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February 5, 2014
ISO New England's capacity auction to procure capacity to meet a mandated reserve margin resulted in a shortfall of resources for the 2017–2018 year, the ISO said.
January 27, 2014
FERC has administratively doubled capacity prices to be paid by retail suppliers, and their customers, in ISO New England, with Commissioner Philip Moeller brazenly trying to sell customers on the "reliability benefits" of the rate shock -- at a time when 75% of ISO-NE's gas-fired generation was…
January 21, 2014
"[R]eliability in New England is deteriorating as a result," of the "failure" of the current capacity market to reflect some of the most basic principles of a market -- higher-valued, higher quality goods should receive greater compensation than goods offering poor quality and poor service, ISO New…
January 21, 2014
In our related story today (click here) , Matters noted that unplanned outages in ISO New England have doubled since the introduction of a forward capacity market, and we reported some of the reasons given to the ISO for failure to perform.
January 21, 2014
"The overall rate of unplanned outages across the entire New England generating fleet has more than doubled since 2007," ISO New England said in a filing at FERC.
January 9, 2014
Aggregator Resident Power announced that it is now officially taking retail electricity enrollments in Rhode Island.
January 9, 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
January 7, 2014
Gulf Oil LP has entered the commercial and industrial fuel supply business, and Gulf's business lines in this sector will eventually include electricity and natural gas supply.
January 7, 2014
There's a "lot of room" for the retail energy industry to make it easier to understand the process for choosing a retail energy supplier, new Choose Energy CEO Kerry Cooper said during a recent interview with EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
December 24, 2013
National Grid said that the Rhode Island PUC has approved a new residential Standard Offer Service rate for the period beginning January 1, 2014.
December 16, 2013
Gulf Electricity has begun offering electricity service in New York, at Consolidated Edison.
December 4, 2013
Maxim Power Corp. announced today that Patriot Power Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Rockland Capital, has issued a notice to Maxim to terminate the agreement to purchase 100% of Maxim's ownership interest in Maxim Power (USA), Inc. due to an outstanding regulatory inquiry by the Federal Energy…
November 18, 2013
Direct Energy, a supporter of a centralized capacity market in Texas, has warned business customers in ISO New England that this winter customers will be subject to, "additional costs associated with procuring backup generation [that] will result in higher electricity bills during these months."
November 8, 2013
Mint Energy, LLC announced the signing of a definitive long-term credit and supply agreement with Pacific Summit Energy LLC (PSE), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, for Mint Energy's current and future energy markets.
November 5, 2013
The Slater Technology Fund announced that it has committed an additional $100,000 to VCharge, an energy management services company whose operation includes retail electric supply in competitive markets, as part of their $1-million dollar round, bringing Slater's total investment to $600,000.
October 31, 2013
Ambit Energy has officially released rates for its entry into the Rhode Island electric market and Delaware electric market, and its expansion to the PECO natural gas market.
October 22, 2013
Xoom Energy has begun offering electricity and natural gas service in Rhode Island and Virginia.
October 9, 2013
An affiliate of a Texas retail electric provider is preparing to launch operations in the Northeast.
September 20, 2013
"It is difficult to declare the [ISO New England] capacity market a success if a significant number of the resources that have been selected and compensated as capacity resources fail to perform as needed," Robert Ethier, Vice President of Market Development for ISO New England, said in comments at…
September 18, 2013
Ambit Energy will offer retail electric service in two new states by the end of October, and expand to an additional natural gas market in an existing state.
September 5, 2013
ISO New England has sought changes to the forward capacity market design because the current rules have never actually required capacity resources to meet performance obligations.
September 3, 2013
On August 30, FERC conditionally accepted a tariff filing by ISO New England Inc. to reflect that market participants may qualify for an exemption from certain provisions of the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations when engaging in specified…
August 28, 2013
Emera Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase three combined-cycle gas-fired electricity generating facilities in New England from Capital Power Corporation.
August 26, 2013
A start-up power marketer, Premier Empire Energy, LLC, is working to launch operations, including retail electric and natural gas service.
August 16, 2013
While still high, support for electricity competition in New England has declined versus the year-ago, according to an annual region-wide telephone survey sponsored by the New England Energy Alliance.
