February 17, 2015
License Briefs
The District of Columbia PSC granted Agera Energy, LLC electric and natural gas supplier licenses to serve all customer classes.
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February 17, 2015
PUC Rules It Can't Hear Complaint Which Merely Alleges Retail Supplier's Rates Are "Too High"
The Pennsylvania PUC affirmed that it lacks traditional ratemaking authority over competitive suppliers and therefore cannot address a customer complaint which merely alleges that a retail supplier's rates are "too high," in granting an interlocutory review sought by Blue Pilot Energy.
February 17, 2015
Citing Lack of Retail Supplier Interest, Pa. PUC Denies Rider for Small Utilities to Implement EDI
The Pennsylvania PUC has denied an application from Citizens' Electric Company and Wellsboro Electric Company to implement a nonbypassable rider to implement Electronic Data Interchange in the utilities service areas, to support electric choice.
February 13, 2015
License Briefs
Source Power & Gas Seeks License in New State
February 13, 2015
PUC Commish Urges Retail Suppliers to "Step Up" And Bid for Default Service Tranches Under Newly Adopted "Innovative" Design
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved a default service plan for Citizens’ Electric Company and Wellsboro Electric Company which ditches the formerly used stratified procurement approach in favor of the bidding of load-following tranches indexed to PJM prices, plus a retail adder.
February 12, 2015
License Briefs
NextEra Energy Services Seeks Retail Natural Gas Supplier License
February 11, 2015
Pa. PUC "Lays Down the Law" To Retail Suppliers, Emphasizes Peer Review
The Pennsylvania PUC recently met with retail energy suppliers to, "lay down the law", in the wake of the polar vortex, and to emphasize the need for peer review in the industry to weed-out bad actors.
February 11, 2015
Pa. State Rep.: Accelerated Switching Not Sufficient Customer Protection Against Variable Rates
The Pennsylvania PUC's accelerated switching timeline, which allows a switch to be completed within three business days, does not provide customers with sufficient customer protection against variable rates, Pennsylvania State Representative Robert Godshall, Chair of the Consumer Affairs committee…
February 11, 2015
Direct Energy Launches Service in New Territory
Direct Energy has begun offering residential natural gas service at UGI Penn Natural Gas under the Direct Energy brand.
February 10, 2015
GDF SUEZ's Think Energy Launches "Major" Expansion
Think Energy, the retail electricity provider established by GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA to serve residential and small commercial customers, announced the launch of residential service in Massachusetts, which the company called, "a significant step in the company's strategic growth efforts."
February 10, 2015
Verde Energy Listing Offers in New Service Areas
Verde Energy has begun listing residential electric offers for Penn Power and West Penn Power on PA Power Switch
February 9, 2015
Surprise! Duquesne Light Allowed to Return Customers to Default Service on Accelerated Basis While Retail Supplier Accelerated Switching Delayed
Duquesne Light will be permitted to return customers contacting the utility to default service on an accelerated basis even as the accelerated switching process for retail suppliers is delayed.
February 6, 2015
Retail Supplier WGL Energy Services To Focus on Large Commercial, Government Sales
WGL Energy Services is focusing its retail energy business on large commercial and government accounts, executives said yesterday during an earnings call
February 5, 2015
License Briefs
Eligo Energy Seeks Authority to Serve New Territories
February 4, 2015
Pennsylvania Monthly Migration Returns to More Normal Levels, State Still Losing Shoppers
After a December that saw more than 40,000 customers leave competitive supply (click here for story) , January saw the Pennsylvania retail electric market return to more normal migration patterns, but the state still saw a net decline in residential electric shopping.
February 4, 2015
License Briefs
Mega Energy of Illinois, LLC applied for an Illinois alternative electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at ComEd and Ameren.
February 3, 2015
Retail Supplier Seeks PUC Clarification Affirming Method of Verification Permissible Under Rules
IGS Energy has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for an order affirming that its use of a tablet to electronically verify customer consent to door-to-door sales conducted by its Home Energy Consultants complies with the Commission's regulations.
January 30, 2015
PUC Commissioners Slam Utility Over Non-Compliance With Choice Enhancement
The Pennsylvania PUC denied Duquesne Light's request for an extended waiver to implement accelerated customer switching, as Chairman Robert Powelson and Commissioner Pamela Witmer slammed the utility for being "consistently wrong" in estimating when it would be able to offer a solution permitting…
January 28, 2015
PPL, Riverstone Agree to FERC's Additional Mitigation Measures for Talen Energy
PPL Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC affiliate RJS Power Holdings LLC have accepted additional market power mitigation measures required for FERC approval of the previously reported spinoff of PPL Energy Supply and its combination with competitive generation assets owned by RJS Power Holdings…
January 27, 2015
BlueRock Energy Launches Service in New State
BlueRock Energy has begun offering natural gas service in Pennsylvania, at National Fuel Gas Distribution
January 23, 2015
Duquesne Light Provides Update on Implementing Accelerated Switching
Duquesne Light on January 12 provided the Pennsylvania PUC with an update on its progress in implementing an interim form of three-day accelerated switching, stating that it plans for the Phase I interim solution to be implemented in the latter part of February 2015.
January 23, 2015
New Supplier Offering Service at PECO
Verde Energy is now offering residential natural gas supply at PECO.
January 22, 2015
TrailStone Acquires Stake in Retail Supplier
TrailStone NA Asset Holdings LLC, a member of the TrailStone Group of companies, has entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it has acquired a strategic equity interest in MP2 Energy LLC.
January 22, 2015
License Briefs
Bargain Energy Receives License in New State
January 21, 2015
Brilliantly Simple: Pa. PUC Shows Fatal Flaw to PJM Transitional Capacity Performance Proposal
The Pennsylvania PUC has levied a simple but brilliant criticism at PJM's proposal for a transition to its capacity performance product which illustrates the futility of paying billions in additional capacity costs for a limited amount of the new capacity performance product alongside existing…