September 25, 2015
ESCO Named Official Energy Supplier Of New York Islanders
The New York Islanders announced a new long-term partnership with BlueRock Energy
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September 21, 2015
N.Y. Muni Aggregation To Send Notices To ESCO Customers About Ability To Opt-In
New York opt-out municipal aggregation Sustainable Westchester, Inc. informed the New York PSC that certain of its member communities will go "above and beyond" the required opt-out notice mailing to utility bundled service customers, and will also mail information about the aggregation to customers…
September 18, 2015
FERC To Issue Dragnet To Collect Information On Other Business Interests, Contractual Relationships Of Any RTO Market Participant (New Compliance Obligations, Requires Business Updates Within 15 Days of Change)
FERC issued a proposed rule to require any market participants in RTOs, including buyers, to file reports concerning the participant's "connected entities" (a new term broader than current affiliate reporting requirements)
September 17, 2015
N.Y. PSC Staff Recommend Prohibition on Utility Brand Being Licensed To Non-Affiliate (NYSEG Solutions)
In testimony in a NYSEG rate case, Staff of the New York PSC have recommended that, with limited exceptions, no non-affiliate entity should be allowed, by NYSEG or Rochester Gas & Electric, to use the NYSEG or RG&E name, trade names, trademarks, service marks or any derivative of the NYSEG or RG&E…
September 15, 2015
NEM To Host Regulators, Legislators At New England Energy Policy Summit
The National Energy Marketers Association will host a New England Energy Policy Summit on October 12-14 in Cambridge, MA, gathering leaders from government, Silicon Valley, ISOs, academia, utilities, energy suppliers, and distributed energy resource providers
September 14, 2015
Crius Energy Expands Solar Program Through Strategic Alliance With Another Solar Provider
Crius Energy LLC and Sungevity, Inc. have entered into a strategic agreement to offer residential solar energy systems and products through Crius Energy's family of energy brands.
September 14, 2015
ESCO Petitions New York To Allow Alternative Means of Verification for Contracts
Just Energy, LLC petitioned the New York PSC to modify the Uniform Business Practices to allow door-to-door or telephonic contracts to be verified through an online electronic verification process.
September 11, 2015
Clearview Energy Elected to NEM Executive Committee
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that Clearview Energy, Inc. has been elected to NEM’s Executive Committee and Policy Development Team.
September 10, 2015
Four Retail Market Veterans Launching New Retail Supplier
Four retail market veterans, all of whom had stints at Spark Energy, are among the leadership of a new retail electric supplier, Trident Retail Energy, LLC d/b/a Trident Power
September 4, 2015
Standard Contract Among Issues To Be Addressed in N.Y. Collaborative On Low-Income Customer Participation In Community Distributed Generation
New York PSC Staff will convene on September 9, 2015 a collaborative meeting with interested parties to investigate and evaluate low-income customer participation in community distributed generation, including removing potential barriers to their participation and devising possible demonstration…
September 3, 2015
N.Y. Mayors Urge PSC To Help Identify ESCOs Operating Within Municipal Boundaries To Determine ESCOs Responsible for Remitting Gross Receipts Tax
Several New York municipalities have asked the New York PSC for assistance in allowing municipalities to identify ESCOs operating within a municipality's boundary, so that the municipality can know which ESCOs should be remitting Gross Receipts Tax amounts to the municipality
September 2, 2015
ESCOs To Identify Supplier Consolidated Billing Models With Potential To Be Compliant With N.Y. Regs
Staff of the New York PSC filed an update concerning discussions of supplier consolidated billing, or consolidated ESCO billing (CEB) as known in New York, as well as efforts to make bills more useful to customers.
August 26, 2015
Update: Nordic Discloses Markets For Expansion, Recent Entries
Nordic Energy Services has provided details on its recent expansion and future market entries.
August 21, 2015
Nordic Cites Recent Expansions, Says Will Expand To Four More States This Year
In announcing its recent ranking on the Inc. 5000 list, Nordic Energy Services attributed its growth to geographic expansion, with newly expanded service offerings for residential and commercial consumers in 8 new utility territories within Ohio and New York.
August 18, 2015
Parent of Retail Supplier Posts Higher Revenues
ONEnergy Inc., the parent of Sunwave Gas & Power Inc., posted higher revenue in the quarter ending June 30, 2015.
August 14, 2015
Spark Energy "Absolutely" Looking At More Acquisitions, Records Organic Growth, Too
Even as it integrates two recently acquired books of business, Spark Energy is "absolutely" looking at further acquisitions, said Nathan Kroeker, Spark Energy, Inc.'s President and Chief Executive Officer.
August 12, 2015
New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Champion Energy Services regained the top spot in Texas residential customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study
August 12, 2015
Constellation, Bloom Energy to Develop 40 MW of Fuel Cell Projects
Constellation announced an agreement to develop 40 megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy fuel cell projects for commercial and public sector customers in California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
August 12, 2015
Staff Recommends Calif. PUC Oppose Bill Increasing Direct Access, Unless Bill Modified
Staff of the California PUC have recommended that the Commission oppose SB 286, which would increase the amount of load permitted to take direct access service, unless the bill is amended
August 11, 2015
GDF Suez Energy Resources NA CEO Sam Henry To Keynote NYC Energy Marketing Conference
The Energy Marketing Conference announced that Sam Henry, President and CEO of GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, will be the keynote speaker at its upcoming conference in New York City on September 10th 2015 .
August 7, 2015
ConEd Confirms Plans To Sell ConEdison Solutions Retail Electric Supply Business, Provides Timeline
Consolidated Edison, Inc. said in a 10-Q filed Thursday that, "[d]uring the three months ended June 30, 2015, Con Edison initiated a plan to actively market and sell the retail electric supply business of its competitive energy businesses."
August 5, 2015
New York Approves REV Demonstration Projects
The New York PSC announced that the following Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration projects have been determined to meet the REV principles and will move forward with implementation plans. All descriptions of the plans are directly quoted from a PSC press release
August 5, 2015
Niagara Mohawk Seeking to Offer Customers Flat Monthly Electric Bill, Menu of Value-Added Tiers and Bundles
As part of its proposed Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration projects in New York, Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) has proposed to bundle distributed energy resource (DER) services and products on customers' energy bills, while offering customers a flat bill per month, for customers residing in…
August 5, 2015
N.Y. Staff Says "Further Development" of ConEd Bundled Value-Added Services Demonstration Project Needed, Project Not Among Those Initially Approved (ESCOs Had Called Program Anti-Competitive)
Consolidated Edison's proposed CONnectED Homes Platform, a Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project which envisions the utility bundling and reselling value-added services to customers, was not among a set of initial demonstration projects which received approval from Staff this week.
August 3, 2015
Briefly
N.Y. Staff Request Extension on Proposal For Implementing New Rules for ESCO Service to Low-Income Customers