WASHINGTON, DC and KING OF PRUSSIA, PA – In response to the announcement today that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved Purchase Power Agreements (PPAs) for FirstEnergy and AEP, the PJM Power Providers Group (P3) and the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) released the following statements attributable to their presidents: “With today’s order, […]
Read MoreMarch Madness: Will Ohio Regulators Harm Consumers and the Environment to Bail Out AEP and FirstEnergy this Month?
Will FERC Defend the Integrity of Wholesale Power Markets by Granting the Affiliate Waiver Complaints Filed by EPSA and Others to Review the PPAs? Last week, EPSA released two PowerFacts (available at www.epsa.org) because so many different interests came together to either support the EPSA et al. complaints filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]
Read MoreEven More Ohio Consumers and Power Suppliers Strongly Support FERC Review of Ohio Contracts
Yesterday (February 24, 2016), EPSA published a PowerFact showing a diverse coalition that has weighed in with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in support of the relief sought by the Complaints EPSA and its members with Ohio assets filed at FERC to remove the outdated waivers that stand in the way of FERC review […]
Read MoreOhio Consumers and Power Suppliers Strongly Support FERC Review of Abusive AEP and FirstEnergy Affiliate Contracts
On January 27, 2016, the Electric Power Supply Association and its members with market-based assets in Ohio filed two separate Complaints with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) seeking to ensure that abusive affiliate power sales contracts (the “Affiliate PPAs”) involving subsidiaries of Ohio utility companies FirstEnergy and AEP do not evade full FERC review. […]
Read MoreEPSA and P3 Call on PUCO to Reject AEP’s Proposed Bailout
WASHINGTON, DC and KING OF PRUSSIA, PA –In response to the announcement today that AEP filed a revised stipulation at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the PJM Power Providers Group (P3) and the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) released the following statements attributable to their presidents: “In the wake of the massive public […]
Read MoreDiverse Group: Ohio PUC Should Reject FirstEnergy Bailout
BROAD COALITION: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS SHOULD REJECT FIRSTENERGY BAILOUT Backroom Deal Wrong for Ohio, Says Consumer, Business and Environmental Groups COLUMBUS – A diverse group of Ohio stakeholders representing electricity consumers, businesses and the environment tallied numerous problems they see in a proposed agreement between FirstEnergy and the PUCO staff which they call anti-market, anti-consumer […]
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