January 14, 2021
Updated: Pennsylvania PUC Denies Retail Supplier's License Application
Updated with further description of Ohio ACP order
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January 11, 2021
PJM States Propose Four Core Principles For PJM Markets, Resource Adequacy
The Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI) wrote to PJM's board of managers with a recommendation for "four core principles" concerning resource adequacy and the PJM markets
January 8, 2021
CenterPoint Energy Names Former Competitive Supplier Exec To Finance Leadership Role
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. named Stacey Peterson as Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Treasurer
January 7, 2021
After Book Sale, Retail Supplier Winds Up Business, Relinquishes Licenses
National Fuel Resources, Inc. has filed at the New York PSC to withdraw its eligibility as an ESCO in New York.
January 7, 2021
PSE&G Receives Approval For Deployment Of Smart Meters
Public Service Electric & Gas announced that it received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to invest approximately $700 million during the next four years to provide its 2.3 million electric customers with smart meters, under a territory-wide deployment.
January 7, 2021
Updated: Regulator Confirms In Final Order That Retail Supplier Not Required To Charge Less Than Default Service
The Illinois Commerce Commission issued a final order dismissing a formal customer complaint against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, as the ICC ruled that it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII of the Public Utilities Act to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply, and ruled that…
January 7, 2021
Updated: Illinois Commission Says It Did Not Dispose Of Retail Supplier Petitions To Resume In-Person Marketing In Prior Order Denying Staff Motion To Dissolve
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a written order granting the petition of various NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume marketing in storefronts and similar retail establishments, as first reported in our original story below from January 6
January 6, 2021
Regulator Allows Specific Retail Suppliers To Resume In-Store Marketing, Subject To Conditions
The Illinois Commerce Commission today adopted an interim order allowing several NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefronts and similar retail establishments
January 5, 2021
Parent Of Broker Names New Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
FirstEnergy Corp. announced that Hyun Park has been appointed senior vice president & chief legal officer, effective January 11, 2021.
January 5, 2021
Duquesne Light Default Service Rate To Fall 15%
Duquesne Light has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service rate for medium commercial and industrial customers with monthly metered demand equal to or greater than 25 kW and less than 200 kW (Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH), to be effective March 1, 2021 through May 31, 2021
January 4, 2021
Ohio PUC Reinstates Requirement For FirstEnergy Utilities To File Rate Case By End Of ESP IV
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has reinstated the requirement that Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company and The Toledo Edison Company (the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities) shall file a distribution rate case by May 31, 2024.
December 30, 2020
PUC Approves Supplier's License Renewals Opposed By OCC
Commissioner Warns All Suppliers That PUC's Patience Is Not Unlimited
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the renewal applications of Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC d/b/a Verde Energy for certification as a competitive retail electric and gas service provider in Ohio.
December 23, 2020
PSC Imposes Moratorium On Retail Supplier, Prohibiting Supplier From Adding Or Soliciting New Customers While PSC Considers Proposed Order
Taking up a proposed order on its own motion, the Maryland PSC issued an order imposing upon SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC a moratorium which prohibits SmartEnergy from adding or soliciting new customers in Maryland, as the PSC also directed further proceedings
December 22, 2020
Retail Suppliers To Pay $174,000 Forfeiture Under Settlement With PUC Staff
SFE Energy Ohio, Inc. (SFE) and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC (Statewise) would collectively pay a forfeiture of $174,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, to resolve a Commission investigation proceeding and various…
December 21, 2020
With Acquisition Complete, Gas South Names New Leadership For Infinite Energy
Gas South announced the closing of its previously reported acquisition of Infinite Energy (which excluded the Texas electric book).
December 21, 2020
Retail Supplier Objects To Utility's Proposed Tariff Language That Would Allow EDC To Suspend Utility Consolidated Billing If Supplier "Not Following" State's Administrative Code Rules
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has filed objections to a Public Utility Commission of Ohio Staff Report on the rate case of AEP Ohio (Ohio Power), including objections to proposed tariff language that would allow AEP Ohio to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a…
December 21, 2020
NRG Retail Suppliers: Prohibition On In-Store Marketing Harming Small Businesses, Individual Agents
NRG Reports No COVID Spread Over Tens Of Thousands Of Shift Hours For Areas Allowing In-Store Sales
Various retail suppliers have responded to the opposition from the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and Citizens Utility Board to various proposed resumptions of in-person marketing, such as the resumption of in-store marketing as sought by Reliant Energy Northeast and Green Mountain Energy…
December 21, 2020
Retail Suppliers Concerned With "Overly Broad" Definition Of In-Person Solicitation In Draft Rules
Parties have filed comments on proposals from Illinois Staff for amendments to Illinois Administrative Code Part 412 detailing the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES), and a new Part 512 detailing the obligations of alternative gas suppliers (AGS)
December 18, 2020
Enel X Discloses Customer, MW Milestones From 2020
Enel X, the Enel Group's advanced energy services business line, today announced what it termed "record growth" and disclosed various customer milestones from 2020
December 18, 2020
Updated: PUC Authorizes Sharing Of Customer Phone Number, Email Address Of PPL Customer Referral Program Customers With Selected Retail Supplier, With Customer Consent
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a written order in a proceeding addressing PPL Electric's default service proceeding for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2025
December 17, 2020
Pennsylvania PUC Rejects Recommendation To Require That Standard Offer (SOP) Customer Referral Customers Be Dropped To Default Service At End Of SOP Term With Retail Supplier, At PPL
The Pennsylvania PUC today adopted an order in a proceeding addressing PPL Electric's default service proceeding for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2025
December 17, 2020
Proposed Order Would Require Retail Supplier To Drop Customers To SOS Unless It Obtains Affirmative Consent From Customers To Continue Service
A Maryland PSC Public Utility Law Judge has issued a proposed order in a proceeding addressing a complaint filed by Commission Staff against SmartEnergy Holdings d/b/a SmartEnergy
December 15, 2020
Freight Farms Partners With Renewable Energy Provider, Broker To Offer Green Energy To Its Customers
Freight Farms, a provider of hydroponic vertical container farming, and Arcadia, which among other services provides a monthly subscription service that connects customers across the U.S. to clean energy, have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their…
December 15, 2020
Walmart's Retail Electric Supplier, Texas Retail Energy, Receives Authority To Serve Residential Customers
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Texas Retail Energy LLC, the retail electric supplier owned by Walmart an amended electric supplier license to, among other things, include service to residential customers
December 15, 2020
Another Retail Supplier Seeks Authority To Conduct In-Person Sales At Retail Stores
AG Says Commission Can't Rule On Prior Motions For In-Person Marketing Resumption, As AG Says Such Motions Were Already Disposed Of When ICC Declined To Rescind Its Emergency Prohibition Order