February 10, 2014
Several ESCOs have renewed their protest at the New York PSC concerning the "pricing inequity" which the ESCOs alleged is embedded in the default service rates charged by KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island.
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February 7, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order that would, among other things, require utility consolidated bills to include the logo of the customer's retail electric supplier.
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February 7, 2014
PPL is not "focused" on growing its competitive retail electric supply business, executives said in discussing earnings yesterday.
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February 5, 2014
Retail supplier Blue Pilot Energy, has announced an "aggressive" purchase and acquisition strategy of energy resale providers.
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February 3, 2014
Despite the ostensible obligations placed on capacity suppliers, FERC unsurprisingly granted the New York ISO's petition to grant make-whole payments to generators with costs in excess of $1,000/MWh.
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January 30, 2014
Retail suppliers protested the New York ISO's sought waiver to provide make-whole payments in excess of $1,000/MWh to generators, not because the payments are unwarranted, but because the retail suppliers said that the costs should instead be reflected in market-clearing prices.
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January 29, 2014
FERC has denied the New York ISO's sought phase-in of the new G-J local capacity zone (Lower Hudson Valley zone).
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January 29, 2014
NRG Power Marketing LLC and several affiliates have asked FERC to, "require NYISO [New York ISO] to submit tariff revisions to permanently eliminate the $1,000/MWh bid cap."
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January 29, 2014
In an action which brings back memories of the dark days of retail choice where fledgling markets were hemorrhaging left and right after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and natural gas prices raced to record highs, the New York PSC has capped the default service electric rates at Niagara Mohawk for…
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January 28, 2014
Keyspan New York and Keyspan Long Island have proposed a series of changes to the companies' retail access programs, relating to ESCO delivery requirements, ESCO access to swing assets, and the companies' balancing/nominations procedures.
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January 28, 2014
AARP New York has asked the New York PSC for a status update concerning a wide-ranging retail energy market investigation which, among other things, is considering permissible sales and marketing practices for ESCOs, as well as the potential elimination of purchase of receivables without recourse.
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January 24, 2014
Constellation Reports Customer-Sited Solar Capacity Installed During 2013
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January 24, 2014
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) announced the addition of Philip R. Van Horne, President and CEO of BlueRock Energy, Inc., and Bill Kinneary, President of North American Power, to its board of directors.
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January 24, 2014
According to ISO-New England, about 75 percent of the region's natural gas electrical generation capability was not running Thursday, presumably due to limited gas supply and/or high prices, Public Service Company of New Hampshire said in a news release yesterday.
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January 23, 2014
The New York ISO has sought FERC approval for a temporary waiver to allow it to accept offers in excess of the $1,000/MWh price cap.
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January 22, 2014
Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG) has released its 2014 Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS), which identifies the states that have the most active retail electricity markets in North America.
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January 21, 2014
A co-founder of Crius Energy and a former vice president at MXenergy are launching a new start-up retail supplier, Lumens Energy Supply LLC.
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January 17, 2014
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would continue the spot-market-based default service mechanism at Pike County Light & Power for two additional years.
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January 16, 2014
The Energy Marketing Conference released an initial list of key speakers and panelists for its inaugural retail energy conference to be held February 27 in New York.
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January 16, 2014
Daniel Esty announced that he is stepping down as Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to return to a tenured professorship at Yale University.
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January 16, 2014
Choose Energy officially announced the expansion of its online comparison shopping portal to natural gas service in six states: Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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January 14, 2014
The fragmented U.S. retail energy market is "screaming out" for consolidation, Mark Lewis, CEO of retail energy holding company ONEnergy, Inc., told EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
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January 10, 2014
A tax reform plan released by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo does not include elimination of the delivery sales tax exemption currently enjoyed by customers who purchase their commodity supply from an ESCO.
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January 9, 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
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January 8, 2014
Clean Power Finance (CPF) and Integrys Energy Services, Inc. announced the creation of a residential solar finance fund through the CPF Market, an online platform that facilitates electric power companies' investment in residential solar.
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