December 5, 2012
Several direct access (DA) parties in California have petitioned the California PUC for a rulemaking relating to nonbypassable charges and utility generation and procurement cost allocation issues in light of certain directives contained in SB 790.
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November 27, 2012
Two interrelated draft decisions recently issued by the California PUC would grant retail natural gas suppliers at Pacific Gas & Electric a modicum of relief regarding the cost of capacity assigned by Pacific Gas & Electric, but would deny marketers' request for an opt-out of certain capacity…
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November 1, 2012
FERC dismissed, as unsupported, a complaint brought against the California ISO by Shell Energy North America regarding the definition of "complete and accurate" meter data, as Shell had said that the lack of a clear definition had led to a breakdown in the integrity of the grid-wide settlement…
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September 19, 2012
San Francisco Board Moves Forward with Community Choice Aggregation
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July 26, 2012
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. has filed a complaint at FERC asking the Commission to, among other things, institute an investigation into the integrity of the settlement process administered by the California ISO.
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May 3, 2012
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the recent default service procurements at Commonwealth Edison (energy only) and Ameren (energy and capacity).
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January 11, 2012
The National Energy Marketers Association has announced National Policy Committee Chairs and its Regional Advocacy Team Leaders for 2012.
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January 11, 2012
A settlement in Arizona Public Service Company's rate case would allow a capped number of large power users to elect alternative generation supply under a "buy through" mechanism (Docket E-01345A-11-0224).
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October 4, 2011
Verde Energy USA Illinois, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas. Verde Energy said in its application that it has a supply and credit agreement with Shell Energy North America.
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August 25, 2011
Just Energy Group Inc. has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership units of Fulcrum Retail Holdings LLC for approximately $79.4 million (all amounts in US $), subject to customary working capital adjustments.
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May 19, 2011
Several owners of LKN Communications, Inc. d/b/a ACN, Inc. have started a new retail energy supplier, Xoom Energy, LLC.
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May 9, 2011
FERC affirmed an initial decision from an ALJ and found that Brookfield Energy Marketing, Constellation Energy, and Shell Energy North America did not engage in market manipulation when offering energy associated with their capacity, as obligated to do as capacity suppliers in the ISO New England…
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April 4, 2011
Hudson Energy officially began marketing in Canada under the Hudson brand on April 4 in Ontario. Hudson Energy, a unit of Just Energy, currently supplies over 7,500 GWh of power across its electricity markets and close to 160 million therms (or 16 million GJ) of natural gas.
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December 31, 2010
FERC approved PJM Settlement, Inc.'s request to guarantee the obligations of PJM and authorized other securities-related requests, dismissing protests from several competitive market participants (ES11-8).
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October 13, 2010
FERC has opened a proceeding pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act to determine whether Shell Energy North America (US), LP's market-based rate authority in the Central and Southwest (CSWS, American Electric Power-West) balancing authority area remains just and reasonable after Shell's…
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September 30, 2010
An initial decision from a FERC ALJ finds that, "[d]espite being afforded every possible opportunity to prove their case - by the Commission as well as the presiding judge - and despite being granted extraordinary latitude to secure the evidence they insisted would demonstrate that respondents…
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