January 20, 2022
Octopus Energy Applies For Retail Supplier License In Another Northeast Market
Octopus Energy LLC applied for a District of Columbia electric supplier license to serve all customer classes
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January 20, 2022
Utility Seeks To Suspend Ability For Retail Suppliers To Enroll Customers For Over Two Weeks
Duke Energy Ohio has applied for various waivers of certain Ohio rules as part of a cutover to a new CIS and billing system
January 18, 2022
PJM Issues Market Notice On "Significant And Unusual Congestion Patterns"
PJM and the Independent Market Monitor issued a market notice today stating, "PJM and the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) are aware of the significant and unusual congestion patterns resulting from the long-term construction outage of the Lanexa – Dunnsville 230kV line in the Dominion Virginia…
January 17, 2022
Proposed Order Would Not "Limit" PSC's Prior Finding That A Wet Signature Is Required For Inbound Telephonic Sales (PSC Had Only Spoken To Signature Requirement In Cases Of "Misleading" Marketing)
A Maryland public utility law judge (PULJ) has issued a proposed order that would conclude that, under a specific marketing mechanism at issue in the proceeding, Direct Energy Services, LLC, "unlawfully enrolled customers by participation in telephone solicitations in violation of State consumer…
January 13, 2022
Energy Marketer Defaults At PJM
PJM in a market notice stated, "Please be advised that Hill Energy Resource & Services, LLC (the 'Defaulting Member') defaulted on its obligations to comply with a Collateral Call under PJM’s credit policies on January 11, 2022."
January 12, 2022
PSC Approves Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Will Pay $150,000, Cease Use Of eTPV
A previously reported proposed order from a Maryland utility law judge that had proposed to approve, with certain modifications, a $150,000 settlement agreement among Statewise Energy Maryland LLC ('SWE' or 'Statewise'), Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission ('Staff') and the Maryland…
January 10, 2022
T&D Only Exelon Touts Provision Of "Innovative Energy Products" As It Outlines "Fully Regulated Utility Company" Strategy After Constellation Spin-off
Exelon today is holding an analyst day detailing its strategy for its future as a fully regulated utility company after the spin-off of Constellation is completed, which is expected to occur Feb. 1.
January 10, 2022
Report: Customers On Retail Supply Paid $139 Million More Than Default Service Over Last 35 Months
The Ohio Consumers Counsel reported that, in recent shadow billing data by AEP Ohio, "it was shown that consumers who chose a marketer paid $139 million more in the aggregate than those who stayed on AEP Ohio’s SSO," over 35 months between January 2019 to November 2021.
January 10, 2022
Former FirstEnergy VP To Join Board Of Constellation Upon Spin-off, Board Members Announced
Exelon Corp. announced Constellation’s Board of Directors following the company’s separation from Exelon.
January 6, 2022
Retail Supplier Identifies Further Contracts Not Being Included In Book Sale Due To Switch Blocks, Will Drop Such Customers To SOS
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, and related debtors (collectively, "Liberty"), have identified certain additional pre-petition and post-petition Selected Customer Accounts that are not either being sold to buyer NRG Energy under the previously reported Stalking Horse Agreement or where such the…
January 6, 2022
Retail Energy Broker Announces Sale Process For Business
Trusted Energy LLC d/b/a T.E. Energy Consultants LLC (NJ) announced a sale process for its business
January 5, 2022
Workgroup Recommends Start Date For Transitioning Nearly 400,000 Customers To New Opt-out Municipal Aggregation (First In State)
The Montgomery County (MD) Community Choice Pilot Program Working Group filed a letter with the Maryland PSC concerning the timing of the transition of customers from their current service to a new pilot opt-out Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) for Montgomery County, and the effect this might have…
January 5, 2022
Consumer Advocate Seeks Re-examination Of Eligible Customer List Safeguards, Citing Alleged "Abuses" By Retail Suppliers
The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate filed comments at the Pennsylvania PUC seeking a re-examination of safeguards and related provisions for the Eligible Customer Lists (ECL), as the OCA stated that it is "concerned" about alleged "abuses" of the ECL detailed in two recent settlement…
January 3, 2022
Retail Supplier Consolidated Edison Energy Seeks To Serve Customers In New Service Area
Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. applied for an amended Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve large commercial customers (6,000 Mcf or more annually), and specifically to provide service to electric generation facilities, at UGI Utilities
December 30, 2021
International Retail Supplier Seeks Texas REP Certificate
EnPowered USA Inc. applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
December 29, 2021
IGS Energy Acquires 80% Interest In Retail Supplier
Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. d/b/a IGS Energy (IGS) on December 1 effectively acquired an 80% membership interest in Dominion Energy Solutions, LLC (DES).
December 28, 2021
Retail Energy Vets Launching New Retail Supplier
Start-up Spartacus Energy Services, LLC has applied for a Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at PPL and PECO
December 27, 2021
ALJ Would Deny Complaint From Retail Suppliers Seeking To Void Utility's $5 Million Cybersecurity Insurance Requirement
A Pennsylvania PUC ALJ would, in an initial decision, deny a complaint brought by a group of retail suppliers (NGSs) against National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (NFGD) in which the suppliers sought to void an NFGD tariff adopted by the Pennsylvania PUC that includes a $5,000,000 per incident…
December 27, 2021
Duquesne Light Default Supply Rate To Fall 20%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period beginning March 1, 2022
December 21, 2021
BGE Residential SOS Rate Set To Fall 8%
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed a tariff reflecting summer 2022 SOS rates for mass market customers, and updates to previously set mass market SOS rates for periods beginning February 1, 2022 to reflect changes in the bypassable SOS Admin. charge
December 21, 2021
Shell Mass Market-Focused Subsidiary Seeks Retail Natural Gas Supplier License In New State
Inspire Energy Holdings, LLC, which ultimately is a unit of Shell, applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve residential customers and small commercial customers (less than 6,000 Mcf annually) at PECO, Columbia Gas, Peoples Natural Gas Company, Peoples Gas Company…
December 20, 2021
Court Reverses PSC's Finding With Respect To TPV Independence
The Montgomery County Circuit Court in Maryland issued an opinion which largely affirmed a Maryland PSC decision concerning an investigation into SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC d/b/a SmartEnergy ('SmartEnergy' or the 'Company') that principally centered on application of the Maryland Telephone…
December 17, 2021
Update: Pilot Power Group Officially Announces Acquisition Of Retail Energy Broker
Boyne Capital Partners (Boyne), a private equity firm, officially announced that its portfolio company, Pilot Power Group (Pilot) has acquired Trebel Energy (Trebel or the Company), a provider of electricity and natural gas procurement services to municipal aggregation (CCA) and commercial clients…
December 16, 2021
Octopus Energy Applies For Retail Supplier License In Northeast Market
Octopus Energy LLC has applied for a Maryland retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas
December 16, 2021
Retail Supplier Parent Upsizes and Closes $848 Million First-Lien Financing
Transaction Said To Provide Incremental Liquidity and Advance Energy Transition Strategy
Talen Energy Corporation ("TEC" or "Talen") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Talen Energy Supply LLC ("TES") has upsized and closed on the previously announced first-lien revolving credit facility commitment led by GoldenTree Asset Management LP and Silver Point Finance, LLC in the…