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December 22, 2010

ICC Opens Rulemaking on ABC Licensing, Rules
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened Docket 10-0733 to address in a rulemaking amendments to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 454, relating to electric agent, broker, and consultant licensing.  No documents are yet associated with the docket.  However, legislation (Public Act 96-1385) enrolled this summer modified the electric agent, broker and consultant licensing law to, among other things, replace the requirement that total anticipated remuneration be disclosed by ABCs with a requirement that the ABC instead disclose the total price per kilowatt-hour, and the total anticipated cost, inclusive of all fees or commissions received by the ABC, to be paid by the customer over the period of the proposed underlying customer contract (starting July 1, 2011).  The revised law explicitly requires the disclosure, prior to the customer signing a contract, of the fact that the ABC will be receiving compensation from the supplier, but the amount of such compensation need not be disclosed (previously it had been argued that the disclosure was not required prior to contracting).  

Central Hudson Remote Account Number Access Plan Implementation Complete
Central Hudson Gas & Electric has informed the New York PSC that its remote account number access plan has been implemented as directed.  The service is available through Central Hudson's voice response system, in both English and Spanish.  Within the next two weeks, Central Hudson will supply written user instructions to all active ESCOs so that they may provide guidance to customers at remote locations on how to use the account number access system.

RESA Files Objections to Including UI GSC Admin. Adder in Nonbypassable Rates
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed objections to United Illuminating's recommendation to move the currently bypassable generation service charge administrative adder into the nonbypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge rate component (10-08-01, see 12/14).  Dominion Retail had recently raised similar objections, but the DPUC denied Dominion Retail's motion to intervene as untimely.  UI is seeking the change as part of its semi-annual reconciliation of various rate components.  RESA reiterated that parties were not provided any notice, in either the DPUC's letter acknowledging the EDCs' semi-annual filings or its hearing notice, that the Department would reconsider the allocation of bypassable and nonbypassable rate components established in Docket No. 03-07-15.

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