July 15, 2013
The Case for a Texas Capacity Market
Consider the following excerpts from an op-ed in favor of a Texas capacity market:
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July 12, 2013
License Briefs
IDT Energy, Inc. applied for a District of Columbia natural gas supplier license.
July 12, 2013
Proposed Illinois Rule Would Prohibit Opt-Out Aggregation Suppliers from Receiving Customer Info of Shopping Customers
A proposed first-notice order from an Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ concerning municipal aggregation rules would prohibit the retail suppliers selected by municipal aggregations from receiving the customer information of customers already on competitive supply.
July 12, 2013
Capacity Markets: Encouraging Gold-Plating of the Electric System
Centralized capacity markets -- specifically those with a downward sloping demand curve -- are reintroducing into the electric industry one of the main catalysts of deregulation -- the gold-plating of the electric system.
July 11, 2013
One Paragraph Summation of Why Prospects for Widespread Expansion of Energy Choice Are Dim
Parties recently filed comments in Ohio's investigation of the retail natural gas market, and the comments of Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy and other low-income consumer advocates (LIA) aptly describe the dim prospects for widespread expansion of energy choice, both in Ohio and nationwide, in…
July 11, 2013
Direct Energy Launches Residential Service in New Territory
Direct Energy recently began offering residential natural gas service at Nicor Gas in Illinois.
July 10, 2013
License Briefs
Dominion Retail Seeks Electric License in New State
July 10, 2013
Texas ALJs: Entergy/ITC Transaction, "Circumventing Some Of The Purposes Behind The Transfer To Competition"
Two Texas ALJs would deny the proposed transfer of Entergy Texas, Inc. to a subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp. because, among other reasons, the transfer would, "circumvent[] some of the purposes behind the transfer to competition"
July 9, 2013
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NextEra Energy Services to Offer Electricity Services to 400 Illinois School Districts
July 9, 2013
Illinois Retail Market Report: Municipal Aggregation Increases Market Concentration in ComEd Residential Market (Now "Moderately Concentrated")
The residential electric market at Commonwealth Edison has become "moderately concentrated," as defined by federal guidelines, due to the vast increase in opt-out municipal aggregation, according to an annual retail market report from the Illinois Commerce Commission Office of Retail Market…
July 9, 2013
License Briefs
Galt Power Receives Texas REP Certificate
July 8, 2013
License Briefs
XOOM Energy New Hampshire, LLC applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license.
July 2, 2013
License Briefs
Interstate Gas Supply Seeks Authority to Serve New Territories
July 1, 2013
License Briefs
Interstate Gas Supply Receives Electric License in New State
June 28, 2013
Liberty Power Expands Mass Market, C&I Product Line
Liberty Power announced today the launch of two new products – Liberty Green, a renewable product, and SmartStep, a seasonal rate product.
June 28, 2013
License Briefs
Mega Energy Receives License in New State
June 27, 2013
License Briefs
Interstate Gas Supply Receives Electric License in New State
June 27, 2013
Retail Supplier Files Complaint Against Wisconsin Electric Power Company Over Six-Month Delay in Switch Requests
Integrys Energy Services has filed a complaint at the Michigan PSC against Wisconsin Electric Power Company concerning Wisconsin Electric Power's refusal to promptly execute switch requests submitted by Integrys Energy Services for two of the utility's customers.
June 26, 2013
License Briefs
energy.me midwest llc applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
June 25, 2013
Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate: Variable Rate Contracts Without Specific Formula Violate Law
Variable rate retail electric contracts in Pennsylvania must identify the "actual methodology or formula" that will govern the calculation of the variable rate and the limits of that variability, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate claimed yesterday in comments to the PUC.
June 25, 2013
License Briefs
ENCOA Seeks Electric Supplier License in New State
June 24, 2013
License Briefs
Ethical Electric Receives Supplier License in New State
June 24, 2013
Discount Power Announces Launch in New State
Discount Power, Inc. announced plans to enter a new state for electric supply service.
June 21, 2013
Vectren Sells Gas Marketing Business Supplying End-Users
Vectren Corporation announced that effective June 18, 2013, ProLiance Holdings, LLC has disposed of certain of the net assets, along with the long term pipeline and storage commitments, of its wholesale natural gas marketing subsidiary, ProLiance Energy, LLC, to a subsidiary of Energy Transfer…
June 21, 2013
FERC At Its Best: Retail Supplier Waiting 10 Years for FERC Refund on Unjust Charges
Quest Energy, LLC and Integrys Energy Services, Inc. requested that FERC issue an order approving a settlement agreement among the retail suppliers and various AEP transmission owners concerning Seams Elimination Charge Adjustments imposed on retail suppliers by FERC.