Compensation & Retail Rates

On September 25, 2026, in Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) Case 25-0729-GE-ORD, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an Order to enact amendments to rules governing competitive retail electric suppliers, effective October 5. PUCO initiated the proceeding pursuant to HB 15 – Amend competitive retail electric service law (discussed in PJM Flash 25-21), which directed …

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On December 5, 2025, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a press release announcing an in-person public input hearing scheduled for December 18, at 6:00 pm, to gather input on the rate increase proposed by PPL Electric Utilities, Inc. (PPL). The hearing will take place at the Henry Student Center at Wilkes University, Jean …

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On February 24, 2025, in Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) Case No. 46198, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO) filed a Petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to “directly purchase and own” the 200 MW Templeton Wind Holdings, LLC wind project (the Templeton Project) as well as provide for …

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On June 10, 2025, the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) announced that it will hold a third virtual workshop to gather stakeholder feedback for the IPA’s 2026 Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan on June 23 at 10 am. The IPA plans to focus discussion on the (i) RPS budget, (ii) REC portfolio, and (iii) the IPA’s …

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On March 20, 2025, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) announced they have accepted the findings and recommendations in the Brattle Group report (The Report) titled “An Assessment of Energy Affordability in New Jersey and Alternative Policy and Rate Options.” The Report was submitted to the BPU in Docket No. QO24110853, and evaluates …

Continue reading “BPU opens proceeding on Brattle Group Report evaluating balancing the clean energy goals of the state with needs of LMI customers; stakeholder workshop scheduled for April 10”

The Ohio Senate Energy Committee and the Ohio House Energy Committee both have upcoming hearings during which they will discuss the renewable energy related bills listed below: Meeting agendas, proposed bill amendments, testimony or other meeting material will be made available online (senate meeting documents, house meeting documents) on the day of each committee meeting. …

Continue reading “House & Senate Energy Committees meeting Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 to hear bills relating to restricting competitive retail electric markets”

As last discussed in PJM Flash 25-5, on November 26, 2024, in Formal Case 1176 (FC 1176), the  District of Columbia Public Service Commission (DCPSC) issued an Order approving with modification the Extended Pilot Multiyear Rate Plan (MRP) filed by the Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). In the Order, the DCPSC determined that more details are needed to evaluate …

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On December 10, 2024, the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) issued a public notice that it has submitted draft amendments to Ohio Administrative Code Rules 3706-4-01 through 3706-4-05, the renewable resource program created by the controversial HB 6 enacted in 2020. HB 6 was partially repealed by HB 128 in 2021, and the proposed …

Continue reading “OAQDA announces proposed rule changes to renewable generation program, rules would implement partial repeal of HB 6 and remove nuclear from the program, public comment due Dec. 19”

On November 20, 2024, in Case PUR-2024-00024, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) issued a Final Order approving rates for the Appalachian Power Company (APCo) for 2025 and 2026. The SCC approved a $9.77 million total increase in the base rates for APCo, translating into a $10.22 per month, or 6.0% increase, for a typical …

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On December 3, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities (EPU) Committee held a hearing (see notice) on several bills related to clean energy. We summarized several of these bills in PJM Flash 24-47, following prior hearings before the Senate EPU Committee. We summarize the legislation and the written testimony on those bills at …

Continue reading “At Dec. 3 Senate EPU hearing, proponents urge passage of bills that would create community solar pilot, authorize voluntary demand response and efficiency programs, and define nuclear power as green energy”

On November 12, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that it had filed in Docket QO22080540 its 2024 New Jersey Energy Storage Incentive Program (NJ SIP) Straw Proposal (2024 Straw Proposal). The 2024 Straw Proposal outlines proposed incentives for standalone Grid Supply (i.e., front-of-the-meter) energy storage systems (ESSs) and solar-plus-storage projects …

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On November 8, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) opened Docket QO24090723 and issued a Public Notice announcing a virtual public meeting scheduled for November 19, 2024, from 12:30-3:30pm to discuss NJBPU net metering policy. Pursuant to P.L.2018 c.17, the Clean Energy Act of 2018 (CEA), New Jersey electric distribution companies (EDCs) …

