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December 20, 2011
Direct Energy is marketing its recently announced (12/16) residential electricity offer to customers at National Gird in Massachusetts through direct mail, and is including a gift card as part of the offer in at least some of the solicitations.
December 6, 2011
Bounce Energy is offering its "12 Deals of Christmas" for a second consecutive year.
November 29, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings has launched an affinity partnership with the Temple University Alumni Association.
November 23, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the start of a second notice period for proposed electric customer protection rules, which, among other things, would newly prevent retail suppliers from using the name of an Illinois natural gas utility (09-0592).
November 22, 2011
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel asked the District of Columbia PSC to require that Horizon Power & Light give 30 days' notice to the PSC before Horizon resumes sales calls in the District.
November 22, 2011
Direct Energy has partnered with The Pittsburgh Promise to offer employees and students' families of the Pittsburgh Public Schools discounted electricity.
November 22, 2011
SEMCO Energy Gas Company yesterday alerted customers of what it called, "possible deceptive marketing tactics" targeting residential and business gas customers in its service areas.
November 11, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC "is hearing anecdotally" that customers who call their electric distribution company for a meter read, in preparation for starting competitive supply, are being visited by the EDC's competitive affiliate in a last-ditch effort to win the customer.
November 9, 2011
Readers of the Houston Chronicle, or its Fuel Fix blog, will have noted that CenterPoint Energy has recently launched on FuelFix and the Sunday Chronicle the " CenterPoint Energy Electric Price Index ," which essentially tracks costs under fixed rate contracts of various lengths.
October 24, 2011
Constellation Energy announced this morning a new affinity partnership with Vivint, a home automation provider.
September 30, 2011
A draft Connecticut PURA decision (10-06-24) would conclude that a person is a "legal agent" of an electric supplier if such person "contracts with" or "is compensated by" the electric supplier to sell electric generation services, even if common-law factors, such as the person's authority to act on…
September 29, 2011
Direct Energy confirmed that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with 5Linx under which 5Linx representatives will market Direct Energy residential electric supply at Commonwealth Edison.
September 27, 2011
The marketing, disclosure, and related consumer protection rules to be established by the Illinois Commerce Commission for small volume electric customers should be extended to customers included in municipal aggregations, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments on a new First Notice…
September 14, 2011
First Choice Power is opening a dedicated indirect sales office in Houston that will serve channel partners and customers.
September 6, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions has refreshed its Penelec residential pricing, and is now offering an introductory fixed price of 6.85 cents per kilowatt-hour on electric generation through November 2011.
August 26, 2011
MXenergy announced that it will match the lowest, published 12-month fixed natural gas rate for new residential customers in the Atlanta market through September 5.
August 24, 2011
StarTex Power will waive the utility fee that may be imposed on a customer who switches to StarTex Power on a date other than the utility-determined switch date, in order to help Texans on month-to-month indexed rates switch off of indexed pricing more quickly.
August 11, 2011
Ampegy will expand to all of Spark Energy's territories by the end of the year, Todd Thoman, president of Ampegy, told Matters.
August 2, 2011
TXU is posting on its website examples of the percentage rate increases seen in the first few months of select variable products in the ERCOT market.
July 27, 2011
Broker Texzon Utilities, LTD is marketing an energy affinity program to cities as a way to raise city revenues.
July 20, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC has entered into a partnership with AAA Mid-Atlantic to offer an affinity electricity program to AAA Mid-Atlantic members that features ongoing cash-back rewards. Additionally, Energy Plus Holdings, LLC has confirmed its market entry into two New Jersey gas service areas.
July 19, 2011
Broker Energy Savers Inc. has begun offering residential electric supply at the Duquesne Light territory on PA Power Switch.
July 18, 2011
In an effort to improve consumer education about choosing a competitive energy supplier, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) today released a consumer education guide at the summer conference of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
July 14, 2011
The National Energy Marketers Association has adopted a Code of Conduct for its members that use network marketing to acquire new customers, under which suppliers will not use telemarketing or door-to-door sales as part of such network marketing.
July 13, 2011
The Connecticut PURA has established a briefing schedule for several issues related to electric customer protection rules under Docket No. 10-06-24 and changes under recent statute (Public Act 11-80).
