June 17, 2015
New York PSC Staff will convene a collaborative meeting with interested parties on July 9, "to investigate and evaluate utility energy bills, including how to increase their informational value to customers, identify customer preferences, and promote customer engagement regarding their energy use."
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June 17, 2015
CPower announced that it has acquired all of the demand response assets of Demand Response Partners, Inc. (DRP).
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June 11, 2015
As noted in our related story today concerning the spinoff of MidAmerican Energy Company's unregulated retail services division from the utility into a stand-alone retail supplier inside Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, MidAmerican's indirect parent company, MidAmerican said that the unregulated…
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June 9, 2015
FERC directed BluCo Energy LLC to provide the Commission with a status and scheduling concerning litigation which is contesting the ownership of the retail supplier, in light of dueling petitions before FERC for transactions to acquire the supplier.
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June 8, 2015
A joint proposal in Orange & Rockland's current electric rate case would require the New York utility to study the expansion of mandatory day ahead hourly pricing for default service customers.
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June 5, 2015
AMERIgreen Energy Inc. announced that it has begun offering natural gas supply at South Jersey Gas in New Jersey, for commercial customers.
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June 2, 2015
The "preferred" mechanism for promoting large-scale renewable (LSR) development in New York is an open-source solicitation using a state entity as soliciting entity and the electric distribution companies as the PPA buyer or project owner, a NYSERDA report concludes
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May 29, 2015
New York PSC Staff will hold a collaborative on Thursday, June 25, 2015 to continue discussions on the following issues concerning the provision of services by energy services companies: define the standards to be used to determine value added products and services that must be provided to…
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May 27, 2015
NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric have, as part of a new distribution rate case, proposed instituting a deposit for ESCOs to perform EDI testing.
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May 26, 2015
NRG Energy has been selected by Central Hudson Gas & Electric for a microgrid demonstration project under Central Hudson's proposed Reforming the Energy Visions demonstration projects.
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May 21, 2015
Nordic Energy Services, LLC named Michael Stein as Vice President of Finance.
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May 18, 2015
Iron Energy, LLC d/b/a Kona Energy sought FERC approval of a transaction of under which 100% of the membership interests in Iron will be sold to Vantage Commodities Financial Services, LLC
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May 13, 2015
Bruce D. Heine has been promoted to senior vice president at National Fuel Resources, Inc., the energy marketing company of National Fuel
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May 13, 2015
ONEnergy Inc., the parent of retail supplier Sunwave Gas & Power, announced a sales and distribution agreement with LG Chem Inc. under which ONEnergy's Sunwave Energy Efficiency division will distribute and market LG Chem's lithium ion-based Energy Storage Systems (ESS).
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May 12, 2015
The New York PSC Staff will convene a series of collaborative meetings to investigate and evaluate operational issues required for consolidated Energy Service Companies (ESCO) billing (CEB), "including how CEB can be constructed to be consistent with Commission rules and regulations including those…
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May 12, 2015
The New York Attorney General said in comments to the PSC that Buy Energy Direct, LLC's eligibility to serve residential customers should not be reinstated until several conditions are met.
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May 9, 2015
Consolidated Edison, "is considering strategic alternatives with respect to the retail electric supply business of its competitive energy businesses," the company said in a 10-Q released last week
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May 6, 2015
Citizens for Local Power (CLP) has proposed an opt-out municipal aggregation "demonstration" project for Ulster County, New York, as part of a collaborative on Reforming the Energy Visions projects resulting from Central Hudson's rate case.
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May 5, 2015
The New York PSC announced that the Department's Consumer Advocate, "is conducting a detailed investigation into Ambit Energy, one of the largest competitive energy companies in the State."
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May 1, 2015
N.Y. Sets Further Collaborative On ESCO Service to Low-Income Assistance Customers, Faster Gas Switching
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April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on distributed energy resource provider licensing.
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April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on ESCO eligibility requirements (licensing), and one of the considerations is the automatic imposition of additional licensing requirements for ESCOs with high complaint rates.
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April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on ESCO eligibility requirements (licensing), and among the considerations are the introduction of risk management competency and financial fitness requirements, while a licensing…
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April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on ESCO eligibility requirements (licensing), and one of the considerations is the introduction of "self-regulation" into the retail energy market.
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April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on ESCO eligibility requirements (licensing), and one of the considerations is the licensing of energy brokers, who are currently not licensed by the PSC.
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