July 18, 2019
Residents Energy Receives License In New State, PSC Includes Reporting Conditions
The Michigan PSC granted Residents Energy LLC a license to operate as an alternative natural gas supplier.
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July 17, 2019
Retail Supplier Agrees To $250,000 Forfeiture, Customer Refunds Under Settlement With PUC Staff
Alleged To Have Charged Rate In Excess Of 18¢/kWh, Called "Miscalculation" By Supplier
National Gas & Electric (NG&E or Company) has agreed to a forfeiture of $250,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to resolve alleged violations detailed in a Staff Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated September 11, 2018
July 9, 2019
Ohio Schedules Workshop To Review Natural Gas Market Rules
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a periodic five-year review of the Minimum Gas Service Standards under OAC Chapter 4901:1-13, which include certain rules impacting retail natural gas marketing rules
July 1, 2019
Illinois ORMD: Residential Retail Supplier Customers At ComEd Paid 1.6¢/kWh More On Average Than Default Service During Past Year
Yearly Cost Under Retail Supply Versus SOS Is $124 Million Higher At ComEd; $122 Million At Ameren
July 1, 2019
Duke Energy Sub. To Acquire Portfolio Of Distributed Fuel Cell Technology Projects In Move To Meet C&I Customer Needs
A subsidiary of Duke Energy today announced it will acquire a portfolio of distributed fuel cell technology projects from Bloom Energy Corporation, as part of the company’s efforts to serve commercial and industrial customers’ evolving energy needs and provide behind-the-meter generation.
June 24, 2019
Large Energy Supplier Winds Down Retail Electric Supply Business
Mansfield Energy has elected to exit its retail electric supplier business, under the entity Mansfield Power and Gas, LLC (MPG), and recently wound down the operations
June 20, 2019
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff Do Not Object To ComEd's Pilot To Market Utility-Supplied Real-Time Pricing, With No Risk, To Residential Customers Expected To Save Money, Based On AMI Data
ICEA Calls Program Anti-Competitive
In a brief, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission stated that they do not object to a modified program proposed by Commonwealth Edison to established a short-term pilot program as part of its Residential Real Time Pricing Program rider (Rider RRTP), to offer first-year bill protection to new…
June 13, 2019
Pennsylvania PUC Reports 350% Increase In Sign-up Clicks On PA Gas Switch Site, In Highlighting 20 Years Of Natural Gas Choice
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today highlighted the 20th anniversary of the Natural Gas Choice and Competition Act
June 4, 2019
Retail Supplier Seeks Clarification Of Otherwise "Challenging", "Burdensome" Proposed Rule
In comments on a proposed rule, WGL Energy Services, Inc. asked the District of Columbia PSC to clarify proposed new RPS reporting requirements for retail electric suppliers
May 31, 2019
Illinois Senate Concurs On Retail Energy Bill Prohibiting Termination Fees
Requires Disclosure Of Price To Compare In Marketing, On Supplier Bills
May 30, 2019
Illinois House Passes Bill Prohibiting Termination Fees (Differs From Senate-Passed Version)
Requires Disclosure Of Price To Compare In Marketing, On Supplier Bills
May 28, 2019
Illinois House Committee Recommends Passage For Amended Bill With Various Retail Energy Marketing Prohibitions, Requirements
Prohibits All Mass Market Termination Fees, More
The Illinois House Public Utilities Committee has adopted House Amendment 001 to SB0651 and recommended that the bill be passed as amended
May 24, 2019
Michigan PSC Sets Capacity Charge Applicable To Shopping Customers
In an order on an Upper Peninsula Power Co. rate case settlement, the Michigan PSC established the State Reliability Mechanism (SRM) capacity charge at the utility
May 20, 2019
Proposed First Notice Illinois Rules Include Broad Definition For In-Person Solicitation
Two Illinois ALJs have released a proposed Illinois Commerce Commission first notice order concerning sales and marketing rules for the retail natural gas market. Unless otherwise noted, the proposed rules discussed below would apply only to residential and small commercial customers
May 16, 2019
Retail Energy Regulator Urges Suppliers To Speak Out Against Bad Actors In Market, If Markets Are To Be Sustained, Grown
"It Takes One Bad Story To Set Everything Back", Commissioner Says
Speaking during a town hall at DNV GL's Energy Executive Forum, Illinois Commerce Commissioner Sadzi Oliva encouraged retail energy suppliers to speak out against bad actors in the market if they hope to sustain and grow retail energy markets
May 15, 2019
Start-up Natural Gas Supplier Expanding To Retail Electricity
Bolt Energy, LLC, which entered several retail natural gas markets last year, is expanding to retail electricity sales
May 7, 2019
SouthStar Parent Reports Increase In Competitive Retail Customer Count, Favorable Margins
Southern Company, the ultimate parent of SouthStar Energy Services and related retail energy brands, recently reported earnings for the quarter ending March 31, 2019.
May 3, 2019
Illinois Discloses Prices From Capacity Procurement For Default Service Customers Starting in 2020
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from a procurement of capacity for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
May 3, 2019
Vistra Energy (TXU, Dynegy Parent) Reports Higher Retail Adjusted EBITDA
Vistra Energy, the parent of various retail energy brands including TXU Energy and Dynegy, reported Adjusted EBITDA for its Retail segment of $257 million for the first quarter of 2019, up from $194 million a year ago
May 2, 2019
PUCO Approves Separate Settlements With Two Retail Suppliers Which Includes Over $35,000 In Forfeitures
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved without modification separate settlements between PUCO Staff and Ambit Northeast, LLC, and between PUCO Staff and Switch Energy, LLC, to resolve previously reported Notices of Probable Non-Compliance issued by Staff
May 2, 2019
Illinois Senate Passes Bill Which Would Generally Ban Retail Supplier Service To Assistance Program Customers
--- Requires Utility Supply Rate On Supplier Bills
April 30, 2019
Ameren Small Commercial Electric Supply Rate Falling 13%
New Electric Supply Rates Filed
Ameren has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission new Retail Purchased Electricity Charges (electric supply rates) for the period beginning June 1, 2019
April 29, 2019
NEM Says Latest New York Utilities Cybersecurity Petition Can't Cure Procedural Deficiencies
The National Energy Marketers Association said in comments to the New York PSC concerning a February petition from the joint utilities, which sought to "confirm" the previously adopted Data Security Agreement ('DSA') and its accompanying Self-Attestation ('SA') under the business-to-business process…
April 29, 2019
Illinois Posts Prices, Suppliers Under Default Service Procurement At ComEd, Ameren
Illinois has posted prices and winning suppliers from the Illinois Power Agency's spring 2019 procurement of block energy supplies for default service customers at Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and MidAmerican Energy Company
April 29, 2019
ComEd Residential, Small Commercial Electric Supply Rate To Decrease 13% On June 1
Commonwealth Edison has filed new electric supply rates Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs) for the period beginning June 1, 2019, as well as new bypassable transmission charges