Update: International Retail Supplier Receives First U.S. Retail License, To Launch Portal Comparing Own, Competitor Rates

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted EnPowered USA Inc. a retail electric supplier license as a power marketer and aggregator to serve all customer classes in all service areas

EnPowered USA is a unit of Canadian retail supplier and aggregator En-Powered Inc.

EnPowered's entry into the U.S. market, with Ohio as its first state and its unique business model, had been first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in October (see story here)

EnPowered started in Ontario as a broker, with an online shopping portal, and then moved into group-buying and becoming a retail supplier itself. It also now offers market prediction services, to facilitate demand response, via machine-learning algorithms

As previously reported, in Ohio, EnPowered will launch an Energy Portal comparing its own rates and competitor rates, and providing various savings information to all customers, not just its own

For more details on EnPowered's planned Ohio offerings and services, see our prior story here