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October 4, 2013
The Compete Coalition has tarnished its reputation, and damaged its ability to advocate the introduction of retail choice to new markets, by wading into the Texas debate over "reliability" (meaning resource adequacy), and lending credence to the view -- oft-cited by critics of restructuring -- that…
October 3, 2013
"I don't think we're counting on there being a lot of states opening up [for retail choice] over the course of the next two to three years," Ken Hartwick, CEO of Just Energy, said at the Gulf Coast Power Association fall conference.
September 12, 2013
Citing insurmountable legal hurdles, the Arizona Corporation Commission yesterday voted 4-1 to close the Commission's investigation of retail electric choice, and to maintain the current system.
September 9, 2013
A plurality of Arizona voters oppose electric deregulation, according to a poll by MBQF Consulting.
September 5, 2013
Frustrated with stakeholders that have chosen to "polarize" the Arizona Corporation Commission's investigation of retail electric choice, Commissioner Bob Burns suggested that an evidentiary hearing may be appropriate, and issued a list of supplemental questions.
September 4, 2013
Retail energy supplier Energy.me announced that 20 months since its launch, it has acquired 6,000 mid-market commercial customers, or the equivalent of 230,000 residential customers.
September 3, 2013
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Brenda Burns informed her colleagues that she will hold a series of meetings with stakeholders regarding specific topics in the Commission's retail electric choice investigation, stating there is, "a great deal more information to acquire, research, study and discern…
August 20, 2013
The "outlook for dire consequences" with respect to resource adequacy in Texas, "appears to be wholly overstated," a coalition of competitive electric suppliers has conceded, raising the question of why some of these same suppliers (or their affiliates) are pressing for costly administrative…
August 19, 2013
The Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO) said in reply comments concerning the state's investigation of electric retail access that it is interested in learning more about several retail access designs which do not extend choice eligibility to all customers.
August 5, 2013
Donald Brandt, CEO of Arizona Public Service Company, said on an earnings call Friday that he can count the number of Arizona customers that support deregulation of the electric industry, which would introduce retail choice to the system, "on one hand."
July 31, 2013
Arizona Speaker of the House Andy Tobin issued a statement Tuesday urging the Arizona Corporation Commission to not pursue retail electric choice at this time, citing, "great concerns over the possible implementation of a restructured electric market in the state of Arizona," according to a report…
July 25, 2013
NRG Energy has created a website counting down in real time the forthcoming launch of NRG Residential Solutions.
July 17, 2013
A transition to retail electric choice in Arizona would cost in excess of $1 billion, Arizona Public Service told the Arizona Corporation Commission in comments on the ACC's investigation of retail choice.
July 17, 2013
In comments on Arizona's investigation into retail electric choice, the Residential Utility Consumer Office, a key stakeholder, did not take a definitive position, and said that it continues to research the subject.
July 17, 2013
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in a news release that it ordered Barclays Bank PLC and four of its traders to pay $453 million in civil penalties for, "manipulating electric energy prices in California and other western markets between November 2006 and December 2008."
July 11, 2013
Parties recently filed comments in Ohio's investigation of the retail natural gas market, and the comments of Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy and other low-income consumer advocates (LIA) aptly describe the dim prospects for widespread expansion of energy choice, both in Ohio and nationwide, in…
July 3, 2013
The use of incendiary language in a recent op-ed by NRG Energy in favor of a capacity market in Texas begs the question, that if we can't trust the market to assure resource adequacy, what else should we not "bet" on?
July 3, 2013
A key Arizona Senator has written a letter to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns urging the ACC to, "shy away from experimenting with the option of deregulation."
June 12, 2013
The failure of Connecticut to pass a retail auction of Standard Service customers during this year's legislative session is a sobering reminder of the Herculean challenges facing an expansion of retail choice, and like the Pennsylvania experience, will negatively impact efforts in other states to…
May 29, 2013
The Arizona Corporation Commission has issued a series of questions for stakeholder comment regarding its review of instituting a formal proceeding to re-open retail electric access, with the questions emphasizing rate and other impacts on small customers from any opening of the retail market.
May 10, 2013
The Arizona Corporation Commission will schedule two public meetings, and opened a comment process, to examine whether retail electric choice should be introduced into the state.
May 9, 2013
Texas, with its energy-only market serving the vast majority of the state, continues to be named the most attractive state for businesses by numerous metrics, while capacity market states are largely absent from the same rankings.
January 11, 2013
Direct Energy announced that it is expanding the company's footprint in Arizona with a new, comprehensive call center, "which will play an important role in the company's growth."
January 11, 2013
Bob Stump, the newly designated chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission, wants the Commission to investigate whether electric choice should be introduced to Arizona, according to a report by the Verde Independent .
December 11, 2012
Constellation is now serving competitive electric load in Arizona under the Arizona Public Service wholesale "buy-through" mechanism.
