May 15, 2013
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PPL EnergyPlus Receives Supplier License to Serve Residential, C&I Customers in New State
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May 15, 2013
Start-up Retail Supplier Abest Power & Gas Cites States for Expansion, Formally Announces Conn. Launch
Start-up retail supplier Abest Power & Gas has formally announced its launch of operations and has disclosed its next states for expansion.
May 14, 2013
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Interstate Gas Supply Seeks Electric License in New State
May 13, 2013
Retail Suppliers Seek to Close Petition to Institute Purchase of Receivables
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed to close, without prejudice, a generic investigation regarding whether purchase of receivables, customer referral, and electronic interface programs should be implemented in New Hampshire.
May 13, 2013
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Mega Energy of Maine, LLC applied for a Maine electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric. The application is part of Mega Energy's re-focusing of marketing efforts on the northeast U.S., which was first reported by Matters . Various Mega…
May 13, 2013
Plymouth Rock Energy Set to Launch in New State, More Expansions Planned
Plymouth Rock Energy is about to begin offering electricity supply in Maryland.
May 10, 2013
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FTR Energy Services Receives Supplier License in New State
May 8, 2013
IDT Energy Sees Net Churn Continue as Gross Acquisitions Slow
IDT Energy reported its second consecutive quarter of net customer churn, on a customer meter basis, as gross customer acquisitions slowed.
May 7, 2013
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5 Names New Hire, Expands With New Office
May 7, 2013
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New Broker Led By Former BlueStar Exec Receives License in New State
May 7, 2013
NRG Reports Steady Retail Margins in Texas
NRG Energy reported this morning on its earnings call that it is seeing flat unit margins in Texas.
May 6, 2013
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ENCOA Seeks Supplier License in New State
May 3, 2013
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Entrust Energy Receives License in New State
May 3, 2013
Connecticut Draft Would Accept Settlement with Retail Supplier Concerning Investigation
A draft Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority decision would approve a settlement between PURA Prosecutorial Staff and Public Power, LLC to resolve an investigation of certain customer complaints and alleged unauthorized switches.
May 3, 2013
Massachusetts Utilities Update Purchase of Receivables Compliance Plans, Discount Rates
Consistent with a prior directive, the Massachusetts electric distribution companies have filed with the DPU updated purchase of receivables compliance plans, including new discount rates.
May 2, 2013
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Silver Bear Energy Receives Supplier License in New State
May 1, 2013
Don't Be Evil: Google Applauds Effort to Introduce Utility Tariff Seen as Suppressing Retail Choice
Google recently released a white paper (click here) calling for regulated utilities to offer customers the option of purchasing renewable energy via green tariff options, but in the paper applauded an effort which is seen as eradicating a retail choice option for customers in Virginia.
April 30, 2013
Massachusetts AG to Host Summit on Energy Costs, Competitiveness
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced an energy summit, to be held May 20, to discuss, among other things, the impact of historically high energy costs on competitive business in Massachusetts.
April 30, 2013
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GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions Files to Serve Residential Customers
April 30, 2013
Shock: UBS Sees New England, New York Susceptible to "Re-regulation" of Generation
New England and New York could follow California in essentially re-regulating new build power generation through the use of regulator-directed procurements, Julien Dumoulin-Smith said in a note to UBS Investment Research clients.
April 30, 2013
UBS: Retail Trend is Towards More Re-Regulation; Not Further Deregulation
The trend in the retail electric sector is, "towards re-regulation; not further de-regulation," Julien Dumoulin-Smith said in a note to UBS Investment Research clients.
April 26, 2013
Retail Supplier Protests ISO-NE Credit Change Proposal as "Throwing Darts," Says Proposal Would "Balkanize" Credit Policy
ISO New England's proposal filed at FERC to revise its financial assurance and billing policies by changing the cure percentage for a Market Participant that receives one or more margin calls within a rolling 365-day period would, "balkanize credit policies and create an undue preference for one…
April 26, 2013
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Sperian Energy Seeks Supplier License in New State
April 25, 2013
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XOOM Energy Receives License in New State
April 25, 2013
Tschamler: Recent Vote Advancing Retail Auction is Closest A State Has Come to Removing Utility from Supply Function
On Friday, Connecticut's budget bill advanced out of committee, which Taff Tschamler, Senior Vice President of Business Development for North American Power and Gas, LLC, said is, "as close as a state has come to getting a utility out of the supply function as I've seen."