September 15, 2015
Accent Energy Co-Founder Launching Start-up Broker
Ray Hamman, a co-founder of Accent Energy where he also served as COO, is starting a new retail energy broker, Curago Energy LLC
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September 14, 2015
Illinois Opens Rulemaking on Supplier Marketing; Staff Recommends Notice for Rate Changes, Posting of Rate History
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a rulemaking proceeding to revise retail electric supplier marketing standards
September 11, 2015
License Briefs
Major Energy Receives Licenses in New State
September 10, 2015
Cincinnati Selects Retail Supplier for Natural Gas Aggregation
The City of Cincinnati has selected Constellation to provide monthly variable-rate natural gas supply to more than 69,000 Cincinnati residents and small businesses under the city's opt-out aggregation
September 10, 2015
Retail Suppliers Facing 25% Increase in Capacity Costs for 2017/18 From Transitional CP Auction
Retail suppliers are facing a 23% increase in capacity prices for the 2017/18 versus the prices established in the base residual auction as a result of the capacity performance transitional auction held this week
September 3, 2015
Mansfield Power and Gas Seeks Electric Supplier License in New State
Mansfield Power and Gas, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Commonwealth Edison.
September 1, 2015
Retail Suppliers Facing Near Doubling of Unhedgeable Capacity Costs For Next Year Under PJM Transitional Auction
While retail suppliers have more lead time to account for the higher capacity performance prices under the initial base residual auction featuring the new performance product for the 2018/19 delivery year (click here for recent results) , retail suppliers are facing a near doubling of capacity…
August 31, 2015
Court Affirms State Regulator Lacks Jurisdiction Over Retail Supplier Complaints
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in which the IURC had found that it lacked jurisdiction over a customer complaint filed against a retail gas supplier in the NIPSCO choice program.
August 27, 2015
Viridian Entering New State For Natural Gas
Viridian Energy has said that it will begin offering natural gas in Illinois by the end of the year
August 26, 2015
Update: Nordic Discloses Markets For Expansion, Recent Entries
Nordic Energy Services has provided details on its recent expansion and future market entries.
August 24, 2015
Southern Company To Acquire Parent of Retail Suppliers
Southern Company and AGL Resources today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have approved a definitive merger agreement
August 19, 2015
ILEPA Announces Speakers For September Conference
The Illinois Energy Professionals Association announced its September 16 annual conference to be held in Chicago, IL.
August 17, 2015
PSC Gives Retail Supplier Deadline to Sell Book, Customers Otherwise To Return To Utility Supply
The Michigan PSC has given the Glacial Energy retail suppliers a deadline to sell their Michigan electric and natural gas books, or else the customers will be returned to default service.
August 14, 2015
Spark Energy "Absolutely" Looking At More Acquisitions, Records Organic Growth, Too
Even as it integrates two recently acquired books of business, Spark Energy is "absolutely" looking at further acquisitions, said Nathan Kroeker, Spark Energy, Inc.'s President and Chief Executive Officer.
August 12, 2015
New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Champion Energy Services regained the top spot in Texas residential customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study
August 6, 2015
Illinois Rejects Ameren SVT (Gas Choice) Program, Directs Utility To Evaluate Alternative Mechanisms To Offer "Choice"
The Illinois Commerce Commission last month ordered Ameren to cease activity regarding implementation of a small volume transportation (SVT) natural gas program, which would have introduced retail choice for mass market natural gas customers.
July 31, 2015
Regulator Issues Show Cause Order To Retail Supplier Asking Why License Should Not Be Revoked After Staff Alleges "Significant Violations" In Sales Scripts
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a show cause order to Sperian Energy Corp. demanding that the supplier show why it should not be subject to license revocation and financial penalties in light of "significant violations" alleged by ICC Staff.
July 24, 2015
Michigan PSC: Resource Adequacy Outlook Improves In Near-Term, Still Wary of Future
From a resource adequacy planning standpoint, Michigan is unlikely to experience outages due to a lack of supply in 2016/2017, the PSC has concluded, though the PSC remains wary about future prospects.
July 24, 2015
Citing Due Process Concerns With Prior Directive, PSC Opens New Docket For Changes in Choice Program
The Michigan PSC has opened a new docket to consider cost-shifting to default service (GCR) customers under Consumers Energy's choice program, after acknowledging alternative gas suppliers may not have had proper notice that issues affecting the gas choice and transportation program were to be…
July 23, 2015
Bills Capping Commercial, Residential Termination Fees Become Law
Two Illinois bills (HB 3766, SB 1312) addressing retail electricity termination fees have been approved by the governor and have become law
July 22, 2015
Utility Proposes Changes to Retail Choice Program to Protect Customers, Muses Risk Could Be Further Reduced Through Elimination of Choice Program
Consumers Energy has proposed changes to its gas customer choice (GCC) program as part of a newly filed rate case in order to protect default service customers from cost shifts.
July 15, 2015
Illinois Retail Market: Over 15% Of Muni Aggregations Discontinue Service; ComEd Residential Market Remains "Moderately Concentrated"
Some 16% of Illinois municipal aggregations have discontinued service, while the Commonwealth Edison residential market remains "moderately concentrated" from a competitive perspective, according to the Illinois Office of Retail Market Development annual report.
July 6, 2015
Bill Would Limit Electric Choice To Current Customers and Waiting List, Require One-Time Election
Michigan State Senator Mike Nofs, Chair of the Energy and Technology committee, has introduced a bill (SB 0437) which would maintain the 10% electric choice cap but make choice available only to current customers taking competitive supply or on the wait list, and would essentially require a one-time…
July 6, 2015
FERC Approves Sale of Retail Supplier
FERC approved the application of Iron Energy, LLC d/b/a Kona Energy for a transaction under which 100% of the membership interests in Iron will be sold to Vantage Commodities Financial Services, LLC
July 1, 2015
PSC Directs Utility-Offered Time of Use Options Be Available For Customers on Default Service
The Michigan PSC has ordered that DTE Electric and Consumers Energy make time of use rate options available to customers.