PUCO retained CRA to be PUCO’s Auction Monitor for the first two competitive bidding processes (CBPs) of FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities (FEOU) designed to procure generation services for FEOU’s Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers in Ohio. (CRA subsequently was hired by FEOU as FEOU’s Auction Manager for future CBPs.)

CRA assisted the Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) and FirstEnergy Corporation by appearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a technical conference in the FERC-FirstEnergy proceeding involving FirstEnergy’s related affiliate FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) filing for Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) approval of power sale agreements between FES (supplier) and (buyer) FEOU (buyer).

CRA was retained to oversee and monitor Dominion East Ohio’s wholesale natural gas procurement auction. As the Auction Monitor, we advised on all aspects of the procurement process including reviewing the product definition; reviewing draft documents (RFPs, term sheets, contracts, etc.); monitoring the marketing, promotion, and communications activities; reviewing bidder qualification criteria and bid evaluation criteria; verifying the quantitative elements of bid evaluation; onsite monitoring and advice; and providing a post-auction report.