On February 8, 2011, George Jepsen, attorney general for the State of Connecticut submitted a brief requesting the Department of Public Utility Control reject CL&P’s AMI deployment plan, citing the $500 million dollar ratepayer-funded plan would yield few benefits. Since CL&P customers already benefit from AMR meters, the AG does not believe the price tag

In a surprising move, DP&L asked the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to be allowed to withdraw its Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Smart Grid business cases that were approved in June 2009. Reserving the right to revisit AMI and Smart Grid deployment in the future, DP&L cited factors beyond its reasonable control in the memo filed

In an order that took many by surprise, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission slashed $14.8 million in cost recovery from the Public Service Company of Colorado’s (“PSC”) smart grid pilot. PSC is a subsidiary of the trailblazer Xcel Energy. This reduction is in spite of a settlement where parties agreed to, and ALJ G. Harris Adams

 

OG&E filed an application on December 17,2010 with the Arkansas Public Service Commission seeking approval to recover costs for the installation of smart meters and related smart grid technology. OG&E is hoping that when armed knowledge and information about the real time price of energy, customers will make energy-use decisions that shift demand away from

BGE took the political high road and decided to move forward with a modified version of its smart grid plan despite not receiving cost recovery via a surcharge tracker. In a news release the day it filed its modified proposal, BGE president and chief executive officer, Kenneth W. DeFontes expressed disappointment over the Commission’s June

On June 21, 2010, to the surprise of many, the Maryland Public Service Commission (“MPSC” or “Commission”) denied Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s (“BGE”) Application to Deploy a Smart Grid Initiative (“Proposal”).  Stating, “Although we share BGE’s (and others’) hopes, and even enthusiasm, for the long-run potential and importance of the infrastructure upgrades known colloquially