August 13, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed the amount of costs to be allocated to each retail electric provider for those REPs who have requested to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2021)
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August 4, 2021
Says Recent Court Case Compels ACC To Rule On Certificate Request, Clarifies ACC Lacks Plenary Authority To Supersede Prior Legislative Mandate For Choice Because Ratemaking Authority Not Infringed
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July 22, 2021
Draft Order Addresses Full Resumption Of In-Person Sales
An Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ has issued a proposed order which would allow for the full resumption of all forms of in-person marketing by retail energy suppliers, and which would deny ICC Staff's proposal that retail energy sales agents must be vaccinated
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July 12, 2021
Green Mountain Energy Company ('Green Mountain' or 'Company') would pay $156,000 under a settlement with the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E') of the Pennsylvania PUC to resolve alleged instances of unauthorized enrollments
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July 8, 2021
Staff: Not Prepared To Allow Unvaccinated Agents Go Door-To-Door
In reply comments, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission said that Staff was "surprise[d]" that retail energy suppliers are opposing a vaccination requirement for sales agents as part of the complete end to current moratorium on in-person sales
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June 15, 2021
Several Texas retail electric providers have requested to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2021.)
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June 4, 2021
NRG Energy has acquired all of the Texas electric customers of Iberdrola Solutions LLC d/b/a Iberdrola Texas
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April 5, 2021
PPL Says Over 26,000 Customers Of Retail Suppliers Paying Double The Default Service Rate Residential Customers On Retail Supply Paid $97 Million More Than Default Service In One Year, PPL Says
Greg Dudkin, president of PPL Electric Utilities (PPL), had an op-ed published in the Allentown Morning Call in which he said, "We need restrictions around introductory, promotion and teaser rates," from competitive retail electric suppliers
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February 23, 2021
NRG Energy, Inc. on Feb. 10 announced an initial $10 million commitment to provide relief for Texans impacted by the unprecedented effects of, "Winter Storm Uri."
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February 16, 2021
Other REPs Delaying Enrollment Start Dates
Griddy, which charges a real-time wholesale pass-through price, on Feb. 13 began encouraging its Texas customers to switch to another retail electric provider due to price spikes which had already been seen at such time, and which have continued in the next few days
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February 9, 2021
Proposed orders from two Illinois Commerce Commission ALJs would grant petitions from various Vistra retail suppliers for authorization to conduct in-person marketing at storefronts and similar retail establishments for electricity and natural gas, and would grant a petition from several NRG retail…
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February 3, 2021
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT) announced the purchase of 100% renewable wind electricity for its entire commercial portfolio under a new three-year contract with Green Mountain Energy
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January 21, 2021
Utility Washington Gas has named James Steffes as Senior Vice President, Regulatory
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January 7, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a written order granting the petition of various NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume marketing in storefronts and similar retail establishments, as first reported in our original story below from January 6
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January 6, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission today adopted an interim order allowing several NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefronts and similar retail establishments
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December 21, 2020
NRG Reports No COVID Spread Over Tens Of Thousands Of Shift Hours For Areas Allowing In-Store Sales
Various retail suppliers have responded to the opposition from the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and Citizens Utility Board to various proposed resumptions of in-person marketing, such as the resumption of in-store marketing as sought by Reliant Energy Northeast and Green Mountain Energy…
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December 15, 2020
AG Says Commission Can't Rule On Prior Motions For In-Person Marketing Resumption, As AG Says Such Motions Were Already Disposed Of When ICC Declined To Rescind Its Emergency Prohibition Order
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December 8, 2020
An Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ has issued a proposed interim order that would allow the NRG Energy retail suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefront establishments, subject to various conditions
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October 20, 2020
Green Mountain Energy for Texas residential customers announced a new Riding on Sunshine initiative to support electric vehicle (EV) adoption by offering customers in Texas two new electricity plans, as well as an EV-shopping tool, and a free EV charger to promote home charging through the use of…
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September 24, 2020
Bulb, which describes itself as the U.K.'s fastest-growing energy provider and whose Texas market entry had been exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in June 2019 , has launched statewide retail electric offers in Texas, following a previously reported soft launch in December 2019
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August 28, 2020
The NRG Energy retail suppliers have sought at the New York PSC an additional ninety (90) day extension, from the current October 9, 2020 compliance deadline, for certain Ordering Clauses contained in the New York PSC's retail market reset order, originally issued on December 12, 2019
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August 21, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the individual amounts to be allocated to individual retail electric providers for provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2020 (FY 2021).
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August 21, 2020
New Additions, Deletions In Proposed List Indicate REPs' Customer Count Movement Across 250,000 Threshold
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2021.
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June 26, 2020
The New York Department of State’s Utility Intervention Unit (UIU) and the Office of the New York State Attorney General (NYAG) filed comments with the New York PSC opposing various petitions for declaratory ruling and/or waivers filed by ESCOs, who are seeking authorization to offer various green…
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June 16, 2020
Citing, in part, Consolidated Edison's recent action to defer certain electricity default service capacity supply costs for future recovery, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) petitioned the New York PSC for a further extension and reconsideration of the Commission’s December 12, 2019…
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