December 26, 2013
In a written order regarding the 2014-2015 Illinois Power Agency electric default service procurement plan, the Illinois Commerce Commission has squarely addressed whether full requirements contracts are permissible for use in the plan under statute.
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December 23, 2013
energy.me has promoted Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Schupp to President.
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December 20, 2013
The Michigan PSC has ordered electric utilities and alternative electric suppliers to submit a self-assessment of their ability to meet their customers' expected electric requirements during the three-year period of 2014 through 2016.
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December 20, 2013
FERC has granted rehearing concerning the cost recovery of Providers of Last Resort in the Midwest ISO capacity market, agreeing that it erred in a prior order which allowed such POLRs to recover undefined "administrative" costs.
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December 20, 2013
In outlining several long-term energy goals for the state, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder expressed concern with retail choice, noting the "challenges" presented to investment decisions from a lack of stability.
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December 20, 2013
Details concerning the acquisition of various Glacial Energy retail suppliers by a company backed by private equity have emerged in a FERC application for approval of the transaction.
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December 19, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted revised rules relating to the certification of retail natural gas suppliers, and sales and marketing rules for retail gas suppliers.
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December 19, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday announced that it had issued an order approving the Illinois Power Agency's (IPA) 2014-2015 plan to purchase default electricity supply and associated services for ComEd and Ameren Illinois customers.
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December 18, 2013
MP2 Energy Receives Retail Supplier License in New State
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December 17, 2013
Draft Would Grant License to Canadian Retail Supplier Newly Entering U.S.
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December 16, 2013
Entergy Corporation and ITC Holdings Corp. announced Friday that the companies have mutually agreed to end their pursuit of a spin off and merger of Entergy's transmission business with ITC.
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December 12, 2013
Verde Energy USA Illinois, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative natural gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Nicor, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, and Ameren.
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December 12, 2013
"My gosh, what a great way to start getting a market opened up," Pat Wood, former Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said of opt-out municipal aggregation during a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio hearing on PUCO's retail electric market investigation.
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December 11, 2013
The Mississippi PSC has denied the application of ITC Holdings, through a subsidiary, to acquire the transmission assets of Entergy Mississippi.
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December 11, 2013
Columbia Utilities and PALMco announced an affinity program under which they will make donations to the American Childhood Cancer Organization for customer enrollments and retention.
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December 11, 2013
Planet Energy Receives Electric Supplier License in New State
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December 9, 2013
The Michigan bill (House Bill 5184) to expand electric choice to all customers also includes provisions requiring purchase of receivables, permitting opt-out municipal aggregation, and requiring utilities to no longer own generation.
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December 9, 2013
ENCOA Receives Electric License in New State
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December 6, 2013
Michigan State Rep. Mike Shirkey has introduced legislation to remove the 10 percent cap on electric choice.
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December 6, 2013
ConEdison Solutions will soon be launching residential electric service in a new state.
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December 5, 2013
DTE Gas (MichCon) has scaled back certain elements of its proposal to require alternative gas suppliers to post rates to a utility-run rate comparison website, but suppliers and Michigan PSC Staff raised concerns with several remaining proposals.
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December 4, 2013
Statewide migration of residential customers to competitive electric supply in Illinois now exceeds 3 million customers.
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December 3, 2013
Two Michigan utilities have filed tariffs with the PSC to further restrict the types of customers eligible to take electric customer choice.
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December 3, 2013
energy.me midwest llc d/b/a energy.me applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider license
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November 27, 2013
ONEnergy Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned retail energy supplier subsidiary Sunwave Gas & Power Inc. has entered into agreements with Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc. and Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. under which Shell Energy will supply energy, credit support, and…
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