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July 6, 2011
A national survey by Chicago marketing firm Colman Brohan Davis found that half of customers have negative perceptions of their provider of electricity supply.
July 1, 2011
North American Power has ended its direct selling program that it utilized for the first 12 months of operations, it informed the Maryland PSC in a compliance report.
June 28, 2011
Bounce Energy is now offering enrollments onto its Texas electric products via Facebook.
June 22, 2011
Spark Energy has launched additional residential electric offers in the Commonwealth Edison service area, and is offering free Six Flags tickets for new enrollments.
June 22, 2011
Viridian Energy's electric supply offer at Duke Energy Ohio is being fully integrated into Cincinnati Bell's suite of products under the agreement which brands the offer as Cincinnati Bell Energy.
June 21, 2011
Constellation Energy has refreshed its pricing for residential electric products at Commonwealth Edison, and also released results of a poll showing nearly half of customers are unaware of choice.
June 16, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power informed the Connecticut DPUC that it is unaware of any rule or law that explicitly states electric suppliers may not automatically re-enroll customers should the customer's underlying customer contract provide for such action.
June 6, 2011
TXU Again Touting Protection from Variable Offers
May 26, 2011
The PUCT needs to have a dedicated staffer who monitors Power to Choose and REPs' individual websites for compliance, particularly with respect to variable products, teaser rates, and variable rate histories, Commissioner Donna Nelson recommended during this morning's open meeting.
May 6, 2011
Constellation Energy has launched a new residential direct mail promotion at Public Service Electric & Gas and Jersey Central Power & Light, with refreshed electric pricing.
May 4, 2011
PPL EnergyPlus is supporting its new residential offers at PECO and PPL Electric Utilities with a variety of marketing efforts, Gene Alessandrini, senior vice president of marketing for PPL EnergyPlus, told Matters.
May 3, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed order regarding modifications to the disclosures required of electric agents, brokers, and consultants (Docket 10-0733).
May 2, 2011
PUCT Commissioner Donna Nelson will hold a stakeholder meeting on May 5 to discuss the appropriate disclosure of teaser rates by REPs.
April 26, 2011
Blank Rome LLP is hosting a complimentary seminar on marketing practices for electric generation suppliers in Pennsylvania.
April 21, 2011
Just Energy is no longer signing Ohio senior citizen customers to contracts at the door, Just Energy said in a quarterly compliance update to PUCO.
April 21, 2011
Branded Retail Energy has expanded its branded affinity programs outside of Texas with an agreement with the University of Illinois to offer Fighting Illini Energy, which will offer residential service at both Commonwealth Edison and Ameren.
April 15, 2011
The PUCT has adopted as final an amended version of Subst. R. 25.498 which, after October 1, 2011, will only allow prepaid service to be offered through a customer prepayment device or system, with the exception of legacy customers served on a financial prepaid product prior to October 1, 2011, who…
April 15, 2011
PUCT Commissioners will consider the treatment of teaser rates for retail electric products at a future open meeting, after Commissioner Donna Nelson raised concerns with whether current disclosure requirements are sufficient.
April 11, 2011
Connecticut's joint committee on Energy & Technology reported with a favorable recommendation a substitute version of SB1, with no major changes related to the retail marketing provisions (see 3/14) . Also advancing is a substitute version of HB 6592 which includes a supplier code of conduct that…
April 6, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC is pursuing the development of a multi-level marketer, sources have told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
March 30, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC has stayed two ordering paragraphs relating to aggregators and supplier enrollments in its recent order on electric supplier marketing practices (Docket 10-06-24, see 3/17 ).
March 29, 2011
Reliant Energy has launched an affinity program with nearly 150 Texas schools under which it will make donations for both customer enrollments and customer retention.
March 29, 2011
Pennsylvania's Office of Competitive Market Oversight has requested each electric generation supplier and natural gas supplier licensed to provide residential service to answer several questions relating to the use of independent third party contractors for sale and marketing activities.
March 17, 2011
First Choice Power will open a third storefront office, this one in Mission, Texas, this spring, it said yesterday in announcing a sponsorship associated with a new arts center in the City of Lewisville, which is where First Choice Power opened its first storefront office last July (6/14) .
March 17, 2011
The Connecticut DPUC issued this morning a final written order concerning several supplier marketing issues in Docket 10-06-24, under which the voluntary guidelines will be limited to small volume customers, and issues related to the cost of utility consolidated billing and the use of mid-cycle…
