Energy Marketing Conference Announces Retail Supplier of the Year, Most Innovative Supplier

Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC announced the winners of the two awards presented at its recent semi-annual retail energy conference in New York City

GDF Suez Energy was named Retail Energy Provider of the Year.

"GDF Suez has shown continued improvements in customer satisfaction five years running. Polls and customer surveys indicate the following key drivers: billing accuracy and timeliness, competitive pricing, financial stability, responsiveness, and value-added services," said Larry Leikin, CEO of TrustedTPV and Co-Founder of Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC. "In 2014, GDF actually achieved a 90 percent customer satisfaction rating. This award was well-deserved."

Direct Energy was named the Most Innovative Marketer of the Year. "Direct Energy has had more new service offerings, partnerships and products than any other REP in the country in 2014. Some examples include: Panoramic Power, BuildingIQ, SmartThings, Astrum Solar and Nest," said Jack Doueck, Principal of Advanced Energy Capital, and Co-Founder of the NYC Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC. "They now have over 189,000 customers who are buyers of both commodity and other services. Impressively, Direct has sold over 39,000 smart thermostats through its partnerships with Nest and Honeywell and completed about 600 residential solar installations in 2014."

Nominees for the two awards were: Direct Energy, Infinite Energy, Entrust Energy, Spark Energy, GDF Suez Energy, Volunteer Energy, IDT Energy, and Xoom Energy.