May 14, 2012
License Briefs
Gulf Oil Limited Partnership Receives Electric License in New State
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May 10, 2012
Decline in Number of Residential Customers on Competitive Supply Accelerates at PPL
The loss of residential customers taking competitive supply at PPL increased during the most recent week, according to the most recent data from the Pennsylvania PUC.
May 10, 2012
License Briefs
Interstate Gas Supply Receives Authority to Market in New Territory
May 10, 2012
IDT Energy Customer Growth Accelerates
IDT Energy recorded a significant acceleration in its customer growth rate during the three months ended March 31, 2012.
May 10, 2012
New Duquesne Light Default Service Plan Calls for 12-Month Fixed Residential Rate
Residential customers at Duquesne Light would be served under a 12-monh fixed rate under Duquesne Light's proposed default service plan for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015.
May 9, 2012
RESA Cautions Pa. Lawmakers on Smart Meter Opt-Out, Seeks EDC Exit from TOU Service
Allowing Pennsylvania utilities to forego installation of smart meters would, "stifle innovative products and services from the emerging competitive marketplace," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in testimony to lawmakers on House Bill 2188 yesterday.
May 9, 2012
Blue Pilot Energy Launches Service in New Territory
Blue Pilot Energy has begun offering residential electricity service at PPL.
May 8, 2012
TERM Power & Gas Seeking License in New State
TERM Power & Gas, LLC d/b/a ENCOA applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
May 8, 2012
BlueStar Energy Services Expanding to Natural Gas
BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. d/b/a BlueStar Energy Solutions is expanding to retail natural gas service.
May 4, 2012
PPL Sees Marginal Decline in Residential Customers on Competitive Supply
The loss of residential customers taking competitive supply at PPL slowed considerably during the most recent week, according to the most recent data from the Pennsylvania PUC.
May 4, 2012
YEP Energy Launches Service Outside of ERCOT
YEP Energy has launched its first residential electricity offers outside of Texas.
May 3, 2012
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Easy Energy Seeks Supplier License in New State
May 3, 2012
PPL New Default Service Plan Includes Six-Month Fixed Price; Nov. 2013 Opt-in Auction
PPL Electric Utilities has filed a default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2013 that would offer residential customers a fixed generation rate for six months, rather than three months, and would delay service under an opt-in retail auction until 2014.
May 2, 2012
PJM Forced to RMR FirstEnergy Units, FirstEnergy Reports Higher Competitive Retail Sales
Increased competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions, net of the impact from changed pricing versus the year-ago, led to a $117 million improvement in commodity margin during the first quarter of 2012, FirstEnergy said in reporting earnings.
April 30, 2012
License Briefs
Hess Small Business Services Seeks New License
April 27, 2012
Decline in Residential Customers on Competitive Supply Persists at PPL
The loss of residential customers taking competitive supply at PPL continued at a steady rate during the most recent week, according to the most recent data from the Pennsylvania PUC.
April 26, 2012
Pennsylvania PUC Fines Champion Energy $400 for Back-billing Violation
The Pennsylvania PUC has fined Champion Energy Services, LLC $400 for not amortizing back-billed supply charges over the appropriate period.
April 26, 2012
Pa. PUC Approves Time of Use Generation Service Programs at Duquesne Light
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved two Time of Use pilots for residential default service customers at Duquesne Light.
April 26, 2012
License Briefs
The Pennsylvania PUC granted MCENERGY, Inc. an electric broker/marketer license to serve large commercial (over 25 kW), industrial, and governmental customers in all service areas. The application was first reported in Matters .
April 26, 2012
Retail Suppliers: PPL Migration Rider is "Illegal, Bad Idea" That Will Harm Competition
The reconciliation rider recommended for approval by an ALJ at PPL Electric Utilities is, "an illegal bad idea that will most assuredly harm the development of retail competition in the electricity market," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in a brief on exceptions.
April 25, 2012
License Briefs
BTU Direct Marketing, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve all customer classes at PECO.
April 25, 2012
Largest U.S. Consumer Energy Buying Group Expanding to Electric, Gas Brokering
An affiliate of Heaney Energy Corp. (Heat USA), which describes itself as the largest consumer energy buying consortium in the United States, is entering the retail electricity and natural gas brokering business.
April 24, 2012
PJM Prices Higher by At Least $141,000 Due to Exelon "Inadvertent" Error Resulting in Offers Above Stipulated Caps
Day-ahead and real-time energy prices in PJM were inflated by at least $141,000 during a two-week period in which mitigation was not applied to several Constellation Energy units as required under a Maryland PSC order, while total excess revenues to Exelon resulting from what the company called an…
April 23, 2012
Briefly
Pennsylvania OCA Posts Updated Electric Migration Data
April 23, 2012
PECO Sees Large Jump in Residential Gas Shoppers; Peoples Natural Gas Sees Decline
Fueled by the start of a Purchase of Receivables program, PECO saw the growth rate of residential migration to competitive gas supply nearly triple during the first quarter of the year.