August 31, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved territory-specific Distribution Cost Recovery Factors, charged to retail electric providers, at AEP Texas, after discussing language in PURA regarding the application of "system-wide" DCRF rates
Click for More
August 13, 2018
The National Energy Marketers Association has issued a Save The Date for its upcoming Western Energy Policy Summit , to be held October 24 to October 26, 2018 in Las Vegas
Click for More
August 13, 2018
The California PUC has released a final version of its paper discussing facing the retail sale of electricity in the state (known as the Green Book)
Click for More
July 31, 2018
Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development) today announced it has signed 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) to deliver wind power from the 200 megawatt (MW) Duran Mesa Wind project currently in development…
Click for More
June 28, 2018
Urges Consideration Of Prohibiting Door-to-Door, Telephonic Sales, Capping Termination Fees POLR Service Design Left To Legislature
The Nevada Governor's Committee on Energy Choice has approved a final report on findings and recommendations related to the energy choice initiative
Click for More
June 27, 2018
Clean Power Alliance, the opt-out municipal aggregation serving Los Angeles County and various cities, announced that, starting June 25, 2018, it launched electricity service to over 30,000 businesses in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and the Cities of Rolling Hills Estates and South…
Click for More
June 25, 2018
The California PUC adopted an order directing the implementation of multi-year Resource Adequacy (RA) requirements starting in 2020, though specifics will be addressed in a further track of the proceeding
Click for More
June 8, 2018
sPower said that it has signed a 22-year, 100 MW solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with CleanPowerSF, a California Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) managed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) that serves the City and County of San Francisco.
Click for More
June 5, 2018
ETS (Energy Technology Savings), an energy technology, behavior management and smart building service provider which also acts as an ESCO in New York and energy supply procurement advisor, today announced a priced offering of $3 million of its Series C-1 Preferred Stock and milestones for its Smart…
Click for More
May 10, 2018
Urges Consideration Of Prohibiting Door-to-Door, Telephonic Sales, Capping Termination Fees
Committee Punts On Specific Default Service/POLR Structure, Would Task Legislature/PUCN With Development, Though Endorses POLR As "Temporary" Service
Click for More
May 8, 2018
GI Endurant, LLC d/b/a GI Energy (GIE) announced that Rilette Springs, LLC, an affiliate of Shell New Energies, U.S. LLC (Shell), has made a strategic investment in GIE, purchasing a majority and controlling interest.
Click for More
May 4, 2018
The California PUC released a draft study of issues facing the retail sale of electricity in the state (known as the Green Book), observing that current policy is being driven by disparate actions undertaken to achieve various goals in the wake of the 2000-01 energy crisis, and cautioning that the…
Click for More
April 20, 2018
Cites Costs In Hundreds of Millions To Billions Notes Challenges In Establishing POLR/Default Service Model
The Nevada PUC has posted a final draft report on the Energy Choice Initiative, a ballot initiative which, if approved, would extend to all customers the right to choose their electricity supplier.
Click for More
April 17, 2018
OhmConnect, which currently pays California residential customers for electricity usage reductions in response to alerts, announced that it has raised $8.5M in a Series B funding round, led by Mike Maples of Floodgate, along with Jennifer Fonstad of Aspect Ventures, Josh Cohen of City Light Capital…
Click for More
April 16, 2018
ETRACOM LLC issues a statement concerning its recent settlement with FERC (see story here)
Click for More
April 13, 2018
FERC has rejected the California ISO's proposed changes to its risk of retirement capacity procurement mechanism (CPM).
Click for More
April 13, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted a final order, implementing recent legislation, which establishes an ongoing requirement for investor-owned utilities within ERCOT to file a rate case within 48 months of their last rate case decision or settlement
Click for More
April 11, 2018
FERC has approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and ETRACOM LLC and Michael Rosenberg (together, Respondents), which FERC said, "resolves on fair and equitable terms: (a) the Commission’s claims against Respondents for violations of…
Click for More
April 4, 2018
Stakeholders filed testimony with the California PUC concerning the allocation of supply costs, incurred by utilities to serve bundled service customers, to competitive suppliers when such customers depart the utility for a competitive LSE, via charges or alternatives to the current Power Charge…
Click for More
April 4, 2018
SFE Energy Inc. (SFE) announced that it has launched its first online customer rewards program, "SFE Energy Rewards."
Click for More
March 28, 2018
Acquisition Serves To Balance NRG Generation, Load In East, Expands Retail Gas Business NRG CEO: "Need To Start Thinking About NRG Not In Terms Of Megawatts We Own, But In Terms Of Customers We Serve"
During an analyst day yesterday, NRG Energy announced that it would acquire XOOM Energy for $210 million, including working capital and $6 million in transaction costs
Click for More
March 23, 2018
GenOn Energy, Inc. ('GenOn') announced today that on March 22, 2018, certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement ('Purchase Agreement') with Stonepeak Kestrel Holdings LLC ('Buyer'), a subsidiary of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners ('Stonepeak'), pursuant to…
Click for More
March 8, 2018
PUC Should Address Resource Adequacy Through Current Integrated Resource Planning Until Organized, Competitive Market Established By *Legislature*
Retail Market Participation Should Be "Condition[ed]" On Retail Offerings That "Align" With State Goals Of Renewables, Energy Efficiency
Click for More
February 22, 2018
Adjusted Operating Profit, Gross Margin Up For North America Home Business Centrica Enters "Retail Partnerships" To Expand North America Home Sales Channels
Centrica's North America Business (C&I) segment delivered a, "poor financial result," in the second half of 2017, Centrica said in reporting preliminary results for the year ending December 31, 2017, due to increased competitive intensity and changes in market structure and input costs, including…
Click for More
February 7, 2018
NRG Energy, Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have entered into a Purchase Agreement for GIP to purchase NRG's ownership in NRG Yield and NRG's Renewables Platform for cash proceeds of $1.375 billion, subject to certain adjustments.
Click for More