August 10, 2015
JPMorgan Purchases Stake in Retail Supplier
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has purchased 10.2% of the outstanding shares of Spark Energy, Inc. common stock, JPMorgan said in a filing with the SEC.
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August 5, 2015
Spark Energy Hires Retail Market Veteran As Executive Vice President
Spark Energy has hired Jason Garrett as Executive Vice President, Retail, the company disclosed in an SEC filing
July 10, 2015
Spark Energy Acquires Retail Supplier, Upsizes Credit Facility
Spark Energy, Inc. has acquired CenStar Energy, a retail energy company with approximately 75,000 residential customer equivalents.
May 29, 2015
Texas Market Veteran Joins Retail Provider as VP Of Small Commercial Sales
Preston Ochsner has joined Source Power & Gas, an ERM Power Company, as Vice President of Small Commercial Sales
May 15, 2015
Spark Energy Reports "Strong" Unit Margins, Continues SoCal Attrition
Spark Energy saw "strong" unit margins during the quarter ending March 31, 2015, and continued to experience attrition due to its withdrawal from the Southern California gas market, consistent with prior expectations.
May 14, 2015
Update: Spark Energy Discloses Purchase Price For Oasis Energy
Spark Energy, Inc. announced that the purchase price for Oasis Energy is $20.0 million, subject to working capital adjustments, as Spark will acquire Oasis Energy from an affiliate of Spark's founder
May 12, 2015
Parent of Retail Supplier to Acquire Oasis Energy
NuDevco Partners Holdings, LLC has entered into a purchase sale agreement to purchase Oasis Power, LLC.
March 30, 2015
After Learning "Hard Lesson" in SoCal Gas Market, Spark Energy Expects to Return To Customer Growth in Q2
Spark Energy expects to see its customer count decline during the first quarter of 2015 due to churn in the Southern California natural gas market -- part of a "hard lesson" the company learned regarding the market, but the company expects to return to net customer growth by the second quarter of…
March 30, 2015
Spark Energy: M&A Targets Range From Tuck-Ins to Companies Equivalent to Spark's Size
Spark Energy's new framework to support M&A activity is intended to support larger acquisitions, though the company remains open to pursuing acquisitions ranging from tuck-ins to books that are the same size as Spark, CEO Nathan Kroeker said during an earnings call.
March 27, 2015
Spark Energy Developing Framework to Support Additional Growth Through M&A, Reports Earnings
Spark Energy announced that it is developing a framework with NuDevco Partners Holdings, LLC, which is owned by Spark's founder, that would enable Spark to pursue additional growth through M&A.
March 17, 2015
Spark Energy Acquires Book of 34,000 Customers
Spark Energy, Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Entrust Energy, Inc. for the purchase of approximately 33,500 customer contracts in the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) natural gas market in Northern California.
March 13, 2015
Energy Marketing Conference Announces Retail Supplier of the Year, Most Innovative Supplier
Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC announced the winners of the two awards presented at its recent semi-annual retail energy conference in New York City
January 9, 2015
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November 19, 2014
Spark Revises Customer Book Acquisition in Response to Regulator Concerns
Spark Energy will, at this time, acquire a smaller Connecticut customer book from Town Square Energy than originally contemplated, after the Connecticut PURA informed the suppliers that it could not sanction the assignment of certain customers whose contracts PURA interpreted as being expired.
November 13, 2014
Spark Energy Discloses Purchase Price for Two Recent Customer Book Acquisitions, Sees More M&A Opportunities
In announcing quarterly earnings, Spark Energy has disclosed the purchase price for Connecticut books of customers it has agreed to acquire from Discount Power, Inc. and Town Square Energy, LLC.
November 13, 2014
PURA Says Supplier May Assign Customers to Competitor at "Own Risk"
The Connecticut PURA said that it is, "unable to sanction," the transfer of a portion of the customer book Town Square Energy is seeking to assign to Spark Energy, and said that Town Square Energy, "may proceed with the transfer of these customers at its own risk."
November 3, 2014
Spark Energy to Acquire Another Book of Customers
Spark Energy is acquiring another book of customers, this time from Town Square Energy, LLC.
October 29, 2014
Spark Energy Acquires Book of Customers
Spark Energy, LLC has agreed to acquire the Connecticut variable rate customers of Connecticut-based Discount Power, Inc.
October 9, 2014
Veteran of Texas Retail Market Since Launch Joins Start-up REP as CEO
Preston Ochsner has joined Texas retail electric provider Jade Energy, LLC d/b/a Bose Power & Electric as CEO, according to a REP certificate amendment filing by the company.
September 15, 2014
PURA Said to Have Made in Error in Issuing NOV to Spark Energy
Spark Energy said that the Connecticut PURA has confirmed to Spark that a Notice of Violation issued to Spark Energy last week was made in error.
September 11, 2014
Spark Energy Reports Expanded Unit Margins, Customer Growth
Spark Energy saw expanded unit margins and increased customer count during the quarter ended June 30, 2014, it said in reporting second quarter earnings yesterday.
September 9, 2014
State Issues Notice of Violation to Eight Retail Suppliers Over Gross Receipts Reporting, RPS Compliance
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has issued notices of civil penalties against eight retail suppliers concerning alleged failure to pay RPS alternative compliance payments, alleged failure to submit required receipts for such payments, or alleged failure to file annual reports…
August 14, 2014
Spark Energy Reports Geographic Distribution of Customers to Investors
Spark Energy yesterday filed an 8-K providing a geographic breakdown of its retail customer distribution on a Residential Customer Equivalent basis, as of June 30, 2014
August 13, 2014
New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Green Mountain Energy has earned the top spot from Texas customers in J.D. Power's 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.
July 14, 2014
National Retail Supplier Launches IPO, Seeking to Raise $60 Million
Spark Energy has filed with the SEC additional information regarding its initial public offering, and now has disclosed the amount it is attempting to raise.