May 31, 2011
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Alphabuyer Receives Maryland Broker License, Will Enter N.Y., N.J. Markets
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May 30, 2011
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Reliant Energy Receives Massachusetts Electric License
May 26, 2011
Dallas Fed Study Finds Retail Choice Lowers Prices When Participation High
"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 24, 2011
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Reliant Energy Seeks Massachusetts Electric License
May 18, 2011
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Viridian Energy Now Named Cincinnati Bell Energy in Ohio
May 12, 2011
Constellation to Acquire MXenergy
Constellation Energy announced this morning a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of MXenergy, which serves more than half a million customers in 15 states and two Canadian provinces.
May 11, 2011
Retail Electricity Seen as Natural Fit for Gulf Oil Brand
Gulf Oil Limited Partnership has expanded to retail electricity marketing because competitive energy supply is a natural fit for an "energy brand" such as Gulf, Michael Lordi, Director of Retail Energy Business Development for Gulf, told Matters.
May 4, 2011
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Reliant Receives Authority to Serve Residential Customers in Maryland
May 3, 2011
Nstar Files Updated Basic Service Rates
Nstar has filed updated basic service rates for all customer classes with the DPU.
April 29, 2011
Viridian Planning August Launch at ComEd, Will Enter Three New N.Y. Territories This Summer
Viridian Energy is planning to launch electric service to residential customers at Commonwealth Edison in August, the supplier told Matters.
April 14, 2011
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Spark Energy Offers Affinity Program for Relay for Life
April 14, 2011
FERC Continues Assault on Retail Customers with Offer Floor Directive for FCA
Essentially providing a bailout to generators due to low capacity prices in ISO New England, FERC directed ISO-NE to develop a mitigation regime that relies on benchmark pricing for so-called out-of-market (OOM) capacity, but which does not procure more capacity than the Installed Capacity…
April 4, 2011
David Pearsall Leading New Start-up Supplier
David Pearsall, who previously founded and led Public Power & Utility until selling the supplier in 2010, has formed a new competitive supplier called People's Power & Gas, which is seeking licenses in nearly 10 states.
March 29, 2011
Mass. DPU Approves New National Grid Basic Service Rates
The Massachusetts DPU has approved updated basic service electric rates for all customer classes at National Grid.
March 24, 2011
NECPUC Says Disqualification of Energy Efficiency Resources from FCA to Raise Retail Electric Rates
A determination by the ISO New England Internal Market Monitoring Unit that 151 MW of new energy efficiency resources resulting from state sponsored programs, which had sought to bid into the fifth Forward Capacity Auction, are out of market could result in hundreds of millions of dollar in…
March 23, 2011
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Adagio Energy Seeks Illinois, N.J., N.Y. Electric Licenses
Adagio Energy LLC applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Commonwealth Edison, with a focus on residential and commercial customers. Adagio Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Plus Holdings, LLC. Adagio Energy said that it is…
March 17, 2011
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Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Reports 2,500 Customers in First Month of ComEd Marketing
March 14, 2011
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Staff disclosed that winning bidders in the recent Columbia Gas Standard Service Offer auction were as follows: BP Energy Company; Constellation NewEnergy-Gas Division; Delta Energy LLC; DTE Energy Trading, Inc.; Energy America, LLC (Direct Energy); NextEra Energy…
March 1, 2011
N.H. OCA Suggests POR As Solution to Shifted Costs at PSNH; Most Parties Oppose Nonbypassable Surcharge
The majority of parties to a proceeding concerning customer migration at Public Service of New Hampshire argued that a nonbypassable surcharge to recover certain costs related to default service is not permissible, while the Office of Consumer Advocate suggested that Purchase of Receivables could be…
February 22, 2011
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Hawk Energy Corp. Seeks Pa. Electric License
February 16, 2011
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Md. PSC Sets Hearing on Price to Compare Calculation The Maryland PSC has scheduled a hearing for March 29 on the Office of People's Counsel petition for modifications to the utility SOS Price to Compare calculation process (Case 9228). OPC's petition was exclusively reported by Matters ( 2/11 ). In…
February 15, 2011
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Oasis Energy Begins Offering Residential Service at PPL Oasis Energy has begun offering service to residential electric customers at PPL Electric Utilities. Oasis is offering a monthly variable rate currently priced at 8.53¢/kWh and which will be priced for the first two months, "at rate of up to 8%…
February 8, 2011
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North American Power to Expand Non-Profit Affinity Programs North American Power reported yesterday information related to its ".Org" affinity program for non-profits, in announcing its intent to grow the program. Non-profits participating in the affinity program enroll customers with North American…
February 8, 2011
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Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Seeks Ohio Electric License Energy Plus Holdings, LLC applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve residential and commercial customers at the FirstEnergy utilities, Duke Energy Ohio, and Ohio Power.
February 4, 2011
Viridian Energy to Launch ConEd Service Feb. 14, Reports Volumes in Sustainability Report
Viridian Energy will begin offering electric service in New York on February 14, the company confirmed yesterday, as it issued a sustainability report .