April 27, 2016
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to Global Energy Group, LLC d/b/a Jean Energy Group, LLC in which the PSC directed the company to show cause why its eligibility to act as an ESCO in New York State should not be revoked, or, alternatively, why other consequences as set forth in the…
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April 22, 2016
The New York PSC will allow municipal electric and natural gas aggregations to include in their pools on an opt-out basis customers larger than those customers recently defined as mass market customers.
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April 21, 2016
The New York PSC adopted an order implementing guidance for the filing of utilities' distributed system implementation plan, part of the PSC's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding, which, among other things, require utilities to meet with ESCOs on AMI customer data access
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April 20, 2016
The New York PSC today approved an order which allows municipalities to engage in opt-out aggregation, and which contains requirements governing such aggregations, including customer eligibility
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April 15, 2016
If New York is successful in shutting down the retail energy market, other states will soon follow New York's action, Phil Van Horne, CEO of BlueRock Energy, warned ESCOs during the National Energy Marketers Association's 19th Annual National Restructuring Conference
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April 13, 2016
Renaissance Power & Gas Seeks Supplier License in New State
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April 13, 2016
Several bills have recently been introduced in the New York Assembly addressing ESCOs.
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April 7, 2016
The New York Supreme Court for the County of Albany has extended the temporary restraining order applicable to certain orders contained in the New York PSC's "full stop" retail market order until April 25th, Feller Energy Law Group's Energy Law Tribune reported
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April 7, 2016
Sustainable Westchester, New York's first pilot opt-out municipal electric aggregation, has selected Constellation Energy to serve the aggregation in four communities located in the NYSEG service areas
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April 6, 2016
The New York ISO summer 2016 strip capacity auction produced lower prices for Zone J (New York City) versus the spikes seen in the auctions for 2014 and 2015, though changes were more modest in other areas.
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April 6, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a report exploring potential principles for revised utility codes of conduct under the Reforming the Energy Vision market.
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March 31, 2016
Major Energy and New York Tri-State Area Papa John's announced a new co-marketing partnership naming Major Energy the Preferred Gas and Electric Energy Partner of the New York Tri-State Area Papa John's stores, and Papa John's the Preferred Pizza Partner of Major Energy.
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March 30, 2016
The New York PSC has extended the comment period for issues related to electric choice on Long Island, due to the ongoing collaborative process addressing the broader February 23 retail market reset order
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March 30, 2016
Note: The previous version of this story contained a statement from one of the stakeholders at the collaborative. EnergyChoiceMatters.com wishes to stress that such stakeholder did not approach EnergyChoiceMatters.com with this story. EnergyChoiceMatters.com independently heard the Staffer's comment…
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March 29, 2016
The joint New York utilities have asked that the New York PSC defer consideration of another "demonstration" opt-out municipal aggregation until the PSC issues a generic order on municipal aggregation, and a report on the experience at the Sustainable Westchester pilot is developed.
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March 29, 2016
IGS Energy has proposed a $20,000 lump sum assessment on all New York ESCOs to pay for compliance and enforcement
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March 29, 2016
During a collaborative meeting yesterday concerning the New York PSC's retail market reset order, Staff of the New York PSC admonished ESCOs for focusing on challenges presented in developing pricing benchmarks to potentially be used to allow and evaluate ESCO products in the market, warning that if…
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March 28, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association and IGS Energy sought rehearing of the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, and in such petition also sought clarification of the affirmative consent required under the order to move customers to certain compliant products
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March 28, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association sought rehearing on the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, arguing, among other things, that the order was arbitrary for not subjecting service to mass market aggregation customers (both those in a pilot municipal aggregation and a long-running…
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March 28, 2016
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation sought rehearing on the New York PSC's order requiring a "full stop" to the retail market, stating that the order ignored administrative burdens which may be placed on utilities from a likely return of mass market customers to default service en masse, and…
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March 25, 2016
Spark Energy CEO Nathan Kroeker said during an earnings call yesterday that the company is shifting its focus to markets other than New York given the New York PSC's recent "reset" order.
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March 24, 2016
SouthStar Energy Services LLC d/b/a New York Natural Gas intends to return its New York mass market customers to default service.
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March 23, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association asked the New York PSC to extend the deadline for comments on issues related to retail electric choice at the Long Island Power Authority, stating that it would be premature to address the issues prior to clarity under the PSC's broader "full stop" retail market…
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March 23, 2016
Constellation and Sunrun announced that Constellation will offer residential electricity customers in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York the opportunity to install Sunrun solar energy systems on their homes.
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March 23, 2016
The existence and proliferation of "predatory" ESCOs in New York, "is the direct result of the [Public Service] Commission’s policies that allow and encourage them to exist," Infinite Energy said in comments to the PSC
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