July 14, 2021
Texas Natural Gas Marketer Launching Retail Supplier To Serve Northeast Markets
IGT Ohio applied for an Ohio retail natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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July 13, 2021
Enel Green Power North America Acquires 3.2 GW Solar, Storage Development Portfolio In PJM, Other Areas To Accelerate Growth In The U.S.
Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2 GW portfolio of solar and solar-plus-storage projects from Dakota Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Dakota Power Partners and Eolian.
July 8, 2021
PJM Board Of Managers Approves Proposal To Address Capacity Market Reform; Addresses Default Service Auctions
PJM Interconnection's Board of Managers has approved a proposal to address what PJM termed, "long-standing concerns with the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in the PJM capacity market."
July 8, 2021
Regulator's Staff "Surprise[d]" That Retail Suppliers Oppose Vaccination Requirement For Resumption Of Door-to-Door Sales
Staff: Not Prepared To Allow Unvaccinated Agents Go Door-To-Door
In reply comments, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission said that Staff was "surprise[d]" that retail energy suppliers are opposing a vaccination requirement for sales agents as part of the complete end to current moratorium on in-person sales
June 30, 2021
New Mitsubishi Retail Energy Subsidiary Seeks License In Another New State
Diamond Energy East, LLC, which is ultimately a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, applied for a Maryland electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, in all service areas
June 29, 2021
Retail Supplier Opposes Unprecedented Proposal That Conditions Resumption Of Door-to-Door, Other In-Person Sales On All Sales Agents Being Vaccinated
Raises HIPAA Compliance Issues
Energy Harbor LLC opposed a proposal from Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission that would allow all forms of in-person marketing to resume, but with the condition that all sales agents be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus
June 29, 2021
New BP Retail Supplier Receives License In New State
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted BP Energy Retail LLC an electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas.
June 24, 2021
Retail Supplier To Pay $325,000, Agrees To Marketing Stand-Down That Includes No Re-enrollment Of Existing Customers, Under Settlement Adopted By Regulator
The Illinois Commerce Commission today approved without modification a settlement among Great American Power, LLC ('GAP' or the 'Company'), ICC Staff, the Illinois Attorney General, and Citizens Utility Board which resolves a show cause proceeding initiated against Great American Power
June 14, 2021
State Regulator's Staff Seeks Order Allowing Resumption Of All In-Person Retail Energy Marketing, Would Require Sales Agents To Be Vaccinated
Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission have filed a motion requesting that the Commission issue an order allowing all forms of in-person retail energy marketing to resume, including to residential customers, subject to several conditions, including a requirement that all sales agents be fully…
June 3, 2021
Cryptocurrency Mining Facility Developer Signs LOI With Retail Supplier Affiliate For Behind-The-Meter Solar
Sangha Systems, the developer of an 82 MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois, announced that it has signed a letter of intent with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 - 5 MW fully behind-the-meter solar power array to serve the facility
June 2, 2021
PJM Rest-Of-RTO BRA Capacity Price Falls By Nearly $100/MW-day For 2022-23; Locational Prices Drop Significantly As Well
PJM's base residual auction for the 2022-23 delivery year saw Rest-of-RTO and most locational prices drop significantly versus 2021-22
May 14, 2021
PSC Denies License Application Of Start-up Retail Supplier
The Michigan PSC has denied the application of Gas Bunny, LLC to operate as an alternative gas supplier (AGS)
May 13, 2021
Update: BP Energy Retail Target Customer Classes Revealed In Latest Retail Supplier License Application
BP Energy Retail LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas.
May 5, 2021
Update: BP Energy Retail Seeks Texas REP Certificate
BP Energy Retail LLC has formally filed for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
May 3, 2021
Retail Supplier Signs Long-Term Solar PPA
AEP Energy and Global Energy Generation LLC (Doral LLC), a developer of renewable energy projects, primarily in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, announced today that they have signed a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement for the Mammoth Solar project in Indiana.
April 26, 2021
BP Working To Launch Retail Energy Supplier In U.S.
BP has formed BP Energy Retail LLC and is applying for retail energy supplier licenses in several U.S. states
April 21, 2021
Updated: Liberty Power Holdings To Consider Sale Process As Part Of Debtor-In-Possession Financing
Liberty Power Holdings LLC ("Liberty" or the "Company") issued a statement concerning its filing of a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11, stating that it, "remains open and serving customers."
April 16, 2021
Regulator Opens Investigations Into Two Retail Energy Suppliers
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened separate investigations into Liberty Power Holdings LLC (Liberty Power) and Switch Energy LLC to review alleged potential violations of various provisions of the Ill. Adm. Code, Public Utilities Act (PUA) and Section 2EE of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive…
April 15, 2021
Retail Energy Regulator Allows Additional Type Of In-Person Sales, Broadly Applicable To All Retail Suppliers
The Illinois Commerce Commission has granted, on a generic basis, all retail electric and natural gas suppliers the ability to resume, "in-person [marketing] appointments with non-residential customers," as well as the ability to resume in-store marketing with their retail partners.
April 12, 2021
TC Energy Issues RFI For Electricity Supply In ERCOT, MISO
TC Energy Corporation announced today that it is seeking, through the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI), to identify potential contract and/or investment opportunities in wind energy projects that could generate up to 2,500,000 megawatt hours per year or 620 megawatts of zero-carbon energy…
April 7, 2021
Canadian Retail Supplier, Which Leverages Data Driven Model & Offers Portal Of Competing Offers, Expanding In U.S.
En-Powered Inc., d/b/a EnPowered USA Inc., has registered as an ESCO in New York to serve all customer classes
April 6, 2021
Vistra Announces Earlier Retirement Of Power Plant
Vistra and its subsidiary, Electric Energy, Inc., are today announcing the retirement of the Joppa Power Plant by Sept. 1, 2022, three years earlier than previously disclosed.
April 6, 2021
Georgetown University Selects Retail Supplier Affiliate To Manage Energy System
ENGIE and Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA announced today that they have entered into a comprehensive energy agreement to address sustainability and energy conservation through ENGIE's management of the university's utility system.
March 16, 2021
Mitsubishi Subsidiary Creates New Retail Energy Company In U.S.
Diamond Retail Energy, LLC applied for FERC market-based rate authority
March 11, 2021
Chicago's McCormick Place Selects Retail Supplier For Multi-Year Agreement
Dynegy today announced that it has entered into a three-year partnership with Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) to provide 100% renewable electricity to McCormick Place, a convention facility