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January 15, 2021
An Illinois ALJ issued a ruling that denies separate petitions from the Vistra retail suppliers, as well as IGS Energy, for the resumption of various forms of in-person retail energy marketing.
January 14, 2021
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, a provider of career education and specialized technical training, has selected GREENCROWN Energy & Water to manage its entire energy portfolio, and to drive sustainability at all campuses nationwide.
January 14, 2021
Updated with further description of Ohio ACP order
January 11, 2021
The Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI) wrote to PJM's board of managers with a recommendation for "four core principles" concerning resource adequacy and the PJM markets
January 7, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission issued a final order dismissing a formal customer complaint against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, as the ICC ruled that it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII of the Public Utilities Act to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply, and ruled that…
January 7, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a written order granting the petition of various NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume marketing in storefronts and similar retail establishments, as first reported in our original story below from January 6
January 6, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission today adopted an interim order allowing several NRG Energy retail electric suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefronts and similar retail establishments
December 21, 2020
NRG Reports No COVID Spread Over Tens Of Thousands Of Shift Hours For Areas Allowing In-Store Sales
Various retail suppliers have responded to the opposition from the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and Citizens Utility Board to various proposed resumptions of in-person marketing, such as the resumption of in-store marketing as sought by Reliant Energy Northeast and Green Mountain Energy…
December 21, 2020
Parties have filed comments on proposals from Illinois Staff for amendments to Illinois Administrative Code Part 412 detailing the obligations of alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES), and a new Part 512 detailing the obligations of alternative gas suppliers (AGS)
December 15, 2020
Freight Farms, a provider of hydroponic vertical container farming, and Arcadia, which among other services provides a monthly subscription service that connects customers across the U.S. to clean energy, have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their…
December 15, 2020
AG Says Commission Can't Rule On Prior Motions For In-Person Marketing Resumption, As AG Says Such Motions Were Already Disposed Of When ICC Declined To Rescind Its Emergency Prohibition Order
December 9, 2020
Dynegy Energy Services, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Nicor, Peoples Gas, and North Shore Gas, and to serve small commercial customers in Ameren.
December 8, 2020
An Illinois Commerce Commission ALJ has issued a proposed interim order that would allow the NRG Energy retail suppliers to resume in-person marketing at storefront establishments, subject to various conditions
December 7, 2020
Initiatives Include Northeast Expansion Through Partnership With Wholesale Energy Supplier
Mega Energy Holdings LLC announced the extension of a credit and supply arrangement with Pacific Summit Energy LLC (PSE), the North American marketing and trading subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and its largest U.S. affiliate, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, "to enable current market growth and…
December 4, 2020
With the Illinois Commerce Commission denying a Staff proposal that would have dissolved the ICC's prior prohibition on in-person marketing by retail electric and gas suppliers (as exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com) , several Vistra retail energy suppliers (Vistra Retailers) have…
December 4, 2020
A proposed order from an ALJ at the Illinois Commerce Commission, addressing a formal customer complaint filed against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, would find that, "it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply."
November 16, 2020
The Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) announced that it has partnered with TriEagle Energy for a program under which alumni who sign up with TriEagle Energy will see a portion of what they pay TriEagle for electricity contributed to the TTAA.
November 9, 2020
AEP Plans To Invest $2.1 Billion In Competitive, Contracted Renewables
In a newly released investor presentation, AEP Energy listed its competitive retail customer count as 524,144. This total includes approximately 83,500 retail gas accounts
November 6, 2020
Galt Power, Inc. disclosed that, as of October 1, 2020, Galt Power acquired MeterGenius, Inc. a competitive retail electricity supplier currently operating in the PJM market
November 6, 2020
"Will Not Tolerate Bad Behavior"
"Building on research and analysis from its Office of Retail Market Development, and in response to persistent consumer complaints," the Illinois Commerce Commission announced new strategic planning, "including a sharpened focus upon its deployment of Staff resources to bolster enforcement efforts."
November 5, 2020
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied motions from ICC Staff which had sought orders conditionally dissolving the Commission’s March 18, 2020 Emergency Orders prohibiting alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) and alternative gas suppliers from conducting in-person solicitations, within the…
October 26, 2020
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board alleged in a blog post concerning alternative natural gas suppliers that, "many suppliers are violating a new consumer protection law that went into effect this year."
October 22, 2020
E-Volve Energy Holdings, LLC, a Texas-based broker and aggregator created last year, is expanding to various Northeast markets.
October 19, 2020
In a proposed order, an Illinois Commerce Commission Administrative Law Judge would grant a motion from ICC Staff to conditionally dissolve the ICC's prior emergency orders prohibiting alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) and alternative gas suppliers (AGS) from conducting in-person…
October 1, 2020
Northern Illinois Gas Company d/b/a Nicor Gas Company (the Company) has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission for approval of a Renewable Gas Interconnection (RGI) Pilot, which would be a new tariffed interconnection service that will allow renewable natural gas (RNG) producers located in the…
