October 22, 2014
Broker Names Former NRG/Reliant Director As Vice President of Business Development
Choice! Energy Services has named Marketa Hall as Vice President of Business Development.
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October 1, 2014
NRG Residential Offering Free Goal Zero Portable Solar Product to New Customers
NRG Residential Solutions is offering new electricity supply customers in certain states a free portable, Goal Zero Nomad 7 Solar Panel, which allows users to power devices like smartphones, GPS devices, and MP3 Players while on the go.
September 15, 2014
Comcast/NRG Brand Offering Electric Service in New Territory
Energy Rewards, NRG Energy's brand dedicated to its partnership with Comcast, has begun offering service at Penelec, in certain counties.
September 12, 2014
Texas Assigns 6 REPs Cost of Broadcasting PUCT Meetings
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has assigned to six retail electric providers the cost of broadcasting Commission meetings online.
August 28, 2014
License Briefs
EDF Energy Services Seeks License in New State
August 15, 2014
NRG "Realigning" Compassion Energy Brand After Acquiring Cirro, Compassion Brand Not Accepting New Customers
NRG Energy's retail brand Compassion Energy, focused on affinity charity donations, is not accepting new customers at this time, as NRG is "realigning" some of its retail brands in the wake of acquiring Cirro Energy, which had its own charity affinity program.
August 14, 2014
NRG Energy to Acquire Provider of Solar Powered Personal/Consumer Products
NRG Energy, Inc. and Goal Zero, described as a leader in providing personal solar products, have reached an agreement that will bring the "rapidly growing consumer products company" into the NRG family of companies.
August 8, 2014
NRG Retail Adjusted EBITDA Up on "Sustained" Margins
NRG Energy reported an increase in retail segment Adjusted EBITDA on "sustained" margins and customer growth.
August 8, 2014
Comcast/NRG Retail Brand Launches Natural Gas Service
Energy Rewards, the retail supply brand jointly offered by NRG Energy and Comcast, has begun offering natural gas service in western Pennsylvania.
August 7, 2014
Reliant Files to Use Trade Name "NRG Home" in Texas, NRG Home to "Expand Nationally"
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC applied to use the trade name "NRG Home" in an application for an amended Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 4, 2014
Is Calpine Thinking of Starting a Retail Supplier? Here's What CEO Thad Hill Said
With one of its largest pure-play generation rivals, Dynegy, entering the retail electric supply business last year, Calpine is increasingly unique among merchant generators in not owning a retail book as a hedge for its generation to counter the cyclical nature of the business.
July 31, 2014
Dominion Retail *Natural Gas* Customer Count Drops by One-Third
Dominion Retail has lost one-third of the natural gas customers it was serving during the first quarter of 2014, according to Dominion's second quarter earnings report.
July 23, 2014
Levco Tech Marketing For New Supplier
Levco Tech is marketing for a new electric supplier in Connecticut.
July 10, 2014
Pennsylvania Issues Proposal to Address Different Renewal Notice Timelines for Customers Receiving Electric, Gas Service from Same Supplier
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order to address the timing differences under the PUC's rules for the issuance of electric contract renewal notices and natural gas renewal notices, which are now no longer aligned as the PUC moved to accelerate electric customer switching.
July 9, 2014
Energy Marketing Conference Names Over a Dozen Retail Execs Highlighting Discussions at September Conference
Energy Marketing Conferences has announced over a Dozen retail energy executives highlighting discussions at its upcoming September 8 New York retail energy conference , which will focus on bundling, value-added services, and renewable energy
July 9, 2014
NRG Home Solar Expands to New State
NRG Home Solar announced that it is expanding its operations to Connecticut.
June 27, 2014
Top Retail Exec Departs NRG Energy
One of NRG Energy's top retail executives has left the company.
June 19, 2014
Exclusive: NRG's Energy Rewards Says It Will Offer Combined Electric/Gas Bundle (Brand Currently Used for Comcast Offers)
NRG Energy's Independence Energy Group LLC d/b/a Energy Rewards intends to offer to Pennsylvania customers an offer bundling electric and natural gas supply, according to a regulatory filing.
June 13, 2014
NRG Receives Subsidized Ratepayer Support to Repower Power Plant
The New York State Public Service Commission announced that it has given its regulatory approval to repower the Dunkirk power plant, owned by NRG Energy, under a $140 million agreement between National Grid and NRG.
June 11, 2014
NRG Retail Suppliers No Longer Offering Nest Thermostat in Northeast, As Direct Energy Set to Launch Offers
NRG Energy's retail suppliers are no longer offering to Northeast U.S. customers an electricity supply offer that includes a bundled Nest Learning thermostat, as NRG said that a provision providing NRG with exclusivity to offer the Nest learning thermostat in all of the competitive residential…
May 30, 2014
Texas Generator, PUCT Staff Agree on Amendments to Voluntary Mitigation Plan
NRG Energy and Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed for Commission approval of an amended voluntary mitigation plan that specifies offering practices that NRG can use when offering its generation resources into the ERCOT real-time and day-ahead energy and ancillary service…
May 22, 2014
License Briefs
Texas REP Files Notice of Cessation of Operations
May 16, 2014
Green Mountain Energy Expands 100% Solar Supply Product, Rebate to Two New States
Green Mountain Energy has expanded the offering of its SolarSPARC 100 product, a plan sourced from 100% solar power and which directs a portion of customer payments to build new solar generation not sited at the customer's premises, to New York and Pennsylvania.
May 7, 2014
NRG Says Expanding Texas Retail Margins Made Company "Comfortable" With Significant Expansion Via Dominion Retail Book, Forecasts Book's Contribution
Expanding retail margins in Texas made NRG Energy "comfortable" with expanding its retail business so significantly in Texas through the acquisition of Dominion Retail's customer books, executives said during an earnings call yesterday.
May 6, 2014
NRG Reports 'Sustained' Retail Margins in Q1
NRG Energy said this morning that its retail business recorded "sustained" portfolio margins during the first quarter of 2014.