May 5, 2014
The Illinois Procurement Agency has posted winning average prices for the spring 2014 procurement of block default service energy at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for various periods from June 2014 to May 2016.
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May 1, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power has disclosed the companies supplying a portion of Standard Service for the second half of 2014.
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April 14, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period June 1, 2014, through November 30, 2014.
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March 26, 2014
The Maine PUC ordered six retail electric suppliers to post additional security, or provide updated sales data showing that their current level of security is appropriate.
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March 5, 2014
In a contrast to recent default service procurements, Delmarva Power's Delaware procurement of SOS supplies for the period starting June 1, 2014 resulted in clearing prices lower than those from last year's RFP, as well as the prices from the 2010-11 auction (whose results are being rolled out of…
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February 17, 2014
Those doing the yeoman's work to expand electric choice in Michigan can thank Texas generators for making their life harder, by creating the narrative that Texas, and its current market, face blackouts.
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February 13, 2014
New Jersey basic generation service electric rates will again decrease on June 1 for three of the state's utilities, with only PSE&G seeing a slight increase in rates unrelated to competitive generation costs, according to the result of the BPU's Basic Generation Service Auction.
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February 12, 2014
The Maine PUC disclosed that it designated NextEra Energy Power Marketing LLC as the supplier for 33% of the Standard Offer load for the residential and small non-residential class at Bangor Hydro-Electric and Central Maine Power, and that it also designated NextEra as the Standard Offer provider…
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February 5, 2014
CL&P Discloses Last Resort Service Supplier
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January 31, 2014
Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. has asked FERC to deny a waiver requested by PJM to allow it to accept offers in excess of $1,000/MWh and for such offers to set the market-clearing LMP.
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January 29, 2014
NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC (NEPM) has slammed PJM's "on the fly" request to allow offers in excess of the $1,000/MWh cap to set the market-clearing price, as granting PJM's request would mean that customers would, "pay billions for capacity and pay unlimited energy prices whenever energy…
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January 29, 2014
NextEra Energy expects its retail and wholesale supply businesses to underperform in the first quarter of 2014 due to the extreme conditions experienced to date.
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January 23, 2014
The Maine PUC rejected a waiver sought by NextEra Energy Power Marketing which would have allowed existing Standard Offer providers to recover material out-of-pocket charges imposed by the ISO New England pursuant to the out-of-market Winter Reliability Program.
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January 17, 2014
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel and Attorney General yesterday issued a consumer alert warning that, "thousands of Connecticut residents [are] currently on rates above 17 cents per kWh, [with] some more than double [the] current Standard Offer price."
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January 14, 2014
NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocol § 6.4.3.1, relating to energy offer curves for RUC-committed resources.
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November 7, 2013
Pennsylvania Convention Center Selects Retail Supplier
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October 30, 2013
Here's a quiz for our readers -- identify the state and policy position being argued from the following quote:
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October 30, 2013
Amerex Energy Services named Stuart King as Vice President of Northeast Energy Consulting.
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October 23, 2013
By Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
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October 11, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates for both large and mass market default service customers at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (UES) for the six-month period beginning December 1, 2013.
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October 3, 2013
Texas retail electric provider Source Power & Gas -- which recently was granted FERC market-based rate authority -- has named two new vice presidents to lead its direct and indirect sales efforts.
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September 27, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed annual assessments on certain retail electric providers to fund the public online broadcasting of Commission meetings, consistent with statute.
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September 24, 2013
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider, in a push for a mandated reserve margin and centralized capacity market, has said that electricity is, "an essential part of life," and therefore, "Texans expect and deserve electric service 100% of the time " (emphasis added).
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September 16, 2013
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council has announced a new agreement to supply its opt-out natural gas aggregation, including a new supplier and use of local shale gas.
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September 12, 2013
A day after PJM was forced to involuntarily shed firm load due to a lack of available generation supply (click here for story) , a Texas capacity owner has said that the "long-term solution" to the challenges facing the ERCOT grid is, "some form of capacity market."
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