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February 12, 2014
The Maine PUC disclosed that it designated NextEra Energy Power Marketing LLC as the supplier for 33% of the Standard Offer load for the residential and small non-residential class at Bangor Hydro-Electric and Central Maine Power, and that it also designated NextEra as the Standard Offer provider…
February 12, 2014
PNE Energy Supply Seeks License in New State
February 5, 2014
ISO New England's capacity auction to procure capacity to meet a mandated reserve margin resulted in a shortfall of resources for the 2017–2018 year, the ISO said.
January 31, 2014
Northeast Retail Supplier Receives Texas REP Certificate
January 27, 2014
FERC has administratively doubled capacity prices to be paid by retail suppliers, and their customers, in ISO New England, with Commissioner Philip Moeller brazenly trying to sell customers on the "reliability benefits" of the rate shock -- at a time when 75% of ISO-NE's gas-fired generation was…
January 27, 2014
The Maine PUC has set new Standard Offer electric rates for customers at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera Maine – BHE) for the 12-month period beginning March 1, 2014.
January 23, 2014
The Maine PUC rejected a waiver sought by NextEra Energy Power Marketing which would have allowed existing Standard Offer providers to recover material out-of-pocket charges imposed by the ISO New England pursuant to the out-of-market Winter Reliability Program.
January 22, 2014
Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG) has released its 2014 Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS), which identifies the states that have the most active retail electricity markets in North America.
January 21, 2014
"[R]eliability in New England is deteriorating as a result," of the "failure" of the current capacity market to reflect some of the most basic principles of a market -- higher-valued, higher quality goods should receive greater compensation than goods offering poor quality and poor service, ISO New…
January 21, 2014
In our related story today (click here) , Matters noted that unplanned outages in ISO New England have doubled since the introduction of a forward capacity market, and we reported some of the reasons given to the ISO for failure to perform.
January 21, 2014
"The overall rate of unplanned outages across the entire New England generating fleet has more than doubled since 2007," ISO New England said in a filing at FERC.
January 17, 2014
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro Electric for the month of February 2014.
January 13, 2014
The Maine PUC issued an order deferring consideration of a proposed long-term contract with the utilities for the construction of a new natural gas-fired electric generating facility.
January 9, 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
January 7, 2014
Gulf Oil LP has entered the commercial and industrial fuel supply business, and Gulf's business lines in this sector will eventually include electricity and natural gas supply.
January 7, 2014
There's a "lot of room" for the retail energy industry to make it easier to understand the process for choosing a retail energy supplier, new Choose Energy CEO Kerry Cooper said during a recent interview with EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
December 30, 2013
Texas REP Seeks Licenses in More New States
December 19, 2013
The Maine PUC has adopted new Standard Offer electricity rates at Maine Public Service, including a 32-month fixed rate for residential and small & medium commercial customers
December 18, 2013
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro Electric for the month of January 2014.
December 16, 2013
Gulf Electricity has begun offering electricity service in New York, at Consolidated Edison.
December 11, 2013
Planet Energy Receives Electric Supplier License in New State
December 10, 2013
Usource has named Maureen Callahan as business development manager.
November 27, 2013
Oasis Energy Seeks to Serve Customers in Even More New Territories
November 19, 2013
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro Electric for the month of December 2013.
November 18, 2013
Direct Energy, a supporter of a centralized capacity market in Texas, has warned business customers in ISO New England that this winter customers will be subject to, "additional costs associated with procuring backup generation [that] will result in higher electricity bills during these months."
