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March 1, 2011
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
February 28, 2011
PPL Electric Utilities urged the Pennsylvania PUC to reject the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence's (PCADV) request that the PUC require PPL to change its current practices regarding the release of customer information, and allow customers to withhold all information from being shared…
February 28, 2011
Hess Seeks Authority to Serve Residential, Small Commercial Customers in Pennsylvania
February 25, 2011
PUCT Adopts Rule Clarifying ERCOT Oversight
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.
February 25, 2011
Planet Energy Receives Pa. Electric License
February 25, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without additional retail market-related conditions, a non-unanimous stipulation authorizing the merger of FirstEnergy Corp. and Allegheny Energy (A-2010-2176520 et. al.).
February 24, 2011
Flash: Direct Energy Loses 90,000 Residential Customers in Second Half of 2010
February 24, 2011
More than one month after voting on the final rules, the Pennsylvania PUC has served on parties a final written order concerning the competitive retail gas market, addressing issues such as the Price to Compare, Purchase of Receivables, and capacity release (Docket L-2008-2069114).
February 24, 2011
Interstate Gas Supply has recently acquired Accent Energy, Interstate Gas Supply disclosed in applying for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license.
February 23, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that North American Power and Gas, LLC make a payment of $35,000 to the Fuel Fund of Central Maryland, Inc., along with undertaking various remedial measures, to resolve Staff's complaint against the retail supplier (Case 9253).
February 23, 2011
Reliant Energy reported adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ending December 31, 2010 of $117 million, up from $104 million a year ago, on lower operating costs primarily due to better customer payment habits and attendant decrease in bad debt expense.
February 22, 2011
Hawk Energy Corp. Seeks Pa. Electric License
February 17, 2011
Dynastar Ventures, Inc. said yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire My Affordable Energy, LLC, a Texas-based direct selling company focused on selling energy services.
February 17, 2011
Pennsylvania customers will have the right to restrict the sharing of all of their information, and not just certain data, from being included on eligible customer lists (ECL) provided by utilities to electric suppliers under a supersedeas from the Commonwealth Court; however, the supersedeas will…
February 17, 2011
Pennsylvania electric generation suppliers, "are exempt from the budget billing obligation when offering dynamically-priced [including monthly variable] products to residential customers," the Pennsylvania PUC said in a Secretarial letter yesterday (M-2009-2082042).
February 17, 2011
In a Secretarial letter concerning the PA Power Switch website, the Pennsylvania PUC reminded electric generation suppliers, "that they are obligated to provide accurate pricing information in all marketing materials pursuant to 52 Pa. Code 54.7."
February 17, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions increased its share of sales in its affiliated franchised utility territories in Ohio to 81.4%, FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in reporting fourth-quarter earnings.
February 17, 2011
PECO has posted updated actual Prices to Compare for average customers for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011.
February 17, 2011
Consistent with an earlier default service plan settlement, Penn Power submitted a revised supplier coordination tariff at the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a non-recourse Purchase of Receivables program (P-2010-2157862).
February 16, 2011
Md. PSC Sets Hearing on Price to Compare Calculation The Maryland PSC has scheduled a hearing for March 29 on the Office of People's Counsel petition for modifications to the utility SOS Price to Compare calculation process (Case 9228). OPC's petition was exclusively reported by Matters ( 2/11 ). In…
February 15, 2011
Oasis Energy Begins Offering Residential Service at PPL Oasis Energy has begun offering service to residential electric customers at PPL Electric Utilities. Oasis is offering a monthly variable rate currently priced at 8.53¢/kWh and which will be priced for the first two months, "at rate of up to 8%…
February 15, 2011
MXenergy reported higher net income of $25.7 million for the three months ending December 31, 2010, versus $18.2 million a year ago, as well as higher Adjusted EBITDA of $22.0 million versus $20.8 million a year ago, on higher electric gross profit and customer growth versus the year-ago quarter.
February 15, 2011
Pennsylvania's proposed new electric and gas supplier marketing rules eliminate the requirement for sales not resulting from contact with an agent to be verified, and uses new language regarding the requirement that verification, when required, is not conducted in the presence of the agent…
February 14, 2011
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted without modification a recommended decision which allows Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg and Wellsboro Electric Company to use certain non-cleared financial transactions and options in their default service plan (P-2009-2110780 et. al., 9/13/10 ).
