November 17, 2025
Think Home Solutions Seeks Licenses In Multiple New States
Think Home Solutions, LLC applied for a Maine electric broker/aggregator license to serve all customer classes at all of the investor-owned utilities
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November 17, 2025
Broker Names Retail Energy Vet As Chief Commercial Officer, Broker Also Expanding Beyond Texas
Gatby has named Jeff Mahoney as Chief Commercial Officer
November 5, 2025
PUC Issues Proposed Rules To Implement New Retail Supplier Financial Requirements; Enroll By Wallet
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed changes to its retail electricity and retail natural gas rules to implement several recent requirements of HB 15, concerning the posting of financial security by retail suppliers, and the adoption of enroll-by-wallet
November 4, 2025
Illinois Passes Bill To Require Long-Term Resource Adequacy Contract Procurement For All Retail Customers
Mandates Retail Suppliers Use TOU Rates If Serving Certain Customers
Both Illinois houses recently passed and enrolled SB 25 which, among other things, requires the Illinois Power Agency to include in its procurement plan, "the procurement of energy, capacity, environmental attributes, resource adequacy attributes, or some combination thereof intended to serve all…
October 29, 2025
Report Shows Residential Retail Supplier Rates As High As $3.91 per Therm
The highest residential alternative gas supplier (AGS) rate in Illinois charged during the period September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025 was a fixed rate of $3.91 per therm, which was charged from September 2024 through August 2025, by an AGS in the Nicor service area, according to an annual…
October 27, 2025
Retail Supplier Parent Signs Agreement With Google To Explore Development Of New Nuclear
NextEra Energy and Google have signed an agreement to explore the development of new nuclear generation to be deployed in the U.S. nationwide
October 23, 2025
Energy Broker/Consultant Announces Expansion With Two New Offices
GETCHOICE! (Choice! Energy Services Retail LP) announced the signing of two new office leases in Louisville, Kentucky, and Spokane, Washington, "marking the latest milestone in the company's ongoing national growth strategy."
October 2, 2025
Default Service Procurement Results In Some Capacity Prices Exceeding $800/MW-Day
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the fall capacity procurement for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
September 19, 2025
Retail Supplier, Muni Aggregator Say Newly Adopted Rate Notice Rules Shouldn't Apply To Opt-out Aggregations, Seek Rehearing
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council and NextEra Energy Services Ohio (the "Joint Applicants") sought rehearing of the PUC of Ohio's recent order adopting new rules setting forth retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of an "introductory" fixed rate, as NOPEC and NextEra argued that the…
September 19, 2025
Wave Energy Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Wave Energy Michigan LLC recently applied for a Michigan alternative gas supplier license
September 9, 2025
Retail Supplier To Exit State, Pay $8 Million Under Consent Decree
Clearview Electric, Inc., d/b/a Clearview Energy ("Clearview Electric" or ·"Defendant") would pay about $7 million in restitution and would cease selling retail electricity and natural gas in Illinois under a Consent Decree with the Illinois Attorney General (AG) to resolve allegations from the AG…
September 9, 2025
PUC Staff Alleges "One-Sided" Contracts From Retail Supplier Violate Law
Staff Seeks $900,000 Penalty Against Supplier, Rescission Of Licenses
SunSea provided the following statement concerning the matter:
August 25, 2025
Snyder Brothers Inc. Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Snyder Brothers Inc. applied for a Maryland natural gas supplier license to serve all eligible customer classes in all service areas, including residential customers where eligible (BGE, WGL).
August 20, 2025
Further Update On Recent Retail Supplier Book Acquisition, Additional Customers
ENGIE Power & Gas LLC intends to assign approximately 1,382 mercantile and non-residential non-mercantile Ohio retail natural gas sales contracts to New Wave Energy, LLC, which is ultimately a unit of NextEra Energy, pursuant to a purchase agreement by and among New Wave, NextEra Energy Services…
August 18, 2025
Procurement Manager Seeks Feedback On Using Multi-Year Capacity Hedge For Default Service, Rather Than PJM Capacity Market, Citing Concerns About Costs To Customers From PJM Auction Prices
The Illinois Power Agency has issued for comment a draft default service procurement plan which, among other things, seeks comment on the use of multi-year capacity hedges for default service, rather than relying solely on RTO capacity auctions
August 11, 2025
ICC ORMD Report: ComEd Shopping Customers Paid 2.4¢/kWh More Than Default Service In Past Year
Residential customers on alternative retail electric supply (ARES) at Commonwealth Edison in Illinois paid, on average, 2.46¢ per kWh more for electricity supply in the past 12-month period (June 2024 through May 2025) versus the ComEd price to compare, per an annual report from the Office of Retail…
August 8, 2025
Utility Agrees On Lack Of Clarity Regarding PUC's Order Regarding POR, Gives Interpretation
Enbridge Gas Ohio (East Ohio Gas, or EOG, and f/k/a Dominion East Ohio) has agreed with retail suppliers that a recent PUC of Ohio rate case order should be clarified to address what specific PUCO Staff recommendations concerning "service quality" were adopted in the rate case order. Implicated by…
August 7, 2025
Constellation Reports Continued "Strong" Performance From Commercial Business
Constellation Energy Corporation reported Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings of $599 million for the second quarter of 2025, versus $531 million in the year-ago quarter
July 31, 2025
$33 Million Allocated To Ameren Illinois From Dynegy Settlement, To Resolve Alleged Capacity Market Manipulation By Dynegy, Would Be Paid To Only Default Supply Customers
A settlement, which would resolve several complaints at FERC against Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC and Illinois Power Marketing Company ("Dynegy"), would allocate $33 million of the settlement payment to Ameren Illinois, with such $33 million then distributed by Ameren Illinois to only Ameren…
July 30, 2025
Digital Power Receives Retail Supplier License In New State
The PUC of Ohio granted Digital Power USA, Inc. a retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
July 28, 2025
Ares Management Establishes Joint Venture With Shell Subsidiary to Invest in U.S. Solar Power Generation
Ares Management Corporation announced today that a fund managed by the Ares Infrastructure Opportunities strategy (the 'Ares fund') and Savion Equity, LLC ('Savion'), a subsidiary of Shell plc, have established Tango Holdings, LLC ('Tango'), a joint venture that will support solar energy development…
July 15, 2025
Google, Energy Marketer Sign Hydro Framework Agreement For 3,000 MW
Brookfield Asset Management, together with Brookfield Renewable and Google, today announced what the companies called a first-of-its-kind Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA) to deliver up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric capacity across the United States
July 10, 2025
PUC Sets Workshop On New Law Which Includes Authority For Utilities To Impose Financial Standards On Retail Suppliers
Will Also Address Law's Enroll By Wallet Requirement
The PUC of Ohio has initiated a rulemaking related to several retail energy market aspects of HB 15, with PUCO Staff to hold an initial workshop, prior to the drafting of any proposed rules, on August 5, 2025
July 2, 2025
PUC Proposes Additional Notice, Not Required By Statute, To Expired Fixed Rate Customers As Part Of Implementing New Law
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted proposed rules to implement two new laws addressing retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of an "introductory" fixed rate -- R.C. 4928.102 (electric) and 4929.221 (gas)
June 13, 2025
Rhythm Formally Announces Acquisition Of Inspire Clean Energy, "Forming One Of The Nation's Largest Independent Green Energy Retailers"
Rhythm Energy, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Inspire Clean Energy (Inspire), a provider of subscription-based, 100-percent renewable electricity plans across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.