January 20, 2015
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January 14, 2015
University of California to Act as Retail Electric Supplier
The University of California will begin directly supplying electricity to its campuses and medical centers this month.
January 13, 2015
Just Energy To Begin Offering Residential Solar Solutions
Just Energy Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a comprehensive, long-term agreement with Clean Power Finance, Inc. to sell residential solar electricity solutions and installations.
January 6, 2015
Retail Energy Supply Association Elects 2015 Officers and State Chairs
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has elected a new slate of officers and state chairs for 2015, with Brenda Crockett of Champion Energy Services being elected President.
November 24, 2014
FERC Denies Retail Supplier's Sought Penalty Waivers
FERC has denied a request from 3 Phases Energy Services, LLC for a waiver of Section 37.11.1 of the California Independent System Operator tariff, which imposes financial penalties on scheduling coordinators that submit untimely meter data.
November 24, 2014
Ziphany, Glacial Affiliate, Soliciting Bids for Sale
Ziphany, LLC, an affiliate of Glacial Energy included in Glacial's Chapter 11 proceedings, is soliciting bids for its demand response technology platform.
November 17, 2014
Crius Energy Reports Reduced Churn, But Customer Base Still Declines By 3%
Crius Energy reported reduced levels of churn in the third quarter of 2014, but the company still saw a 3% decline in its customer base.
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 6, 2014
Wholesale Power Marketer Renewable Power Direct Expanding to Retail Market
Renewable Power Direct, a wholesale power marketer which heretofore has concentrated on providing wholesale renewable power to customers via the customer's existing load serving entity (essentially as a matchmaker), is expanding its service to include serving customers at retail in states with…
November 4, 2014
Baltimore Gas & Electric Posts New Weighted Average SOS Rate, Summer 2015 Residential Rate to Increase
Baltimore Gas & Electric has posted on its website a new weighted average SOS rate for the period Oct. 1, 2014 through Sep. 30, 2015, which includes the summer SOS rate for 2015.
September 26, 2014
License Briefs
Mansfield Power and Gas Seeks Supplier Licenses in New State
September 25, 2014
Direct Energy Expands Small Business Service to New Territory
Direct Energy Business has begun providing natural gas supply services to small business customers in the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) territory in northern and central California.
September 12, 2014
Retail Supplier Brands Products as "Patriot Plans", Adds Stars & Stripes to Logo, Also to Launch Gas Service in New State
YEP Energy confirmed that it will be entering the Pennsylvania natural gas market, after recently obtaining a license, and rolled out a new brand and logo for its Pennsylvania electricity service.
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 4, 2014
Nordic Energy to Expand to New State, Says It Will Enter 8 Additional States This Year
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced that it has been approved by the New Jersey BPU as an alternative electric supplier, and said that it will serve residential and commercial customers at PSE&G, JCPL and Atlantic City Electric.
September 3, 2014
Broker, Solar Provider Changes Name to Nextility, Announces $7 Million Funding Round
Broker and solar developer and financier Skyline Innovations announced the company has changed its name to Nextility, Inc.
August 15, 2014
Acquisitions Offset Organic Customer Losses At Crius Energy
Crius Energy, in releasing earnings yesterday, reported that as of June 30, 2014 it was serving 600,000 electricity and natural gas customers (on an RCE basis).
August 13, 2014
Retail Supplier Requests Waiver of ISO Penalties for Untimely Submission of Meter Data
3 Phases Energy Services, LLC has requested at FERC a waiver of Section 37.11.1 of the California Independent System Operator tariff, which imposes financial penalties on scheduling coordinators that submit untimely meter data.
August 6, 2014
Retail Supplier Surpasses 100,000 Customer Threshold
Infinite Energy announced that it reached the 100,000 customer threshold this month.
July 29, 2014
Exelon, Bloom Energy Partner to Provide Distributed Power to Commercial Customers
Exelon Corporation announced that it will provide equity financing for 21 megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy fuel cell projects at 75 commercial facilities in California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
July 22, 2014
New MLM Channel Begins Marketing Retail Electric, Natural Gas Supply
Enfiniti Global, Inc. announced that it has begun marketing energy products for Entrust Energy in three markets.
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.
July 10, 2014
State Proposes to Expand Rescission Period to 30th Day After First Bill
The California PUC has proposed expanding the rescission period to natural gas service to core customers from 3 days after contract signing to 30 days after the first bill, in a proposed order which would also establish a registration process for retail gas suppliers (core transportation agents, or…
July 9, 2014
Crius Energy Launches Supply Service in New State
Crius Energy announced that its retail supply brand FTR Energy Services, offered through a strategic marketing partnership with Frontier Communications, has expanded to offer natural gas in California to residential and commercial customers.
June 12, 2014
CUB, City of Chicago Seek ICC Investigation of Retail Market, Each Supplier's Individual Compliance
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board and City of Chicago have petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the Illinois retail electric market, and the compliance of each certified ARES in Illinois with the Public Utilities Act and the Commission’s Administrative Rules