September 21, 2022
PPG today announced a 1.5 megawatt (MW) agreement with Constellation for renewable energy equivalent to the annual electricity use of its Adrian, Michigan automotive adhesives and sealants manufacturing facility beginning in 2024.
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September 21, 2022
Separate default service auctions at Duke Energy Ohio and Duquesne Light in Pennsylvania resulted in less than the originally planned amount of load being procured.
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September 20, 2022
Genie Renewables ("GREW"), a division of Genie Energy Ltd. ("Genie"), announced that it now owns site rights to solar generation projects with an aggregate of 64 MW in New York and Pennsylvania.
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September 19, 2022
A New Hampshire resident, described in a filing as, "an acknowledged leader in the movement toward retail competition and deregulation of the electric utility industry," has filed a petition with the state's PUC for a, "Determination of Whether New Hampshire Residential Customers Benefited From…
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September 19, 2022
Revised Terms For Brokers Eliminates Switching Fee
A stipulation among certain parties in Duke Energy Ohio's electric rate case includes provisions for a supplier consolidated billing collaborative, elimination of the switching fee and other retail supplier tariff changes, and changes to the supplier tariff provisions applicable to brokers
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September 15, 2022
FirstEnergy Corp., which owns broker FirstEnergy Advisors and which has stated a vision to offer to customers various innovative energy services, today announced that John W. Somerhalder II, chair of the FirstEnergy Board of Directors, has been named interim president and chief executive officer…
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September 15, 2022
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the results of the fall 2022 procurement of block energy supplies for default service at ComEd and Ameren
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September 15, 2022
Vice Chair: Retail Market "Well Beyond Mature"
Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman John Coleman gave a "final warning" to retail energy suppliers, as the PUC approved, 2-1, a settlement, without modification, between Verde Energy USA, Inc. and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E'), under which Verde is to pay $1 million and extend…
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September 14, 2022
Seeks To Merge PIPP Load Back Into Default Service Auctions
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel sought to re-introduce Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer electricity load back into the default service auctions for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers, stating the current approach to PIPP load has resulted in customers paying nearly 5 cents per kWh…
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September 13, 2022
Energy Harbor Corp. announced today that it is joining forces with the University of Toledo, major industrial companies in the Great Lakes region, several DOE national laboratories, and others to form a new industry-led coalition, Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen (GLCH), to transition the Midwest, "into a…
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September 9, 2022
In a proceeding addressing Duke Energy Ohio's proposal to implement a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction for natural gas default service, with Duke proposing to transition away from the current gas cost recovery mechanism (GCR), Interstate Gas Supply (IGS) has proposed that the Public…
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September 8, 2022
Consumers' Counsel Says Customers Paying Millions More Annually Under Retail Supplier Versus Default Service
A witness for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, who formerly worked for several retail energy suppliers, alleged in testimony before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that a former supplier employer had decided that it could "ignore" the national do-not-call registry for those customers the…
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September 8, 2022
A partial settlement in a current rate case for Columbia Gas in Pennsylvania includes several terms related to the retail market
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September 8, 2022
Utility Seeks To Delay Obligation To File Shopping Plan For CAP Customers
PECO petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval to continue to restrict customers enrolled in its Customer Assistance Program (CAP) from shopping for retail electric generation supply until after the Commission issues its final Policy Statement on Electric Customer Assistance Program Participant…
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September 7, 2022
PUCO Issues Show Cause Order To NOPEC Directing Aggregator To Show Why Certificate Shouldn't Be Suspended PUCO Grants NOPEC Waiver To Drop Customers To SSO
NOPEC Alleges Dynegy Sister Company Returned 35,000 Muni Aggregation Customers To SSO This Year
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September 2, 2022
Draft Would Require Affirmative Consent For A Supplier To Keep An Existing Customer, Who Becomes An Energy Assistance Customer Mid-Contract, Under A Compliant Product
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August 31, 2022
Sunlight Energy Investments (Sunlight Energy), a subsidiary of Genie Energy Ltd., announced that it has purchased the site rights for a planned solar generation project in Pennsylvania of 30 megawatts (MW).
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August 31, 2022
SSO Supplier Alleges NOPEC Charged Rates Consistently Higher Than SSO Despite Terms Used In Marketing, Cites Alleged "Grant" Payments To NOPEC, Inc. Totaling Almost 40% Of Revenue
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August 30, 2022
Corrective Measures Also Address Ensuring Sale Prospect Is Authorized To Enroll Utility Account
National Gas & Electric, LLC (NG&E or the Company) would pay $15,250 under a settlement with the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) of the Pennsylvania PUC to resolve alleged instances of overbilling and slamming
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August 25, 2022
The District of Columbia PSC granted Octopus Energy LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers
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August 25, 2022
The Pennsylvania PUC granted CPV Retail Energy LP an electric supplier license to serve large commercial (over 25 kW demand), industrial, and governmental customers in all service areas.
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August 24, 2022
Aggregation Says Most Supplier Offers That Sound Too Good To Be True Are "Deceptive"
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) will "immediately" be returning its Standard Program Price electricity customers to default service
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August 24, 2022
Also Reverses Proposal Requiring Supplier To Ensure Mailers Include "All Material Terms And Conditions" PSC Finds All Of Supplier's Telephonic Contracts Over Three-Year Period Are Invalid, Addresses Treatment Of Customers
In an order on appeal in a PSC Staff complaint brought against U.S. Gas & Electric d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric and Energy Services Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric ("MDG&E", "MDGE", or "the Company"):, the Maryland PSC reversed in part a proposed order from a public utility law judge…
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August 23, 2022
Inspire Energy Holdings, LLC applied for a Maryland natural gas supplier license to serve residential and commercial customers at Baltimore Gas and Electric and Washington Gas Light
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August 22, 2022
Staff of the Maryland PSC have endorsed a change in the SOS procurement contract lengths at Pepco and Potomac Edison (PE) due to the potential launch of the Montgomery County pilot opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA)
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