September 30, 2013
Choose Energy Acquires Competing Online Energy Shopping Platform, Business
Choose Energy announced today that is has acquired Power2Switch, a competitor in the online energy shopping and brokering business.
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September 30, 2013
Briefly
Retail Supplier Extends Markets Where Fuel Rewards Program Offered
September 30, 2013
License Briefs
Texas REP Granted Use of Trade Name Beyond Power
September 20, 2013
"NRG Kiosk" Seeks Electric License
NRG Kiosk LLC applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
September 19, 2013
Group Formed to Oppose Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation
Updated 1:20 pm ET to reflect that Crius Energy, the parent of Viridian Energy, confirmed after this story was originally published that Crius Energy, Viridian, and Crius' other retail energy brands are not affiliated with Citizens Against Municipal Aggregation in any way
September 18, 2013
ComEd Sees Return to Residential Migration Growth, But Illinois Sees Lower Growth Overall
During August, Commonwealth Edison reversed a month-ago decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, but overall Illinois saw lower growth in residential shopping, according to the latest stats on PlugIn Illinois.
September 17, 2013
License Briefs
Constellation Energy Seeks to Serve Residential Customers in New Service Area
September 11, 2013
New Canadian Retail Supplier to Expand to U.S., with Wealth of Retail Market Veterans
A Canadian retail energy supplier is expanding its operations to the United States.
September 9, 2013
Ameren to Increase POR Discount Rate
Ameren has filed tariff revisions to modify its electric purchase of receivables discount rate due to an error in the prior calculation.
September 9, 2013
Viridian Offering Residential Service in New Territories With 2¢/kWh Fixed Rate
Viridian has expanded its electric supply service to Ameren in Illinois
September 6, 2013
Illinois to Review Third Party Access to Smart Meter Data
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a proceeding to address access to electric customer usage data under various scenarios, especially due to statutory language concerning the privacy of customer data in AMI pilots.
September 4, 2013
MISO Files New CONE Values for Capacity Market Zones
The Midcontinent ISO has filed with FERC updated Cost of New Entry (CONE) values for each local resource capacity zone, for the planning year that will commence on June 1, 2014
September 4, 2013
Retail Supplier Energy.me Nears 250,000 RCEs, Names New CEO to Continue Growth
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.
August 30, 2013
Torch Energy Solutions Expanding to New State
Torch Energy Solutions, LLC announced that it will begin offering brokering and consulting services to Illinois residential and business customers in September.
August 29, 2013
Briefly
Constellation Releases New Price for Opt-In Aggregation
August 28, 2013
License Briefs
CenterPoint Energy Services Receives Supplier License in New State
August 28, 2013
Reliability Scare-Mongering Fails: Texas Ranked "Best Business Climate" by Business Facilities Despite (Or Because of?) Energy-Only Market
Another independent publication has ranked Texas as among the best climates for business, despite the narrative that "reliability" problems caused by the energy-only market and forecasts of declining reserve margins are going to keep businesses away.
August 27, 2013
License Briefs
Viridian Energy Seeks Supplier Licenses in New State
August 27, 2013
Champion Energy Announces New Market Entry Dates in Naming New Hire
Champion Energy Services announced the forthcoming launch of service in two new states as part of announcing a new hire.
August 27, 2013
National Petroleum and Fuels Marketer Launching Retail Energy Supply Business, Seeks Texas License
A petroleum and transportation fuels marketer is expanding to the retail energy supply business, and has named a retail energy veteran as part of the company's management
August 26, 2013
Start-up ESCO Preparing to Launch Operations
A start-up power marketer, Premier Empire Energy, LLC, is working to launch operations, including retail electric and natural gas service.
August 26, 2013
IGS Energy Offers Fuel Rewards Loyalty Program to Customers
Interstate Gas Supply has joined the Fuel Rewards Network (FRN) program, which is a free loyalty program that helps its members save money on gasoline by doing the things they already do every day, like paying their utility bills.
August 23, 2013
Former Retail Energy Vice President Launching New Online Auction Energy Broker
A former Vice President of a retail energy supplier is launching a new online reverse auction energy broker, Energy Auction House Inc.
August 22, 2013
License Briefs
Guttman Energy Seeks Licenses in New State
August 21, 2013
Energy Choice Now: Michigan Electric Rates Continue to Climb Under Choice Cap
Michigan electric rates continue to increase as the state lacks the price competition present under electric choice to discipline pricing.