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Rathvon Named Vice President for Retail Commodity Services at ConEdison Solutions

ConEdison Solutions officially announced that it has named Richard D. Rathvon as Vice President for Retail Commodity Services. Rathvon will be responsible for leading the company's retail electric and gas commodity businesses providing leadership for all aspects of the retail business including sales, marketing, product development, and support operations. Among other things, Rathvon will lead ConEdison Solutions re-entry into the natural gas retailing business (see prior story) and will help to identify opportunities for expansion into new territories. Rathvon has more than 25 years of experience in the energy services industry, with a focus on retail energy businesses, and was most recently Senior Vice President at Liberty Power Corp. Among several other prior positions, Rathvon also worked at Reliant Resources and its various subsidiaries, where he led Reliant's new growth strategy for the retail commercial and industrial electric business in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Northeast regions.

From the Archives: Maryland Natural Gas Migration Data as of June 30, 2012

As first reported by Matters on July 24, Maryland natural gas migration data as of June 30, 2012 (click for prior story). In the story, Matters first noted that Baltimore Gas & Electric saw a spike in residential customers on competitive gas supply during the most recent quarter.

From the Archives: Duke Energy Ohio Seeks Increase in Authorized Capacity Costs

As first reported by Matters on August 30, Duke Energy Ohio filed an application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to increase the level of capacity costs that it is permitted to collect, with the increase deferred for future recovery (click for prior story).