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UI Seeking to Make GSC Administrative Adder Nonbypassable
United Illuminating is seeking to move the recovery of the Generation Service Charge (GSC) Administrative Adder from the bypassable Generation Service Charge rate component to the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC) rate component

HOP Energy Seeking Pennsylvania Electric License
HOP Energy, LLC, which operates several fuel oil distributors in eastern Pennsylvania, applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier and aggregator license to serve all customer classes

Texas OPUC Favors Allowing Advance Pay Products for Existing Customers Until Smart Meters Installed
The Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel has endorsed a mechanism that would allow current customers of financial prepaid, or advance pay, products to continue receiving this type of prepaid service despite ...

Briefly
• ICC to Consider ComEd POR Case Wednesday
• E-Now to Offer Texas Prepaid Service Using Prepayment Device
• Santanna Energy Services Plans to Enter Ohio Gas Market in 2011
• World Energy Solutions Reports Growth in Wholesale Procurements
• Mich. PSC Approves Withdrawal of MichCon Rate Case
• APPA Faults RTO Metrics Report

December 13

TNMP Stipulation Would Not Place 50% of Residential Revenue Requirement in Fixed Charge
A stipulation in Texas-New Mexico Power's rate case would increase the residential customer charge but not implement the significant change in rate design originally sought by TNMP which would have placed 50% of the total revenue requirement in a fixed monthly charge

Md. OPC Calls for Licensing of Multi-Level Marketers, Sees No Need for Licensing Contracted Sales Channels
Individuals selling either electricity or gas supply pursuant to multi-level marketing should be individually licensed by the Commission, the Office of People's Counsel said in comments in Case 9245

Briefly
• WGES Launches PECO Residential Offers
• Pa. PUC Conducting Informal Investigation of MXenergy
• OCC Seeks Rehearing of Columbia Retail Energy Order

December 10

PUCT Staff Proposal for Adoption Would Only Provide 35-Day Notice to REPs for DCRF Updates
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for adoption which would institute a distribution cost recovery factor (DCRF) to be charged to REPs, and would shorten the notice to REPs of the new rate under the DCRF from 45 days to 35 days

Maine PUC Posts CMP, BHE Residential and Small Commercial Rates
The Maine PUC has approved new Standard Offer rates for the residential and small commercial customer class at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric

PUCT Staff File Draft Scope of Competition Report
PUCT Staff filed a draft report on the scope of competition in the electric markets of Texas in Project No. 38264.

December 9

PUCO Staff Recommends that Duke Energy Ohio File Electric Security Plan
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio believes that Duke Energy Ohio should submit an electric security plan as an alternative to its proposed market rate offer

PUCO Sets Interim Capacity Payment Rate for AEP Ohio
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio yesterday expressly adopted the current capacity charges established by the three-year capacity auction conducted by PJM, Inc. as the as the state's capacity compensation mechanism for Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power, during the pendency of a newly initiated review ...

License Briefs
• Border Energy Electric Services Seeks Ohio Supplier License
• Clearview Electric Receives Maryland Electric License
• Conn. Draft would Grant Electric License to HOP Energy
• EnergyCruncher.com Receives D.C. Broker License
• Ameresco Seeks Maine Broker License
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December 8

AGL Resources, Nicor to Combine

New Feature: Live Blogging of Commission Meetings Starts Wednesday, 12/15
Starting Wednesday, EnergyChoiceMatters.com will offer live blogging of select PUC meetings and similar proceedings.

BGE Sales Tax POR Filing Could Result in Suppliers Remitting More Tax than Received Under POR, Staff Says
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended deferring action on Baltimore Gas & Electric's revised electric Purchase of Receivables tariff, addressing tax issues, so that a working group may address several Staff concerns

PPL Electric Posts Final Transmission Service Charges
PPL Electric Utilities has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC its final calculation of its 2011 Transmission Service Charge for the period January 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011

December 13

Allegheny Power Files Updated Maryland POR Discount Rates
Allegheny Power has filed a tariff containing a lower residential Purchase of Receivables discount rate in Maryland, but which also includes higher rates for commercial customers

N.Y. Staff Propose Lowering Hourly Pricing Cutoff at O&R
Staff of the New York Public Service Commission has proposed lowering the cutoff for mandatory hourly pricing at Orange & Rockland to 300 kW from the current 500 kW cutoff.

PUCO Seeks Dismissal of AEP Ohio Capacity Cost Application at FERC
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has asked FERC to dismiss the application of Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power to institute a formula rate for capacity compensation from retail suppliers, given that PUCO action has made the issue moot

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December 10
IDT Energy Reports Earnings, Expects Continued Churn in N.Y.
IDT Energy posted income from operations of $8.8 million for the three months ending October 31, 2010 (first fiscal quarter of 2011), down from $10.5 million a year ago, on lower gross margins.

PUCT Staff File Draft of Revised Proposal for Publication for Non-Wind RPS Carve-Out
PUCT Staff have filed a draft recommendation for a revised proposal for publication to institute a 500 MW carve-out for certain non-wind resources in the RPS mandate, which would use a more narrow definition for Tier 2 resources and which would extend the time for the transition to the 500 MW carve-out versus an earlier draft proposal for publication filed in April

Briefly
• GearyEnergy Receives Ohio Electric License
• Ontario Energy Board Posts Disclosure Statements, Price Comparison Templates
• N.Y. PSC Grants Extension for Central Hudson Remote Account Number Access Plan
• Radtke Promoted at Integrys Energy Group
• Exelon to Retire Oyster Creek in 2019
• Main Line Chamber of Commerce Selects Constellation NewEnergy As Preferred Supplier
• Jeff Grejda Joins APPI Energy
• PUCT Staff File Critical Care Form Proposal for Adoption
• Pizarro named President of Edison Mission Group

December 9

MISO Files Resource Adequacy "Foundation" Which Includes Proposal for Mandatory Forward Auction
The Midwest ISO has filed with FERC the general "foundation" which MISO expects will govern further revisions to its resource adequacy mechanism, which may potentially include a five-year forward obligation for load serving entities to purchase capacity, and a mandatory capacity auction.

PUCO Staff Reports on Migration to Fixed Price Contracts Under DEO SCO
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed a report examining whether a Standard Choice Offer (SCO) supplier's direct relationship with a retail customer at Dominion East Ohio provides that supplier with an advantage in enrolling those customers onto other choice products, particularly fixed price products

Briefly
• AEP Retail Energy Partners Serving 200 MW of Load
• Advantage IQ Purchases The Loyalton Group
• Brattle Group Forecasts 50,000 MW in Coal Retirements from EPA Regulations
• PUCT Commissioners Do Not Elect to Hear City of Dallas REP Certificate Appeal
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Energy Choice Matters, December 14, 2010

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