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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 16, 2014
Choose Energy officially announced the expansion of its online comparison shopping portal to natural gas service in six states: Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
January 16, 2014
Provider Power Mass officially announced its launch of electric service in Massachusetts.
January 14, 2014
The fragmented U.S. retail energy market is "screaming out" for consolidation, Mark Lewis, CEO of retail energy holding company ONEnergy, Inc., told EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
January 13, 2014
Major Energy Electric Services has confirmed that it will enter the Massachusetts retail energy market, as it announced the inaugural customer of a new renewable energy division.
January 9, 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
January 8, 2014
Market conditions in ISO New England limited a retail supplier's, "ability to meet our goal to provide you with a stable competitive electricity price," Easy Energy of Massachusetts said in a notice on its website concerning its withdrawal from the retail electric market.
January 8, 2014
Clean Power Finance (CPF) and Integrys Energy Services, Inc. announced the creation of a residential solar finance fund through the CPF Market, an online platform that facilitates electric power companies' investment in residential solar.
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
Western Massachusetts Electric Company has announced new default service electric rates.
December 30, 2013
Another mythical benefit of centralized capacity markets has been discredited by recent events in ISO New England, which has now seen three retail energy suppliers default at the ISO in the past 11 months.
December 30, 2013
Two retail electric suppliers have defaulted with ISO New England, and their customers are being returned to default service.
December 24, 2013
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has issued an order that, according to the Governor's office, will require electric utilities to develop a grid modernization plan that includes investing in infrastructure for advanced metering functionality.
December 23, 2013
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for industrial customers for the period February 1, 2014 through April 30, 2014
December 20, 2013
Details concerning the acquisition of various Glacial Energy retail suppliers by a company backed by private equity have emerged in a FERC application for approval of the transaction.
December 16, 2013
National Grid and retail suppliers have reached a consensus start date for implementing purchase of receivables in National Grid's Massachusetts electric service territories.
December 16, 2013
Gulf Electricity has begun offering electricity service in New York, at Consolidated Edison.
December 11, 2013
Nstar and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. have filed with the Massachusetts DPU revised purchase of receivables compliance plans which, with the exception of the commencement date at Nstar, are represented to reflect consensus among the utility and retail suppliers.
December 10, 2013
Usource has named Maureen Callahan as business development manager.
December 4, 2013
Maxim Power Corp. announced today that Patriot Power Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Rockland Capital, has issued a notice to Maxim to terminate the agreement to purchase 100% of Maxim's ownership interest in Maxim Power (USA), Inc. due to an outstanding regulatory inquiry by the Federal Energy…
December 3, 2013
energy.me midwest llc d/b/a energy.me applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider license
November 27, 2013
ONEnergy Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned retail energy supplier subsidiary Sunwave Gas & Power Inc. has entered into agreements with Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc. and Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. under which Shell Energy will supply energy, credit support, and…
