May 22, 2017
Municipal Aggregator Cites "Concern" With Expansion of Direct Access, Worried Low-Income Customer Rates Would Rise
Electricity community choice aggregations (CCA) in California are only passing 1-2% in savings on to their customers even as the competitive wholesale market produces gross margin of 30% versus the utility rate, Ron Perry, CEO of Commercial Energy, told a California en banc hearing on retail…
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April 26, 2017
Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric have petitioned the California PUC to implement a new methodology for allocating, to direct access and community choice aggregation customers, legacy generation costs for which the customers would continue to be…
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April 24, 2017
Vista Energy Marketing, L.P. is expanding from retail natural gas supply to retail electricity supply, having recently applied for or obtained electric licenses in a number of states
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April 12, 2017
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission will hold a joint En Banc Hearing with Commissioners of both agencies attending to discuss the changing state of retail electric choice in California on May 19 in Sacramento
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April 4, 2017
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced his appointments to the Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice.
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March 27, 2017
Effective April 1st, Just Energy is re-branding its Commerce Energy subsidiary as Just Energy
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March 22, 2017
CHAMPS Group Purchasing, a group purchasing organization originally focused on various health care institutions but which has expanded to non-health members, announced that it signed an expanded contract with IGS Energy to offer IGS services to its members under an agreement that runs through Oct.…
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February 14, 2017
Includes Nation's Dominant Retailer
Just Energy has a funnel that, over the next 16 months, will bring the retail supplier into over 700 storefront locations, the company's Chief Sales Officer Morgan Smith told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in an interview.
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February 13, 2017
Retail Platform "Strategically Complete", Not Planning Additional Retail Platform Purchases Absent "Deep Value"
Creating a retail energy "powerhouse" is a top priority for Calpine in 2017, Trey Griggs, who was newly named as President of Calpine Retail, said during an earnings call on Friday.
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February 10, 2017
Calpine Reports Purchase Price For North American Power
Calpine named Trey Griggs as President, Calpine Retail and Executive Vice President of Calpine Corp.
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January 5, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has elected a new slate of officers and state chairs for 2017.
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January 4, 2017
Geothermal and renewable energy developer Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Viridity Energy, Inc., a privately held company specializing in demand response, energy management and energy…
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December 2, 2016
Crius Energy announced its first cross-brand promotion, designed to celebrate the company's one millionth customer milestone.
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December 1, 2016
Sungevity, Inc. and Just Energy Group Inc. announced a partnership to offer solar power systems to residential customers
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November 18, 2016
Uplift Allowed For Costs in Excess of $2,000/MWh FERC Acknowledges Difficulties in Verifying Costs Above $1,000, Subjects Load To Them Anyway
FERC has adopted a hard cap of $2,000/MWh for the energy markets in all the FERC-jurisdictional RTOs, with offers up to $2,000/MWh permitted to set LMP, and offers in excess of $2,000/MWh also permitted but with offers in excess of $2,000/MWh not setting LMP and addressed instead through make-whole…
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November 9, 2016
Nevada voters approved, with "Yes" winning with 72%, Question 3, which had asked whether Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution shall be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of…
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November 3, 2016
FERC granted Stanford University Power market-based rate authority
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October 4, 2016
Dynegy announced a series of executives changes today, as the company prepares to close on the acquisition of ENGIE’s US fossil portfolio of generating assets.
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October 3, 2016
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning December 1, 2016.
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September 23, 2016
Crius Energy Trust today announced the formation of a newly-created special purpose vehicle, Crius Solar Fulfillment, LLC ("Newco"), to serve as the debtor-in-possession ("DIP") lender and bidder for the purchase of certain residential solar installation assets (the "Solar Installation Assets") from…
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August 31, 2016
Stanford University Power LLC applied for FERC market-based rate authority
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August 15, 2016
Tenaska Power Management, LLC applied for a Maryland electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers in all service areas
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August 8, 2016
FERC granted Apple Energy LLC market-based rate authority for wholesale electricity sales
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July 28, 2016
The board of directors of the recently established Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA) community choice aggregation in San Mateo County, California, has selected Direct Energy as PCEA’s Energy Service Provider for its first phase rollout.
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June 7, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should evaluate policies and programs that create incentives for loads to reduce consumption for reasons unrelated to real-time energy prices, including: (a) the need for and structure of Emergency Response Service (ERS) and (b) the allocation of transmission…
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