May 30, 2014
The California Assembly this week passed a bill, AB 2145, which would terminate the ability of community choice aggregations to enroll customers on an opt-out basis effective January 1, 2015.
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May 30, 2014
Spark Energy has filed with the SEC to conduct an initial public offering.
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May 15, 2014
Crius Energy intends to expand its Viridian Energy brand into five new states in 2014, including Texas.
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May 13, 2014
Walter Jones, who spent over a decade at Ameresco, has launched a new energy broker, Barranca Energy Procurement Services, LLC
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April 22, 2014
Two retail electric service providers have recently been licensed by the California PUC.
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April 22, 2014
Astrum Solar and Ethical Electric announced a partnership that will cross-promote each company's offerings to their customer base.
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April 11, 2014
Glacial Energy Holdings, and various retail supplier and other subsidiaries, have filed a Chapter 11 petition for bankruptcy.
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March 31, 2014
NRG Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries including NRG Yield, Inc. and NRG Solar, now owns and operates more than 1,200 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity, the company said Friday.
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March 31, 2014
Texas-based broker Energy Choice Solutions LLC d/b/a EnergyWize Services LLC is currently expanding to 12 additional states beyond Texas.
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March 27, 2014
NRG Energy, Inc. said that it has acquired, "one of the nation's leading residential solar companies," Roof Diagnostics Solar (RDS), "to support and expand the company's efforts to empower its customers to control their own energy destiny through clean self-generation."
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March 27, 2014
"We expect industry-wide increased customer attrition, new regulations, higher collateral costs, and financial performance to drive many retail suppliers to look for market exits through equity sales and customer book divestments," Crius Energy CEO Michael Fallquist said during an earnings call…
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March 20, 2014
Crius Energy and Frontier Communications announced today they have expanded their strategic partnership to offer solar power to residential customers.
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March 20, 2014
In keeping with its long-standing disdain regarding the needs of retail electric suppliers and the foundation necessary for a properly functioning retail electric market, FERC has not seen fit to include any companies which are exclusively focused on supplying competitive retail energy on the…
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March 14, 2014
A decision from the California PUC authorizes two utilities to procure generation to meet local capacity requirements, with recovery authorized through the nonbypassable Cost Allocation Mechanism.
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March 6, 2014
Spark Energy announced that it has expanded residential natural gas service to the Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) service area.
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February 28, 2014
NRG experienced continued customer growth in 2013, it said in reporting earnings today.
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February 18, 2014
TriEagle Energy has posted its offers for residential service at the Sharyland Utilities Stanton, Colorado City, Brady, and Celeste divisions.
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February 12, 2014
A proposed decision from the California PUC would authorize two utilities to procure generation to meet local capacity requirements, with recovery authorized through the nonbypassable Cost Allocation Mechanism.
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February 11, 2014
NRG Residential Solar Solutions is offering customers $600 for referring a customer who installs a solar system.
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February 6, 2014
The California PUC yesterday voted to open a new rulemaking on a multi-year resource adequacy requirement for load serving entities.
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February 6, 2014
The Maryland Public Service Commission issued a news release to alert Maryland energy customers who have contracted with retail energy suppliers, "that the recent spate of extremely cold temperatures may affect their rates if they have contracted with retail energy suppliers through variable rate…
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January 30, 2014
A California proposed decision would clarify how utilities are to exclude forecast direct access and community choice aggregation load from their procurement plans for bundled service customers.
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January 24, 2014
Constellation Reports Customer-Sited Solar Capacity Installed During 2013
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January 22, 2014
Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG) has released its 2014 Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS), which identifies the states that have the most active retail electricity markets in North America.
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January 8, 2014
Arizona utilities have disclosed in response to a request from Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns the amount of money spent publicly supporting their position regarding retail electric choice, which for the state's utilities, was unanimous opposition.
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