July 29, 2014
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Retail Supplier Seeks Authority to Offer Supplier Consolidated Billing in Illinois
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July 24, 2014
Retail Supplier Names New CEO
energy.me has named Jeremy Schupp as its new CEO.
July 22, 2014
New MLM Channel Begins Marketing Retail Electric, Natural Gas Supply
Enfiniti Global, Inc. announced that it has begun marketing energy products for Entrust Energy in three markets.
July 15, 2014
ComEd Territory Loses Another 30,000 (Net) Shoppers During May
The Commonwealth Edison territory saw the number of residential electric accounts on competitive supply decrease by over 30,000 accounts from the end of April to the end of May, according to updated stats on PlugIn Illinois.
July 15, 2014
Report: ComEd Residential Market Still "Moderately Concentrated"
The residential retail electric market at Commonwealth Edison remains "moderately concentrated," but did show marginal improvement in the past year, according to the 2014 annual report from the Illinois Commerce Commission Office of Retail Market Development.
July 15, 2014
Direct Energy Launches Nest Bundles, Posts Pricing
Direct Energy has launched its offering of plans for U.S. residential and commercial customers which bundle electricity supply with a free Nest learning thermostat.
July 9, 2014
Park Power to Launch Service in Three New States
Park Power announced that it will soon launch retail electric service in Ohio, Illinois, and Maryland.
June 26, 2014
Citizens Utility Board, Chicago Release Calculator For Customers to Determine Whether Aggregation Rate Is Better Than Default Service
Expecting questions about the recently modified electricity agreement negotiated by the City of Chicago and Integrys Energy Services, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and the City released a free calculator to help 700,000 households better understand their rates under the municipal aggregation…
June 26, 2014
New Retail Supplier Offering Shell Fuel Rewards
Verde Energy USA has begun offering Shell Fuel Rewards, which provides customers with a discount on Shell gasoline for the amount spent on electricity with Verde
June 13, 2014
New Retail Supplier Launches Service in Illinois
Source Power & Gas has begun offering electricity supply in Illinois, at Commonwealth Edison
June 12, 2014
Nordic Energy To Expand Service To 10 States in 2014
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced yesterday that it will be entering 10 new states in 2014.
June 12, 2014
CUB, City of Chicago Seek ICC Investigation of Retail Market, Each Supplier's Individual Compliance
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board and City of Chicago have petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the Illinois retail electric market, and the compliance of each certified ARES in Illinois with the Public Utilities Act and the Commission’s Administrative Rules
June 11, 2014
License Briefs
L5E LLC d/b/a 5 applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
June 3, 2014
ComEd Sees Decline in Residential Shopping, Trend Expected to Accelerate
Commonwealth Edison saw a decline in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply during the month of April, according to the latest stats on PlugIn Illinois.
May 30, 2014
National Retail Supplier Files For IPO
Spark Energy has filed with the SEC to conduct an initial public offering.
May 29, 2014
Illinois Power Agency to Hold Workshop on Full Requirements Contracts for Default Service
The Illinois Power Agency, which is charged with procuring default electric service, will hold a workshop on June 5 on issues related to the potential use of full requirements contracts for default service.
May 29, 2014
License Briefs
Retail Supplier Park Power Seeks License in New State
May 28, 2014
Exelon Says Three Nukes Did Not Clear PJM Capacity Auction
Exelon said in an 8-K yesterday that three Exelon Generation Company, LLC nuclear units located in PJM -- Byron and Quad Cities in Illinois and Oyster Creek in New Jersey -- did not clear the 2017/18 PJM Base Residual Auction.
May 28, 2014
IDT Energy Officially Launches Home Services and Energy Rewards
IDT Energy, Inc. officially announced the availability of IDT Energy Home Services and IDT Energy Rewards.
May 22, 2014
Illinois Opens Investigation of ComEd Supply Rate Subsidies to Certain Customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened an investigation into Commonwealth Edison's current rate design which provides generation supply rate subsidies to non-residential space heat and lighting customers (Docket 14-0385).
May 14, 2014
Citizens Utility Board Warns Of 'Rip-Offs' As ComEd Default Rate Jumps
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board warned customers, "about getting scared into bad deals" in light of headlines regarding a 40% increase in the ComEd default service rate on June 1.
May 9, 2014
IDT Energy Sees Loss of 36,000 Meters in Q1
IDT Energy saw a net decline of 36,000 meters from December 31, 2013 to March 31, 2014, it disclosed in reporting earnings this week.
May 7, 2014
ComEd Default Service Rate to Jump Nearly 40%
Commonwealth Edison's residential Price to Compare is set to jump nearly 40% on June 1.
May 6, 2014
Duke Seeks Payment of Unrecovered Costs for Units With Capacity Obligation That Were Directed To Be Available
Duke Energy filed a complaint at FERC seeking $9.8 million in unrecovered costs which is said resulted from following PJM directives for certain of its merchant units to be available, but which were not dispatched.
May 5, 2014
Integrys Seeing Higher Retail Margins Post-Vortex, Offsetting Negative Impact for Year
Integrys Energy Services is seeing an increase in retail energy margins in the wake of the polar vortex, which is offsetting the negative impact from the vortex and led the company to affirm prior earnings guidance.