara Mohawk has filed a correction to its proposed electric capacity pricing mechanism for customers for whom the utility cannot apply an individualized capacity tag (10-E-0050).