August 7, 2013
Interstate Gas Supply Offering Residential Service in New Territories
Interstate Gas Supply has begun offering residential electric supply at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power in Pennsylvania.
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August 6, 2013
Pennsylvania Default Service Settlement Includes Reliance on Block (Non-Load Following) Contracts
A settlement in UGI Utilities' default service proceeding would rely on block energy purchases for a portion of default service load for residential and small commercial electric customers.
August 5, 2013
Exelon Likens Increased Reliance on "Planned" (New, Cleared) Resources in Capacity Market as "Anomaly" Requiring a "Fix"
The increased reliance on "planned" resources -- meaning new resources clearing the capacity market -- to meet the PJM mandated reserve margin has been likened by Exelon to other "issues" in the capacity market which required reforms
August 2, 2013
Two Pennsylvania Utilities Continue to Lose Residential Shoppers
Two Pennsylvania electric distribution utilities continued to see a decrease in the number of residential customers on competitive supply, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
August 1, 2013
Green Mountain Energy Offering Residential Service in New Territories
Green Mountain Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Penelec and Penn Power.
July 31, 2013
PSC Issues Cease and Desist Order to Retail Supplier
The District of Columbia PSC issued an order yesterday directing Starion Energy, "to cease and desist from all violations of the D.C. Code or the Commission's rules regarding consumer protection standards applicable to energy suppliers."
July 30, 2013
License Briefs
ConocoPhillips Receives Supplier License in New State
July 30, 2013
Verde Energy Continues Expansion to Retail Natural Gas Market
Verde Energy USA has taken its next step in its expansion to the natural gas market.
July 29, 2013
License Briefs
Stand Energy Seeks to Serve Customers in New Service Area
July 29, 2013
Camel's Nose: PECO CAP Shopping Plan Being Used to Obtain 12-Month Reconciliations of Default Service Previously Rejected by PUC
PECO's plan to allow Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop has become a venue to implement its desired 12-month reconciliation of default service costs for residential customers -- a design recently rejected by the PUC in establishing PECO's default service plan.
July 29, 2013
Pennsylvania Court: Single Product Can Meet Definition of "Prudent Mix"
A Pennsylvania court has affirmed that a default service portfolio containing only a single product -- in this case, spot market pricing -- can meet the statutory "prudent mix" standard required of default service plans.
July 26, 2013
License Briefs
Supreme Energy Seeks License in New State
July 26, 2013
AEP CEO: Treatment Under PJM Capacity Market is "Socialism"
PJM's capacity market is a "version of socialism," American Electric Power CEO Nicholas Akins said during an earnings call yesterday.
July 25, 2013
Start-up Led By Interstate Gas Marketing Veterans Receives License
The Pennsylvania PUC recently granted Mid Atlantic Energy Services LLC an electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
July 25, 2013
PPL Sees First Growth in Residential Shopping in Over a Month
PPL saw its first weekly growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply in over a month, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
July 25, 2013
NRG Counting Down to Launch of NRG Residential Solutions; NFL-branded Products and Smart Energy Products Coming?
NRG Energy has created a website counting down in real time the forthcoming launch of NRG Residential Solutions.
July 24, 2013
Briefly
First in EnergyChoiceMatters.com: PPL EnergyPlus Expands Residential Service to Penelec
July 24, 2013
Residential Price to Compare to Decrease at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed their new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1.
July 24, 2013
Direct Energy Veterans Join Petroleum Marketer to Launch New Retail Energy Supplier
A Northeast petroleum marketer is expanding into load-serving retail electricity and natural gas supply, and has hired several veterans of Direct Energy and Strategic Energy to lead the effort.
July 23, 2013
Champion Energy Services Announces Next Market Entry
Champion Energy Services announced that it would enter its next retail energy market in the near future.
July 19, 2013
Pennsylvania Ends Statewide Slide in Residential Shopping, But Three Utilities Still Losing Shoppers
Pennsylvania did not record a third week of declining aggregate residential electric shopping, but three individual utilities saw a decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, according to the latest stats from the PUC.
July 19, 2013
Texas, With Energy-Only Market, Again Only State With Retail Choice in CNBC Top 10 States for Business (Capacity Market States Fare Poorly)
Texas, with its energy-only market, is again the only state with retail electric choice rated as attractive to businesses, this time in CNBC's 2013 update to America's Top States for Business, while capacity market states are ranked as among the most undesirable states for business.
July 18, 2013
Pennsylvania Directs Utilities to Consider Allocating "Fair Share" of Costs of New Account Number Web Portal to Retail Suppliers
The Pennsylvania PUC published a written order directing electric utilities to submit compliance plans for the development of a secure web portal allowing customers to access their account numbers remotely (to enable shopping in situations where the customer does not have their bill), and urged…
July 18, 2013
License Briefs
Sperian Energy Corp. applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas. Sperian Energy also applied for a Maryland natural gas supplier license; a copy of the application was not immediately available.
July 17, 2013
Pennsylvania Requires Utilities to Develop Plans to Provide Retail Suppliers with Customer Account Numbers Outside of Customer Lists
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted a final order directing the electric distribution companies to submit compliance plans facilitating Electric Generation Suppliers' access to the utility account numbers of newly enrolled customers in instances where the account number is not available from either the…