June 19, 2014
National Grid has sought approval from the Massachusetts DPU for approval of a proposed contingency plan for procurement of basic service in the event that a Request For Proposals soliciting bids for basic service is: (1) negatively impacted by a significant market event or (2) receives less than…
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June 13, 2014
The New York State Public Service Commission announced that it has given its regulatory approval to repower the Dunkirk power plant, owned by NRG Energy, under a $140 million agreement between National Grid and NRG.
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June 12, 2014
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced yesterday that it will be entering 10 new states in 2014.
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June 12, 2014
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board and City of Chicago have petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the Illinois retail electric market, and the compliance of each certified ARES in Illinois with the Public Utilities Act and the Commission’s Administrative Rules
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June 11, 2014
NRG Energy's retail suppliers are no longer offering to Northeast U.S. customers an electricity supply offer that includes a bundled Nest Learning thermostat, as NRG said that a provision providing NRG with exclusivity to offer the Nest learning thermostat in all of the competitive residential…
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June 9, 2014
Tradition Energy announced that David Nussbaum has joined the company to help support the continued growth of the firm's energy management and procurement services business in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut markets.
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June 4, 2014
New Jersey has posted additional data regarding winning bidders in the February 2014 Basic Generation Service Auction
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June 4, 2014
Albireo Energy, LLC yesterday announced the acquisition of New Jersey-based Energy Options, Inc., in partnership with management.
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June 3, 2014
All marketing vendors in New York, including brokers, should be, "subject to the PSC licensing and oversight process," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the New York PSC.
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May 30, 2014
Spark Energy has filed with the SEC to conduct an initial public offering.
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May 28, 2014
IDT Energy, Inc. officially announced the availability of IDT Energy Home Services and IDT Energy Rewards.
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May 28, 2014
The New York PSC has sought comment on a variety of issues emerging from a technical conference on winter rates, including the hedging practices for default service and the offering of fixed price default service by utilities.
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May 21, 2014
BlueRock Energy, Inc. announced that it has become the official energy supplier of the Syracuse Chiefs, a Triple A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals franchise.
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May 19, 2014
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) had petitioned the New York PSC for tariff changes that would provide it with discretion regarding the period over which it must reconcile electric default service costs.
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May 19, 2014
The New York PSC has published standard renewal notices for ESCOs and directed ESCOs to begin using the standard notices on May 26.
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May 19, 2014
North American Power has begun offering service at Peoples Natural Gas and National Fuel Gas Distribution in Pennsylvania.
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May 16, 2014
Green Mountain Energy has expanded the offering of its SolarSPARC 100 product, a plan sourced from 100% solar power and which directs a portion of customer payments to build new solar generation not sited at the customer's premises, to New York and Pennsylvania.
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May 16, 2014
Just Energy has decided to begin the process to sell its commercial solar business, Hudson Energy Solar.
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May 13, 2014
"Hedging" has been included as a topic on the agenda for the previously reported May 15 technical conference that the New York PSC is convening on the polar vortex.
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May 9, 2014
IDT Energy saw a net decline of 36,000 meters from December 31, 2013 to March 31, 2014, it disclosed in reporting earnings this week.
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May 9, 2014
"I believe that the entire utility industry, including electricity generators, energy distributors, and transport service companies failed the consumer," during this winter's polar vortex, IDT Energy CEO Geoff Rochwarger said during an earnings call this week.
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May 7, 2014
Expanding retail margins in Texas made NRG Energy "comfortable" with expanding its retail business so significantly in Texas through the acquisition of Dominion Retail's customer books, executives said during an earnings call yesterday.
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May 7, 2014
The New York PSC has scheduled for May 15, 2014 a technical conference on winter price spikes.
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May 5, 2014
The Illinois Procurement Agency has posted winning average prices for the spring 2014 procurement of block default service energy at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for various periods from June 2014 to May 2016.
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May 5, 2014
As part of its Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding (click here for prior story) , the New York PSC has sought stakeholder comment on the potential for "enhanced" default service
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