June 17, 2011
Frustration of policymakers in Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states with capacity prices, "stems from a basic flaw in RTO-run centralized markets -- they do not sufficiently support new generation investment but instead overcompensate existing generators," the American Public Power…
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June 17, 2011
Alpha Gas and Electric Receives New Jersey Electric, Gas Licenses
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June 8, 2011
A draft of New Jersey's updated energy master plan calls for the state to, "gradually expose customers with lower energy demands to dynamic pricing."
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June 2, 2011
PSE&G Files to Lower Gas Commodity Charge
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May 31, 2011
Alphabuyer Receives Maryland Broker License, Will Enter N.Y., N.J. Markets
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May 30, 2011
PPL EnergyPlus has entered the New Jersey and Delaware retail electric markets to serve commercial, industrial, and institutional customers.
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May 27, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions to Supply Fulton, Illinois Opt-Out Aggregation
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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 .
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May 26, 2011
Reliant Energy is "open for business" to serve residential customers in Maryland and New Jersey.
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May 23, 2011
Spark Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Public Service Electric & Gas.
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May 20, 2011
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC has applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
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May 18, 2011
Viridian Energy Now Named Cincinnati Bell Energy in Ohio
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May 17, 2011
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC, has entered into a partnership with the Penn State Alumni Association to offer more than 360,000 Penn State alumni a variable rate on electricity and ongoing cash-back rewards for residents of Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas and most of…
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May 16, 2011
PJM's Base Residual Auction for the 2014-2015 Delivery Year produced a clearing price, for all resources except Limited Demand Response, of $125.99/MW-day for the Rest of RTO region, a spike of nearly $100 versus the 2013-2014 clearing price of $27.73/MW-day.
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May 13, 2011
ConocoPhillips Seeks to Serve Illinois Non-Residential Customers Above 15,000 kWh
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May 13, 2011
The Fixed Resource Requirement (FRR) alternative to the PJM Reliability Pricing Model capacity auctions is "effectively unavailable" to any state with retail choice, the Maryland PSC said in a rehearing request at FERC, which begs the question, if Maryland and New Jersey are unable to overturn…
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May 12, 2011
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.
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May 10, 2011
ResCom Energy Receives N.J. Electric License
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May 9, 2011
In addition to seeking authority to serve residential customers in Maryland (granted last week) and Pennsylvania, Reliant has authority to serve residential customers in New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
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May 6, 2011
The United States, particularly New England and the mid-Atlantic, are facing an "alarming" shortage of baseload construction, and efforts by FERC to stymie state-led baseload development will likely lead to a "breaking point" for state policymakers, said Steve Mitnick, president of Build Energy…
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May 6, 2011
Constellation Energy has launched a new residential direct mail promotion at Public Service Electric & Gas and Jersey Central Power & Light, with refreshed electric pricing.
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May 6, 2011
Customer migration in New Jersey negatively impacted PSEG Power's earnings by $5.1 million during the first quarter of 2011, though migration was less than expected by PSEG.
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May 6, 2011
Reliant Energy is "well along" in the process to launch as a residential retail provider in the Northeast, said NRG Energy COO Mauricio Gutierrez yesterday during an earnings call.
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May 3, 2011
BGE Files Updated Bypassable SOS Transmission Rates
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May 3, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions plans to grow its non-aggregation residential and small commercial retail generation sales to 3.3 TWh annually by 2013, it will report to investors this morning at an analyst conference.
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