May 17, 2011
Consumers Energy would provide additional flexibility to natural gas choice suppliers to adjust their required daily deliveries of natural gas under a settlement in its current rate case (U-16418).
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May 16, 2011
The Midwest ISO has filed expedited tariff changes at FERC to prevent the current exploitation of a flaw by certain market participants which allows suppliers to inflate make-whole payments by inducing reductions in output through their own changes in day-ahead and real-time offers.
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May 13, 2011
Atlanta Gas Light has submitted a revised proposal to the Georgia PSC to build a network of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations over the next five years in the metropolitan Atlanta region and along major transportation corridors in the state (Docket 32499).
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May 12, 2011
An unopposed non-unanimous stipulation in Oncor's rate case would implement its proposal to modify how demand charges are applied to customers of REPs in the Secondary Service Greater than 10 kW class (38929, see 1/10 ).
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May 9, 2011
A proposed California PUC decision would require the investor owned utilities to share customer data from advanced meters with authorized third parties upon affirmative customer consent (Rulemaking 08-12-009).
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May 5, 2011
PUCO Directs AEP Companies to Cease Collection of POLR Charges, Certain Environmental Carrying Costs
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May 4, 2011
The Maryland PSC this morning deferred consideration of Columbia Gas' COMAR 20.59 cost recovery filing, in which Columbia has recommended ending its gas choice program in Maryland, until the July 6 administrative meeting.
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May 2, 2011
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated Purchase of Receivables discount rates for both electric and gas service, to take effect July 1.
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April 29, 2011
Allegheny Power has filed with the Maryland PSC updated SOS rates for Type I and Type II customers.
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April 26, 2011
PECO's petition to modify its generation rate reconciliation process from a quarterly to an annual process could result in large deferrals that prompt PECO to impose an "exit fee" on customers seeking competitive supply, Direct Energy and the Retail Energy Supply Association said in separate answers…
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April 19, 2011
Allegheny Power has filed updated Purchase of Receivables discount rates in Maryland, to be effective for 12 months, effective June 1, 2011.
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April 18, 2011
PJM's current tariff regarding the conduct of the incremental auctions under the Reliability Pricing Model could require PJM to seek to procure or release too many or too few capacity commitments relative to the reliability requirement, PJM said in a filing to revise the tariff.
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April 18, 2011
Texas-New Mexico Power should be ordered to reduce discretionary service charges annually as part of any order approving its advanced meter deployment plan, PUCT Staff said in direct testimony (38306).
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April 15, 2011
Edwards Air Force Base has remained a bundled service customer of Southern California Edison despite purchasing bulk energy supply from various sources, including the Western Area Power Administration, SCE said in reply to a petition from Edwards seeking to include its load under the direct access…
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April 15, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered Ameren Illinois to revise the rescission period language in its tariff, such that it is consistent with the three-day rescission period applicable to internet enrollments, as the Commission found in favor of BlueStar Energy Services in a complaint brought by…
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April 12, 2011
PECO has filed a petition with the Pennsylvania PUC to allow the company to credit or collect any Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) over or under recoveries, plus associated interest, for residential customers on an annual basis, rather than quarterly as currently provided under its default service…
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April 4, 2011
Ameren Illinois has filed a tariff with the Illinois Commerce Commission to institute Purchase of Uncollectibles pursuant to Section 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) of the Illinois Public Utilities Act.
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March 30, 2011
Columbia Gas of Maryland has recommended ending the current Choice Program and only allowing transportation service for eligible non-residential customers, due to the prohibitive costs of implementing various provisions of COMAR 20.59 and the fact that Choice customers have paid more than default…
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March 25, 2011
Though not adopting a final rule at yesterday's open meeting, PUCT Commissioners reached consensus on several major aspects of rules regarding prepaid service under Subst. R. 25.498, including the availability of financial prepaid products after the amended rule's effective date, and the amount of…
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March 22, 2011
The California ISO has identified an "exploitation" of the existing bid cost recovery tariff rules which has caused load to overpay certain resources by $57 million, CAISO said in submitting tariff changes to prohibit the practice (ER11-3149).
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March 22, 2011
Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison, and Cleveland Electric Illuminating have filed revised supplier tariffs with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to, among other things, withdraw their previous request to eliminate the current initial switching fee waiver, and to offer bill ready utility consolidated…
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March 21, 2011
Penn Power has successfully contracted for 19,800 Solar Renewable Energy Credits at an average cost is $199.09 per SREC, with deliveries scheduled to begin in June 2011 and last through May 2020.
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March 18, 2011
A proposed Maryland order which would completely eliminate the bypassable Standard Offer Service administrative charge at Pepco and Delmarva is "contrary to law" and "not supported by the record evidence," Maryland PSC Staff said in a memorandum on appeal to the Commission (Case 9226 & 9232).
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March 14, 2011
Niagara Mohawk would lower the mandatory hourly pricing threshold to 250 kW effective with the June 2013 billing cycle, under an implementation plan filed with the New York PSC (10-E-0050).
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March 10, 2011
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Commissioner Cheryl Roberto said in a dissent yesterday that the Commission's decision on the payment of a credit to Columbus Southern Power customers under the Significantly Excessive Earnings Test (SEET) does not exclude customers taking competitive supply…
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