April 5, 2011
The threshold for mandatory hourly pricing for default service at Orange & Rockland Utilities would decrease from 500 kW to 300 kW under a stipulation incorporated into a recommended decision in O&R's New York rate case (10-E-0362).
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April 4, 2011
David Pearsall, who previously founded and led Public Power & Utility until selling the supplier in 2010, has formed a new competitive supplier called People's Power & Gas, which is seeking licenses in nearly 10 states.
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March 28, 2011
MC Squared Energy Services has joined the Retail Energy Supply Association, according to the list of members contained in a recent RESA petition filed in New York (see 3/28 story) . Although no formal announcement has been made, it is the first time MC Squared has appeared in the description of RESA…
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March 28, 2011
The Retail Energy Supply Association has submitted a petition to the New York PSC to eliminate the posting of electric default service rates on New York's Power to Choose website, citing the, "confusing, inaccurate and misleading" reporting of utility commodity pricing.
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March 24, 2011
Online broker Lower Electric Bill Today has expanded its service to natural gas supply with LowNaturalGasPrices.com .
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March 23, 2011
Adagio Energy Seeks Illinois, N.J., N.Y. Electric Licenses
Adagio Energy LLC applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Commonwealth Edison, with a focus on residential and commercial customers. Adagio Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Plus Holdings, LLC. Adagio Energy said that it is…
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March 21, 2011
Direct Energy Services, LLC has agreed to acquire Gateway Energy Services Corporation for $90 million in cash (including $13 million of tax assets) plus additional working capital, parent Centrica said this morning.
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March 17, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Reports 2,500 Customers in First Month of ComEd Marketing
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March 17, 2011
The Maryland PSC has granted 5Linx Enterprises, Inc. an electric broker license to serve residential customers at the four investor-owned utilities and the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative.
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March 16, 2011
IDT Energy reversed net churn experienced in the most recent quarter and served approximately 373,000 meters as of January 31, 2011, which is the end of IDT's second fiscal quarter.
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March 15, 2011
Constellation Energy Launches New Website
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March 15, 2011
North American Power confirmed yesterday that it expects to enter the New York and New Jersey retail electric markets during the second quarter of 2011, and plans to also expand to Illinois and Ohio by the end of the year.
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March 14, 2011
Niagara Mohawk would lower the mandatory hourly pricing threshold to 250 kW effective with the June 2013 billing cycle, under an implementation plan filed with the New York PSC (10-E-0050).
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March 11, 2011
Niagara Mohawk has filed its proposed new rate mechanism for electric commodity pricing for default service customers with the New York PSC, which is substantially similar to NiMo's original proposal filed in January 2010 as part of a rate case (see 2/1/10)
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March 10, 2011
ICEA Seeks Rehearing on ComEd Combined POR Uncollectibles Rate
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March 9, 2011
The introduction of Purchase of Receivables by Pepco in Maryland, "represents an excellent opportunity for Pepco to leverage POR system implementation costs as well as experience," in extending the POR program to the District of Columbia, the National Energy Marketers Association said in comments to…
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March 8, 2011
Parties Appeal Proposed Order Which Would Eliminate Bypassable SOS Admin. Charge at Pepco, Delmarva
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March 4, 2011
Rochester Gas & Electric reported that, for the first eight months of 2010, actual uncollectible write-offs for gas customers participating in its Purchase of Receivables program exceeded the discount rate applied to purchased receivables.
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March 3, 2011
United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power said that they cannot accommodate mid-cycle supplier enrollments, contrary to the findings contained in a Connecticut DPUC draft decision concerning supplier marketing (10-06-24).
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March 2, 2011
The New York PSC has posted electric migration statistics as of December 2010, as well as stats from several other of the later months of 2010.
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March 2, 2011
Vectren Retail Seeking Ohio Electric License
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March 1, 2011
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
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February 28, 2011
The New York PSC will permit Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc., and Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. to proceed with the development of 200 MW of small scale renewable energy projects in their affiliated utility service areas of Consolidated Edison and Orange & Rockland, after finding that…
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February 25, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without additional retail market-related conditions, a non-unanimous stipulation authorizing the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy (A-2010-2176520 et. al.).
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February 24, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has recently acquired Accent Energy, Interstate Gas Supply disclosed in applying for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license.
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