December 21, 2020
Consumer Advocates Argue Narrower Proposal On Types Of Marketing Which Must Adhere To Disclosures Is Inconsistent With Statute
Parties have filed comments on proposals from Illinois Staff for amendments to Illinois Administrative Code Part 412 detailing the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES), and a new Part 512 detailing the obligations of alternative gas suppliers (AGS)
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December 15, 2020
Freight Farms, a provider of hydroponic vertical container farming, and Arcadia, which among other services provides a monthly subscription service that connects customers across the U.S. to clean energy, have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their…
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December 15, 2020
AG Says Commission Can't Rule On Prior Motions For In-Person Marketing Resumption, As AG Says Such Motions Were Already Disposed Of When ICC Declined To Rescind Its Emergency Prohibition Order
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December 14, 2020
The District of Columbia PSC granted Nordic Energy Services electricity and natural gas supplier licenses to serve residential and commercial customers
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December 9, 2020
Dynegy Energy Services, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Nicor, Peoples Gas, and North Shore Gas, and to serve small commercial customers in Ameren.
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December 8, 2020
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC d/b/a NRG Business, NRG Home and NRG Retail Solutions ('NRG' or 'Company') has agreed to a forfeiture of $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ('Staff') to resolve all of the issues identified by Staff in a Notice of Probable…
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December 8, 2020
An Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ has issued a proposed interim order that would allow the NRG Energy retail suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefront establishments, subject to various conditions
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December 7, 2020
Initiatives Include Northeast Expansion Through Partnership With Wholesale Energy Supplier
Mega Energy Holdings LLC announced the extension of a credit and supply arrangement with Pacific Summit Energy LLC (PSE), the North American marketing and trading subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and its largest U.S. affiliate, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, "to enable current market growth and…
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December 4, 2020
With the Illinois Commerce Commission denying a Staff proposal that would have dissolved the ICC's prior prohibition on in-person marketing by retail electric and gas suppliers (as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com) , several Vistra retail energy suppliers (Vistra Retailers) have…
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December 4, 2020
Would Dismiss Complaint Seeking To Apply Rules Under "Essential Utility Services" Code To Retail Suppliers
A proposed order from an ALJ at the Illinois Commerce Commission, addressing a formal customer complaint filed against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, would find that, "it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply."
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November 25, 2020
PJM said in a market notice that, "It has come to our attention that certain Load Serving Entities may have been charged and credited based on incorrect peak load contribution values supplied by Duke going back to January 2019."
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November 23, 2020
Ohio Senate Bill 363, introduced by Sen. Frank Hoagland, would terminate the authority of municipalities and political subdivisions to enroll electricity and natural gas customers into government aggregations on an opt-out basis
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November 16, 2020
The Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) announced that it has partnered with TriEagle Energy for a program under which alumni who sign up with TriEagle Energy will see a portion of what they pay TriEagle for electricity contributed to the TTAA.
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November 10, 2020
Dominion Energy Solutions, Inc. ("DES") provided to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio notice of the transfer of its Ohio residential, small commercial, and government aggregation customer contracts to Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. ("IGS").
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November 9, 2020
AEP Plans To Invest $2.1 Billion In Competitive, Contracted Renewables
In a newly released investor presentation, AEP Energy listed its competitive retail customer count as 524,144. This total includes approximately 83,500 retail gas accounts
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November 6, 2020
Genie Energy Ltd. reported that its U.S. retail supplier business segment, Genie Retail Energy (GRE), reported higher Adjusted EBITDA of $12.6 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2020 (3Q20), up from $11.2 million a year ago
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November 6, 2020
"Will Not Tolerate Bad Behavior"
"Building on research and analysis from its Office of Retail Market Development, and in response to persistent consumer complaints," the Illinois Commerce Commission announced new strategic planning, "including a sharpened focus upon its deployment of Staff resources to bolster enforcement efforts."
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November 5, 2020
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied motions from ICC Staff which had sought orders conditionally dissolving the Commission’s March 18, 2020 Emergency Orders prohibiting alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) and alternative gas suppliers from conducting in-person solicitations, within the…
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October 29, 2020
Start-up Barracuda Energy LLC applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes at Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion Energy Ohio
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October 27, 2020
DTE Energy today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has unanimously authorized management to pursue a plan to spin-off the DTE Midstream business ('Midstream') from DTE Energy.
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October 26, 2020
Will Be Used To Serve Competitive Supply Customers, Potential Columbus Municipal Aggregation
AEP Energy Partners has signed a letter of intent with BQ Energy Development, LLC to purchase 100% offtake of the Columbus Solar Park being developed southwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio.
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October 26, 2020
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board alleged in a blog post concerning alternative natural gas suppliers that, "many suppliers are violating a new consumer protection law that went into effect this year."
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October 22, 2020
E-Volve Energy Holdings, LLC, a Texas-based broker and aggregator created last year, is expanding to various Northeast markets.
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October 19, 2020
In a proposed order, an Illinois Commerce Commission Administrative Law Judge would grant a motion from ICC Staff to conditionally dissolve the ICC's prior emergency orders prohibiting alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) and alternative gas suppliers (AGS) from conducting in-person…
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October 14, 2020
Staff Alleges Supplier's Flat Daily Rate Plan Is Not Permitted Under PUC Rules
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued a report concerning an investigation of SFE Energy Ohio, Inc and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC in which, among other things, Staff recommends that the companies pay a forfeiture of $775,000, pay certain restitution, and suspend all marketing until…
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