December 15, 2020
Ohio Utility Seeks To Offer Smart Home Program; Customer Insights, Demand Response
As part of a rate case filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Dayton Power & Light is seeking to offer a new smart homes program
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December 14, 2020
Nordic Energy Services Receives Licenses In New State
The District of Columbia PSC granted Nordic Energy Services electricity and natural gas supplier licenses to serve residential and commercial customers
December 14, 2020
PSC Enforcement Unit Alleges Enrollment Violations By Retail Supplier, Alleges Touchless & e-TPV Enrollment Still Requires Signed Contract
The Compliance and Enforcement Unit ('CEU') within the Consumer Affairs Division ('CAD') of the Maryland Public Service Commission has recommended that the PSC's Office of Staff Counsel initiate a complaint against StateWise Energy Maryland LLC ('StateWise') concerning alleged violations of…
December 11, 2020
Tractor Supply Company Selects Retail Supplier For Virginia Stores
Direct Energy formally announced a contract with rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company to provide 100% renewable energy to more than 30 store facilities in Virginia, under a three-year power agreement launched in February
December 10, 2020
Retail Supplier Announces 650 MW Of Renewable Energy Offtake Contracts With Amazon
ENGIE announced several energy offtake contracts with Amazon for a global renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar projects across the United States, Italy and France totaling 650 MW.
December 10, 2020
Retail Supplier Closes $15 Million Supply Facility
V3 Commodities Group Holdings, LLC ("V3") today announced that it has closed a $15,000,000 wholesale commodity supply and credit facility with Robison Energy (Commercial), LLC and Robison Energy, LLC (collectively, "Robison"), each a retail energy provider serving natural gas and electricity markets…
December 9, 2020
Dynegy Energy Services Seeks Retail Gas Supplier License In New States
Dynegy Energy Services, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Nicor, Peoples Gas, and North Shore Gas, and to serve small commercial customers in Ameren.
December 8, 2020
Retail Supplier To Pay $100,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC d/b/a NRG Business, NRG Home and NRG Retail Solutions ('NRG' or 'Company') has agreed to a forfeiture of $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ('Staff') to resolve all of the issues identified by Staff in a Notice of Probable…
December 8, 2020
Proposed Order Would Allow Only Specific Retail Suppliers To Resume In-Person Marketing At Storefront Establishments
An Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ has issued a proposed interim order that would allow the NRG Energy retail suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefront establishments, subject to various conditions
December 7, 2020
Mega Energy Announces Commodity And Market Expansion To Enable Acquisition-Based Growth
Initiatives Include Northeast Expansion Through Partnership With Wholesale Energy Supplier
Mega Energy Holdings LLC announced the extension of a credit and supply arrangement with Pacific Summit Energy LLC (PSE), the North American marketing and trading subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and its largest U.S. affiliate, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, "to enable current market growth and…
December 4, 2020
Retail Energy Marketer Purchases Natural Gas Supply Assets
Advantage Energy Partners LLC, which is engaged in retail energy procurement among other services and also markets locally produced natural gas, and BOCOR Holdings LLC announced the purchase of 100% of the natural gas and oil production assets of Select Energy and Excalibur Exploration Inc.
December 4, 2020
After State Denies Broad Resumption Of In-Person Marketing, Retail Supplier Modifies Pending Request For Discrete Waiver, Seeks Ruling
With the Illinois Commerce Commission denying a Staff proposal that would have dissolved the ICC's prior prohibition on in-person marketing by retail electric and gas suppliers (as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com) , several Vistra retail energy suppliers (Vistra Retailers) have…
December 4, 2020
Duquesne Light Seeks To Implement Capacity Proxy Price In Default Service Auction (Had Previously Addressed Capacity Price Uncertainty Via Shortened Term Lengths)
Duquesne Light Company petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to modify its supplier master agreement to implement use of capacity proxy price (CPP) in its upcoming March 2021 procurement of default supply contracts
December 4, 2020
Proposed Order Would Find That Charges In Excess Of Default Service Are Not A Violation By A Retail Supplier
A proposed order from an ALJ at the Illinois Commerce Commission, addressing a formal customer complaint filed against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, would find that, "it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply."
