We all associate the middle of April with taxes. For utilities in Minnesota, the first of April also means it is time to file Annual Smart Grid Reports. Back in March, the Minnesota PUC issued a notice clarifying the information sought in the reports. Cooperative and municipal utilities were asked to voluntarily file the reports
Cost Recovery
Connecticut AG Asks DPUC to Reject Connecticut Light & Power’s AMI Plan
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…
Rejected from Stimulus Funding, Dayton Power & Light Says No to Smart Meters
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…
Xcel Energy denied $14.8 million in Smart Grid City Cost Recovery
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…
Stimulus Funds Support Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s Smart Grid Deployment
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…
Maryland accepts BGE’s Smart Grid Plan (with modifications)
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…
Maryland rejects Baltimore Gas and Electric’s Smart Grid Plan
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