July 8, 2016
The Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) has filed a "generic" implementation plan for an opt-out municipal aggregation with the New York PSC
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July 7, 2016
LifeEnergy (LS Power Retail Supplier Affiliate) Seeks License In New State
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July 6, 2016
Niagara Mohawk has proposed an update to its Clifton Park, NY Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project, and now proposes to run what is essentially an opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the town which has about 15,000 customers
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July 1, 2016
ConEdison Solutions has been selected as the supplier for OnDemand Energy's ChamberChoice energy program in the Duquesne Light service territory, including for residential and small business customers
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June 28, 2016
Palmco Power NJ, LLC and Palmco Energy NJ, LLC have agreed to pay $5.28 million, including up to $4.5 million in consumer restitution, and to significantly revise its business practices, in order to resolve allegations from the New Jersey Attorney General, BPU, and Division of Consumer Affairs that…
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June 28, 2016
Start-up Drift Marketplace, Inc. has filed to be certified as a New York ESCO, and also recently applied for FERC market-based rate authority.
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June 27, 2016
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied an appeal from several ESCO groups concerning a Records Access Officer (RAO) ruling which had held that the release of ESCOs' historic pricing was not subject to confidential protection. The Secretary ruled that certain average pricing data is not…
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June 24, 2016
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) announced Direct Energy as the selected winner of NJBIA's RFP for energy management services for its more than 20,000 members.
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June 21, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC recently issued an email to all ESCOs warning ESCOs that, to the extent ESCOs are charging a pass-through not listed in the customer disclosure statement, then Staff will insist such customers be, "rerated."
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June 20, 2016
Direct Energy confirmed to EnergyChoiceMatters.com that it is in the process of transitioning customers from the NYSEG Solutions brand to the Direct Energy brand, having started the migration in May.
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June 17, 2016
As part of its never-ending march to increase compensation to capacity owners, FERC has mandated an increase in the frequency in which jurisdictional RTOs enter shortage pricing conditions
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June 16, 2016
The New York PSC adopted a joint proposal in NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's current rate cases which, among other things, includes revisions to the utilities' code of conduct with respect to the use of the utilities' names by non-affiliates.
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June 16, 2016
Direct Energy is ceasing the use of its Bounce Energy brand in New York and Pennsylvania
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June 15, 2016
Exelon said in a filing with the New York PSC yesterday that it will close the Nine Mile Unit 1 and Ginna nuclear plants if the PSC does not provide certainty approving a nuclear carve-out under the "clean energy standard" (CES) by September 2016
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June 14, 2016
Energy for a Cause Inc is launching an online energy shopping marketplace and platform
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June 13, 2016
A settlement among certain parties that would approve the purchase of Pike County Light & Power (PCL&P) by Corning Natural Gas Holding Corporation would require the utility to study the use of bilateral contracts and other alternative options for default service supply
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June 10, 2016
Broker Utiliz LLC has petitioned the Connecticut PURA for a declaratory ruling to determine if Utiliz LLC's business is subject to the regulations, rules, and licensing of an electricity broker (which are not licensed in Connecticut) or an electricity aggregator (which are subject to PURA licensure)…
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June 9, 2016
United Wind, a provider of distributed wind energy solutions, announced that it has hired Joseph Yurcisin as its Vice President, Business Development.
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June 7, 2016
Among other deficiencies with a proposed reference price benchmark (or price cap) to which all mass market New York fixed ESCO rates would be subject, Direct Energy said in comments on a PSC Staff whitepaper that the proposed timeline for the release and application of the benchmarks is logistically…
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June 7, 2016
The introduction of a reference benchmark price to which all mass market ESCO fixed rates would be subject create a market where ESCOs are forced to focus on, "jockeying around an administratively set benchmark," for a commodity-only product, rather than creating energy-related value-added products…
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June 7, 2016
The New York PSC would be "remiss" to not address the "larger and larger" share of the customer's electricity price made up of broker fees, Big Apple Energy said in comments to the PSC on a price benchmarking whitepaper
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June 7, 2016
Apple, through Apple Energy LLC, applied at FERC for market-based rate authority to sell power at wholesale in the Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, Central, and Southwest Power Pool regions
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June 3, 2016
Big Apple Energy, LLC will acquire retail supplier Iron Energy, LLC under Big Apple's previously reported acquisition of Vantage Commodities Financial Services, LLC, according to a FERC filing
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May 31, 2016
The New York PSC has scheduled for June 9, 2016 a technical conference concerning a new clean energy standard (CES) to be imposed on load serving entities such as ESCOs
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May 31, 2016
FERC issued an order assessing a civil penalty of $26 million on Coaltrain Energy, L.P. for what FERC ruled were violations of FERC's anti-manipulation rules resulting from what FERC called Coaltrain’s "fraudulent Up-To Congestion (UTC) transactions in PJM Interconnection."
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