December 3, 2020
Pa. PUC Issues Final Order In PECO Default Service Case, Addressing Retail Suppliers' Changes To NITS Treatment
Order Addresses Standard Offer Customer Referral Program Changes, POR Discount, CAP Shopping
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order in PECO's default service proceeding which establishes parameters for default service for the period June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2025 (DSP V)
December 3, 2020
Start-up Retail Supplier Receives License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted start-up Barracuda Energy LLC a natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes at Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion Energy Ohio
December 3, 2020
Updated: Pennsylvania PUC Allows All Retail Suppliers To Conduct In-Person Marketing At Outdoor Events, Subject To Conditions
The Pennsylvania PUC issued an order providing that, "The moratorium on in-person sales and marketing activities for all jurisdictional suppliers is lifted as it pertains to activities at outdoor public events held in accordance with orders and directives issued by the Governor and the Secretary of…
December 3, 2020
Updated: Pennsylvania PUC Allows All Retail Suppliers To Conduct In-Person Marketing At Outdoor Events, Subject To Conditions
The Pennsylvania PUC issued an order providing that, "The moratorium on in-person sales and marketing activities for all jurisdictional suppliers is lifted as it pertains to activities at outdoor public events held in accordance with orders and directives issued by the Governor and the Secretary of…
December 2, 2020
New Jersey BPU Staff Provides Path For Retail Suppliers To Resolve Prior BPU Direction Advising That Suppliers' Pass-Through Of New RPS Costs Under Fixed Priced Contracts Violated Rules
The New Jersey BPU has issued a Secretary’s Letter which states that Staff has developed a pathway for third party retail electric suppliers (TPSs) to reach resolution and to close out matters addressed in a January 2019 letter to TPSs from the Director of the New Jersey BPU's Division of Energy…
December 1, 2020
Regulator Approves POR Discount Rate Of Nearly 8%
The Massachusetts DPU approved new Standard Complete Billing Percentages (purchase of receivables [POR] discount rates) at Fitchburg Gas and Electric d/b/a Unitil, to be effective December 1, 2020
November 30, 2020
PUC Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio disclosed the winning bidders from AEP Ohio's November 2020 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies for the period June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022
November 30, 2020
Default Service Utility Proposes Changes To Recover, From Non-shopping Customers, Costs Of Oversupply Of RECs, While Managing Rate Impacts
Ohio Power Company d/b/a AEP Ohio filed at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to modify its Alternative Energy Rider (AER) and Auction Cost Recovery Rider (ACRR) to recover, on a bypassable basis, an oversupply of RECs, in light of the wind-down of the state's renewable energy mandate, while…
November 25, 2020
Large County Seeking Legislative Authority For Opt-out Municipal Aggregation 'Pilot' Lasting Seven Years (State Does Not Currently Allow CCAs)
Montgomery County in Maryland is again pursuing legislation in the upcoming 2021 session that would authorize it, and it alone, to conduct an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity under a program, deemed a "pilot", that would last seven years.
November 25, 2020
PUC Schedules Workshop For Review Of Rules Governing Green Electricity Supply Programs Of Retail Suppliers, Utilities
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has scheduled for January 6, 2021 a remote workshop in its review of the green pricing program standards in Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-42 (Case 20-1195-EL-ORD)
November 25, 2020
PJM Reports Some LSEs May Have Been Charged Based On Incorrect PLCs In Ohio Zone, Back To Jan. 2019
PJM said in a market notice that, "It has come to our attention that certain Load Serving Entities may have been charged and credited based on incorrect peak load contribution values supplied by Duke going back to January 2019."