January 23, 2014
North American Power Launches Service in Three New Territories
North American Power has begun offering residential electric service at Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison, and Cleveland Electric Illuminating.
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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 22, 2014
License Briefs
Kratos Gas & Power Seeks Supplier License in New State
January 22, 2014
Retail Supplier Parent Expects Lower Commodity Margin in 2014, Cuts Dividend
FirstEnergy Corp. announced a cut in its dividend as it also reported 2014 guidance which includes lower contribution from its competitive energy services segment.
January 17, 2014
Ohio Staff Files Retail Market Development Workplan, Includes Recommendation on POR
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed a retail electric market development workplan which, as expected, does not include any major changes to the state's market design, but does recommend requiring utilities to offer purchase of receivables.
January 17, 2014
PUC Staff Recommends Publicly Posting Retail Supplier Market Share, Customer Count
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have proposed making public the market share (by MWh) and customer count of retail electric suppliers.
January 16, 2014
Briefly
Ohio Approves New Retail Price Adjustment for Default Service
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 15, 2014
Report: Percent of PJM Forced Outages During Cold Snap Grid Stress Four Times That of ERCOT
A white paper by ICF International regarding recent grid emergency conditions prompted by the polar vortex notes that forced outages in PJM as a percentage of generation were four times higher than forced outages in ERCOT.
January 15, 2014
Chair Snitchler Won't Seek Reappointment to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Todd Snitchler announced that he will not seek reappointment.
January 15, 2014
Ohio Staff Post Results of Standard Choice Offer Auction Setting Adder to Default Rate
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 14, 2014 resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.05 per Mcf for the period April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015.
January 14, 2014
New Entrant CEO: Retail Market "Screaming" for Consolidation; Company Will Be Active in M&A; Organic Focus Is On Value-Add, Partnerships
The fragmented U.S. retail energy market is "screaming out" for consolidation, Mark Lewis, CEO of retail energy holding company ONEnergy, Inc., told EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
January 10, 2014
Briefly
FirstEnergy Solutions Offering Six-Year Rate in New Territory
January 9, 2014
License Briefs
Canadian Retail Supplier Newly Entering U.S. Receives New License
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 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
License Briefs
Starion Energy Seeks New Supplier License
January 6, 2014
Retail Supplier Names New Execs to Lead On-site Generation, Home Services Units
IGS Energy recently named new executives to lead its generation and home services units.
December 31, 2013
Dayton Power & Light Files Application to Separate Generation Assets from Utility
Dayton Power & Light has filed an application to transfer or sell its generation assets so that they are no longer owned by the utility.
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 24, 2013
License Briefs
Trusted Energy Seeks License in New State
December 23, 2013
License Briefs
Park Power Seeks Supplier License in New State
December 23, 2013
AEP Ohio Seeks to Rely on More Market-Reflective Rates for Default Service for 2015-18
AEP Ohio has filed for approval of an electric security plan that would rely on more market reflective rates versus the process used at the other Ohio electric distribution companies.