March 1, 2011
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
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March 1, 2011
Direct Energy has begun offering electric supply to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
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February 28, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power on Friday filed an updated Purchase of Receivables discount rate of 0.90%. CL&P will use the new factor effective with the purchase of supplier receivables for April 2011. The updated factor reflects the average uncollectibles factor from the past two years, 1.16% in 2009…
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February 25, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has clarified its amendatory order on Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, confirming that administrative costs will not be recovered twice, and affirming that a single discount rate shall be applied to all customer classes (Docket 10-0138).
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February 24, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has recently acquired Accent Energy, Interstate Gas Supply disclosed in applying for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license.
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February 22, 2011
Constellation Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.
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February 21, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint for expedited declaratory relief at the Illinois Commerce Commission, seeking a declaration that Commonwealth Edison's recently filed Purchase of Receivables tariff, "does not conflict with, and is not intended to, override an existing administrative…
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February 17, 2011
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…
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February 16, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have filed an emergency motion for clarification of the Commission's February 9 Amendatory Order regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, asking that the current discount rate continue to apply until the ICC clarifies several conflicting…
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February 15, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint against Commonwealth Edison and Ameren at the Illinois Commerce Commission seeking an order finding that the utilities have violated 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) by failing to file a tariff to implement Purchase of Uncollectibles as required by statute (Docket…
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February 11, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued an amendatory order on Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, which establishes a new discount rate, but also appears to result in the double collection of administrative costs, and creates additional confusion on the uncollectibles factor…
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February 9, 2011
Illinois' Office of Retail Market Development has asked electric suppliers to informally comment on the reasons for the lack of residential competition at Ameren.
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February 7, 2011
Constellation expects to invest additional marketing dollars over the next few years to expand its NewEnergy retail supplier into new regions and increase the number of mass market customers its serves, Constellation CEO Mayo Shattuck said during an earnings call Friday.
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February 4, 2011
In reporting earnings this morning, Constellation Energy reported that its residential offerings in Maryland and New Jersey have resulted in more than 80,000 customers by year end.
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February 3, 2011
Direct Energy said yesterday that it is looking to expand its residential business "rapidly" in 2011, as it consolidated its U.S. Northeast residential operations in Pittsburgh.
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January 31, 2011
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC has applied to serve non-residential customers with annual electric consumption greater than 15,000 kWh at Commonwealth Edison, in its Illinois electric supplier application. The application was first reported by Matters ( 1/28 ).
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January 27, 2011
Nordic Energy Services, LLC confirmed yesterday that it intends to start offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren in March.
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January 26, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC will enter the Commonwealth Edison electric market to serve residential customers sometime this year, President and Co-founder Kevin Kleinschmidt told Matters yesterday.
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January 25, 2011
Spark Energy has started offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison.
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January 18, 2011
Constellation Energy has confirmed its intentions to serve residential electric customers in Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Edison market in Illinois.
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January 5, 2011
Consistent with an earlier announcement ( 11/8 ), Champion Energy has started offering electric service to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
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December 29, 2010
Branded Retail Energy Seeks Pa. Broker License Branded Retail Energy Co. LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas. As previously reported, Branded Retail Energy Co. specializes in creating…
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December 28, 2010
Nordic Energy Services Seeks to Serve All Illinois Electric Customers, Expand to Additional Territories Nordic Energy Services, LLC applied at the Illinois Commerce Commission to amend its alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, serve additional territories, and…
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December 23, 2010
The Illinois Commerce Commission has adopted a default service procurement plan for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren that relies on short-term purchases of RECs to meet renewable compliance obligations (10-0563).
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December 22, 2010
ComEd has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission tariff sheets to implement the ICC's recent POR order, as first reported in Matters ( 12/16 & 12/17 ).
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