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January 23, 2013
DB Energy Trading LLC will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, and disgorge $172,000 plus interest, to resolve a FERC show cause proceeding regarding manipulation of California power markets.
January 18, 2013
FERC Issues Policy Statement on Allocation of Merchant Transmission Capacity
January 18, 2013
The New York State Public Service Commission yesterday instituted a proceeding, "to examine repowering alternatives to utility power plant reinforcements," and directed National Grid and New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) to work with generation owners to evaluate repowering of two…
January 17, 2013
PJM Interconnection and the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) have successfully begun jointly managing transmission limits that occur near the "seams" between their regions.
January 17, 2013
Linden VFT, LLC has filed a complaint at FERC seeking an order directing Brookfield Energy Marketing, LP and Cargill Power Markets, LLC to pay Linden VFT for certain PJM costs that Linden argues are allowed to be passed-through to the marketers under certain Transmission Scheduling Rights Purchase…
January 11, 2013
Entergy's explanations regarding power purchase agreements Entergy intends to modify at FERC, to allow the PPAs to terminate upon MISO membership, are, "almost to the point of being unbelievable," Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said during yesterday's open meeting.
January 8, 2013
Williams Partners L.P. announced that its Transco pipeline has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide another natural gas delivery point from its Transco pipeline to New York City.
January 3, 2013
Southern California Edison has petitioned the California PUC to recover costs of the 45 MW McGrath Peaker Generating Station, with such recovery applying to all "benefiting" customers, not just bundled service customers.
January 3, 2013
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. has filed with the PUCT its December 2012 Long-Term Assessment Report
January 2, 2013
Carthage Energy, LLC has provided notice to the New York PSC that it intends to discontinue operation and retire the Carthage Energy electric generation facility unit effective April 1, 2013.
December 26, 2012
A proposed decision from the California PUC would allow Southern California Edison to procure nearly 1,800 MW in local capacity requirements, with such procurement eligible for cost allocation mechanism (CAM) treatment. The draft order would also decline to make any changes in the CAM, such as those…
December 26, 2012
Entergy Texas, Inc.'s intention to file at FERC to change the termination language of certain unit purchased power agreements (PPAs) between Entergy Texas, Inc. (ETI) and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (EGSL) may change the net costs and benefits of ETI joining MISO, and the finding that MISO…
December 21, 2012
EDF Trading and Raven Power Marketing, a subsidiary of Raven Power Holdings LLC, have signed an Energy Management Agreement covering three Maryland coal plants recently acquired by Raven Power Holdings LLC from Exelon.
December 20, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday entered an order approving the Illinois Power Agency's 2013 default service procurement plan, which orders the utilities to procure power from a clean coal plant, and then charge retail suppliers a share of such costs.
December 14, 2012
A report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the American Public Power Association (APPA) found, "a possible $12 billion excess payment from consumers to generating companies that do not face genuine market competition" for 2011 as a result of wholesale electric restructuring, as…
December 12, 2012
BlueRock Energy, Inc. has launched the "BlueRock Energy Electric Price Index" (EPI), which displays the daily wholesale price of electricity delivered to utilities in Central New York.
December 11, 2012
Constellation is now serving competitive electric load in Arizona under the Arizona Public Service wholesale "buy-through" mechanism.
December 10, 2012
PJM has submitted a filing at FERC to reflect the permanent termination of Bridge Energy Traders and JD Renewable Energy, L.L.C. as PJM members due to defaults.
December 10, 2012
Revisions to the price floor in PJM's Reliability Pricing Model capacity market filed with FERC on Friday (see prior story) , "restrict[] the freedom with which prices are established by a competitive market," the Maryland PSC said in a statement.
December 7, 2012
The Michigan PSC is reviewing its prior determinations regarding the participation of end-use retail customers in RTO demand response (DR) programs in light of recent FERC orders.
December 3, 2012
A power supply agreement (PSA) between Ohio Power Company and affiliate AEP Generation Resources Inc., meant to serve Standard Service Offer load for the period between the corporate separation of Ohio Power's generating assets and the start of fully auction-based SSO supply, could result in the…
November 30, 2012
NDR Energy Group, LLC, which is engaged in natural gas marketing, has applied for market-based rate authority at FERC, stating that it, "intends to operate and sell electric energy as a retail electric provider in states that provide for retail choice."
November 29, 2012
Texas Industrial Energy Consumers (TIEC) petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to adopt a Competitive Generation Service (CGS) program tariff at Entergy Texas after negotiations between TIEC and Entergy failed to reach a consensus program tariff.
November 19, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Gila River Power LLC for what FERC said was, "Gila River's manipulation of power markets in California."
November 15, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission suspended the market-based rate authority of J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation for a period of six months, to become effective on April 1, 2013, for what FERC found to be, "repeated submission of false and misleading statements" to the California ISO…
