July 31, 2014
Citing Return of Customers to BGS, PSEG Power Ups Forecast of Default Load Served
Noting an uptick in New Jersey customers returning to basic generation service , PSEG Power has increased its forecast of BGS volumes for 2015.
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July 29, 2014
License Briefs
Retail Supplier Seeks Authority to Offer Supplier Consolidated Billing in Illinois
July 28, 2014
Residential Shopping Growth Slows in Pennsylvania
Last week saw Pennsylvania's residential shopping growth slip versus the immediately prior week, with the FirstEnergy utilities continuing to be the only EDCs seeing net gains in residential shopping.
July 28, 2014
Starion, OPC File Status Report on D.C. Settlement
Starion Energy and the District of Columbia Office of the People's Counsel have filed a status report with the D.C. PSC regarding an earlier settlement addressing Starion complaints and marketing practices.
July 28, 2014
License Briefs
Marathon Energy Seeks License in New State
July 25, 2014
License Briefs
Source Power & Gas Receives Authority to Serve Customers in New Territory
July 25, 2014
Pennsylvania Lowers Security Required from Retail Suppliers
The Pennsylvania PUC has lowered the security required from electric generation suppliers after their initial year of service.
July 25, 2014
Pennsylvania Approves Use of 24-Month Contracts For Default Service Through 2017, Retains NITS as Retail Supplier Responsibility
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities covering the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
July 24, 2014
Retail Supplier Names New CEO
energy.me has named Jeremy Schupp as its new CEO.
July 23, 2014
PECO Residential Price to Compare to Decline on September 1, Increase for GS Customers By 10%
PECO has published official electric Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1, with the residential PTC declining again, but the commercial PTCs generally increasing.
July 22, 2014
Parent of Gas Marketer Rejected Three Takeover Bids
Gas Natural Inc., the parent of natural gas marketer Energy West Resources and several regulated distribution companies, said that it has rejected "unsolicited and inadequate" offers made by Algonquin Power & Utilities on January 14, March 5 and May 7, 2014 to acquire the company
July 21, 2014
New IDT Energy Subsidiary Seeks License in New State, To Further Market Segmentation
Residents Energy, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania natural gas supplier license to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers in all service areas.
July 18, 2014
Costs To Be Removed from Price to Compare in Pennsylvania
Certain costs would be removed from the Price to Compare at Peoples Natural Gas-Equitable Division under a settlement and recommended decision in Peoples-Equitable's annual 1307(f) proceeding.
July 17, 2014
FirstEnergy Utilities Drive Return to Residential Shopping Growth in Pennsylvania
After a holiday-impacted week saw Pennsylvania slip back to a statewide loss in residential electric shopping customers, the FirstEnergy utilities are now again driving statewide growth in residential electric shopping, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
July 16, 2014
FirstEnergy-PA EDCs to See 25% Drop in Price to Compare on September 1
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, and the residential Prices to Compare will fall significantly at each.
July 15, 2014
License Briefs
Epiq Energy Receives Licenses in New State
July 15, 2014
Direct Energy Launches Nest Bundles, Posts Pricing
Direct Energy has launched its offering of plans for U.S. residential and commercial customers which bundle electricity supply with a free Nest learning thermostat.
July 14, 2014
Pennsylvania Sees Return to Decline in Statewide Residential Shopping
The Independence Holiday week saw a net decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply in Pennsylvania, ending three consecutive weeks of statewide residential shopping growth.
July 14, 2014
PUC Tells Customers to Be "Wary" of Door-to-Door Solicitors
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued a news release on Friday which, "remind[ed] Pennsylvania residents to be wary of door-to-door solicitors, noting that PUC personnel will never go door to door to target customers."
July 14, 2014
Pennsylvania PUC Staff Seek Nearly $15 Million Civil Penalty Against Retail Supplier, License Revocation
Staff of the Pennsylvania PUC have filed a complaint against Hiko Energy seeking a nearly $15 million civil penalty against the supplier, as well as revocation of the supplier's license, for alleging to fail to provide certain customers with a rate below the default service Price to Compare, as was…
July 11, 2014
PSC Concerned With Receipt of 83 Complaints About Retail Supplier Since Adopting Feb. Settlement, Seeks Status Update
Update 11:15 am: Starion provided the following statement to Matters:
July 10, 2014
Pennsylvania Issues Proposal to Address Different Renewal Notice Timelines for Customers Receiving Electric, Gas Service from Same Supplier
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order to address the timing differences under the PUC's rules for the issuance of electric contract renewal notices and natural gas renewal notices, which are now no longer aligned as the PUC moved to accelerate electric customer switching.
July 10, 2014
License Briefs
Rushmore Energy Receives License in New State
July 10, 2014
Pennsylvania Says It Will Update Stakeholders on Retail Natural Gas Market Investigation During Q3
The Pennsylvania PUC has said that its Office of Competitive Market Oversight will update stakeholders on the next steps in the PUC's retail natural gas market investigation during the third quarter.
July 9, 2014
Park Power to Launch Service in Three New States
Park Power announced that it will soon launch retail electric service in Ohio, Illinois, and Maryland.