November 23, 2010
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved tariff changes, with one modification, at Dominion East Ohio which will limit the rate that competitive suppliers may charge under the tariffed "Monthly Variable Rate Commodity Service," which serves as a backstop for customers whose competitive…
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November 23, 2010
The average generation rate for commercial customers on Rate GS at PECO will increase from 5.71¢/kWh to 8.98¢/kWh effective November 30, 2010, under a further reconciliation of PECO's competitive transition charge.
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November 17, 2010
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has sought approval from the Pennsylvania PUC to revise its accounting methodology for gas in storage inventory from an annual last-in/first out (LIFO) methodology to the weighted average cost of gas (WACOG) methodology, effective January 1, 2011 (P-2010-2209925).
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November 17, 2010
PUCT Staff have opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's application to raise the monthly customer charge for the Residential and Secondary Less Than or Equal to 5 kW customer classes, in filing direct testimony in TNMP's rate case (38480).
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November 16, 2010
The California PUC has issued a proposed decision which would adopt a core brokerage fee $0.025 per decatherm at Pacific Gas & Electric, effective January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013 (A. 09-05-026).
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November 15, 2010
Commonwealth Edison's most recent calculation of a combined uncollectibles factor to be used in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate for all customer classes appears to have been calculated, "in a manner that is not consistent with the calculation used by Ameren Illinois in Docket Nos.…
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November 12, 2010
BGE Files to Remove Minimum Stay with Gas Supplier Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC revisions to its Gas Service Tariff to remove a provision from Rate Schedules C and D that requires customers to remain with a supplier for at least three months prior to switching to another…
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November 11, 2010
U.S. Gas & Electric Seeks Maryland Electric License Energy Service Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas and Electric, applied for a Maryland electric supplier license. A copy of the application was not available yesterday. The supplier is an affiliate of U.S. Gas & Electric, which currently has a…
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November 9, 2010
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved without modification a unanimous settlement in the gas rate case of Northern Indiana Public Service Company which requires NIPSCO to not alter its current market practices and policies in connection with its competitive products (such as fixed bill…
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November 9, 2010
TXU Energy and the Office of Public Utility Counsel separately opposed Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal to cover 50% of the revenue requirement for residential and Secondary < 5 kW customers through a fixed customer charge (38480).
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November 8, 2010
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed revisions to its electric supplier coordination tariff to, "clearly reflect the responsibilities of the Company and the [retail] Supplier with regard to billing and collection of taxes."
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November 8, 2010
Baltimore Gas & Electric filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-moth period beginning December 1, 2010. BGE has not yet filed an updated tariff reflecting Type I SOS rates for the period June 1, 2011 through October 31, 2011 as a result of its recent procurement for such…
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November 4, 2010
PUCT Staff has asked the Commission to address several questions regarding Project No. 38298, Rulemaking Related to Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities of Distribution Costs, during the November 10 open meeting.
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November 4, 2010
West Penn Power (Allegheny) has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC changes to its electric generation supplier (EGS) coordination tariff to, among other things, institute a new charge of $6 per utility consolidated bill per month to recover programming costs for the new Purchase of Receivables program…
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November 3, 2010
Detroit Edison has asked the Michigan PSC to delay the recognition of the recent increase in electric choice in setting base rates in its newly filed rate case, assuming the Commission retains the Choice Invective Mechanism (CIM) with certain modifications (U-16472).
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November 2, 2010
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff said that they have no objection to using the system average uncollectible factor found in Commonwealth Edison Rider UF if the Commission elects to impose a single discount rate on all customer classes under ComEd's Purchase of Receivables program.
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November 2, 2010
Dominion East Ohio has filed tariff changes which would limit the rate that competitive suppliers could charge under the tariffed "Monthly Variable Rate Commodity Service," which serves as a backstop for customers whose competitive supply contract is not renewed.
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October 27, 2010
Although a working group report has suggested that the Maryland PSC allow natural gas distribution companies to use proposed new standard electronic transactions effective December 1 ( see Matters, 10/25 ), Baltimore Gas & Electric reiterated in a filing with the PSC that it needs the effective date…
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October 22, 2010
FERC clarified its decision regarding the California PUC's Combined Heat and Power purchase obligation and associated pricing, currently only applicable to the investor owned utilities, to hold that, "the concept of a multi-tiered avoided cost rate structure is consistent with the avoided cost…
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October 21, 2010
PECO has proposed changes to its Electric Generation Supplier (EGS) tariff to modify the process for estimating a supplier's load requirements.
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October 20, 2010
The Small Customer Marketer Coalition has opposed several tariff revisions filed by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. in New York to modify its treatment of imbalances for Supplier Transportation, Balancing and Aggregation (STBA) service.
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October 19, 2010
Pacific Gas & Electric said that its acceptance of six-month Notices of Intent from legacy direct-access eligible customers during the period between March 11, 2010 and April 11, 2010 complied with the California PUC's order regarding the direct access load cap and its own tariffs (R. 07-05-025).
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October 18, 2010
A proposed settlement in Pacific Gas & Electric's general rate case (A. 09-12-020 et. al.) would eliminate PG&E's proposed revenue requirement for customer retention activities.
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October 18, 2010
Northern Indiana Fuel and Light would offer retail natural gas choice to customers as part of its merger into affiliate Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO).
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October 15, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in PECO's 1307(f) Purchased Gas Cost rate investigation which requires PECO to increase the retainage volume adjustment for natural gas transportation service customers from 2.5% to 2.8% for a period of one year commencing December 1, 2010 (R-2010-2174034…
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