December 8, 2016
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has signed SB2814, the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill, which also requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider imposing a new tax on retail electric and gas suppliers, in the form of an assessment to contribute to the state's Public Utility Fund (which helps fund…
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December 8, 2016
New York ESCO Receives Licenses In New State
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December 8, 2016
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC proposed new purchase of receivables discount rates to be effective January 1, 2017.
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December 8, 2016
Clearview Energy announced that it now offers free home electric vehicle (EV) charging, in certain hours, for all of its customers.
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December 7, 2016
Think Energy (Engie/GDF Sub.) Seeks Gas Supplier License In New State
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December 7, 2016
Affirms $40,000 Fine on Retail Supplier But Finds No Misrepresentation Over Polar Vortex Rates
The Maryland PSC largely affirmed a proposed order requiring Xoom Energy Maryland, LLC to pay a civil penalty of $40,000 due to Xoom's automatic renewal of fixed price customers onto variable rates in what is found to be in violation of the original contracts, but found that Xoom did not engage in…
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December 7, 2016
FirstEnergy's Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC (AE Supply) unit has entered into a non-binding letter of intent, with an exclusivity provision which expires December 31, 2016, for the sale of its Springdale, Chambersburg, Gans and Hunlock gas-fired facilities and its ownership interest in the…
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December 6, 2016
Vista Energy Marketing Receives Licenses In New State
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December 6, 2016
Apparently addressing a dispute concerning whether alleged misrepresentations by a retail supplier to informal inquires from Illinois Commerce Commission Staff violated statute, the enrolled version of the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill (SB2814) provides that any response to the ICC, including Staff…
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December 6, 2016
The enrolled text of the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill has been posted, which confirms that, as expected, the enrolled version of the bill requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider imposing a new tax on retail electric and gas suppliers, in the form of an assessment to contribute to the…
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December 5, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter setting forth a proposed mechanism for PPL, and more broadly other EDCs, to comply with their obligation, as default service provider, to offer a Time of Use generation rate option to default service customers which would still rely on a retail…
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December 5, 2016
FERC issued a Staff Notice of Alleged Violation against GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA, Inc. stating that, "the staff of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has preliminarily determined that GDF SUEZ Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (GSEMNA) violated the Commission’s…
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December 5, 2016
M. Howard Petricoff has resigned as Chair of Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, effective December 31, 2016, after his nomination was rejected by a Senate committee.
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December 2, 2016
A final version of Exelon's nuclear subsidy bill (SB2814), passed by both the Illinois House and Illinois Senate, apparently includes a mandate that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall consider whether to subject retail electric and natural gas suppliers to an assessment to contribute to the…
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December 2, 2016
Crius Energy announced its first cross-brand promotion, designed to celebrate the company's one millionth customer milestone.
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December 2, 2016
Proposed Order Had Found That Not Reducing Variable Rates As Wholesale Rates Decline Violates Marketing Rules
The Maryland PSC adopted in total a May 13 proposed order from a Public Utility Law Judge (PULJ) which imposes a $140,000 civil penalty on Blue Pilot Energy, LLC, and suspends the supplier's license for what the PULJ found are violations of Maryland marketing and solicitation regulations.
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December 2, 2016
Oeste Energy has expanded its services and announced that it has secured its first agreement with a retail electricity provider to provide commercial brokerage to clients in the state of Texas.
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December 1, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted winning bidders from AEP Ohio's November 2016 procurement of default service supplies for a portion of the June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 delivery year
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December 1, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of Duke Energy Ohio’s fourth wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its retail electric generation service rates through May 2018.
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December 1, 2016
Sungevity, Inc. and Just Energy Group Inc. announced a partnership to offer solar power systems to residential customers
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December 1, 2016
A late amendment offered to the Exelon nuclear subsidy bill (SB2814) would direct the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider making alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers subject to assessments under the Public Utility Fund
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November 30, 2016
Atlantic Energy Receives Supplier License In New State
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November 29, 2016
Mint Energy, LLC applied for a Delaware electric supplier license to serve large commercial and industrial customers at Delmarva Power.
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November 29, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has proposed revisions to its electric supplier rules that include new disclosures required from aggregators.
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November 28, 2016
AEP Ohio, as part of its proposed extension of its electricity security plan, is proposing to own 10 microgrids and nearly 1,300 EV charging stations.
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