March 17, 2011
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Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Reports 2,500 Customers in First Month of ComEd Marketing
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March 7, 2011
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Stream Energy confirmed that it will begin accepting residential electric enrollments at Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco by March 21. The expansion to Maryland was first reported in Matters ( 1/27 and 3/3 ). Stream has not yet posted pricing for the Maryland offers, but its Maryland terms of…
March 7, 2011
CenterPoint Reports Re-billing Required for 8,000 Premises with AMS Commercial Meters
CenterPoint Energy said this morning that it has identified an issue with a small quantity (approximately 15,000) of advanced metering system Commercial Meters that will require some billing from the January and February billing periods to be retracted and re-billed.
February 17, 2011
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Exelon's ExTex Retail Services Receives Option 1 Texas REP Certificate The PUCT granted ExTex Retail Services Company, LLC an Option 1 REP certificate. ExTex Retail Services, a unit of Exelon, was previously certificated an Option 2 REP. ExTex Retail Services' application for an Option 1 certificate…
February 15, 2011
Texas Coalition for Affordable Power Says Texas Prices Higher Under Deregulation
As is the case every legislative session, the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (formerly the Cities Aggregation Power Project and the South Texas Aggregation Project), this time in concert with the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, has put out yet another report on the ERCOT market…
February 11, 2011
Spark Energy, Our Energy Acquire Customers of Abacus Resources Energy as Abacus Defaults
Spark Energy and Our Energy have split the customer book of Abacus Resources Energy LLC due to Abacus' default on financial obligations to ERCOT.
February 4, 2011
PUCT Rejects CenterPoint Alternative Customer Charge, Grants REPs 30 Days Notice for New Rates
PUCT Commissioners agreed to adopt provisions in a proposal for decision relating to the customer charge at CenterPoint Energy, in voting on a final order in CenterPoint's rate case (Docket 38339).
January 21, 2011
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N.Y. PSC Approves Monthly Balancing at KEDLI The New York PSC approved KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island's tariff (06-G-1186) to implement an Interim Monthly Balancing Transportation Program for its non-firm transportation customers receiving service under Service Classification No. 7…
January 21, 2011
License Briefs
CenterPoint Energy Services Seeks Michigan Gas License CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. applied for a Michigan alternative natural gas supplier license to serve customers through the utility choice programs. CenterPoint Energy Services is currently active in serving transportation-level customers…
December 8, 2010
Parties Reach Unanimous Stipulation Allowing ERCOT to Use Nodal Surcharge Funds for Post Go-Live Nodal Transition Activities
Parties have reached a unanimous stipulation under which the ERCOT would receive approval from the PUCT to use previously approved Nodal Surcharge revenues to pay for expenses associated with the transition to the nodal market that ERCOT will incur after the December 1, 2010 nodal market go-live…
December 6, 2010
Texas ALJs Recommend Rejecting CenterPoint Alternative Customer Charge Proposal
Two Texas ALJs have recommended that the PUCT deny CenterPoint Energy's alternative cost recovery mechanism which would have significantly raised the fixed customer charge for residential customers. The proposal was an alternative to CenterPoint’s original request for a Distribution Cost Recovery…
November 18, 2010
Reliant Affiliate Pennywise Power Begins Offering Service at CenterPoint
Pennywise Power, the new value brand launched by NRG Energy, has begun offering service in the CenterPoint service area.
November 16, 2010
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MXenergy Seeking Illinois Electric License MXenergy has submitted an application for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license. A copy of MXenergy's application was not immediately available.
November 11, 2010
Infinite Energy Begins Offering Service at Oncor, Will Expand to Additional ERCOT Areas Later This Year
After two years of preparing its market entry, Infinite Energy, Inc. has begun offering electric service in ERCOT, initially to residential and commercial customers in the Oncor service area.
November 5, 2010
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SouthStar Energy Services Seeks Md. Gas Supply License SouthStar Energy Services, LLC filed an application for a Maryland natural gas supplier license. A copy of SouthStar's application was not available. According to the maillog summary, SouthStar applied to do business as Maryland Energy.
October 8, 2010
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Gexa Offering Free Month of Electricity for Enrollment on 24-Month Wind Plan
October 5, 2010
CenterPoint Intervenes in dPi Energy Amendment Docket, Says Sure Electric Owes $310,000
CenterPoint Energy has moved to intervene in the application of dPi Energy for an amendment of its REP certificate to reflect new ownership (37917), alleging that the application proposes to permit an owner of another retail electric provider which defaulted on more than $310,000 in charges owed to…
October 4, 2010
CenterPoint Suggests Alternative of Setting Additional Discretionary Charges at Zero
CenterPoint Energy does not believe that the disconnect and reconnect discretionary charges for customers with provisioned advanced meters should be reduced to zero prior to the reduction of other discretionary charges, as suggested by PUCT Staff and some REPs, but has alternatively suggested that…