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April 10, 2015
Despite Concerns Regarding Lack of Use In Electric Market, Pa. PUC Orders Gas Utilities To Implement Account Number Look-Up Tool To Assist Shopping
Dismissing concerns raised about the lack of use of the mechanisms since being implemented in the electric market, the Pennsylvania PUC has proposed in a tentative order requiring natural gas utilities to offer a mechanism to allow a retail natural gas supplier to look-up a customer's account number…
April 10, 2015
PUC Affirms Precedent Concerning Authority To Enforce General Consumer Protection Laws
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an interlocutory order on a complaint against a retail supplier, has affirmed that it lacks authority to review whether a violation of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (CPL) and Telemarketer Registration Act (TRA) has occurred.
April 8, 2015
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Ioway Energy, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license to serve large commercial (over 25 kW), industrial, and governmental customers in all service areas.
April 7, 2015
Pa. Utility: Complaints About Shopping Fall 90% Versus Last Winter
Complaints about electricity shopping have fallen by 90% versus the winter of 2013-14, the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities told the PUC.
April 6, 2015
Pennsylvania Sees Residential Electric Shopping Decline During March
Pennsylvania saw another month of declining residential electric shopping during March, as PPL and PECO were the only EDCs among the large 7 utilities to see growth in residential shopping, according to the latest stats on PA Power Switch
April 6, 2015
NY/NJ ESCO Continues Expansion
Astral Energy, LLC, which started as an ESCO serving the New York and New Jersey markets, is seeking a retail supplier license in another new state.
April 6, 2015
Start-up Retail Supplier Municipal Energy Preparing to Enter Market
Start-up retail supplier Municipal Energy of PA, LLC is preparing to enter the retail market.
April 2, 2015
Castleton Commodities To Acquire Retail Energy Marketer
Castleton Commodities International LLC has applied at FERC for approval of a transaction under which it would acquire, from Ingenco Holdings, LLC, retail energy marketer Collegiate Clean Energy, LLC, as well as Ingenco Wholesale Power, L.L.C.
March 31, 2015
Frontier Utilities Expands To New Service Area
Frontier Utilities has begun offering residential electricity supply at Duquesne Light in Pennsylvania.
March 30, 2015
President of Retail Supplier Retires
Robert D. Gabbard, president of PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, the competitive wholesale and retail energy sales subsidiary of PPL Corporation, is retiring effective April 1.
March 30, 2015
FERC Approves Sale of Duke Retail, Merchant Plants
FERC approved the sale of Duke Energy Retail and 6,100 MW of Duke merchant generation to Dynegy.
March 27, 2015
Pennsylvania PUC Proposes New Natural Gas Disclosure Regulations
The Pennsylvania PUC has proposed to adopt new rules concerning natural gas disclosure regulations and related issues.
March 27, 2015
Retail Supplier Enters $2.4 Million Settlement With Attorney General, Includes Moratorium on Use of Variable Rates
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane and Acting Consumer Advocate Tanya J. McCloskey announced a proposed settlement with an electric generation supplier, which the AG and OCA had alleged had engaged in deceptive marketing of variable electric rates to Pennsylvania consumers, many of whom…
March 26, 2015
PECO Posts Prices From Default Service Procurement
PECO has posted results from its March 2015 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2017.
March 24, 2015
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NY/NJ ESCO Seeks Supplier License in New State
March 23, 2015
PSC Warns EV Charging Service Providers About Need To Obtain Electric Supplier License
The District of Columbia PSC issued a notice reminding electric vehicle charging service providers that they must obtain a license as an electricity supplier, depending on their business model.
March 23, 2015
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Source Power & Gas Seek License in New State
March 23, 2015
Pennsylvania PUC Sets Deadline for Utilities To Offer Switch-At-Connect, Seamless Moves
The Pennsylvania PUC has set a deadline for electric distribution companies to offer switch-at-connect functionality (known in Pennsylvania as instant connect), and seamless moves.
March 20, 2015
PUC "Relieves" Utilities From Mailing Annual Electric Choice Postcard
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a Secretarial Letter which "relieves" EDCs of the annual mailing of a postcard promoting PA Power Switch
March 20, 2015
License Briefs
Eco-Energy, LLC applied for a natural gas supplier license to serve large commercial (6,000 Mcf or more annually) and industrial customers at National Fuel Gas Distribution. Eco-Energy is currently in the business of marketing various biofuels
March 19, 2015
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Nordic Energy Services Seeks License in New State
March 19, 2015
Draft Decision Would Find Retail Supplier's "Confusing" References To Wholesale Costs Not "Plain Language", Would Fine Supplier $2,000 And Order Refund
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would find that a Blue Pilot Energy, LLC terms of service contained confusing and "ambiguous" language regarding rate changes, and would therefore find that the terms of service violate Commission regulations that require the use of plain language and…
March 18, 2015
PECO Files To Recover New Costs Via POR Discount, Add Merchant Function Charge
Consistent with prior Pennsylvania PUC direction, PECO has filed to begin recovering uncollectible costs through its natural gas purchase of receivables discount, and to create a bypassable Merchant Function Charge to recover uncollectibles from default service customers.
March 13, 2015
Retail Suppliers Make Recommendations on Massachusetts Contract Summary Form
A working group of retail suppliers has made a recommendation to the Massachusetts DPU for the content and format of a contract summary form required of retail contracts.