April 17, 2018
PECO Residential Electric Generation Rate To Increase On June 1, Small C&I Rate Also Rising
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning June 1, 2018
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April 17, 2018
Parent Of Retail Supplier Seeks FERC Approval For Planned Equity Raises And Transfers Among Upstream Owners
Star Energy Partners, LLC (Star Energy or the Applicant) submitted an application at FERC requesting authorization for a series of completed and planned equity raises and transfers by and among Star Energy's upstream owners (collectively, the Transactions).
April 16, 2018
PSC Commissioners, Retail Energy CEOs To Address NEM's National Energy Restructuring Conference
The National Energy Marketers Association has released a preliminary list of confirmed speakers for its 21st Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference in Washington, DC to be held April 30 through May 2
April 16, 2018
Illinois Posts Prices, Suppliers Under Default Service Procurement At ComEd, Ameren
Illinois has posted prices and winning suppliers from the Illinois Power Agency's spring 2018 procurement of block energy supplies for default service customers at Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and MidAmerican Energy Company
April 16, 2018
Start-up "Liberty Power Brokers, LLC" Seeks Broker License
Liberty Power Brokers, LLC applied for an Ohio electric broker/aggregator license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
April 16, 2018
Stipulation In Default Service Case Would Require Audit of Purchase Of Receivables Program, Suppliers' Compliance With Limitation On Eligible Receivables
A stipulation among several parties would establish the process for Duke Energy Ohio to obtain Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies for the period from June 1, 2018, through May 31, 2024 and would address other retail market issues, including the continuation of the current purchase of receivables…
April 13, 2018
PJM Board Pushes Stakeholders To Timely Address Energy Market Price Formation Issues; Develop Reserves Procurement, Pricing Changes For 2018/19 Winter
Notes "Intense Public Scrutiny" Surrounding Such Issues
In a letter to stakeholders, PJM said that its Board is requesting that stakeholders develop certain changes to reserves procurement and pricing such that they may be implemented for 2018/19
April 11, 2018
Retail Supplier Launches Monthly Flat Fee Subscription Service For Retail Supply, Smart Home Devices At PECO
Retail supplier Inspire announced that its Smart Energy flat price subscription plan is now available to Philadelphia electricity customers in the PECO service area
April 11, 2018
Retail Supplier Seeks Waiver Of Enrollment Rules To Allow Enrollment Via Online Chat
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and Constellation NewEnergy - Gas Division, LLC petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for waivers, to the extent they are deemed necessary, from Rules 4901:1-21-06(C) and 4901:1-29-06(B) to allow Constellation to enroll retail customers in Ohio through an…
April 11, 2018
Stream Launches Free Nights, Weekends Plans
Stream To Enter New State Also Officially Rolls Out Block Power Plans (Flat Amount For Usage Blocks)
Stream Energy has launched in Texas free nights and free weekends plans, and also announced the launch of service in a new state
April 10, 2018
License Briefs
Taylor Consulting and Contracting Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
April 10, 2018
Attorney General Files Suit Against Retail Electric Supplier, Alleges Charges Exceed Default Service By $2.5 Million
AG Says That, Through Lawsuit, "We Can Put This Bad Company Out Of Business"
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Major Energy Electric Services LLC (Major Energy), an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES), for what the AG's office alleged in a news release was, "misleading thousands of Illinois customers about the company’s costly…
April 7, 2018
Duquesne Light Files New Default Service Supply Charges, Rate To Increase 7% For Certain Customers
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018.
April 7, 2018
Innovative Retail Supplier Takes Step To Expand To New States
Drift Marketplace, Inc. has applied for PJM membership
April 6, 2018
License Briefs
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Marathon Power LLC a natural gas supplier license to serve residential, small commercial (under 6,000 MCF annually), large commercial (6,000 MCF or more annually), industrial, and governmental customers at Philadelphia Gas Works
April 5, 2018
PUCO Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has disclosed the winning bidders in the March 12, 2018 auction for default service supplies at Dayton Power & Light for the period beginning June 1, 2018
April 5, 2018
PUCO Awards To Retail Supplier 100% Of Certain Low-Income Customer Load At DP&L
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has awarded, to a retail electric supplier, 100% of the load of electricity Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers at Dayton Power & Light for the term June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019
April 5, 2018
PUC Initiates Proceeding To Protect Customers From FirstEnergy Solutions Bankruptcy
PUC Says It "Cannot Guarantee" FES Customer Contracts Won't Be Impacted By Bankruptcy
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio initiated a proceeding to, "protect Ohio consumers from any adverse impacts due to the recent filing by FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. of a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code."
April 4, 2018
SFE Energy Launches Online Rewards Program
SFE Energy Inc. (SFE) announced that it has launched its first online customer rewards program, "SFE Energy Rewards."
April 3, 2018
March Marks Another Month Of Declining Pennsylvania Residential Shopping At All Utilities
All of the seven large EDCs in Pennsylvania saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply decline during March versus the February total, with the number of Pennsylvania residential customers on competitive supply declining by nearly 6,300 accounts statewide.
April 3, 2018
Retail Market Veteran Launches New Energy Data-Focused Broker
The Maryland PSC recently granted Zap Utility, LLC an electric broker/aggregator license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
April 2, 2018
Direct Energy Acquires Retail Supplier
This story was first published on April 2, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
April 2, 2018
New Supplier Among Winning Bidders In AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has disclosed the winning suppliers from AEP Ohio’s March 2018 wholesale auction that will, when blended with other auction results, determine the utility's default generation rates beginning June 1, 2018.
April 2, 2018
FirstEnergy Solutions Files For Bankruptcy
FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), its subsidiaries and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) (together, the "Filing Entities") announced that, "to facilitate an orderly financial restructuring, they have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code with the U.S.…
March 29, 2018
No Qualifying Bids Submitted By Retail Suppliers To Serve Low-Income Customers At DP&L
An initial March 26 RFP to secure a retail supplier (or suppliers) to serve 100% of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) load at Dayton Power & Light saw zero conforming bids submitted, and no load was awarded in the auction