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Interstate Gas Supply Acquires Accent Energy, Will Enter New Markets

TXU Affiliate "Will" Offer Residential Service in Pa. in 2011

ComEd POR Discount Rate Still Shrouded in Uncertainty

 

NiMo Files to Implement New Electric Commodity Pricing Mechanism

PUCT to Consider Proper Disclosure for Teaser Rates
PUCT Commissioners will consider the treatment of teaser rates for retail electric products at a future open meeting, after Commissioner Donna Nelson raised concerns with whether current disclosure requirements are sufficient.

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PUCT Adopts Prepaid Disclosure Requirements Under Final Rule
The PUCT has adopted as final an amended version of Subst. R. 25.498 which, after October 1, 2011, will only allow prepaid service to be offered through a customer prepayment device or system, with the exception of legacy customers served on a financial prepaid product prior to October 1, 2011, who shall only be served on such financial prepaid products until the installation of an advanced meter

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Proton Energy to Retain REP Certificate, Pay $10,000 Under Settlement with PUCT Staff
Proton Energy would pay a $10,000 administrative penalty but would keep its REP certificate under a settlement with PUCT Staff regarding Staff's petition to revoke Proton's REP certificate

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License Briefs
• Satori Energy Seeks Ohio Broker License
• GearyEnergy Receives Pennsylvania Electric License
• Hess Receives Authority to Serve Small Volume Pa. Customers
• Ameresco Receives Pa. Broker License
• Resource Energy Systems Receives Pa. Broker License

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ICC Orders Ameren to Revise Tariff for Consistency with Three-Day Rescission Period
The Illinois Commerce Commission ordered Ameren Illinois to revise the rescission period language in its tariff, such that it is consistent with the three-day rescission period applicable to internet enrollments, as the Commission found in favor of BlueStar Energy Services in a complaint brought by the supplier

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Briefly
• Constellation Energy Starts Actively Marketing Residential Service in D.C.
• Duke Energy Ohio Selects Iberdrola Renewables as PIPP Supplier
• ACN Elected to NEM Executive Committee
• UCI Energy Services Joins NEM

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SCE Says Edwards Air Force Base Remains Bundled Customer Under Supply Arrangement
Edwards Air Force Base has remained a bundled service customer of Southern California Edison despite purchasing bulk energy supply from various sources, including the Western Area Power Administration, SCE said in reply to a petition from Edwards seeking to include its load under the direct access baseline and cap at SCE

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April 14

Pa. PUC Asks Suppliers for Detailed Proposal to Remove PGW from Default Supplier Role
The Pennsylvania PUC will conduct an investigation into replacing Philadelphia Gas Works with an alternative default service supplier, if competitive suppliers are still interested in pursuing the matter

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Viridian Energy Seeks Illinois Electric License

• E Source Companies Fined $10,775, Receive Maryland Broker Licenses
• TES Energy Services Fined $100, Receives Maryland Broker License
• Prospect Resources Receives Ohio Electric Broker License
• LPB Energy Management Receives Ohio Electric Broker License
• Hospital Energy Services Receives Ohio Electric Broker License

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Nearly 5,000 Residential Customers Migrate to Competitive Supply at PECO in Past Week
A net of nearly 5,000 new residential customers migrated to a competitive electric supplier at PECO during the past week, according to the most recent statistics from the Pennsylvania PUC

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Champion Energy Services Offering TOU Product, Piloting Direct Load Control
Champion Energy Services has begun offering a Time of Use product in ERCOT, COO Michael Sullivan reported during a panel at the Gulf Coast Power Association spring meeting.

