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Md. PSC Intends to Issue RFP for 1,800 MW of New Capacity

ICC Order Throws ComEd POR Discount Rate into Chaos

New Nonbypassable Charges Highlight AEP Ohio Electric Security Plan

Rell, Fonfara to Revive Failed Conn. Bill Harmful to Retail Choice

 

Constellation Energy Confirms Residential Entry for ComEd, Pennsylvania

Champion Energy Offering Residential Service in N.J.
Champion Energy Services is now serving deregulated residential electric customers in the Jersey Central Power & Light and Public Service Electric and Gas Company service areas in New Jersey.

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Delaware SOS Pricing to Fall June 1, 2011
The average winning bid for Residential and Small Commercial and Industrial SOS service in Delmarva Power's Delaware service territory, for three-year tranches beginning June 1, 2011, was $85.89, Vantage Energy Consulting LLC reported yesterday.

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Reliant Margins, Bad Debt Lower
Reliant Energy reported adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ending December 31, 2010 of $117 million, up from $104 million a year ago, on lower operating costs primarily due to better customer payment habits and attendant decrease in bad debt expense.

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Ameren Residential Competition "Effectively Closed" Due to Subsidized Electric Heating Rates, BlueStar Says
Competition against Ameren’s residential retail electric rates is "effectively closed" due to the subsidization of electric heating customers, BlueStar Energy Services said in comments to the ICC.

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Md. PSC Staff, North American Power Agree on $35,000 Payment, Remedial Measures to Resolve Complaint
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that North American Power and Gas, LLC make a payment of $35,000 to the Fuel Fund of Central Maryland, Inc., along with undertaking various remedial measures, to resolve Staff's complaint against the retail supplier.

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PSEG Forecasts Higher Migration in New Jersey Continuing in 2011
The migration of customers away from Basic Generation Service negatively impacted PSEG Power's earnings by about $5.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 versus the year-ago quarter, parent Public Service Enterprise Group said yesterday.

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Texas RPS Carve-Out Would Cost $2.5 Billion, TXU Calculates
A Texas proposal for publication for a 500 MW non-wind RPS carve-out would cost $2.5 billion over the life of the proposal, TXU Energy said in comments to the PUCT

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ICC Staff Seek Issuance of Part 412 Consumer Protection Rule Language Prior to Exceptions Deadline
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have asked the Commission to suspend an exceptions deadline contemplated by a proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection rules, so that parties may have the benefit of actual rule language when drafting exceptions

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• Aggie Energy to Offer Partial Renewable Products
• Md. Bill Would Require Proration of Termination Fees

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February 22

Flash: Reliant Loses 9,000 Mass Market Customers in Q4
Reliant Energy lost 9,000 net mass market customers during the quarter ended December 31, 2010 versus its total as of September 30, 2010, a significant improvement from the two most recent quarters, parent NRG Energy said in reporting earnings this morning.

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Constellation Energy Offering Residential Electric Service in Illinois, D.C.
Constellation Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.

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WGL Files Revised Tariff to Place Daily Required Volume Obligation on D.C. Competitive Gas Suppliers
Washington Gas Light has filed revised District of Columbia tariff changes to several interruptible rate schedules, which WGL said are designed to ensure that competitive service providers (CSPs) pay their "fair share" of interruptible balancing charges

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License Briefs
• Hawk Energy Corp. Seeks Pa. Electric License
• Online Broker CurrentChoice, Inc. Seeks Illinois License to Serve Residential Customers
• NetGain Energy Advisors Seeks Illinois ABC License
• Mablock Consulting Seeks Illinois ABC License
• Resource Energy Systems Seeks Pa. Broker License

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First Choice Power Launches Updated Broker Portal with 24/7 Custom Pricing
First Choice Power has launched version 2.0 of its backoffice portal for brokers and other indirect sales channels, to further reduce the administrative burden on brokers

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PUCO Names Vectren SCO Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio reported the winning bidders from the recent Vectren Energy Delivery Standard Choice Offer (SCO) auction.

