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Maryland Staff Calls Proposed SOS Admin. Charge Order "Contrary to Law"
A proposed Maryland order which would completely eliminate the bypassable Standard Offer Service administrative charge at Pepco and Delmarva is "contrary to law" and "not supported by the record evidence," Maryland PSC Staff said ...
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Seeks D.C. Electric License
• Discount Energy Group Receives Pa. Electric License
• National Energy Management Receives Pa. Broker License
• Energy Advantage, Inc. Receives Pa. Broker License
• Clear Energy Solutions Receives Pa. Broker License
• Constellation NewEnergy Pa. Gas License Expanded
• Glacial Natural Gas Pa. Gas License Expanded
SCANA Energy Marketing Seeks Authority to Offer Prepaid Service at AGL
SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc. has asked the Georgia PSC for several waivers in order to allow SCANA Energy to offer customers a prepaid natural gas product....
Milagro Power Signs Exclusive Letter of Intent for Customer Book Sale, Seeks Longer Deferral of Proposed Revocation Order
Milagro Power Company (TexRep3) has asked the PUCT to further defer action on a pending proposed order which would revoke its REP certificate to allow for additional time to complete a contemplated purchase of Milagro's customer book...
FERC Mandates Use of Conservative Resource Adequacy Standard Which Will Raise Retail Rates
In another order which will eventually raise retail electric rates, FERC mandated the use of a using a "one day in ten year" loss of load criterion in resource adequacy studies in the ReliabilityFirst region
Pa. PUC Affirms Authority to Allow Opt-Out Aggregation, Reserved for "Unique" Circumstances
The Pennsylvania PUC's written order prohibiting opt-out municipal aggregation programs developed by home rule municipalities affirms the Commission's "strong preference for individual choice," but finds that the Commission itself may approve an opt-out program under "unique circumstances."
Briefly
• Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Anticipates 10,000 Customers at ComEd Within 60 Days
• Direct Energy Business Offering Tool Integrating Wholesale Market, Pricing, and Customer Usage Data
• FERC Issues NOI on Horizontal Market Power
March 17
Right Now: Pa. PUC Finds That Home Rule Municipal Aggregation May Not Proceed
At this morning's public meeting, the Pennsylvania PUC held that opt-out municipal aggregation by home rule municipalities may not proceed
Right Now: Final Connecticut Decision on Supplier Marketing Limits Guidelines to <50 kW, Decision Kicks Mid-Cycle Enrollments to Working Group
The Connecticut DPUC issued this morning a final written order concerning several supplier marketing issues in Docket 10-06-24, under which the voluntary guidelines will be limited to small volume customers, and issues related to the cost of utility consolidated billing and the use of mid-cycle enrollments will be left to a working group
First Choice Power to Open Third Storefront Office, Working on Fourth
First Choice Power will open a third storefront office, this one in Mission, Texas, this spring, it said yesterday in announcing a sponsorship associated with a new arts center in the City of Lewisville, which is where First Choice Power opened its first storefront office last July
Online Brokering Website EnergyCruncher.com Launches Service
Online energy shopping website EnergyCruncher.com has gone live, initially offering electric brokering in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
5Linx Enterprises Receives Maryland Electric Broker License
The Maryland PSC has granted 5Linx Enterprises, Inc. an electric broker license to serve residential customers at the four investor-owned utilities and the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative.
License Briefs
• Blue Pilot Energy Receives Ohio Broker License
• Energy Paradigm Seeks Ohio Broker License
• White Column Office Solutions Receives Maine Broker License
• Global Energy Market Services Seeks Illinois ABC License
• Wrightwood Energy Services Seeks Illinois ABC License
Briefly
• Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Reports 2,500 Customers in First Month of ComEd Marketing
• ConEdison Solutions Reports 23,000 on Green Plans in Three States
• CenterPoint Completes Meter Exchange for Underbilling Issue
March 16
PUCT Staff Proposal for Adoption Would Allow Continuation of Financial Prepaid Products for Customers Without Smart Meters
A PUCT Staff proposal for adoption regarding prepaid service would allow REPs to continue to offer financial prepaid products to customers without advanced meters until such customers receive provisioned advanced meters
Georgia PSC Approves Commerce Energy AGL Market Re-entry
The Georgia PSC approved Commerce Energy's re-entry into the Georgia natural gas market during yesterday's administrative session
IDT Energy Reports Customer Growth, Reduced Margin
IDT Energy reversed net churn experienced in the most recent quarter and served approximately 373,000 meters as of January 31, 2011, which is the end of IDT's second fiscal quarter
Fonfara Says Default Service Procurement Shouldn't Affect Connecticut Suppliers' Business Proposition
"For the [retail electric] industry to be basing its survival on whether or not we enable the procurers of Standard Service power to have various tools [such as managed portfolios] suggests that the reason you're here is solely to offer a commodity, [and] to not grow your value in other ways," Connecticut state Sen. John Fonfara said yesterday ...
Spark Energy, Superior Plus Post Residential Offers at PPL
Spark Energy and Superior Plus Energy Services, Inc. have both recently posted rates on PA Power Switch for residential service at PPL Electric Utilities.
FERC Orders Payment of Full LMP for Demand Resources When Net Benefits Exist
FERC issued an order yesterday directing that demand response providers be paid the full Locational Marginal Price when such payment is "cost effective" based on a net benefits test
PUCO Staff Corrects List of Winning Columbia SSO Bidders
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio reported a corrected list of winning bidders in the Columbia SSO auction as follows ...
March 15
North American Power Confirms New York, New Jersey Entry in Second Quarter, Looks to Illinois, Ohio by Year-End
North American Power confirmed yesterday that it expects to enter the New York and New Jersey retail electric markets during the second quarter of 2011, and plans to also expand to Illinois and Ohio by the end of the year.
CL&P Posts February Migration Stats
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of February 2011
Pa. to "Never" See Robust Customer Migration Under Current Default Service, Powelson Says
"[A]s long as default service exists in its current form, we are never going to see robust shopping in the Commonwealth [of Pennsylvania]," PUC Chairman Robert Powelson said in prepared testimony before the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee ...
License Briefs
• Prospect Resources Seeks Ohio Broker Licenses
• The Galt Company Seeks to Broker Residential Customers in Pa.
• White Columns Office Solutions Seeks Maine Broker License, Registers as N.H. Aggregator
• Midwest Energy Alliance Seeks Illinois ABC License
• Early Bird Power Registers as N.H. Gas Aggregator
• Hospital Energy Services Registers as N.H. Electric Aggregator
Illinois Commerce Commission Posts October Migration Data for ComEd, Ameren
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted electric migration statistics as of October 2010
Briefly
• Constellation Energy Launches New Website
• FirstEnergy Corp. Enters Definitive Agreement to Sell Fremont Plant to AMP
• FERC Accepts Intra-Hour Scheduling at NYISO Borders
March 14
PUCT Intends to Revoke Milagro REP Certificate, Provides Time for Sale of Customer Book
The PUCT intends to revoke the REP certificate of Milagro Power (TexRep3 LLC), but withheld final action until its next open meeting on March 24 to permit time for a potential sale of Milagro's book, and to avoid transferring customers to POLR
Conn. Lawmakers Draft Language for Anti-Retail Markets Bill, Mirrors Language from 2010 Session
Connecticut lawmakers have drafted language for SB 1, essentially incorporating language nearly identical to the language of SB 493 which was vetoed in the 2010 session.
NiMo to Expand Hourly Pricing Threshold to 250 kW in June 2013
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