January 7, 2019
WGL Energy Receives Retail Supplier License In New State
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted WGL Energy Services, Inc. (WGL Energy) an electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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January 7, 2019
Utility To Study Providing Retail Suppliers With Lists Of Customers Paying Highest Retail Supplier Rates
Rate Case Settlement Addresses Billing Enhancements, Other Retail Market Issues
A rate case settlement at Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. would include a provision requiring the study of the feasibility of providing to retail suppliers lists of customers who pay the highest rates to their retail supplier
January 7, 2019
AGE Announces Strategic Acquisition
Southern Illinois based Affordable Gas + Electric, LLC (AGE) announced its acquisition of Eagle Energy, LLC (Eagle Energy) of Cincinnati, Ohio in what AGE said it, "expects to be a series of strategic acquisitions for the company."
January 7, 2019
Retail Supplier Assigning Customer Contracts To Another Supplier
Trident Power is assigning customer contracts in the Baltimore Gas and Electric and Pepco service areas in Maryland to Titan Gas, LLC d/b/a Titan Gas and Power.
January 4, 2019
Satori Energy Acquires Book of Contracts
David C. Wiers, President of Satori Energy, announced today that Satori Energy has acquired the assets of Illinois based Equis Partners, LLC.
January 4, 2019
Brookfield Renewable Energy Marketing Receives Retail Supplier License In New State
The Maryland PSC recently granted Brookfield Renewable Energy Marketing US LLC d/b/a Brookfield Renewable an electricity supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers
January 4, 2019
Duquesne Light Price To Compare To Decrease
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a new default service supply rate for the Medium Commercial & Industrial customer class (25-300 kW, Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH) for the three-month period beginning March 1, 2019
January 3, 2019
Ambit Energy Expands Guaranteed Savings Plan To New States
Ambit Energy has expanded the availability of its 24-Month Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) to residential customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio
January 3, 2019
Start-up Retail Supplier Focused On Using AI, Push Notifications To Save Customers Energy Seeks License In New State
Emporia Renewable Energy Corp., a start-up retail supplier which touts an AI-enabled system that helps generate savings by improving energy efficiency and reducing consumption through the use of advanced real-time analytics, applied for an Illinois alternative natural gas supplier license
January 3, 2019
PUC Approves Tariff Changes To Reduce Time Supplier Charges Remain On Utility Consolidated Bill After Customer Relationship Ends
Supplier Consolidated Billing Tariff Also Approved
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved tariff changes at AEP Ohio ("the Company") which reduce the number of billing periods during which retail electric supplier charges are presented on utility consolidated bills after the termination of the customer's relationship with the supplier
January 3, 2019
PUC Denies Consumers' Counsel Proposal To Require That All Large Gas Utilities Should Use Competitive Auctions For Default Service
In adopting revisions to the natural gas GCR (Gas Cost Recovery) rules, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has denied a proposal from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel under which OCC had recommended that all large natural gas utilities should use a competitive, wholesale, auction to procure default…
January 2, 2019
Retail Suppliers, OCC Request PUCO Adopt Consultant's Recommendation That "FirstEnergy" Brand Should Be Dropped From FirstEnergy Solutions Name
Interstate Gas Supply, the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, and the Ohio Consumers Counsel have filed separate comments supporting the recommendation from a consultant, which, as part of an audit of the FirstEnergy Ohio Operating companies' compliance with the corporate separation rules, has…
January 2, 2019
License Briefs
Astral Energy Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
December 31, 2018
Utility Provides Updated Start Date For Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot
AEP Ohio has filed with PUCO an update on its supplier consolidated billing pilot
December 31, 2018
Update: Dayton Power & Light To Actively Market Prepay, TOU Rates For Default Service Customers Under Grid Modernization Plan
--- Includes Targeted Customer Marketing Based On Customer Usage, AMI Data
As part of its proposed offering of Time of Use supply rates and a prepay option for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers, proposed in its grid modernization plan as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on December 24 (see story here) , Dayton Power & Light will actively market…
December 31, 2018
Utility Increasing Default Service Rate, Citing "Sharp Increase" In Wholesale Prices
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) has notified the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) that it intends to implement a 5 percent Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) increase for residential and certain small commercial customers effective February 1, 2019, due to, "a spike in wholesale natural gas…
December 28, 2018
More New York Communities Set To Join Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation
Good Energy, L.P. has filed at the New York PSC to add the Towns of Cicero and Plattsburgh, New York, to its opt-out municipal aggregation, for electricity and/or natural gas
December 28, 2018
Rushmore Energy Seeks Authority To Serve Customers In New Service Area
Rushmore Energy, LLC applied for an expanded Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to include service to all customer classes, including residential customers, at Ameren
December 27, 2018
New Broker Led By Retail Market Vet Receives License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted sole proprietor Charles D. Runion d/b/a Ohio EIC a natural gas broker license to serve residential and small commercial customers in all service areas.
December 27, 2018
Retail Supplier Receives New License As Part Of Internal Reorganization
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Eco-Energy Natural Gas, LLC a retail natural gas supplier license
December 27, 2018
Wholesale Marketer Receives Retail Supplier License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Texla Energy Management, Inc. a competitive retail natural gas supplier license, as a marketer, broker, and aggregator, to serve all customer classes in all service areas
December 26, 2018
Report: Maryland Households On Competitive Retail Supply Paid $255 Million More Than SOS From 2014-17
A report published by The Abell Foundation said that, "from 2014 to 2017, Maryland households have been paying tens of millions of dollars more per year in aggregate to third-party electricity suppliers -- about $255 million more in all than if they had stayed with their utility’s supply offer."
December 24, 2018
Illinois Provides Clarification On Data Requests Directed To Retail Suppliers Concerning PJM Transmission Cost Refunds To Customers
The ICC issued clarifications to the data requests expounded on retail electric suppliers concerning their provision of transmission cost-related refunds to customers.
December 24, 2018
Ohio Utility Seeks To Add Parent's Name To Bill; Same Brand Also Used By Active Ohio Retail Supplier
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. (VEDO) sought approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a billing format change under which Vectren would, "modify its bills to include the phrase 'a CenterPoint Energy Company' below the existing VEDO logo," which is placed at the top left…
December 24, 2018
Ohio Utility Proposes Time Of Use Default Service Supply Rates As Part Of Grid Modernization Plan
Dayton Power & Light has filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a distribution modernization plan (DMP)