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Coweta-Fayette EMC Natural Gas Seeks Waiver of Service Quality Metric to Implement New Gas Bill
Competitive gas marketer Coweta-Fayette EMC Natural Gas (EMC Natural Gas, Inc.) has petitioned the Georgia PSC for a waiver of the Service Quality Standards for Certificated Marketers relating to call center service levels

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February 21

Conn. Draft Would Require Standard Service Price on All Bills, Delegate Consolidated Billing Fees to Working Group
A draft DPUC decision would require electric distribution companies (EDCs) to list the applicable Standard Service rate on all utility bills, even utility consolidated bills with supplier charges, and would also require EDCs and suppliers to complete customer enrollments and pricing changes during the middle of the billing cycle

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Proposed First Notice Order on Illinois Marketing Rules Would Omit Post-Bill, No-Penalty Cancellation Period
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed First Notice Order concerning electric supplier consumer protection and marketing standards, which would, among other things, eliminate the earlier proposal granting customers the ability to cancel a contract, without incurring a termination fee, up to 10 business days after receiving their first bill

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Md. PSC Posts January Electric Migration Stats
The Maryland PSC has posted electric migration statistics for the month January 2011.  Migration was a tick slower at BGE

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TXU's Burke: Too Early to Tell if ERCOT Price Spikes Will Change Competitive Retail Pricing
It's "too early to tell" if the weather-related price spikes in the ERCOT market will change current retail pricing strategies, TXU Energy CEO Jim Burke said during an earnings call Friday.

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Superior Plus Reports Lower Gross Profit due to Residential Market Exits
Superior Plus' fixed-price energy services business generated gross profit of $7.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, down from $8.4 million a year ago, on lower natural gas gross profits due to reduced sales as a result of exiting the direct residential natural gas markets in Ontario and British Columbia ...

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BlueStar Files Complaint Over Rescission Period in ComEd POR Tariffs
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint for expedited declaratory relief at the Illinois Commerce Commission, seeking a declaration that Commonwealth Edison's recently filed Purchase of Receivables tariff, "does not conflict with, and is not intended to, override an existing administrative rule."

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February 18
Flash: TXU Loses 29,000 Residential Customers Versus Sept. 30, 2010
TXU Energy's residential customer count stood at 1.771 million as of December 31, 2010, representing a net loss of 29,000 residential customers versus September 30, 2010, parent Energy Future Holdings reported in a 10-K filed this morning

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PUCT Staff Seeks Commission Guidance on Threshold Prepay Issues
PUCT Staff have asked that the Commission address several threshold policy issues regarding prepaid electric service at the February 24 open meeting to inform Staff's development of a formal proposal for adoption regarding revised Subst. R. 25.498

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Duke Energy Ohio Expects Flat Migration in 2011
Duke Energy Ohio reported during an earnings call that electric migration levels in its territory have stabilized, and that it does not anticipate much incremental migration in 2011.

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Interstate Gas Supply Seeking Maryland Electric License

CRA International Reports Winning FirstEnergy Ohio SSO Bidders

World Energy Solutions Reports Q4 Profit

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FERC Increases Retail Electric Costs with ISO-NE Peak Energy Rent Order
In another decision which will increase retail customers' electric bills, FERC has adopted changes to the calculation of the Peak Energy Rent strike price in ISO New England, which will essentially increase the capacity costs borne by load versus the current mechanism

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FERC Rehearing Order Limits Corporate Families to $50 Million Unsecured Credit in RTOs
FERC granted limited rehearing on its October RTO credit reforms order, eliminating the prior provision allowing corporate families to use up to $100 million in unsecured credit, while limiting other stakeholders to $50 million

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FERC Issues NOPR to Increase Compensation to Fast-Responding Providers of Frequency Regulation
FERC yesterday issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RM11-7) to establish uniform compensation for frequency regulation service in the jurisdictional RTOs, stating that faster-ramping resources may be under-compensated for their services.

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February 17

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-recourse Purchase of Receivables program

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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.

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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

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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-quarter earnings.

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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-Back Rewards in Non-Affiliated Areas

ERCOT Posts Updated List of Forced Outages

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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.".

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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-priced [including monthly variable] products to residential customers," the Pennsylvania PUC said in a Secretarial letter yesterday

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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

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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-based direct selling company focused on selling energy services

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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 ..."

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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

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Connecticut Light & Power Reports January Migration Stats
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of January 2011

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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-month period beginning April 1, 2011.

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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

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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

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February 15
BlueStar Files Complaint Against ComEd/Ameren Regarding Lack of Purchase of Uncollectibles

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