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Penn Power Submits Tariff for New POR Program, Makes Other Coordination Tariff Changes
Consistent
with an earlier default service plan settlement, Penn Power submitted a revised supplier
coordination tariff at the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a non-
PECO Posts Price to Compare Information for Period Beginning April 1, 2011
PECO has
posted updated actual Prices to Compare for average customers for the period April
1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Begins Offering Residential Service at ComEd
Energy Plus
Holdings, LLC has begun offering residential and commercial electric service at Commonwealth
Edison
FirstEnergy Solutions Increases Share of Sales at Affiliated Ohio Utilities to 81.4%
FirstEnergy
Solutions increased its share of sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories
in Ohio to 81.4%, FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in reporting fourth-
Briefly
Exelon's ExTex Retail Services Receives Option 1 Texas REP Certificate
ComEd Reports 2,800 Residential Customers on POR in First Month
TXU Energy Increases Cash-
ERCOT Posts Updated List of Forced Outages
Pa. PUC: Suppliers Obligated to Provide Accurate Pricing Info in All Materials, Including
on PA Power Switch
In a Secretarial letter concerning the PA Power Switch website,
the Pennsylvania PUC reminded electric generation suppliers, "that they are obligated
to provide accurate pricing information in all marketing materials pursuant to 52
Pa. Code 54.7.".
Pa. PUC Finds Monthly Variable Products from Suppliers Are Exempt from Budget Billing
Requirement
Pennsylvania electric generation suppliers, "are exempt from the budget
billing obligation when offering dynamically-
Commonwealth Court Supersedeas Allows Pa. Customers to Restrict All Information from
Customer Lists
Supersedeas will not impact other provisions of the PUC's November
customer list order
Dynastar Ventures Acquires My Affordable Energy, LLC
Dynastar Ventures, Inc. said
yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire My Affordable Energy,
LLC, a Texas-
February 16
ARM Protests Use of AEP Retail Energy Trade Name in Texas Mass Market
The
Alliance for Retail Markets has filed a protest against AEP Texas Commercial & Industrial
Limited Partnership's application to become an Option 1 REP in Texas, arguing that
the use of the certificated trade name "AEP Retail Energy" in the mass market would,
"result in customer confusion and adversely impact competition ..."
ICC Staff Seeks Status Quo for ComEd POR Until Discount Rate Clarified
ICC Staff have
filed an emergency motion for clarification of the ICC’s February 9 Amendatory Order
regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables order, asking that the current
discount rate continue to apply until the ICC clarifies several conflicting statements
in the amendatory order regarding the discount rate
Connecticut Light & Power Reports January Migration Stats
Connecticut Light & Power
has posted migration statistics for the month of January 2011
United Illuminating, Connecticut Light & Power Post Updated Last Resort Service Rates
United
Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power have filed updated Last Resort Service
rates for the three-
Pepco Further Revises D.C. SOS Rates for Period Starting June 1, 2011
Pepco has filed
further revisions to its proposed SOS rates in the District of Columbia for the period
beginning June 1, 2011, to reflect revised cash working capital costs included in
the rates
Smitherman: ERCOT Market Design Contains Correct Incentives
PUCT Chairman Barry Smitherman,
during a Texas Senate hearing on the rolling outages earlier this month, said that
ERCOT's current market design sends the correct signals to plants to be online when
needed most, so plants can take advantage of any potential scarcity pricing which
results during shortages
Briefly
• Md. PSC Sets Hearing on Price to Compare Calculation
• MJSA Endorses Constellation
Energy As Supplier
• Constellation Acquiring Solar Project from Community Energy
•
FERC Denies 60-
February 15
BlueStar Files Complaint Against ComEd/Ameren Regarding Lack of Purchase
of Uncollectibles
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint against Commonwealth
Edison and Ameren at the Illinois Commerce Commission seeking an order finding that
the utilities have violated 220 ILCS 5/16-
Pa. Proposed Marketing Rules Change Verification Requirements, Include New Rules
for Agent Compensation
Pennsylvania's proposed new electric and gas supplier marketing
rules eliminate the requirement for sales not resulting from contact with an agent
to be verified, and uses new language regarding the requirement that verification,
when required, is not conducted in the presence of the agent
MXenergy Reports Higher Earnings, Higher Customer Churn for Quarter Ending December
31
MXenergy reported higher net income of $25.7 million for the three months ending
December 31, 2010, versus $18.2 million a year ago, as well as higher Adjusted EBITDA
of $22.0 million versus $20.8 million a year ago, on higher electric gross profit
and customer growth versus the year-
Briefly
• Oasis Energy Begins Offering Residential Service at PPL
• Viridian Formally
Launches ConEd Service
• Nstar Reports Lower Basic Service Rates
• West Penn Power Seeks to End Default Service
Wind REC Product
• EFH Expects $30 Million Negative Impact from Offline Plants
• Empiric
Marketing & Sales Withdraws Pa. Prepaid Petition
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PUCT Staff Opposes Letter of Credit Waiver Sought by Clearview
PUCT Staff, in responsive
testimony, has recommended that the Commission not grant Clearview Electric a waiver
of the letter of credit requirements of Subst. R. 25.107, stating that Clearview
has not established good cause for a waiver
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Texas Coalition for Affordable Power Says Texas Prices Higher Under Deregulation
As
is the case every legislative session, the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (formerly
the Cities Aggregation Power Project and the South Texas Aggregation Project), this
time in concert with the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, has put out
yet another report on the ERCOT market, alleging that deregulation has raised consumer
prices
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From the Archives: United Illuminating Reports January Migration Statistics
As first
reported in EnergyChoiceMatters.com on Feb. 8
February 14
NextEra Energy Services Offering Residential Service at PECO, PPL
NextEra Energy Services
Pennsylvania LLC has begun offering residential electric service at PECO and PPL
Electric Utilities.
OUR Energy Pursuing Measured Growth, Expansion Outside Texas in Future
OUR Energy,
LLC's acquisition of approximately 1,600 customers from Abacus Resources Energy is
part of the retail electric provider's measured growth plans and continued expansion
into residential service
License Briefs
• Energetix Seeks to Serve Gas Customers at PECO
• Reliable Power, LLC
Receives Pa. Electric License
• NetGain Energy Advisors Seeks to Serve Pa. Small Commercial
Gas Customers
• Dash Energy Seeks to Serve Residential Customers in Pa.
• Intelligen
Resources Receives Pa. Broker License
• Ardor Energy Receives Pa. Broker License
•
Tobelmann Energy Brokers Receives Pa. Broker License
SCANA Energy Reports Higher Earnings, Customer Growth
SCANA Energy reported essentially
flat earnings in the fourth quarter of 2010 of $10 million, versus $9 million a year
ago, parent SCANA Corp. reported Friday
Pa. PUC Approves Procurement of 50 MW Block at PPL
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a
motion from Chairman James Cawley to approve as filed, with one modification, PPL
Electric Utilities Corp.'s petition for approval to procure a long-
Pa. PUC Allows Citizens'/Wellsboro to Use Non-
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted without modification a recommended decision
which allows Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg and Wellsboro Electric Company
to use certain non-
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