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On October 31, 2024, the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) issued an Announcement containing a meeting notice as well as a Request for Feedback on its REC Price Model Cost Inputs. The IPA is planning on collecting cost data on projects in 2025 in order to improve REC price modeling for the Illinois Shines and Illinois …

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As last discussed in  PJM Special Flash 24-39.1, on April 15, 2024, in Docket 24-0279, the Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) Petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) for approval of its DG Rebate Revenue Requirement of $24.48 million and updated DG Rebate Adjustments for the 2025 Application Year. Under Section 16-107.6(h)(2) of the Public Utilities Act, ComEd is required …

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As discussed in PJM Flash 24-38, on August 14, 2024, in Docket 24-0279, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) staff filed Testimony responding to the Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) request for annual updates to Distributed Generation (DG) Rebate Revenue Requirements. As discussed in PJM Flash 24-30, on April 15, 2024, ComEd Petitioned the ICC for approval of its DG Rebate Revenue Requirement …

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The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has scheduled two status hearings to consider issues brought forth in Docket 23-0770 and Docket 24-0460 on September 9, at 2:00 pm, and October 9 at 10:00 am, respectively. The hearing notices for Docket 23-0770 and Docket 24-0460 can be found here and here. As last discussed in PJM Flash 24-30, on November 28, 2023, in Docket 23-0770, a group …

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On August 13, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Public Notice which contained an RFI regarding changes to the Remote Net Metering application and approval process. On December 21, 2023, Governor Murphy signed P.L. 2023, c. 190 – an Act concerning Remote Net Metering (the Act) which required the BPU …

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On February 21, at 9:15am, the New Hampshire Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing on SB79 – An Act Relative To The Participation Of Customer Generators In Net Energy Metering. The bill, if enacted, would require that any customer generator between 100kW and 5MW with an in service date after January …

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The Connecticut Energy and Technology Committee (E&T) has posted the agenda for a public hearing the Committee will hold on February 21, beginning at noon, in Room 1B of the Legislative Office Building. The Meeting will also take place over Zoom, and be streamed on the E&T Youtube Page. The E&T Committee will take testimony …

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On August 24, 2022, the Office of Energy Resources and the Distributed Generation Board (DG Board) issued the first draft of the 2023 Renewable Energy Growth (REG) Program proposed ceiling prices, copied in the tables below. The message included a presentation of the ceiling prices, which provides an overview of assumptions and modeling implications. SEA …

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On April 21, 2021, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a Notice in Docket 20-07-01, announcing that it is reopening its February 10 Interim Decision (summarized in Digest 88), which established both a residential renewable energy “buy-all” tariff and a netting tariff (as required by Gen. Stat. § 16-244z(b)(2) , which is a successor to the current Residential Solar Investment Program …

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On April 21, 2021, Department of Public Service (DPS) Staff filed a Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) Environmental Value Update with the Public Service Commission (PSC) in Case 15-E-0751. The Environmental Value, which is one of the revenue streams of the VDER Value Stack, is the higher of either the REC price of the …

Continue reading “DPS Staff increases social cost of carbon VDER Environmental Value calculation from $27.41 per MWh to $31.03 per MWh”

On February 26, 2021, the House Committee on Corporations announced that it will hold a public hearing on March 2 in the afternoon, which will be streamed here. The hearing will include consideration of the following key bills: HB 5327 – An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers – Net Metering: The bill, if …

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On February 4, 2021, the Joint Energy and Technology (E&T) Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on February 9 at 11:00 am. The meeting will be streamed both on YouTube Live and CT-N. The E&T Committee will discuss the following concepts that may be related to renewable energy to be drafted as Raised …

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On July 10, 2020, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) filed the final version of the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program’s Emergency Regulations, 225 CMR 20.00, with the Secretary of State. On July 14, DOER posted the following documents detailing the Regulations to its webpage for the SMART program’s Emergency Rulemaking process: SMART Emergency …

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