February 28, 2014
Licenses Briefs
Consolidated Edison Energy Receives New Supplier License
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February 25, 2014
ConEdison Solutions Reports Customer Growth
ConEdison Solutions recorded customer growth during 2013, parent Consolidated Edison, Inc. reported in its annual 10-K.
February 25, 2014
Incite Energy Acquires N.J.-based Broker
Incite Energy announced that it has acquired the assets of New Jersey based energy brokerage Galt Energy.
February 25, 2014
Oasis Energy Launches Electric, Gas Service in New State
Oasis Power, LLC d/b/a Oasis Energy has begun offering residential electric and natural gas service in New Jersey, at Public Service Electric & Gas.
February 13, 2014
New Jersey Basic Generation Service Rates to Fall at 3 Utilities, Increase at PSE&G Only Due to Transmission
New Jersey basic generation service electric rates will again decrease on June 1 for three of the state's utilities, with only PSE&G seeing a slight increase in rates unrelated to competitive generation costs, according to the result of the BPU's Basic Generation Service Auction.
February 12, 2014
Retail Supplier Names Energy Sales Veteran as Senior Director of Call Center Operations
U.S. Gas & Electric has announced the appointment of James Ganter as Senior Director of Call Center Operations.
February 12, 2014
Gas Marketer With 1.6 Million Customers to Enter Retail Electric Supply Business
Seminole Retail Energy Services, LLC will soon enter the retail electricity supply business, it said in an application for FERC market-based rate authority.
February 11, 2014
Affiliate of Retail Supplier Offering $600 for Solar Referrals; Still Offering 2 Years Free Electricity
NRG Residential Solar Solutions is offering customers $600 for referring a customer who installs a solar system.
February 5, 2014
Parent Names New President, Organizational Changes for Retail, Wholesale Marketing Businesses
South Jersey Industries announced several organizational changes within South Jersey Energy Solutions (SJES), SJI's non-regulated business.
February 5, 2014
Retail Supplier Blue Pilot Energy in Acquisition Mode, Seeks Distressed Books
Retail supplier Blue Pilot Energy, has announced an "aggressive" purchase and acquisition strategy of energy resale providers.
January 27, 2014
PJM Seeks to Allow LMPs to Exceed $1,000/MWh Cap; May Be Easily Gamed
PJM has requested that FERC allow it to not only accept offers in excess of the current $1,000/MWh bid cap applicable to energy, but to allow such offers to set the clearing price.
January 22, 2014
Updated: ABACCUS Report Ranks Best Retail Electric Markets
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 16, 2014
Choose Energy Expands Natural Gas Comparison Site to Six States
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 13, 2014
New Jersey Bill to Replace Three-Year Default Service Portfolio With Shorter-Term Contracts Advances From Committee
A bill which would replace New Jersey's current 36-month laddered default service portfolio with short-term contracts was reported out of the New Jersey Assembly's Telecommunications and Utilities Committee last week.
January 9, 2014
Former Retail Supplier CEO Joins Frontier Utilities as New Executive, Frontier Confirms Expansion to Natural Gas, Northeast Markets in 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
January 8, 2014
Retail Supplier Partners with Clean Power Finance to Offer Residential Solar
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
License Briefs
Shipley Energy Receives Supplier Licenses in New State
January 7, 2014
Capacity-Market Dependent PJM Issues "Third World" Plea for Electric Conservation
It's well-established that the ERCOT energy-only market, since the introduction of retail choice, has never been forced to shed firm load due to a lack of installed capacity compared to the reserve margin (with the two rotating outage events occurring at times ERCOT has had installed capacity in…
January 7, 2014
Retail Energy CEO, Ex-Wal-Mart Exec: "Lot of Room" to Make Energy Choice Shopping Easier for Customers
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.
January 6, 2014
Former Hess Account Manager Launching Broker-Consultant
A former account manager at Hess is launching a new retail energy broker-consultant.
December 30, 2013
License Briefs
Texas REP Seeks Licenses in More New States
December 30, 2013
FERC Approves Sale of Retail Energy Supplier to Twin Cities Power
FERC recently approved Twin Cities Power Holdings, LLC's application to acquire all of the membership interests in retail energy supplier Discount Energy Group, LLC.
December 26, 2013
Retail Energy Supply Association Elects 2014 Officers and State Chairs
The Retail Energy Supply Association has elected officers and state chairs for 2014.
December 20, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions Expands Extended Fixed Rate to New State
FirstEnergy Solutions has begun offering a four-year fixed electric rate to residential customers in New Jersey.
December 20, 2013
Details Emerge on Glacial Energy Acquisition
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.