November 7, 2012
Voters in Chicago, Numerous Illinois Towns Approve Municipal Opt-Out Aggregation
Voters in Chicago have given approval for the city to conduct an opt-out municipal electric aggregation.
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November 6, 2012
License Briefs
CenStar Energy Corp. Receives Supplier License in New State
November 5, 2012
Illinois Denies, Without Prejudice, Expanded License for Retail Supplier, Citing Complaints
The Illinois Commerce Commission denied, without prejudice, the application of HIKO Energy, LLC for an expanded alternative retail electric supplier license, citing concerns about complaints.
November 2, 2012
SouthStar Sees Increased Margins; Marginal Attrition in Georgia Book
AGL Resources' retail operations, consisting of SouthStar Energy Services and the Nicor retail businesses, contributed EBIT of $5 million for the third quarter of 2012, an increase of $10 million compared to the EBIT loss of $5 million for the same period in 2011.
November 2, 2012
Constellation Tempers Retail Expectations on Aggressive Competition, Pricing
Exelon has cut its outlook for retail supply volumes and margins from an earlier forecast in response to, "aggressive competition and pricing," Exelon CEO Chris Crane said during an earnings call yesterday.
November 1, 2012
ComEd Residential Migration to Competitive Supply Rises to 30%
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted detailed migration statistics, by customer class, as of September 30, 2012.
November 1, 2012
ComEd Seeks Approval to Provide Customer Account Numbers of Shopping Customers to Government Aggregators
Commonwealth Edison has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for expedited approval of modifications to ComEd's Rate GAP – Government Aggregation Protocols (Rate GAP), including the provision of the account numbers of customers already on competitive supply to government aggregators.
October 30, 2012
Diversegy, LLC to Expand Brokering Outside of 5Linx Partnership
Broker Diversegy, LLC said that it will expand its operations beyond its current partnership with 5Linx.
October 25, 2012
AEP Reports Impact from Shopping in Ohio
Customer switching to competitive supply represented 42% of load in the AEP Ohio territory as of September 2012, AEP said in reporting third quarter earnings yesterday.
October 24, 2012
ComEd: Residential Customers on Competitive Supply Exceed 1.5 Million
Commonwealth Edison reported yesterday that more than 1.5 million ComEd residential customers have switched to an alternative retail electricity supplier.
October 22, 2012
License Briefs
PPL EnergyPlus Receives New Supplier Licenses
October 19, 2012
License Briefs
Colonial Energy Seeks to Serve New Territories
October 19, 2012
HIKO Energy Begins Listings Residential Offers in New State
HIKO Energy has begun listing residential electric offers on the PlugIn Illinois site for the Commonwealth Edison territory.
October 19, 2012
Nicor Tariff Filing Reveals Proposed POR Discount Rate, Other Program Details
The discount rate for receivables purchased by Nicor Gas under its proposed POR program would be 1.5%.
October 18, 2012
ComEd Sees Another 300,000 New Residential Shoppers; Total Exceeds 1 Million
The Commonwealth Edison territory has exceeded 1 million residential electric customers billed on competitive supply, according to a snapshot of statistics posted by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
October 18, 2012
Illinois Opens Docket to Consider Purchase of Receivables at Gas Utility
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened docket 12-0569 to review a Purchase of Receivables with Consolidated Billing program at Nicor.
October 18, 2012
Dominion Retail Listing Residential Offers in New Territories
Dominion Retail, under the Nicor Electric trade name, has begun listing electric offers for residential customers at all three Ameren rate zones on the PlugIn Illinois site.
October 16, 2012
License Briefs
Verde Energy USA Maryland, LLC applied for a Maryland electric supplier license. A copy of the application was not immediately available.
October 15, 2012
Constellation Expands Marketing to Additional Best Buy Stores
Constellation has expanded its affiliation with Best Buy to now offer residential electric supply at 13 Best Buy stores in Chicago.
October 11, 2012
MP2 Energy Expanding to Additional Northeast States
MP2 Energy has formed several additional retail suppliers to enter two new states.
October 11, 2012
Start-up Retail Supplier Park Power Preparing to Launch in Multiple Markets
A start-up retail supplier called Park Power, LLC is preparing to serve mass market customers in states with purchase of receivables.
October 9, 2012
ENCOA Launches Residential Offers in New Territories
ENCOA, a trade name for TERM Power & Gas, LLC, has expanded its residential electric offerings to Ameren.
October 9, 2012
License Briefs
Green Mountain Energy Receives Authority to Serve Residential Customers in New State
October 5, 2012
License Briefs
Stand Energy Seeks Supplier License in New State
October 5, 2012
Illinois Commerce Commission Drops Proposed Cap on Termination Fees, Prohibition on Utility Name Use by Retail Suppliers
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued a post-prohibition order in its retail electric customer protection rulemaking, and will send the revised proposed rule back to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for consideration.