December 19, 2012
Frontier Communications Corporation formally announced its offering of retail electric and natural gas supply through a marketing agreement with FTR Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crius Energy.
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December 18, 2012
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. has filed with the New York PSC an implementation plan to expand the company's Mandatory Day-Ahead Hourly Pricing (MDAHP) default service program to customers with demands above 100 kW.
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December 17, 2012
New York has lost its position as the second-highest ranked state for a competitive residential retail electric market under the latest Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS), providing a cautionary vision of markets which flirt with, but ultimately fail to…
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December 17, 2012
New York ESCO SBR Energy, LLC d/b/a Silver Bear Energy, "is embarking on an aggressive expansion plan in 2013," to serve both electric and natural gas customers outside of New York.
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December 14, 2012
A report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the American Public Power Association (APPA) found, "a possible $12 billion excess payment from consumers to generating companies that do not face genuine market competition" for 2011 as a result of wholesale electric restructuring, as…
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December 12, 2012
A joint proposal among parties to Niagara Mohawk's pending electric and natural gas rate cases in New York provides that NiMo "will develop" an online calculator to allow ESCO customers to compare their costs under ESCO supply versus shadow-billed default service costs.
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December 12, 2012
BlueRock Energy, Inc. has launched the "BlueRock Energy Electric Price Index" (EPI), which displays the daily wholesale price of electricity delivered to utilities in Central New York.
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December 12, 2012
The end-state retail market design proposed in a Pennsylvania PUC tentative order, because it retains subsidized default service offered by a single, utility provider granted automatic cost recovery, "are more likely to set competition back than to move it forward," several retail suppliers said in…
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December 11, 2012
NY/NJ ESCO Greenlight Energy Receives License in New State
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December 7, 2012
The New York PSC has posted updated migration statistics for the retail natural gas market.
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December 4, 2012
Affiliates Major Energy and Respond Power have launched residential and commercial electric and natural gas service in New Jersey, at Public Service Electric and Gas.
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December 4, 2012
Updated to include service areas, confirmation on Planet's US operations
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December 3, 2012
Updated: Xoom Energy Acquires Planet Energy's Customers in Three States
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December 3, 2012
The previously reported Reliability Contingency Plan ordered by the New York PSC to be developed by Consolidated Edison and other parties shall include the form of Request for Proposals (RFPs) that would be issued to procure needed resources to address system reliability needs by the summer of 2016…
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November 30, 2012
The New York PSC has confirmed the entity responsible for paying credits for excess generation generated by net metered customers who qualify for default hourly pricing, but are served by an ESCO.
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November 29, 2012
Requiring distribution utilities to provide ESCO customers with a comparison of their costs under ESCO service versus shadow-billed default service costs would be of "limited value," Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation said in rebuttal testimony in a New York PSC proceeding reviewing its…
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November 28, 2012
The New York State Public Service Commission took action on three items highlighted in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Energy Highway Blueprint issued by the Energy Highway Task Force in October.
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November 27, 2012
WGL Holdings' retail energy marketing segment recently reported non-GAAP operating earnings of $8.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 (fourth quarter of fiscal 2012), compared to non-GAAP operating earnings of $11.8 million for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year.
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November 23, 2012
The New York State Office of General Services (OGS) has sought a change to New York's uniform business practices (UBPs) to allow customers to aggregate their electric load in order to meet the threshold of a "direct customer" and participate in the market without an ESCO.
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November 19, 2012
Stream Energy has begun offering electricity in New York and natural gas in Pennsylvania.
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November 15, 2012
Entrust Energy Affiliate North Eastern States Seeks License in New State
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November 14, 2012
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a tariff to unbundle certain gas procurement charges from distribution rates, for inclusion in the bypassable Price to Compare.
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November 13, 2012
Green Mountain Energy Company and EnTouch Controls have announced that they have partnered to offer the EnTouch Energy Management System (EMS) to new and existing Green Mountain small business customers.
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November 13, 2012
IDT Energy reported higher customer growth during the three months ended September 30, 2012 (third quarter), versus the three months ended June 30, 2012.
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November 9, 2012
Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. this morning announced plans, "to position itself as an affordable, green-energy supplier in the Northeast region of the United States," with the launch of a retail energy sales division in December.
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