April 24, 2013
Nearly 3 million Illinois residential customers were shopping and billed on competitive electric supply as of March 31, according to the latest snapshot of migration from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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March 20, 2013
Clearview Electric has begun listing residential electric offers for customers in Illinois.
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March 19, 2013
Illinois saw the number of residential electric shoppers grow by 150,000 accounts from January 31 to February 28 as more opt-out aggregations from the November ballot began billing customers on competitive supply.
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March 19, 2013
BFE Scheduling Seeks Supplier License in New State
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March 14, 2013
A Dynegy subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Ameren Energy Resources (AER) and its subsidiaries Ameren Energy Generating Company (Genco), Ameren Energy Resources Generating Company (AERG), and retail supplier Ameren Energy Marketing Company (AEM).
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February 26, 2013
After two months of seeing losses in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, Ameren Rate Zone II (CILCO) saw growth in residential shopping from December 31, 2012 to January 31, 2013, according to a snapshot of residential migration statistics posted by the Illinois…
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February 21, 2013
Ameren executives said yesterday during an earnings call that its exit from the merchant generation business could take the form of either a sale or restructuring, and management is currently evaluating various exit strategies.
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February 21, 2013
Starion Energy Seeks Gas Supplier License in New State
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February 20, 2013
Comments from Thomas R. Voss, chairman, president and CEO of Ameren Corporation, in prepared remarks associated with Ameren's earnings announced today, support the view that Ameren is seeking to exit its competitive retail energy supply business.
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February 20, 2013
Viridian Energy Seeks Authority to Serve Customers in New Territory
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February 19, 2013
Electricity competition saved Illinoisans up to $218 million in 2012, the Illinois Citizens Utility Board said in a market report card, but CUB gave retail suppliers an overall grade of "incomplete" for, "reports of misleading pitches, a lack of innovation, and the looming question of whether they…
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February 18, 2013
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board (CUB) will issue today its first-ever report card on electric competition, and, "alert consumers about troubling reports of potentially fraudulent telephone and door-to-door marketing in Chicago neighborhoods."
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February 4, 2013
Ameren has sought approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission for a Peak Time Rebate (PTR) program to be available to all residential customers with advanced metering, regardless of electricity supplier.
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January 22, 2013
Entrust Energy Affiliate North Eastern States Receives Gas License in Another New State
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January 22, 2013
For the second consecutive month, Ameren Rate Zone II (CILCO) saw a net decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, according to a snapshot of statistics posted by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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January 17, 2013
Ambit Energy has launched residential electric offers at Ameren.
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January 16, 2013
Border Energy Electric Services, Inc. applied for a Maine electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Central Maine Power, Bangor Hydro-Electric, and Maine Public Service.
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January 13, 2013
Liberty Power has developed what appears to be a unique provision regarding early termination fees for residential electric contracts that waives the termination fee if the customer contacts Liberty Power to terminate the contract, rather than cancelling by contacting the utility or through…
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January 4, 2013
Ameren Rate Zone II (CILCO) saw a net decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply from October 31, 2012 to November 30, 2012, according to a snapshot of statistics posted by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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December 24, 2012
A written order from the Illinois Commerce Commission on the Illinois Power Agency procurement plan provides that customers on competitive supply, and not alternative retail electric suppliers themselves, will be charged a share of the costs from the procurement of supply from the FutureGen 2.0…
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December 21, 2012
Ameren Corporation (Ameren) has determined that, "it intends to, and it is probable that it will," exit its Merchant Generation business segment before the end of the previously estimated useful lives of that business segment's long-lived assets.
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December 20, 2012
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday entered an order approving the Illinois Power Agency's 2013 default service procurement plan, which orders the utilities to procure power from a clean coal plant, and then charge retail suppliers a share of such costs.
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December 18, 2012
PALMco Power has begun listing residential electric offers in a new state.
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December 14, 2012
Iron Energy Seeks to Serve Customers in Additional Service Area
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December 12, 2012
The consultant group, Good Energy, representing 55 central and southern Illinois communities, announced that Homefield Energy, a brand of Ameren Energy Marketing, has been selected to serve as the residential electric supplier for opt-out electric aggregations in those communities.
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