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October 18, 2011
Fresh off scoring a victory which will needlessly add millions to retail electric rates, generators are now seeking to lighten their own credit burden under FERC's RTO credit "reform" order (ER11-3972 et. al.).
October 14, 2011
FERC's Order 697, which authorizes wholesale sellers to apply for market-based rate authority, does not violate the Federal Power Act, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held yesterday in denying consolidated petitions from several parties including the Montana Consumer Counsel…
October 6, 2011
The PUCT has authority to pre-approve deferred accounting sought by Entergy Texas, Inc. in relation to its proposed integration into the Midwest ISO only if Entergy Texas, "proves that such pre-approval is necessary in order for ETI to join an RTO so that the ETI service area can move towards a more…
October 5, 2011
A filing from the Midwest ISO Transmission Owners which purports to identify replacement suppliers for CMS Energy Resource Management Company load, for purposes of assigning Seams Elimination Charge Adjustment costs after FERC ruled that CMS was not responsible for such load, "is simply inadequate…
October 4, 2011
Ameren Energy Resources Company announced this morning that its Meredosia and Hutsonville merchant generation plants will cease operating by the end of 2011.
September 29, 2011
The New York PSC issued a declaratory ruling yesterday finding that generators are required to obtain the Commission's consent, pursuant to Public Service Law (PSL) §70, to discontinue blackstart service (11-E-0423).
September 26, 2011
The Maryland PSC should, "ensure that as much retail load as possible it covered by fixed-price forward contract obligations signed far in advance of delivery (at least two years)," to mitigate market power impacts from the Constellation-Exelon merger, the Maryland Energy Administration said in…
September 22, 2011
Exelon and Calpine have submitted to ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request 416, Removal of the Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC) Clawback Charge for Resources Other than Reliability Must-Run Units.
September 20, 2011
Duke Energy Renewables Announces Texas Wind Project
September 20, 2011
Bangor Hydro-Electric informed the Maine PUC that it is, "exploring alternatives regarding the disposal of the energy," from the Rollins Wind Project, after FERC denied BHE's sought waiver to allow BHE transmission function employees to engage in ministerial actions needed to make sales of the…
September 19, 2011
Late Friday, Monitoring Analytics, LLC, filed with FERC as well as the Maryland PSC an updated market power analysis regarding the proposed merger of Constellation Energy and Exelon, but which does not materially alter the PJM independent market monitor's conclusions regarding the merger.
September 19, 2011
The proposed merger of Exelon and Constellation Energy is, as filed, not consistent with the public interest, Maryland PSC Staff said in testimony to the PSC (9271), with Staff's analysis incomplete due to a later deadline for filing testimony relating to market power issues.
September 16, 2011
FERC yesterday ordered the RTOs to engage in ongoing compliance reviews of market participants' risk management policies, further expanding the breadth of RTOs' power beyond their originally intended functions.
September 12, 2011
Luminant announced this morning that it will idle several plants due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
September 7, 2011
EnergyUSA-TPC Seeks Renewal of Ohio Supplier License
September 6, 2011
AEP Ohio submitted testimony at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio supporting its request to raise the capacity charges imposed on competitive retail suppliers under its Fixed Resource Requirement by up to 160% (10-2929-EL-UNC).
September 2, 2011
A NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, subsidiary has entered into an agreement to sell its ownership interest in a portfolio of natural gas-fired generating assets to an affiliate of LS Power for $1.05 billion, subject to working capital and other adjustments.
September 1, 2011
The PUCT will allow ERCOT and stakeholders to move forward with several consensus changes meant to address the energy market pricing impact from deployment of certain ancillaries, but said that it needed more analysis before adjudicating more substantive changes, including whether to adopt the…
August 31, 2011
PUCO Defers Consideration of Columbia SCO Transition
August 30, 2011
Independent Market Monitor Potomac Economics released today the 2010 ERCOT State of the Market Report.
August 30, 2011
The California ISO will soon be submitting a filing with FERC to remove from its current market design the ability for parties to submit virtual bids at the interties, with such activity to be prohibited as soon as early November 2011 (ER11-4384).
August 19, 2011
Several generators are supporting a compromise proposal from the Lower Colorado River Authority to address the depressing energy price impacts from deployments of Non-Spinning Reserve Service in ERCOT, which would, among other things, set a minimum offer floor for online and offline Non-Spinning…
August 18, 2011
The Maine PUC issued a Notice of Inquiry regarding a legislative directive that the Commission adopt rules to help ensure that long-term contracts for capacity, energy and renewable energy credits (RECs) provide benefits to ratepayers (2011-270).
August 4, 2011
Core earnings at Integrys Energy Services decreased in the second quarter to $1.2 million, from $3.4 million a year ago.
August 1, 2011
Calpine said that it is "dusting off" plans to add to its existing fleet in ERCOT through incremental brownfield development, in reporting earnings Friday.
