July 17, 2018
Commercial Default Service Rates Increase By Up To 7%
Several of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
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July 13, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved in a final order a Settlement Agreement (Settlement) filed on May 12, 2017, by the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and Residents Energy, LLC (Residents or Company) (collectively, the Parties), with respect to an informal…
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July 12, 2018
A draft report from the Energy Programs Office at Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection recommends consideration of long-term contracts and utility-owned generation to promote solar generation development
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July 12, 2018
Pike County Light & Power Company, Electric Division has provided further details at the Pennsylvania PUC concerning its petition to begin using a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its electricity default service requirements, beginning May 31, 2019.
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July 10, 2018
Agreement Is Stalking Horse, Opportunity For Other Bidders
Note: This story was first published the evening of July 10 with an alert to our email subscribers
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July 10, 2018
BOSS Controls, an IoT energy management company, announced that it has received the intent to award contract from the City of Pittsburgh to deploy a fully integrated Energy Savings as a Service initiative across approximately 100 City buildings.
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July 10, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC recently directed that Pike County Light & Power conduct a cost-benefit study regarding the prudence of full implementation of EDI
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July 6, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Clearwater Enterprises, L.L.C. d/b/a Clearwater Energy Services an expanded natural gas supplier license to serve large commercial (6,000 MCF or more annually), industrial, and governmental customers at PECO Energy Company, Philadelphia Gas Works, UGI Central Penn Gas…
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July 6, 2018
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the new default service supply rates for medium commercial and industrial customers (25 kW - 300 kW, Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH) for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2018.
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July 2, 2018
Names Energy, Digital Vet As CEO
Blitz Ventures, Inc., the broker owned by Vistra Energy, the parent of TXU Energy and other retail brands, has adopted the brand EnergyBot for its online-based brokering service currently targeted to commercial and industrial customers, and says on a recently launched website (www.energy.bot) that…
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June 29, 2018
Astral Energy, LLC has entered into a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) under which Astral is to pay a civil penalty of $6,000 to resolve allegations of slamming arising from the erroneous transfer of 6 customer account numbers, by a third…
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June 29, 2018
FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson announced that he will be leaving his position as FERC Commissioner in mid-August.
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June 28, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC denied a request for reconsideration from FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) which had sought reconsideration of a Secretarial Letter issued on April 18, 2018, by the Commission’s Bureau of Technical Utility Services (TUS or Staff), which had raised FES's financial security level from…
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June 28, 2018
Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC announced that as of July 1, 2018, it will be providing electricity commodity supply to commercial and industrial ("C&I") customers in Texas.
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June 27, 2018
Philadelphia Gas Works has agreed to examine in next year's Gas Costs Rates (GCR) proceeding the charges applicable to Choice suppliers for released capacity, after the Office of Consumer Advocate recommended changes to the charge.
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June 25, 2018
Pennsylvania saw a large decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during May
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June 21, 2018
Shipley Energy has launched a new division called Seth Energy, led by Seth Obetz as General Manager, to serve Lancaster and other southeastern Pennsylvania counties.
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June 20, 2018
Astral Energy, LLC is acquiring a book of customers from National Choice Energy, LLC (NCE)
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June 18, 2018
Pike County Light & Power Company, Electric Division has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to begin using a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its electricity default service requirements, beginning May 31, 2019.
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June 15, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adopted without modification a previously reported proposed Joint Settlement Petition (Settlement) filed on April 6, 2017, by the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and American Power & Gas of Pennsylvania, LLC (AP&G or Company)…
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June 11, 2018
Addresses Sought Default Service Adder, POR Clawback, Hourly Pricing Cutoff
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ concerning the default service plan of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities would institute a price cap on retail supplier offers to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP) customers
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June 7, 2018
BBPC, LLC d/b/a Great Eastern Energy applied for Pennsylvania electric and natural gas retail supplier licenses to serve all customers in all service areas.
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June 5, 2018
Itron, Inc. applied for a Pennsylvania Electric Generation Supplier ("EGS") license
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June 1, 2018
Provides Entry For Parent of Pa. Utility To Expand Product Offerings, Gain Additional Experience With New Tech. Shaping Future Of Energy Hires Storage, Renewable Energy Vet To Lead Distributed Energy Push
PPL Corporation announced on May 31 that it had acquired Safari Energy LLC, described as a leading provider of solar energy solutions for commercial customers in the U.S.
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June 1, 2018
Teleios Commodities, LLC announced a "material" investment in Powervine Energy, a newly created retail energy company providing energy services to residential customers and small businesses in the Northeastern United States.
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