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September 27, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted, in large part, an initial decision regarding a customer complaint against Great American Power, LLC, but which doubled the fine levied on Great American Power to $10,000.
September 26, 2013
The market design, and constant changes, of PJM's Reliability Pricing Model has been likened to the game of "Whack-A-Mole" by Exelon CFO and Executive Vice President Jonathan Thayer, as Thayer also warned that the market is replacing "steel in the ground" generation with new build generation that…
September 25, 2013
Direct Energy Expands Program with Pennsylvania School District Service Agency
September 24, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final written order adopting interim guidelines for natural gas distribution company (NGDC) eligible customer lists (ECLs) made available to retail suppliers.
September 24, 2013
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Guttman Energy, Inc. an electric supplier license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers in all service areas.
September 23, 2013
Plymouth Rock Energy Seeks Gas Supplier License in Another New State
September 20, 2013
NRG Kiosk LLC applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
September 19, 2013
BP Energy Seeks Expanded Retail Supplier License to Serve New Territories
September 19, 2013
Retail energy suppliers should expect to see more "enforcement actions" imposed on them, Tanya McCloskey, Pennsylvania Acting Consumer Advocate, told the Retail Energy Supply Association's Energy Competition Symposium.
September 18, 2013
Retail electric and natural gas supplier AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is expanding into New York and New Jersey, and named Bob Reicher as Natural Gas Director to lead the expansion.
September 18, 2013
Ambit Energy will offer retail electric service in two new states by the end of October, and expand to an additional natural gas market in an existing state.
September 17, 2013
Constellation Energy Seeks to Serve Residential Customers in New Service Area
September 17, 2013
An affiliate of New York ESCO American Power & Gas has launched service in a new state.
September 16, 2013
Pennsylvania saw slower growth in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply in the most recent week, according to stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
September 16, 2013
Testifying before a state senate hearing, Pennsylvania PUC Chairman Robert Powelson expressed concerns with the impact on "reliability" and "jobs" from the planned closure of two FirstEnergy Generation power plants in Pennsylvania, validating concerns expressed by other state regulators who have…
September 16, 2013
Sperian Energy Receives New Supplier License
September 13, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in UGI Utilities' default service proceeding which relies on block energy purchases for a portion of default service load for residential and small commercial electric customers.
September 13, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has instituted what is essentially its third generic proceeding to examine barriers to a workably competitive retail natural gas market, after two prior efforts have failed to create meaningful opportunities for residential customers to choose an alternative gas supplier.
September 13, 2013
Champion Energy Receives License in New State
September 13, 2013
Pennsylvania has launched its third investigation in the last 10 years to jumpstart the chronically "dismal" retail natural gas market, but the PUC's track record with its prior investigations, as well as its recently concluded retail electric market investigation, should counsel any retail…
September 12, 2013
Although the superior policy was already clear for a variety of reasons, the institution of involuntary firm load shed in PJM, due in part to a lack of available generating capacity (click here for story) , provides Texas with the inescapable conclusion that requiring a mandated reserve margin to be…
September 12, 2013
In what is ultimately a failure of a mandated reserve margin to keep the lights on -- despite the billions of dollars in costs that it annually imposes on customers -- PJM was forced to direct utilities to involuntarily curtail tens of thousands of customers on Tuesday, due to "unseasonably" hot…
September 6, 2013
After seeing the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply increase for the first week in several months, PECO has seen a return to declining residential migration, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
September 6, 2013
Pennsylvania should maintain a list of bad actor brokers and agents in the retail energy industry, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate said in comments to the PUC.
September 6, 2013
A founding team member of Independence Energy and former Director of Strategic Market Development for Energy Plus is launching a start-up retail energy supplier.
