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July 28, 2011
The Maine PUC has approved new Standard Offer rates for the medium and large non-residential customer classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric, with the exception of the large non-residential customer class at BHE.
July 28, 2011
The Maine PUC rejected the results from a solicitation for Standard Offer power supplies for the large non-residential class at Bangor Hydro-Electric, citing the "unreasonably high prices bid."
July 28, 2011
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC has a license pending to become an energy services company, or ESCO, in New York, NRG Energy disclosed yesterday in a filing at FERC concerning the New York ISO capacity market. NRG also said that Green Mountain Energy Company, "has a substantial and fast-growing retail…
July 27, 2011
According to an application it filed for a REP certificate in Texas, GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC will serve residential customers in addition to small commercial customers.
July 25, 2011
Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric have both recommended selling the energy associated with new long-term contracts with renewable energy facilities into the wholesale market, with any costs or benefits applicable to all customers (Docket 2011-222).
July 20, 2011
Constellation Energy has signed an agreement to provide electricity to U.S. Postal Service facilities in New York, Massachusetts and Maine through July 2012, continuing a six-year relationship with USPS. Constellation also currently provides electricity to the USPS in Connecticut, Pennsylvania…
July 14, 2011
HOP Energy Receives Delaware Electric License
July 12, 2011
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company and National Grid Transmission Services Corporation have sought a declaratory order from FERC affirming that a participant funded transmission line, to be subscribed by First Wind Holdings, Inc., meets the Commission's policy and precedent (EL11-49).
July 7, 2011
Verde Energy Seeking to Serve All Illinois Customers
July 6, 2011
Energy Plus Natural Gas Seeks Ohio License
July 5, 2011
Market participants in ISO New England would be required to have an investment grade credit rating, maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $1 million, or maintain a minimum of $10 million in total assets under proposed new minimum participation requirements proposed by ISO-NE.
June 30, 2011
MC Squared Energy Services Receives Ohio License
June 30, 2011
The Maine PUC has issued a Notice of Investigation to seek proposals from Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric to recover costs associated with several long term contracts, and dispose of the energy, capacity, and RECs from the contracts (Docket 2011-222).
June 28, 2011
The ISO New England Forward Capacity Auction for the 2014-2015 delivery year cleared at the floor price of $3.209 per kW-month.
June 24, 2011
More than half of New England customers are opposed to government intervention in resource adequacy, according to a recent survey conducted for the New England Energy Alliance.
June 13, 2011
NextEra Energy Services Seeks Ohio Gas License
June 8, 2011
New Brunswick Power Generation Corporation has protested at FERC several transactions involving Emera, Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., and First Wind Holdings, alleging that the transactions would, "adversely affect competition by creating affiliated entities possessing horizontal and vertical…
June 8, 2011
Direct Energy Business Seeks Maine Electric License
June 6, 2011
A disproportionately high level of transaction costs may threaten the viability of virtual transactions in the ISO New England Day-Ahead Energy Market, the Internal Market Monitor said in an annual markets report.
June 3, 2011
Central Maine Power has requested that the Maine PUC investigate the actions of Liberty Power and issue a cease and desist order preventing Liberty Power from representing that they are in any way connected with CMP.
May 27, 2011
The Maine PUC has amended its rules regarding long-term generation contracting by the utilities to reflect updated legislation.
May 26, 2011
"The effects of a competitive retail electricity market are mixed across states, but generally appear to lower prices in states with high participation and raise prices in states that have little customer participation," says a white paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas .
May 23, 2011
People's Power & Gas Seeks Ohio Electric License
May 13, 2011
ConocoPhillips Seeks to Serve Illinois Non-Residential Customers Above 15,000 kWh
May 11, 2011
The Maine PUC denied proposals for long-term contracts for capacity, energy, and RECs associated with two undisclosed renewable energy projects.
