April 2, 2019
Consumer Advocates Warn Delay Could Increase Risk Premium In Default Service Rates
A group of generation owners and a group of consumer advocates have both requested that PJM delay the 2022/23 PJM base residual capacity auction (BRA), which would normally be conducted in May 2019 but which PJM had already delayed until August 2019, citing uncertainty with significant pending…
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April 1, 2019
Greenlight Energy Corporation, retail energy provider serving natural gas and electricity markets in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, has entered into a $5,000,000 first lien credit and commodity supply facility with V3 Commodities Group Holdings, LLC
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April 1, 2019
Proceeding Could End Plain Vanilla Default Service, End Use Of Full Requirements Contracts
The Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate has asked the Pennsylvania PUC for a 60-day extension for the filing of initial comments in the PUC's new proceeding examining "smart" default service rates, cost allocation, and rate design (captioned officially as "Investigations into Default…
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April 1, 2019
PECO and several consumer advocates have reached a settlement to defer issues relating to shopping for electricity Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers until PECO's next default service proceeding
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March 29, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC granted CIMA Energy Solutions, LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential, small commercial (25 kW and under demand), large commercial (over 25 kW demand), and industrial customers in all service areas.
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March 29, 2019
Infinite Energy Receives License In New State
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March 28, 2019
Great American Power, LLC would pay $13,500 under a settlement with the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to resolve allegations that certain third-party agents marketing on behalf of the company did not comply in certain instances with local…
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March 27, 2019
PECO has posted results from its March 2019 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods beginning June 1, 2019.
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March 27, 2019
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has announced additional retail energy policymakers and thought leaders who will address NEM's 22nd Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference on April 10-12 in Washington, DC.
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March 27, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) today announced the addition of Freepoint Energy Solutions as the organization’s newest member.
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March 19, 2019
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. ("Columbia") has filed a response to a directive from the Pennsylvania PUC for Columbia to report how it will comply with 66 Pa.C.S. § 1502, after the PUC found that Columbia's practice of providing "on-bill" billing for non-utility services to only two select…
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March 18, 2019
Pennsylvania once again saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply decline by nearly 10,000 over the past month, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC
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March 15, 2019
PUC Sets Bond Higher, Distinct Contract Requirements
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Arcadia Power, Inc. an electric broker/marketer license to serve residential customers in all service areas.
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March 14, 2019
PUC Chair: Must Make "Abundantly Clear" To Suppliers That Door-to-Door Compliance Required
The Pennsylvania PUC voted to issue an order modifying a settlement agreement between Vista Energy Marketing, L.P. and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) which had been entered into to resolve allegations that a vendor's agent conducted door-to-door sales on behalf of Vista…
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March 7, 2019
Enters Pennsylvania Residential Market With Existing Brand As Well
Vistra Energy announced today that it is launching a new retail electricity brand, Brighten Energy, in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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March 6, 2019
Vista Energy Marketing, L.P. would pay $4,000 under a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to resolve four alleged instances of slamming
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March 6, 2019
Service King International Brokers LLC d/b/a SKI Brokerage, a start-up, is seeking broker or similar licenses in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine, Delaware, and New Hampshire, and will broker in New York and Connecticut as well.
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March 5, 2019
Click Energy, LLC, now using the d/b/a Smartclick, applied for an Ohio natural gas supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Dominion East Ohio and Duke Energy Ohio
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March 5, 2019
5 Expects Series Of M&A Transactions To Accelerate Growth
Energy advisory firm 5 said that it has completed its first transaction to expand the firm’s breadth and depth by partnering with Simplified Power, a Houston-based energy management firm.
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March 4, 2019
PUC Rejects Proposed Supplier Consolidated Billing Changes Raised In Case
The Pennsylvania PUC ultimately declined to implement a third-party customer switch notification in adopting amended utility customer protection rules (largely dealing with EDC matters, not the retail market)
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March 1, 2019
Direct Energy in a petition to intervene, outlined concerns with certain proposed changes to the natural gas transportation program at UGI Utilities (the "Company"), as contained in a newly filed rate case
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March 1, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved tariff filings from UGI Utilities - Gas to expand its purchase of receivables program to its new North and Central rate districts (formerly Penn Natural Gas and Central Penn Gas, respectively)
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March 1, 2019
Targets Achieving Investment Grade Rating, Says Will Help C&I Retail Business Provides More Data On Retail Customer Counts
During an earnings call yesterday, Vistra Energy CEO Curt Morgan said that Vistra is "fully prepared" to take any necessary legal action to defend its previously reported acquisition of Crius Energy should a hostile bidder attempt to disrupt the process.
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February 28, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC today issued a proposed policy statement to implement, on a statewide basis, a price cap on retail supplier service to Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers
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February 28, 2019
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. ("FES") and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company ("FENOC") announced that the Board of Directors approved the appointment of a new senior management team to lead the company through the conclusion of its restructuring process.
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