Starting 2/1/2010, Texas meters are moving to the head of the class.  Smart Meter Texas, a website/webservice collaborative of the big four TX TDSPs (AEP, Centerpoint, Oncor, TNMP), goes live that Monday providing energy consumers, REP’s, and other parties access to both data and features that raise the bar in smart grid world.  Where other states and markets are dipping their toes into these future capabilities, Texas is diving head first.

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Attached below is FE’s summary of FE’s UCBRR solution.

Summary:  FirstEnergy-UCBRR-Summary-20090917

Links:

• Website, Rate Form for Met-Ed/Penelec:  http://www.firstenergycorp.com/supplierservices/files/Supplier_Registration/Ratedesignform%20rev%206%2021%2007.xls
• Website, Rate form for Penn Power:  http://www.firstenergycorp.com/supplierservices/files/Rates_and_EDI/suprates.pdf

Hot off the presses, these will certainly share equal-billing with that last Harry Potter novel you are still trying to finish.

PJM IG’s 2009-08-08

Want to sign up a customer in PPL for January 1, 2010?  You will need to start the testing process by 9/4/09 which gets you in production approx. 11/23/09.

The next flight after that has a registration deadline of 11/6/09, with production projected 1/25/10.

Other interesting PPL Facts:

• There are 7000MW in PJM’s PPL zone
• All meters in PPL are interval:  1800 Itron MV90 15-minute interval and 1,400,000 Aclara TNS 60-minute interval.
• 1,200,000 Resi Customers, 200,000 Small C&I, 1,200 Large C&I
• Resi price for 2010: 10.298 per kWh; Small C&I: 10.384 per kWh
• SC&I prices going up 45% in 2010
• PPL’s Energy Analyzer let’s all customers see their interval data, and share that data with 3rd parties (suppliers!)

Resources:

• 2009 Test Schedule

ERCOT resi and small commercial customers will have new switching rules starting 8/16/09 for most territories (TDU’s have until 12/1 to complete changes).  Notes:

• On ’standard’ switch (formerly ‘on-cycle’), a customer’s first-available switch date FASD will be set 3 business days after switch received at ERCOT.  No special fees, no ‘waive notification’ option,
• If the normal read date is -3 or +3 days after FASD, that read will be used.  If outside that 7 day window then a physical read will be made on one of the 4 days after the FASD (TDSP’s have until 12/1/09 to implement).
• The standard switch will be made 4 days after ERCOT receives the switch.
• On ’self-selected’ switch (formerly ‘off-cycle’), a customer is switched on the date selected by the REP, and TDSP fees apply.
• Rescission postcard to customers is replaced by a notification postcard (no option to rescind).
• TDSP’s must have certain percentage of actual reads (reducing estimated reads) by 12/1/2009.

UPDATES:  above includes updates noted by Mike at TES Energy Services

The full order is here:  http://www.puc.state.tx.us/rules/subrules/electric/25.214/36536adt.pdf

Also see:  http://www.puc.state.tx.us/rules/subrules/electric/25.475/25.475.pdf

Retail energy gets one of its best tests to date when PA rate caps expire in 2010 and 2011. (more…)