Cheryl Kaften, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

FPL Customers Set to Save Over $70 Million Annually with Cleaner Fuel

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) approved a settlement agreement between Florida Power & Light (FPL) and the Office of Public Counsel on August 27 that is expected to save the utility’s 4.7 million customers more than $70 million annually. The FPSC ruling modifies FPL’s proposed plan – presented to ... Read more »

Pella Puts Proposed Solar Charges on Hold

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

Late on August 27, Pella Electric Cooperative informed the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) that it intended to withdraw its controversial proposal to charge ratepayers with solar panels $85 month. The utility had sent a letter to its 3,000 members last June, informing them that the fixed charge would be levied ... Read more »

PNM Files for 14.4% Rate Hike, But Says Customers Won’t Foot Entire Bill

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) filed a request with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) on August 27 for an increase in electric rates of $123.5 million – or 14.4 percent. Originally submitted in December 2014 as an application for a 12 percent increase, the rate ... Read more »

DC Selects WGL to Supply Power to 700 City Government Accounts

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

WGL Energy Services announced on August 26 that it had been selected by the District of Columbia Department of General Services (DGS) to supply 400,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity to about 700 city government accounts. WGL said it had been chosen for the Electricity Service and Supply Contract because ... Read more »

Direct Energy Offers Residential Ratepayers ‘Plenti’ of Savings

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

On August 25, Houston-based power retailer Direct Energy expanded a residential ratepayer loyalty and rewards program to both its current and new customers, when they sign up for or renew their qualifying plans. The program, which Direct Energy started testing last March along with six other major brands – AT&T, ... Read more »

New Englanders Could Lose $5M by 2020 if Energy Infrastructure Is Not Upgraded

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

New England ratepayers are facing significant economic consequences, if electricity and natural gas infrastructure is not built over the next five years, according to a study released on August 27. Indeed, without upgrades, consumers and businesses could pay $5.4 million more in energy costs between 2016 and 2020, the researchers ... Read more »

Customers to Cash in on Entergy Louisiana Merger

September 2, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

In a transaction that will generate up to $140 million in customer benefits over the next decade – including $107 million in guaranteed credits to 1 million ratepayers in the region – Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana will be consolidated into a single utility company as of October ... Read more »

Prices and Reliability Up, with PJM’s First Capacity Performance Auction

August 26, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

The first PJM Interconnection capacity auction to include the new Capacity Performance requirement attracted a strong response from resources prepared to meet the new pay-for-performance standards, the regional transmission operator reported on August 21. Under Capacity Performance, generators that pledge to make their capacity available during peak-demand periods will receive ... Read more »

NRG Gripes That Few ISOs/RTOs Are Complying with FERC Order 809

August 26, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

NRG Energy filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on August 18 – arguing that all independent system operators/regional transmission organizations (ISOs/RTOs) that have not changed their Day-Ahead Schedules in compliance with the commission’s Order 809 should be required to do so. Otherwise, the company said, generators ... Read more »

Connecticut PURA Seeks to Simplify Switch to Fixed Electric Rates

August 26, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

On August 19, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) published a request for comments on Public Act 15-90 – a bill enacted in June that bars electric suppliers from charging variable rates to residential customers as of October 1. The Act also instructed PURA to develop recommendations on or ... Read more »

Pennsylvania PUC Requires Supplier Summary on Gas Bills

August 26, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

Power customers in Pennsylvania soon will be able to find out more about their natural gas providers by looking at their monthly utility bills. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted 5-0 on August 20 to approve changes proposed by its own Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO), which will ... Read more »

In Oklahoma, a Utility Files to ‘Make Hay While the Sun Shines’

August 26, 2015 by Cheryl Kaften

Back in April 2014, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed Senate Bill 1456, a measure that scrapped the state’s ban on recovery of fixed costs from residential electric customers with distributed energy resources (DERs). The bill also mandated that other utility ratepayers should not be asked to subsidize such fixed ... Read more »

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