September 21, 2016
LifeEnergy, LS Power Affiliate, Launches Service In New State, Territories
LifeEnergy, an affiliate of LS Power, has launched electric service in Ohio and has expanded into new service areas of Pennsylvania as well.
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September 21, 2016
Parties Near Settlement on Promoting Retail Supplier Offers in Utility Bills
Stakeholders in Delaware are nearing a settlement on including a brochure describing the electric supply offerings currently available in Delaware in Delmarva bills
September 20, 2016
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Freepoint Commodities Subsidiary Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
September 20, 2016
PUC Seeks More Information On Specific Nature of Allegations Which Led To $18,000 Settlement Between Retail Supplier, PUC Staff
The Pennsylvania PUC sought more information on allegations which prompted Great American Power, LLC to enter a settlement with the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) under which Great American Power, among other remedial actions, would pay $18,000.
September 19, 2016
Illinois Reports Winning Suppliers, Prices From Default Service Block Procurement
The Illinois Power Agency has disclosed winning prices and suppliers from its Fall 2016 procurement of block energy products at Commonwealth Edison, Ameren, and MidAmerican Energy
September 19, 2016
PSC Staff: "Inappropriate" To Include Single Supplier's Marketing Info In Utility Bills; Suggest Generic Brochure "Describing" Current Supply Offerings From All Suppliers
Staff of the Delaware PSC recommend denying a petition from Direct Energy to include information related to Direct Energy's status as the, "Electric Retail Supplier Exclusively Contracted by the State of Delaware," in Delmarva Power bills, but recommended that Delmarva be required to include generic…
September 19, 2016
Retail Supplier Names Former Retail Energy President to Lead Expansion in PJM
Mint Energy announced the hiring of Dan Schilens as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, to lead the company’s sales and marketing efforts and their expansion into PJM.
September 16, 2016
CenterPoint TDU Funds for REP Reimbursements Under Low-Income In-Home Device Provisioning Program Nearly Exhausted
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed a further update concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
September 15, 2016
Pa. Utility Files To Recover Costs of Retail Supplier Account Number Look-Up Tool Via Delivery Rates, Not POR Discount
In compliance with a Pennsylvania PUC directive, Philadelphia Gas Works has filed an updated plan to implement a remote account number look-up mechanism which does not recover costs through its purchase of receivables discount rate, as PGW proposed to recover implementation costs through a delivery…
September 15, 2016
License Briefs
Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Use Trade Name Neo Electricity
September 15, 2016
CFTC Chair Says He Will Withdraw Move To Allow Private Lawsuits Concerning ERCOT, RTO Market Outcomes
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has written in a letter to U.S. Senator John Boozman that Massad plans to recommend to his colleagues that the CFTC, "exempt RTOs and ISOs from all private rights of action under Section 22 of the Commodity Exchange Act ('CEA")…
September 14, 2016
WGL: POR "Accommodated" In New D.C. Billing System, But Says Consideration Should Not Occur in Current Billing System Review
Washing Gas Light told the District of Columbia PSC that, "implementation of a POR program in the District of Columbia can be more easily accommodated," in its new billing system, but said that a current docket reviewing the impacts of the new billing system on retail suppliers should not consider…
September 14, 2016
PSC Hosts Retail Supplier Conference, Examines Regulatory And Operational Issues, "Next Phase" For Residential Market
The Public Service Commission of Maryland has scheduled its 2016 Electric and Gas Supplier Conference for September 29, 2016 in Baltimore
September 14, 2016
AG: ALJ's Dismissal Of ICC Staff Allegations Against Retail Supplier Leads To Conclusion That "Lying" To Staff Not Prohibited By Law
A ruling on a motion to dismiss issued by an Illinois ALJ in a proceeding adjudicating allegations made by Illinois Commerce Commission Staff against Sperian Energy Corp. results, the Illinois Attorney General alleges in a motion for interlocutory review, in, "the illogical and disturbing conclusion…
September 14, 2016
AEP to Sell Four Merchant Power Plants to Blackstone and ArcLight Joint Venture
American Electric Power announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell four competitive power plants totaling approximately 5,200 megawatts (MW) for approximately $2.17 billion to a newly formed joint venture of Blackstone and ArcLight Capital Partners LLC
September 13, 2016
Former Pa. PUC Head of Competitive Market Oversight Joins Eckert Seamans
Karen Moury has joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
September 12, 2016
Industrial Customers Say MISO Use of Wrong Zonal Import Limit Raised Capacity Prices By $50/MW-Day, Seek Refunds
Would "Preserve" Revenue Streams For Generators That Relied on Incorrect Clearing Price (Uplift?)
September 12, 2016
License Briefs
Tenaska Power Management Seeks License In Another New State
September 12, 2016
PSEG Formally Creates Retail Supplier
Public Service Enterprise Group has officially created a retail electric and natural gas supplier
September 9, 2016
License Briefs
NRG Subsidiary To Relinquish Unused Texas REP Certificate
September 9, 2016
FirstEnergy: 2017 To Be Key For Decision On Approach To Exit Competitive Generation
"Our ultimate goal would be to be out of competitive generation," FirstEnergy EVP & CFO James Pearson said at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference
September 8, 2016
Pa. Utility Default Service Settlement Includes Block Purchases For 50% Of Default Service
Several parties have reached a settlement concerning UGI Utilities, Inc. – Electric Division's default service plan covering the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021
September 8, 2016
Ambit Energy To Launch in New Service Areas In Two States
Ambit Energy is preparing to launch electric service in new service areas in Ohio and Massachusetts
September 7, 2016
RESA: PSC Staff Seeking "Market-Killer" Changes To Supplier-Consumer Advocate Consensus Retail Supplier Rules
Proposed changes from Delaware PSC Staff to a consensus proposal (from the Retail Energy Supply Association and the Delaware Public Advocate) to revise the retail electric marketing rules in Delaware are "market killers" that will keep suppliers out of Delaware, Brian Greene, counsel for RESA, said…
September 7, 2016
License Briefs
Noble Americas Energy Solutions Seeks License In New State