March 3, 2011
DPL Energy Resources has purchased MC Squared Energy Services, LLC, which will provide MC Squared Energy Services with a platform to expand from its current market of Commonwealth Edison.
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March 2, 2011
Dominion East Ohio has submitted a notice of intent to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to continue with the next phase of its exit from the merchant function.
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March 2, 2011
Vectren Retail Seeking Ohio Electric License
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March 2, 2011
Ameren Illinois has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to declare Ameren's provision of electric supply to retail customers with peak demands of at least 150 kW but less than 400 kW to be competitive effective May 1, 2011, which would move existing customers in this class to default hourly…
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March 1, 2011
Nordic Energy Services Receives License to Serve Illinois Residential Customers
Nordic Energy Services said that it has received an amended Illinois electric supplier license to serve residential and other small volume customers. Nordic's application for an amendment was first reported in Matters (12/28) . Pricing for Nordic's new residential products was not immediately…
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March 1, 2011
Constellation NewEnergy is supporting its Commonwealth Edison residential electric offers with 2.2 million pieces of direct mail, along with a variety of other marketing initiatives, said David Fein, Constellation Energy's Vice President of Energy Policy for the Midwest and Pennsylvania.
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March 1, 2011
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
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March 1, 2011
Direct Energy has begun offering electric supply to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison.
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February 28, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power on Friday filed an updated Purchase of Receivables discount rate of 0.90%. CL&P will use the new factor effective with the purchase of supplier receivables for April 2011. The updated factor reflects the average uncollectibles factor from the past two years, 1.16% in 2009…
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February 28, 2011
Illinois' current and proposed rules regarding electric agent, broker and consultant licensing "wrongly impl[y] that the existence of any agreement between a supplier and an ABC renders the ABC no longer independent, or potentially makes them an affiliate of the supplier," Constellation NewEnergy…
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February 25, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without additional retail market-related conditions, a non-unanimous stipulation authorizing the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy (A-2010-2176520 et. al.).
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February 24, 2011
In an unsurprising order, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio found that Duke Energy Ohio's proposed Market Rate Offer filing did not meet statutory criteria, due to its proposed two-year blending process, and found that the case can not move forward as filed. (Case 10-2586-EL-SSO).
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February 24, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has recently acquired Accent Energy, Interstate Gas Supply disclosed in applying for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license.
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February 23, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have asked the Commission to suspend an exceptions deadline contemplated by a proposed First Notice Order regarding electric consumer protection rules, so that parties may have the benefit of actual rule language when drafting exceptions (Docket 09-0592).
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February 23, 2011
Competition against Ameren’s residential retail electric rates is "effectively closed" due to the subsidization of electric heating customers, BlueStar Energy Services said in comments to the ICC.
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February 22, 2011
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio reported the winning bidders from the recent Vectren Energy Delivery Standard Choice Offer (SCO) auction.
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February 22, 2011
Hawk Energy Corp. Seeks Pa. Electric License
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February 22, 2011
Constellation Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.
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February 21, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint for expedited declaratory relief at the Illinois Commerce Commission, seeking a declaration that Commonwealth Edison's recently filed Purchase of Receivables tariff, "does not conflict with, and is not intended to, override an existing administrative…
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February 21, 2011
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed First Notice Order concerning electric supplier consumer protection and marketing standards, which would, among other things, eliminate the earlier proposal granting customers the ability to cancel a contract, without incurring a termination fee, up to 10…
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February 18, 2011
Duke Energy Ohio reported during an earnings call that electric migration levels in its territory have stabilized, and that it does not anticipate much incremental migration in 2011.
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February 17, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions increased its share of sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories in Ohio to 81.4%, FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in reporting fourth-quarter earnings.
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February 16, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff have filed an emergency motion for clarification of the Commission's February 9 Amendatory Order regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, asking that the current discount rate continue to apply until the ICC clarifies several conflicting…
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February 15, 2011
MXenergy reported higher net income of $25.7 million for the three months ending December 31, 2010, versus $18.2 million a year ago, as well as higher Adjusted EBITDA of $22.0 million versus $20.8 million a year ago, on higher electric gross profit and customer growth versus the year-ago quarter.
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February 15, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services has filed a complaint against Commonwealth Edison and Ameren at the Illinois Commerce Commission seeking an order finding that the utilities have violated 220 ILCS 5/16-118(e) by failing to file a tariff to implement Purchase of Uncollectibles as required by statute (Docket…
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