September 12, 2013
In what is ultimately a failure of a mandated reserve margin to keep the lights on -- despite the billions of dollars in costs that it annually imposes on customers -- PJM was forced to direct utilities to involuntarily curtail tens of thousands of customers on Tuesday, due to "unseasonably" hot…
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June 21, 2013
Vectren Corporation announced that effective June 18, 2013, ProLiance Holdings, LLC has disposed of certain of the net assets, along with the long term pipeline and storage commitments, of its wholesale natural gas marketing subsidiary, ProLiance Energy, LLC, to a subsidiary of Energy Transfer…
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June 12, 2013
The failure of Connecticut to pass a retail auction of Standard Service customers during this year's legislative session is a sobering reminder of the Herculean challenges facing an expansion of retail choice, and like the Pennsylvania experience, will negatively impact efforts in other states to…
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May 14, 2013
A new Indiana law urges that the topic of electric customer choice be studied.
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May 9, 2013
Texas, with its energy-only market serving the vast majority of the state, continues to be named the most attractive state for businesses by numerous metrics, while capacity market states are largely absent from the same rankings.
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May 6, 2013
Deregulated markets are set to enter a "death spiral," Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers said during an annual shareholders meeting.
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April 25, 2013
Santanna Energy Services is gearing up to mark its 25th anniversary on May 1, 2013, and reported that its customer base is "125,000 and growing" throughout Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
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February 18, 2013
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced that it will be entering the Pennsylvania electric market.
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February 8, 2013
AGL Resources Inc. recently acquired certain assets from NiSource Inc.'s retail services business, which provides warranty protection solutions and energy efficiency leasing solutions for residential and small business customers, for about $120 million.
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January 10, 2013
EDF Trading this morning announced that it has acquired the Midwest commercial and industrial natural gas customer portfolio of ConocoPhillips.
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December 19, 2012
Frontier Communications Corporation formally announced its offering of retail electric and natural gas supply through a marketing agreement with FTR Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crius Energy.
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November 2, 2012
American Electric Power has submitted filings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking approval to fully separate its Ohio generating assets from its Ohio distribution and transmission operations following an Oct. 17 decision from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in the…
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November 2, 2012
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.
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September 27, 2012
Crius Energy Trust yesterday filed a preliminary prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces and territories of Canada in connection with a proposed initial public offering of its trust units.
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August 2, 2012
AGL Resources' retail operations, consisting of SouthStar Energy Services and the Nicor retail businesses, contributed EBIT of $14 million for the second quarter of 2012, an increase of $13 million compared to EBIT of $1 million for the same period in 2011.
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August 1, 2012
Santanna Energy Services announced today that it anticipates reaching a 2012 annual delivery volume of 148 million therms, which would represent a 100 percent increase in its annual natural gas delivery volume since 2007, the first year of a continuing aggressive growth plan.
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July 18, 2012
Indiana Michigan Power's (AEP) approach to establish a state compensation mechanism for capacity provided to retail suppliers under the Fixed Resource Requirement is "reasonable," Michigan PSC Staff said in testimony, though Staff did recommend a minor reduction in the nonbypassable capacity costs.
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July 9, 2012
TXU Offering Sweepstakes With Jackpot Tied to Daily High Temperature
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June 14, 2012
Indiana Michigan Power (AEP) has filed with the Michigan PSC proposed retail capacity rates to be paid by competitive supply customers (U-17032).
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June 1, 2012
As part of reporting earnings earlier in May, AGL Resources reported average customer counts for its retail gas marketing businesses for the three months ended March 31, 2012, including new states now served through the Nicor retail businesses, representing the first public disclosure of such Nicor…
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May 23, 2012
Xoom Energy has recently begun offering electric and/or natural gas service to residential customers in several states.
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May 1, 2012
FERC accepted for filing but suspended for five months the formula capacity rate filed rate by Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) Company, an AEP company, that would be charged to retail suppliers taking capacity under I&M's Fixed Resource Requirement plan, as FERC's preliminary analysis, "indicates that…
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April 19, 2012
Certain customers at Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an AEP company, intend to take electric service from competitive suppliers in the "near future," the Michigan PSC has been informed.
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March 28, 2012
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved a settlement which renews NIPSCO's alternative regulatory plan, and associated natural gas choice program, and extends the plan indefinitely.
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March 22, 2012
American Electric Power today made official notifications to regional reliability organizations PJM Interconnection and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) of the company's plan to retire more than 4,600 megawatts (MW) of coal-fueled power generation, primarily to comply with a series of U.S. Environmental…
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