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July 22, 2019
Direct Energy Business, LLC has submitted to the Virginia SCC a motion for temporary injunctive relief directing Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia ("Dominion" or "Dominion Virginia") immediately to process all pending enrollment requests by Direct Energy Business to…
July 22, 2019
AltaGas Ltd. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its portfolio of U.S. distributed generation assets held by its subsidiaries WGL Energy Systems, Inc. and WGSW, Inc., to TerraForm Power, Inc., an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, for total gross…
May 30, 2019
SCC: Won't Allow Large Customers To "Escape" Dominion Rates When Small Customers Cannot Shop
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has denied an application by Costco to leave the utility system of Dominion Energy Virginia and obtain the combined electric power needs of its retail stores from a third-party electric supplier.
May 8, 2019
Groups Call For Phase Out Of Capacity Market
A new group, the Virginia Energy Reform Coalition, has been formed to advocate for electric industry reforms in Virginia, including the introduction of retail electric competition
May 6, 2019
In reporting earnings, Dominion reported its competitive retail natural gas customer count, which now includes customers from SCANA Energy, which Dominion acquired in the previously reported and closed acquisition of SCANA
February 26, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission cited its "broad discretion" in addressing applications of aggregated customer load to take competitive electricity supply, in contrast to applications under other statutory mechanisms, in denying Walmart's application to take competitive supply for its…
February 25, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission cited its "broad discretion" in addressing applications of aggregated customer load to take competitive electricity supply, in contrast to applications under other statutory mechanisms, in denying Walmart's application to take competitive supply for its…
January 22, 2019
Albireo Energy announced that EMS Technologies ("EMS"), a smart building solutions provider in the Greater Washington D.C. area, is merging into Albireo Energy.
January 14, 2019
Tariff, If Approved, Would Have Foreclosed Availability Of Competitive Supply Offerings
Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion) has withdrawn from the State Corporation Commission an application for a renewable electricity tariff that it had sought to comply with various statutory requirements that, if met, would terminate the current exemption allowing customers to take…
January 11, 2019
NEM Issues Save The Date For April National Energy Restructuring Conference
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has released an agenda with speakers for its Western Energy Policy Summit to be held January 29 - January 30, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada
January 7, 2019
The Virginia State Corporation Commission has approved at Appalachian Power Company (AEP) a voluntary renewable energy option tariff which the SCC found meets the statutory definition for such an offering, which means that, under statute, there is no longer an exemption for customers at Appalachian…
December 27, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Eco-Energy Natural Gas, LLC a retail natural gas supplier license
December 17, 2018
Colonial Energy Receives Expanded Retail Supplier License To Serve Customers In New Service Area
December 5, 2018
Note: This story was first published on Dec. 5 with an alert to our email subscribers
November 15, 2018
Eco-Energy Natural Gas, LLC applied for an Ohio retail natural gas supplier license
May 24, 2018
PJM's base residual auction for the 2021-22 delivery year saw Rest-of-RTO capacity prices nearly double versus 2020-2021, with the BGE, PSEG, and ATSI zones among those separating
April 25, 2018
Granting an application from Wal-Mart Stores East, LP and Sam's East, Inc. to aggregate load and take competitive retail supply in the Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV, or Dominion, or Virginia Electric and Power Company, or VEPCO) service area would have a "de minimis" impact on DEV and its ratepayers…
April 16, 2018
The National Energy Marketers Association has released a preliminary list of confirmed speakers for its 21st Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference in Washington, DC to be held April 30 through May 2
March 28, 2018
During an analyst day yesterday, NRG Energy announced that it would acquire XOOM Energy for $210 million, including working capital and $6 million in transaction costs
March 7, 2018
The Virginia State Corporation Commission recently approved an application from Reynolds Group Holdings Inc. to aggregate certain of its loads so that it may qualify to take competitive retail electric supply.
February 19, 2018
FERC denied, without prejudice, proposed tariff revisions from Virginia Electric and Power Co., d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia to change the calculation of Network Service Peak Load for transmission customers in the Dominion Zone.
January 18, 2018
Direct Energy, which has been leading the effort to expand choice in Virginia (including seeking various declaratory orders) , championed the introduction of a bill (SB 837) in the Virginia Senate which would expand the availability of electric choice in the state.
January 17, 2018
Updated with reaction from Direct Energy:
January 16, 2018
A new methodology for assigning charges for network service and other charges under the PJM Tariff filed by Dominion Energy Virginia at FERC would, "limit[] the ability of load-serving entities ('LSEs') and retail customers to reduce costs by managing their load, thereby promoting inefficiency and…
December 4, 2017
AltaGas-WGL Settlement Calls For Development of Storage, Other Resources
A settlement agreement among AltaGas, Washington Gas Light, the Maryland Energy Administration, and several counties that recommends approval of AltaGas's acquisition of Washington Gas Light would see AltaGas relocate its U.S. power business
