September 30, 2014
Illinois Power Agency Files Default Service Procurement Plan for Period Beginning 2015-16
The Illinois Power Agency has filed its default service procurement plan for the five-year period beginning with the 2015-16 delivery year.
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September 29, 2014
Illinois Posts Prices, Winning Bidders from September ComEd, Ameren Default Service Procurement
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the results of the September 2014 default service procurement for a portion of block energy to supply Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for the period November 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015
September 26, 2014
License Briefs
Mansfield Power and Gas Seeks Supplier Licenses in New State
September 22, 2014
Report: PJM Load Paying $433 Million in Higher Costs Annually Due to Energy Efficiency Omitted from PJM Capacity Market Load Forecast
Load in PJM is paying $433 million in additional costs due to PJM's load forecast used in the capacity market undercounting the impact of energy efficiency, a report by Brattle prepared for the Sustainable FERC Project concludes.
September 19, 2014
Realgy Begins Listing Residential Offers on Rate Board
Realgy, LLC has begun listing residential electricity offers on PlugIn Illinois.
September 16, 2014
Retail Supplier Launches Longer-Term Fixed Price Contracts Under 3DOM Brand
Viridian Energy has begun offering 36-month fixed electric and natural gas contracts to residential customers, branding the products as "3DOM."
September 10, 2014
Direct Energy Expands Free Power Saturday/Sunday to New State
Direct Energy has expanded its plan offering residential customers free power on Saturday or Sunday to Commonwealth Edison in Illinois.
September 5, 2014
Xoom Energy Offering Service in New Territories
Xoom Energy has begun offering electric service at the Ameren utilities in Illinois.
September 4, 2014
Nordic Energy to Expand to New State, Says It Will Enter 8 Additional States This Year
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced that it has been approved by the New Jersey BPU as an alternative electric supplier, and said that it will serve residential and commercial customers at PSE&G, JCPL and Atlantic City Electric.
September 2, 2014
License Briefs
September 2,2014 Amerigreen Energy Seeks Authority to Serve New Customers
Amerigreen Energy, Inc. has applied for an amended Pennsylvania electric supplier license to include service to all customer classes at Penelec. Amerigreen is currently authorized to serve electric customers at PPL, PECO, and Met-Ed.
August 29, 2014
License Briefs
Reliant Receives Approval for New Trade Names
August 27, 2014
License Briefs
Direct Energy Receives Authority to Serve Residential Customers in New State
August 26, 2014
License Briefs
Retail Supplier Receives Authority to Offer Supplier Consolidated Billing in Illinois
August 25, 2014
Direct Energy Launches Nest Bundle Natural Gas Offers, Expands Nest Electricity Offers to More Areas
Direct Energy is now offering natural gas supply bundled with a Nest learning thermostat, and also announced the expansion of its Nest electricity bundles.
August 22, 2014
Dynegy Acquires Another Retail Supplier, Two Sets of Merchant Power Plants
Dynegy Inc. announced that it will acquire the Duke Energy Retail business as well as certain Midwest generation assets from Duke Energy totaling 6,100 MW.
August 20, 2014
Loss of Residential Customers on Competitive Supply at ComEd Accelerates for Third Straight Month
Commonwealth Edison has seen an acceleration in the return of residential customers to default service for the third consecutive month, according to migration data as of June 30, 2014 now posted on PlugIn Illinois
August 18, 2014
Utility Files to Reduce Flat Per-Bill Charge Under POR
Commonwealth Edison has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission to lower the flat per-bill charge applicable to retail suppliers under purchase of receivables.
August 13, 2014
New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Green Mountain Energy has earned the top spot from Texas customers in J.D. Power's 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.
August 11, 2014
License Briefs
Ethical Electric Seeks to Serve Customers in New Territory
August 8, 2014
With Another Quarter of Vortex-Driven Churn, Retail Supplier's Customer Base Decreases to 25% of Year-Ago Level
Although IDT Energy saw its net loss of customer accounts slow during the three months ended June 30, 2014, it still saw an elevated level of churn, and its customer base as of June 30, 2014 is 25% lower than its total as of June 30, 2013
August 1, 2014
Constellation Sees Expanding Retail Margins
Constellation saw expanding retail power margins during the second quarter of 2014, Exelon reported in announcing earnings yesterday.
July 31, 2014
National Energy Marketers Association to Address Illinois Policymakers
The National Energy Marketers Association has released an agenda and list of speakers for its Summer Policy Leadership Roundtable to be held August 6-7 in Chicago, Illinois.
July 31, 2014
Dominion Retail *Natural Gas* Customer Count Drops by One-Third
Dominion Retail has lost one-third of the natural gas customers it was serving during the first quarter of 2014, according to Dominion's second quarter earnings report.
July 31, 2014
Retail Supplier Open to "Opportunistic" Acquisitions, But Focused on Organic Growth
AGL Resources said during an earnings call this week that it remains open to "opportunistic" acquisitions to augment its competitive retail energy business, but that it is currently focused on organic growth after acquiring several books recently.
July 30, 2014
Buyer Announced for Integrys Energy Services Book
Exelon Corporation and Integrys Energy Group, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Exelon to purchase Integrys Energy Services Inc., a competitive retail electricity and natural gas subsidiary serving approximately 1.2 million commercial, industrial, public sector…