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FERC Continues Assault on Retail Customers with Offer Floor Directive for FCA
Essentially providing a bailout to generators due to low capacity prices in ISO New England, FERC directed ISO-NE to develop a mitigation regime that relies on benchmark pricing for so-called out-of-market (OOM) capacity, but which does not procure more capacity than the Installed Capacity Requirement

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PUCO Rejects OCC Complaint Regarding Dominion East Ohio Storage Lease
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied a complaint from the Office of Consumer Counsel regarding the application of Dominion East Ohio at FERC to lease approximately 3-5 Bcf of excess on-system storage to its affiliate Dominion Transmission

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Briefly
• Spark Energy Offers Affinity Program for Relay for Life
• Constellation Energy Named Preferred Supplier of MACNY
• Constellation to Develop, Sell Solar Power to Holyoke Muni

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April 13

POR to be Implemented at Peoples Natural Gas Under Settlement
A settlement in Peoples Natural Gas' rate case would approve, generally as proposed, Peoples' Purchase of Receivables program

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Conn. DPUC Clarifies Order on Supplier/Aggregator Relationship
In a notice (10-06-24) issued yesterday, the Connecticut DPUC clarified one of the ordering paragraphs in its March order regarding the relationship between electric suppliers and aggregators

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ConocoPhillips Receives Option 1 Texas REP Certificate

Viridian Energy Seeks Ohio Gas License

• Power New England Seeks New Hampshire Electric License
• Sustainable Star Seeks Ohio Broker License

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FERC Orders Retail Customers in PJM to Pay $3 Billion More for Capacity
FERC yesterday rushed to adopt tariff changes regarding the PJM Reliability Pricing Model administrative capacity mechanism which are solely designed to raise the capacity prices paid by end use customers by up to $3 billion, in accepting revisions related to the Minimum Offer Price Rule

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FERC Denies EnerNOC Complaint Regarding ATSI Integration Auctions
FERC denied a complaint from EnerNOC against FirstEnergy Corp. relating to the Fixed Resource Requirement integration auctions which were part of moving the American Transmission Systems Inc. load into PJM

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Briefly
• Clearview Offering Supply at Rockland Electric
• ALJ Orders Mediation in dPi Revocation Proceeding
• Mich. PSC Approves Reconciliation of Detroit Edison Choice Incentive Mechanism

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April 12

PECO Seeks to Change Residential GSA Reconciliation to Annual Basis
PECO has filed a petition with the Pennsylvania PUC to allow the company to credit or collect any Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) over or under recoveries, plus associated interest, for residential customers on an annual basis, rather than quarterly as currently provided under its default service plan

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United Illuminating Posts March Migration Data
United Illuminating posted migration data for the month of March 2011.

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License Briefs
• DTE Energy Supply Seeks Texas REP Certificate
• Clearview Electric Seeks Illinois Electric License
• LPB Energy Management Receives Ohio Gas Broker License
• Prospect Resources Receives Ohio Gas Broker License
• Energy Savers, Inc. Seeks Expanded Pa. Broker License

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PUCO Posts Winning Bidders in Dominion SSO/SCO Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the list of winning bidders in the recent Dominion East Ohio Standard Choice Offer and Standard Service Offer auctions

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TXU to Pay $80,000 Under Settlement Related to Disconnections
TXU Energy Retail Company, LLC would pay $80,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve a complaint-based investigation into TXU's compliance with disconnection and related provisions of the Substantive Rules

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Briefly
• Reliant Energy to Use 2QuoteItNOW for Broker Portal
• First Choice Power Expanding Call Center as Part of Growth Plans
• Dynegy Names E. Hunter Harrison Interim CEO

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April 11

NextEra Energy Services Expands Residential Marketing to N.J., D.C., Delaware
NextEra Energy Services has expanded its residential electricity supply offers to New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

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Vectren Retail Receives Ohio Electric License

• CenterPoint Energy Services Seeks Illinois ABC License
• Arc Energy Receives Ohio Broker License
• HealthTrust Purchasing Group Receives Ohio Broker License

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ERCOT Credit Relaxation Saved Retail Suppliers from Default
Several measures taken by ERCOT in February to exclude the impacts of the anomalous severe weather event on credit requirements prevented several additional retail electric providers from defaulting ...

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FERC Issues NOPR to Limit Affiliate Bidding in Pipeline Open Seasons
FERC has issued a NOPR to prohibit multiple affiliates of the same entity from bidding in an open season for pipeline capacity in which the pipeline may allocate capacity on a pro rata basis, unless each affiliate has an "independent business reason" for submitting a bid

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