December 22, 2014
The Illinois Commerce Commission rejected the use of full requirements contracts in the 2015 Illinois Power Agency procurement plan for default service, and said that it was "not inclined" to consider the use of full requirements contracts in the future absent a quantification of the benefits of…
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December 15, 2014
NRG Home is now offering to customers in its Northeast markets an electricity plan offering "ongoing" Goal Zero products during the term of the plan.
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October 30, 2014
Danger: Suit Says Utility Rates An "Accurate Reflection" of "Prevailing Market Conditions"
A lawsuit, seeking class action status, has been filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, against North American Power & Gas, LLC, and the sole allegation in the suit is that because North American Power's rates exceeded Commonwealth Edison's…
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October 21, 2014
Commonwealth Edison announced that residential and small commercial customers who purchase their electricity supply from the utility may switch to a retail electric supplier (RES) at any time.
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October 9, 2014
Residential shopping at Commonwealth Edison declined by over 100,000 during the months of July and August, according to the latest migration data on PlugIn Illinois (data as of August 31, 2014).
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October 9, 2014
Torch Energy Solutions, an online energy shopping portal, has expanded its Name Your Own Price electricity shopping service to Illinois.
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September 30, 2014
The Illinois Power Agency has filed its default service procurement plan for the five-year period beginning with the 2015-16 delivery year.
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September 29, 2014
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the results of the September 2014 default service procurement for a portion of block energy to supply Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for the period November 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015
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September 19, 2014
Realgy, LLC has begun listing residential electricity offers on PlugIn Illinois.
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September 10, 2014
Direct Energy has expanded its plan offering residential customers free power on Saturday or Sunday to Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.
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August 26, 2014
Retail Supplier Receives Authority to Offer Supplier Consolidated Billing in Illinois
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August 20, 2014
Commonwealth Edison has seen an acceleration in the return of residential customers to default service for the third consecutive month, according to migration data as of June 30, 2014 now posted on PlugIn Illinois
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August 18, 2014
Commonwealth Edison has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission to lower the flat per-bill charge applicable to retail suppliers under purchase of receivables.
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August 11, 2014
Ethical Electric Seeks to Serve Customers in New Territory
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July 29, 2014
Retail Supplier Seeks Authority to Offer Supplier Consolidated Billing in Illinois
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July 15, 2014
The Commonwealth Edison territory saw the number of residential electric accounts on competitive supply decrease by over 30,000 accounts from the end of April to the end of May, according to updated stats on PlugIn Illinois.
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July 15, 2014
The residential retail electric market at Commonwealth Edison remains "moderately concentrated," but did show marginal improvement in the past year, according to the 2014 annual report from the Illinois Commerce Commission Office of Retail Market Development.
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July 9, 2014
Park Power announced that it will soon launch retail electric service in Ohio, Illinois, and Maryland.
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June 26, 2014
Expecting questions about the recently modified electricity agreement negotiated by the City of Chicago and Integrys Energy Services, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and the City released a free calculator to help 700,000 households better understand their rates under the municipal aggregation…
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June 13, 2014
Source Power & Gas has begun offering electricity supply in Illinois, at Commonwealth Edison
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June 3, 2014
Commonwealth Edison saw a decline in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply during the month of April, according to the latest stats on PlugIn Illinois.
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May 29, 2014
Retail Supplier Park Power Seeks License in New State
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May 22, 2014
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened an investigation into Commonwealth Edison's current rate design which provides generation supply rate subsidies to non-residential space heat and lighting customers (Docket 14-0385).
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May 14, 2014
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board warned customers, "about getting scared into bad deals" in light of headlines regarding a 40% increase in the ComEd default service rate on June 1.
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May 7, 2014
Commonwealth Edison's residential Price to Compare is set to jump nearly 40% on June 1.
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