March 9, 2016
Provision Power and Gas Seeks License In New State
Provision Power and Gas LLC applied for a Maryland natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas, as a supplier/marketer and aggregator.
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March 8, 2016
License Briefs
XOOM Energy Seeks Authority To Serve Customers in New Service Areas
March 8, 2016
Ambit Energy Launches Service In New Territories
Ambit Energy has begun accepting residential and small commercial enrollments at Northern Indiana Public Service Company in Indiana and Columbia Gas in Ohio.
March 7, 2016
Retail Supplier Confirms Acquisition of Broker's Assets
Lykins Oil Company d/b/a Lykins Energy Solutions, which acts as both a retail electric supplier and as a broker in Ohio, confirmed that it acquired certain assets of Ohio-based broker Step Resources, LLC at the end of 2015
February 25, 2016
Illinois Denies Request To Take Further Comment on Introduction of Small Volume Choice For Ameren Gas Customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied a request to accept comments on a December report concerning introduction of a small volume transportation program at Ameren which would introduce choice for Ameren's residential and small commercial natural gas customers
February 24, 2016
License Briefs
EDF Energy Services Receives License in New State
February 19, 2016
AGL Resources, Piedmont Agree on Price for AGL's Purchase of Piedmont's Stake in Retail Supplier SouthStar
Piedmont Natural Gas and a subsidiary of AGL Resources have reached an agreed purchase price for the acquisition of Piedmont's entire interest in SouthStar Energy Services LLC by the AGL Resources subsidiary
February 16, 2016
License Briefs
Future Now Energy, Receives Supplier License in New State
February 15, 2016
AGL Resources Retail Energy Suppliers Report Customer Growth
AGL Resources reported that its retail energy supplier reported customer growth for the period ending December 31, 2015
February 9, 2016
NRG Home Now Offering Natural Gas Service
NRG Home has begun offering residential natural gas service, in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Illinois.
February 5, 2016
Reversing ALJ, Illinois Grants Supplier's Requested Interlocutory Review, Requires Staff To File Formal Complaint To Address Supplier's Due Process Concerns in Investigation
The Illinois Commerce Commission recently granted a petition for interlocutory review from Sperian Energy, which reversed an ALJ's ruling denying a prior motion from Sperian Energy concerning Sperian's due process concerns regarding an investigation initiated by the ICC into the supplier's marketing…
February 4, 2016
Ambit Energy Launching In New State, Service Areas
Ambit Energy is expanding its residential and small commercial service to Indiana, plus several additional service areas in Ohio.
February 3, 2016
Retail Suppliers Will Pay To Serve Default Service Customers at Dominion East Ohio As SCO Adder Goes Negative
The Standard Choice Offer auction to set the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) at Dominion East Ohio for the period April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 saw the RPA established as $(0.05)/Mcf, according to a PUCO Staff auction report.
February 2, 2016
Michigan PSC Choice Report Includes Load, Customer Data For Each Supplier
The Michigan PSC has released its annual report on electric choice, which includes customer and load data for each supplier by utility service area
February 2, 2016
Ohio Staff Propose Competitive Bidding To Supply Electric Assistance Program Customers
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have proposed a competitive bid plan to serve the load of electric percentage of income payment plan customers.
February 1, 2016
Michigan Utilities File Final Choice Caps for 2016
Michigan utilities have filed their final electric choice cap numbers for 2016, based on 10% of weather-adjusted retail sales.
January 29, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Unit To Acquire Retail Energy Business
CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc., and Continuum Energy, LLC, along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Continuum Energy Services, LLC, announced that they have signed an agreement under which CenterPoint Energy Services will acquire…
January 22, 2016
Retail Supplier Inks Supply Deal With Four Municipal Aggregations
Eligo Energy announced that it has entered into agreements with the Village of Worth, Village of Stickney, Stickney Township, and the Village of Hazel Crest in Illinois to supply the communities' municipal aggregations open to residential and small commercial customers.
January 22, 2016
Purchase of Receivables Program Proposed at New Utilities
North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas in Illinois have filed for approval of a purchase of receivables program for retail natural gas suppliers.
January 21, 2016
PUC To Audit FirstEnergy Solutions' Handling Of Customer Complaints
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said that it will audit FirstEnergy Solutions' handling of customer complaints
January 20, 2016
Draft Rules Require 30-Day Advance Posting of Variable Rates, Written Notice for Large Increases
A proposed first notice order from two Illinois ALJs in a broad rulemaking concerning retail electric supplier marketing and disclosure rules would require that retail electric suppliers make their variable rates available for customer review at least 30 days in advance, and would require suppliers…
January 20, 2016
Does Newly Proposed Broad Definition of "In-Person" Sales Ensnare Multi-Level Marketing, Friends & Family Referral Retail Energy Sales?
As noted in our related story today (click here) concerning the proposed double verification of in-person retail electric sales in Illinois (LOA plus TPV), a draft first notice order from two Illinois ALJs would broadly define "in-person solicitation," raising the question of whether in-person…
January 20, 2016
Draft Rules Would Prohibit Retail Suppliers' Use of Utility Logo (Includes Corporate Sharing of Logo)
A proposed first notice order from two Illinois ALJs in a broad rulemaking concerning retail electric supplier marketing and disclosure rules would prohibit retail electric suppliers from using the logo of any public utility.
January 20, 2016
Another State Proposes Double Verification for Retail Energy Sales (LOA, TPV)
A proposed first notice order from two Illinois ALJs in a broad rulemaking concerning retail electric supplier marketing and disclosure rules would require that retail electric suppliers obtain both a letter of agency (LOA) and third party verification for any "in-person" solicitation of a…
January 19, 2016
Illinois ALJs Require Retail Energy Trade Associations To Respond To Discovery Requests, Provide Member's Marketing Materials
Two Illinois ALJs recently granted, in part, motions to compel certain retail energy trade associations to respond to discovery concerning individual retail suppliers' renewable energy marketing.