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May 12, 2014
WGL Holdings' retail energy-marketing segment reported a non-GAAP operating loss of $3.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared to non-GAAP operating earnings of $11.6 million for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year.
April 22, 2014
Astrum Solar and Ethical Electric announced a partnership that will cross-promote each company's offerings to their customer base.
April 1, 2014
Ambit Energy has begun offering electricity service in New Hampshire, at Public Service of New Hampshire, and natural gas service in Virginia, at Washington Gas Light
February 13, 2014
FirstEnergy Completes Sale of Merchant Plants
February 7, 2014
WGL Holdings is optimistic that its retail energy supply business can benefit from a likely "shake-out" in the retail energy industry prompted by recent volatility.
February 6, 2014
"[V]olatile electricity costs in the PJM market continue to pressure the earnings of our retail energy-marketing business," WGL Holdings said in reporting earnings for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 (first fiscal quarter).
January 17, 2014
FERC has accepted a settlement which sets rates for wholesale capacity that Appalachian Power Company makes available to electric competitive service providers (CSPs) in APCo's Virginia service territory, and which also provides for a limited amount of self-supplied capacity by CSPs.
January 14, 2014
Ambit Energy announced that it will be expanding service to Virginia and New Hampshire.
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 26, 2013
The Retail Energy Supply Association has elected officers and state chairs for 2014.
December 20, 2013
Details concerning the acquisition of various Glacial Energy retail suppliers by a company backed by private equity have emerged in a FERC application for approval of the transaction.
November 25, 2013
An, "unexpected increase in PJM ancillary service and RPS compliance costs," negatively affected profitability at Washington Gas Energy Services, parent WGL Holdings recently said in reporting earnings.
October 22, 2013
Xoom Energy has begun offering electricity and natural gas service in Rhode Island and Virginia.
September 10, 2013
AEP, Dominion Retail File Settlement Over SECA Charges
September 10, 2013
The "vast majority" of the capacity payments in the eastern RTO capacity markets, "are made to resources that are economic and will operate the same without regard to the magnitude of the capacity payment they receive," economist James F. Wilson said in comments to FERC in a proceeding reviewing the…
September 5, 2013
Several FirstEnergy subsidiaries have entered into an agreement to sell 11 hydroelectric power stations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia to Harbor Hydro Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of LS Power Equity Partners II, LP.
August 9, 2013
Washington Gas Energy Services continues to see challenging conditions in the residential electric market, but has been able to mitigate the impact with larger volumes of commercial and industrial sales.
July 19, 2013
Texas, with its energy-only market, is again the only state with retail electric choice rated as attractive to businesses, this time in CNBC's 2013 update to America's Top States for Business, while capacity market states are ranked as among the most undesirable states for business.
July 11, 2013
Crius Energy announced that two of its retail energy brands marked significant expansions of service and reach this month.
June 10, 2013
Viridian Energy has begun offering residential and commercial electricity service at Western Massachusetts Electric Company.
May 9, 2013
Texas, with its energy-only market serving the vast majority of the state, continues to be named the most attractive state for businesses by numerous metrics, while capacity market states are largely absent from the same rankings.
May 1, 2013
Google recently released a white paper (click here) calling for regulated utilities to offer customers the option of purchasing renewable energy via green tariff options, but in the paper applauded an effort which is seen as eradicating a retail choice option for customers in Virginia.
April 8, 2013
Several veterans of Edison Mission Marketing and Trading are launching a start-up retail energy broker.
April 3, 2013
The Office of the People's Counsel of the District of Columbia petitioned the D.C. PSC to initiate an investigation into the business practices of all alternative energy suppliers licensed in the District.
March 26, 2013
Crius Energy Trust reported that it saw "strong" organic customer growth during the period since commencing operations on November 13, 2012 through December 31, 2012, but that financial results were negatively impacted by unfavorable weather.
