August 19, 2014
Retail Supplier Names Market Veteran As New COO
Plymouth Rock Energy recently appointed Kevin LaGuardia as their Chief Operating Officer.
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August 18, 2014
Retail Supplier to Launch "Thrive" Smart Home Offerings
North American Power, in partnership with Vivint, will soon begin offering home automation, security, and related services under "thrive" Home.
August 15, 2014
Texas REP Reports Wider Loss
Summer Energy Holdings, the parent of Texas REP Summer Energy, LLC, reported a wider loss for the three months ending June 30, 2014, as the company continues to attempt to obtain economies of scale.
August 15, 2014
NRG "Realigning" Compassion Energy Brand After Acquiring Cirro, Compassion Brand Not Accepting New Customers
NRG Energy's retail brand Compassion Energy, focused on affinity charity donations, is not accepting new customers at this time, as NRG is "realigning" some of its retail brands in the wake of acquiring Cirro Energy, which had its own charity affinity program.
August 14, 2014
RESA Announces Speakers For 3rd Annual Retail Energy Markets Symposium
The Retail Energy Supply Association announced a slate of speakers for its 2014 Energy Competition Symposium in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 2
August 14, 2014
Spark Energy Reports Geographic Distribution of Customers to Investors
Spark Energy yesterday filed an 8-K providing a geographic breakdown of its retail customer distribution on a Residential Customer Equivalent basis, as of June 30, 2014
August 13, 2014
New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Green Mountain Energy has earned the top spot from Texas customers in J.D. Power's 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.
August 12, 2014
Direct Energy Launches Partnership to Bring "Smart Home" to Energy Customers
Direct Energy has launched a partnership with SmartThings to bring a "smarter" and connected home to energy customers in Texas.
August 12, 2014
GDF Suez Brand Launches Residential Service
Think Energy, the mass market brand of GDF Suez, has expanded from small business service and is now offering residential electricity supply in Pennsylvania
August 12, 2014
Large Retail Supplier Names Market Veteran As New CEO
U.S. Gas & Electric has named Jeffrey Mayer as its new CEO and President.
August 11, 2014
Texas REP Offering "Membership" Plans That Offer Lower Rate, Benefits In Exchange for Membership Fee
Direct Energy has begun offering to Texas residential customers two electricity plans that offer customers discounted rates and other benefits in exchange for paying a "membership" fee to access the plans.
August 8, 2014
NRG Retail Adjusted EBITDA Up on "Sustained" Margins
NRG Energy reported an increase in retail segment Adjusted EBITDA on "sustained" margins and customer growth.
August 8, 2014
Just Energy Mass Market Net Churn Slows, But Continues, Offset by Accelerated C&I Growth
Just Energy saw its mass market customer base decline for a second consecutive quarter, but the marginal decrease was more than offset by accelerated growth in its commercial customer base
August 8, 2014
With Another Quarter of Vortex-Driven Churn, Retail Supplier's Customer Base Decreases to 25% of Year-Ago Level
Although IDT Energy saw its net loss of customer accounts slow during the three months ended June 30, 2014, it still saw an elevated level of churn, and its customer base as of June 30, 2014 is 25% lower than its total as of June 30, 2013
August 8, 2014
Comcast/NRG Retail Brand Launches Natural Gas Service
Energy Rewards, the retail supply brand jointly offered by NRG Energy and Comcast, has begun offering natural gas service in western Pennsylvania.
August 7, 2014
Retail Supplier Sees Nearly 50% Jump in Net Electric Customer Churn During Quarter Ending June 30
Net customer churn in Washington Gas Energy Services' electric customer base spiked by nearly 50% during the three months ended June 30, 2014.
August 6, 2014
Retail Supplier Surpasses 100,000 Customer Threshold
Infinite Energy announced that it reached the 100,000 customer threshold this month.
August 4, 2014
Is Calpine Thinking of Starting a Retail Supplier? Here's What CEO Thad Hill Said
With one of its largest pure-play generation rivals, Dynegy, entering the retail electric supply business last year, Calpine is increasingly unique among merchant generators in not owning a retail book as a hedge for its generation to counter the cyclical nature of the business.
August 1, 2014
Craig Goodman to Keynote New York Energy Marketing Conference
Craig Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Energy Marketers Association, will deliver the keynote address at the September 8th New York Retail Energy Marketing Conference , organizer Energy Marketing Conferences announced yesterday.
August 1, 2014
Direct Energy Seeing Higher C&I Margins
With competitors pricing in additional risk into C&I contracts, Direct Energy has seen a "material increase" in sold unit margins for both gas and power C&I contracts during the first half of the year, Centrica said yesterday.
July 31, 2014
Flash: Direct Energy Customer Count up 3%
Direct Energy grew its residential energy customer base by 3% during the first half of 2014, parent Centrica reported this morning in an interim results update.
July 31, 2014
National Energy Marketers Association to Address Illinois Policymakers
The National Energy Marketers Association has released an agenda and list of speakers for its Summer Policy Leadership Roundtable to be held August 6-7 in Chicago, Illinois.
July 29, 2014
Retail Energy Shopping Website Allowing Customers to "Name Their Own Price"
Torch Energy Solutions is launching an online retail energy shopping website which will allow residential customers to "Name Their Own Price"
July 28, 2014
AEP Talks Future of Unregulated Generation on Earnings Call
AEP updated investors during its Friday earnings call on its approach to its unregulated generation business.
July 24, 2014
Retail Supplier Names New CEO
energy.me has named Jeremy Schupp as its new CEO.