August 26, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board intends to fine six retail suppliers for alleged violations of the consumer protection rules. Suppliers may request a hearing on the allegations. In the following notices of penalty (all $ Canadian), the Board is not seeking suspension of sales or licence revocation, as it…
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August 26, 2011
As part of a notice to levy an administrative penalty against Just Energy Ontario L.P., the Ontario Energy Board said that independent associates selling energy under a network marketing model must comply with all regulations applicable to traditional sales agents.
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August 26, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board intends to suspend some or all of the sales channels used by the following suppliers until compliance with applicable customer protection regulations can be demonstrated: morEnergy Savings Corp. and Blue Power Distributed Energy Corp; Energhx Green Energy Corporation; Ag…
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August 26, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board intends to make an order seeking revocation of MxEnergy Canada Ltd.'s retail gas supplier licence for what the Board alleged was failure to comply with the requirement to file a Certificate of Compliance with the Board certifying that MXenergy is in compliance with the legal…
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August 10, 2011
Superior Plus' fixed-price energy services business generated gross profits of $9.0 million for the second quarter of 2011, compared to $6.8 million in the prior year quarter (all figures Canadian).
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July 7, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board has revised a proposal regarding natural gas distributors' customer service policies to adopt a less prescriptive approach, and now only proposes to direct each distribution company to develop a "Customer Service Policy" for its residential customers (EB-2010-0280).
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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 5, 2011
Superior Plus Corp. reported higher gross profit from its fixed-price energy services business of $8.3 million for the first quarter, up from $7.4 million a year ago (all figures Canadian).
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April 28, 2011
Exelon and Constellation Energy announced this morning that they have signed a definitive merger agreement to combine the two companies in a stock-for-stock transaction.
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April 20, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board has approved updated Regulated Price Plan (RPP) electric commodity rates for mass market customers, for the six month period beginning May 1.
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April 20, 2011
MC Squared Energy Services Seeks to Serve Mass Market Customers at ComEd
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April 4, 2011
Hudson Energy officially began marketing in Canada under the Hudson brand on April 4 in Ontario. Hudson Energy, a unit of Just Energy, currently supplies over 7,500 GWh of power across its electricity markets and close to 160 million therms (or 16 million GJ) of natural gas.
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March 21, 2011
Energy Plus Natural Gas Seeks Maryland Gas License
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March 7, 2011
Green Mountain Energy Company Seeking, N.J., Pa. Electric Licenses
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February 25, 2011
Despite a 7% decline in total residential energy supply customers year-over-year, Direct Energy said that its Texas residential book saw improved retention, driving churn to its lowest ever level.
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February 21, 2011
Superior Plus' fixed-price energy services business generated gross profit of $7.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, down from $8.4 million a year ago, on lower natural gas gross profits due to reduced sales as a result of exiting the direct residential natural gas markets in Ontario and…
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January 17, 2011
ResCom Energy Seeks Pennsylvania Electric License ResCom Energy LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric generation supplier license to serve all customer classes at PECO, PPL, and Duquesne Light. ResCom Energy stated that it does intend to use door-to-door sales in Pennsylvania, with third party…
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January 7, 2011
The Ontario Energy Board has issued guidance for electricity retailers issuing supplier consolidated bills regarding the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit (OCEB), which provides a 10% reduction in the electric bills paid by all mass market customers regardless of supplier.
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December 31, 2010
FERC has re-prioritized initiatives designed to mitigate the impacts of Lake Erie loop flows, emphasizing interface pricing revisions and congestion management/market-to-market coordination agreements while removing buy-through congestion as a top priority (ER08-1281).
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December 21, 2010
RetailOPCO of Texas to Change Name to Entrust Energy RetailOPCO of Texas, Inc., the newly certified retail electric provider led by several principals of Australian Power & Gas ( 12/2 ), has filed at the PUCT to change its certified name to Entrust Energy, Inc.
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December 10, 2010
GearyEnergy Receives Ohio Electric License The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted GearyEnergy, LLC an electric supplier license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas (11/8).
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December 9, 2010
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) today announced that Liberty Energy Utilities Co., APUC's regulated utility subsidiary, has entered into agreements to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Granite State Electric Company and EnergyNorth Natural Gas Inc. from National Grid USA for…
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December 7, 2010
Public Power, Energy Plus Holdings LLC Post Residential PECO Rates Public Power LLC has started offering residential electric service at PECO, with a fixed rate of 9.799¢/kWh for 12 months. The product includes an early termination fee of $75. Additionally, Public Power customers receive $500…
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December 7, 2010
Planet Energy Seeks Maryland Electric License Planet Energy (Maryland) Corp., an affiliate of Canadian supplier Planet Energy, filed an application for a Maryland electric supplier license ( 11/24 ). A copy of the application was not immediately available.
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December 6, 2010
Texas retained its top spot in the Annual Baseline Assessment of Choice in Canada and the United States (ABACCUS) for residential markets reported by Distributed Energy Financial Group, but the addition of several new criteria jumbled the rankings after the top three.
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