May 18, 2011
United Illuminating Files Updated Last Resort Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed updated Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning July 1.
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May 18, 2011
License Briefs
Viridian Energy Now Named Cincinnati Bell Energy in Ohio
May 17, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Enters Affinity Partnership with Penn State Alumni Association
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC, has entered into a partnership with the Penn State Alumni Association to offer more than 360,000 Penn State alumni a variable rate on electricity and ongoing cash-back rewards for residents of Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas and most of…
May 16, 2011
RESA Seeks Additional Changes to NiMo Capacity Cost Calculation
In addition to transitioning to spot-based capacity pricing for retail customers, Niagara Mohawk must ensure that capacity costs are tied, to the maximum degree possible, to the customer's actual usage patterns, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the New York PSC (10-E-0050).
May 16, 2011
Rest of RTO Capacity Prices in PJM See Five-Fold Spike Under BRA
PJM's Base Residual Auction for the 2014-2015 Delivery Year produced a clearing price, for all resources except Limited Demand Response, of $125.99/MW-day for the Rest of RTO region, a spike of nearly $100 versus the 2013-2014 clearing price of $27.73/MW-day.
May 12, 2011
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DTE Energy Trading Wins UI Last Resort Service Load
May 12, 2011
Constellation to Acquire MXenergy
Constellation Energy announced this morning a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of MXenergy, which serves more than half a million customers in 15 states and two Canadian provinces.
May 9, 2011
Direct Energy U.S. Residential Churn Steady
Direct Energy's residential churn levels in the U.S. remain at the lower levels achieved towards the end of 2010 while organic customer growth in the Northeast continues, parent Centrica said this morning in an interim management statement.
May 6, 2011
Reliant "Well Along" Process to Launch Residential Retail Supplier in Northeast
Reliant Energy is "well along" in the process to launch as a residential retail provider in the Northeast, said NRG Energy COO Mauricio Gutierrez yesterday during an earnings call.
May 4, 2011
License Briefs
Reliant Receives Authority to Serve Residential Customers in Maryland
May 4, 2011
SouthStar Proceeding with N.Y. Expansion, Looks to Maryland
SouthStar Energy Services contributed EBIT of $68 million to AGL Resources for the first quarter of 2011, compared to $74 million for the same period in 2010.
May 3, 2011
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BGE Files Updated Bypassable SOS Transmission Rates
May 3, 2011
Consolidated Edison Reports Consensus Items from Rate Ready Work Group, Changes Delayed Until All Issues Resolved
Consolidated Edison and ESCOs were not able to reach complete consensus on modifications to ConEd's rate ready billing system to permit ESCOs to use rate ready billing for dynamic and demand-based rates (09-E-0428).
April 29, 2011
Viridian Planning August Launch at ComEd, Will Enter Three New N.Y. Territories This Summer
Viridian Energy is planning to launch electric service to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison in August, the supplier told Matters.
April 25, 2011
N.Y. PSC Denies Revisions to NYSEG/RGE Code of Conduct
The New York PSC has denied NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's petition to amend their affiliate code of conduct to allow Iberdrola affiliates to participate in competitive procurement procedures utilized by the two utilities (Case 07-M-0906).
April 22, 2011
ESCO Columbia Utilities to Refund $2 Million Under Settlement with N.Y. AG
Columbia Utilities LLC and Columbia Utilities Power LLC have entered into a settlement with the New York Attorney General to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing tactics.
April 20, 2011
Planet Energy Begins Offering Residential Service in Pennsylvania
Planet Energy has begun offering residential electric service in Pennsylvania.
April 19, 2011
National Grid Says Utility Price Appropriately Listed on N.Y. Power to Choose
New York's electric utilities should be able to continue posting their charges for commodity supply service on the Power to Choose website, as, "[t]his information helps consumers to make informed decisions regarding their choice of electric commodity supply," National Grid said in opposing a…
April 15, 2011
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Constellation Energy Starts Actively Marketing Residential Service in D.C.
April 14, 2011
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Spark Energy Offers Affinity Program for Relay for Life
April 14, 2011
FERC Continues Assault on Retail Customers with Offer Floor Directive for FCA
Essentially providing a bailout to generators due to low capacity prices in ISO New England, FERC directed ISO-NE to develop a mitigation regime that relies on benchmark pricing for so-called out-of-market (OOM) capacity, but which does not procure more capacity than the Installed Capacity…
April 8, 2011
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EDF Industrial Power Services, BlueStar Disclose Load Totals
April 6, 2011
Stream Energy Announces Prices for Residential Supply at Pepco-Md
Stream Energy has announced pricing for its residential electric supply offers for the Pepco territory in Maryland, and is now accepting enrollments.
April 6, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Said to be Developing Network Marketer
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC is pursuing the development of a multi-level marketer, sources have told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
April 5, 2011
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Rely Energy, THG Energy & Technology Solutions to Merge