October 24, 2018
Ohio PUC Institutes Workgroups On PowerForward Grid Modernization Proceeding, Including Workgroup On Retail Supplier Access To Customer Data
PUCO's written order has provided specific language concerning the working group's charges.
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October 22, 2018
Spark Energy Announces Acquisition of Mass Market Customer Book
Spark Energy, Inc. ("Spark" or the "Company") today announced that the Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 60,000 residential RCEs from a retail energy provider in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.
October 16, 2018
ComEd Seeks Declaratory Order Concerning Ability To Post Default Service Price To Compare On Bills Issued To Retail Supplier Customers
Commonwealth Edison has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for a declaratory order affirming that ComEd is not prohibited from including on bills a bill message setting forth "Price to Compare" information on the customer bills for the majority of residential and commercial accounts that…
October 16, 2018
Illinois AG Says Lawmakers Should "Ban" Residential Electric Choice
In announcing a settlement regarding allegations against Sperian Energy Corp. (see related story today) , Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a news release that Illinois lawmakers should "ban" residential electric choice.
October 15, 2018
Direct Energy Business To Acquire Retail Supplier
Direct Energy Business, a subsidiary of Centrica plc, announced today an agreement to purchase the retail electricity business of Source Power & Gas LLC, a wholly owned indirect U.S. subsidiary of Australian power company ERM Power Limited
October 9, 2018
Shopping Platform For Multifamily Properties, Tenants Receives Texas Aggregator License
The Texas PUC granted SetMeUpEnergy Services, LLC d/b/a SetMeUpPower an electric aggregator certificate to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
October 8, 2018
Stream Expands Commercial Service To Three New States
Launches New Longer-Term Electricity Plans
Stream has expanded its commercial electricity supply offers to three new states: Ohio, Illinois and Delaware
October 2, 2018
Concierge/Subscription Shopping Service Launches In New State
Utiliz, which offers a subscription-based automatic retail energy switching program, announced that it is now offering its shopping service in Ohio
October 2, 2018
CenterPoint Energy Services Expands Residential, Small Business Natural Gas Services To New State
CenterPoint Energy Services has expanded its retail natural gas supply service to residential customers and businesses of all sizes in Illinois.
October 2, 2018
Arcadia Power Launches Smart Home Device Subscription With Amazon Installation
Arcadia Power, which offers a retail energy shopping service among its various services, announced that it is working with Amazon to connect homeowners and renters to convenient, in-home installation of smart home devices at zero upfront cost.
October 1, 2018
Illinois Power Agency Files Final Default Service Procurement Plan
The Illinois Power Agency has filed its final proposal for its 2019 electricity default service procurement plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission
September 26, 2018
Broker Used By Affiliated Concierge/Subscription Service Seeks Licenses In New States
Utiliz LLC has applied for a Pennsylvania electric marketer/broker license.
September 17, 2018
Illinois Posts Results From Energy Procurement For ComEd, Ameren Default Service
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 block energy procurement for default service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren
September 14, 2018
Illinois Posts Results From Default Service Procurement
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 procurement of capacity for Ameren Illinois default service customers
September 14, 2018
Ohio Starts Process To Consider Petitions To Terminate Assignment Of Non-Shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers On Monthly Rate
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a procedural order to consider petitions from consumer advocates to terminate the monthly variable rate (MVR) mechanism and assignment process for certain non-shopping customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio)
September 13, 2018
ENGIE Enters Midwest Retail Natural Gas Markets
ENGIE Resources announced that it has entered the Midwest retail natural gas markets.
September 11, 2018
Start-up Retail Supplier Led by Natural Gas Trader Receives License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted start-up Mercury Energy Marketing, LLC a natural gas supplier license to serve residential and commercial customers at Dominion East Ohio and Columbia Gas
September 10, 2018
Retail Supplier To Acquire Provider of Home Water Filtration Technology
-- Strategic acquisition advances Just Energy’s transformation to a value-added consumer products provider
August 30, 2018
Patriot Energy Group Expands Office, Sales Force
Patriot Energy Group said that it has doubled the size of its current office in Conshohocken, PA as part of its expansion activities in Illinois and Pennsylvania, which has also included hiring several new employees to increase its sales force
August 29, 2018
Michigan PSC Sets Capacity Charge Applicable To Retail Suppliers
The Michigan PSC adopted an order maintaining the current state reliability mechanism (SRM) capacity charge at Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation (UMERC) until a final order in Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation’s next general rate case.
August 29, 2018
PSC Authorizes Utility To Continue Including Default Service Rate On Choice Customers' Bills, Makes Tweaks
The Michigan PSC adopted an order authorizing Consumers Energy to continue listing, on the utility consolidated bills for gas customer choice (GCC) customers, the utility's Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) rate.
August 27, 2018
Parties Request Extension Of Current Columbia Gas Merchant Function Plan Pending Negotiations
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Retail Energy Supply Association, Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Dominion Energy Solutions, Inc., Direct Energy Services, LLC, Direct Energy Business, LLC, Stand Energy Corporation and Volunteer Energy Services, Inc.…
August 23, 2018
License Briefs
Grid Power Direct Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
August 22, 2018
Green Mountain Energy Seeks Authority To Serve New Service Area
Green Mountain Energy Company applied for an amended Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to include service to all customer classes at Ameren. Green Mountain Energy is currently authorized to serve all customer classes at ComEd.
August 16, 2018
Start-up Retail Energy Supplier Receives License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted start-up Bolt Energy LLC a natural gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers in all service areas.