December 18, 2014
The Maine PUC has directed Central Maine Power to proceed with development and implementation of a system that will allow customers to elect to make their interval usage data available to competitive electricity providers, and directed that a workgroup facilitate such development
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December 11, 2014
Maine Assigns Docket for Review of Customer Usage Market Portal
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December 2, 2014
Pennsylvania saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply increase during the month of November, with four of the seven large EDCs seeing an increase in residential shopping.
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November 6, 2014
The retail customer base of Genie Energy, parent of IDT Energy and new brand Residents Energy, essentially stabilized during the third quarter, as churn returned to normalized levels after the polar vortex.
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November 4, 2014
Pennsylvania saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply decrease during the month of October, with five of the seven large EDCs seeing a decline in residential shopping.
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October 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC in a final order is requiring electric distribution companies to conduct triennial solicitations informing customers of their ability to opt-out of inclusion on the eligible customer list (ECL) provided to retail electric suppliers.
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October 13, 2014
The question of utility, or utility affiliate, ownership will be the focus of one of the panels at a supplemental technical conference to be held November 6 in New York's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding.
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October 13, 2014
The Texas Power to Choose website has seen a 72% increase in unique visitors during the period September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2014, according to a draft report on the scope of competition in the Texas electric markets filed by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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August 15, 2014
Crius Energy, in releasing earnings yesterday, reported that as of June 30, 2014 it was serving 600,000 electricity and natural gas customers (on an RCE basis).
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July 17, 2014
After a holiday-impacted week saw Pennsylvania slip back to a statewide loss in residential electric shopping customers, the FirstEnergy utilities are now again driving statewide growth in residential electric shopping, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
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July 14, 2014
The Independence Holiday week saw a net decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply in Pennsylvania, ending three consecutive weeks of statewide residential shopping growth.
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June 27, 2014
Weekly growth in the number of Pennsylvania residential electric customers on competitive supply was over 1,500 for the most recent week, but continues to be driven solely by the four FirstEnergy EDCs, with declines in shopping continued to be recorded at PECO, PPL, and Duquesne Light.
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June 20, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC in a tentative order has proposed requiring electric distribution companies to conduct triennial solicitations informing customers of their ability to opt-out of inclusion on the eligible customer list (ECL) provided to retail suppliers.
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June 17, 2014
Citing an increase in attrition from utility enrollment notification letters sent to customers being served by a new supplier after the acquisition of a customer book, NRG Residential Solutions has requested that the Maryland PSC direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to cease issuance of such letters in…
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June 10, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved without modification a settlement regarding the payment hierarchy for electric utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
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May 8, 2014
Net residential customer churn at Energy Future Holdings, the parent of TXU Energy, was essentially flat during the period December 31, 2013 to March 31, 2014, EFH reported in a 10-Q filed yesterday
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April 15, 2014
The Pennsylvania retail electric market lost nearly 10,000 residential shoppers in the most recent week, with the number of customers on competitive electric supply declining by over 9,500 accounts from about April 3 to April 9.
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March 18, 2014
"The failure of the wholesale markets to meet demand at reasonable prices," required IDT Energy to raise its rates significantly to cover these costs, as the company expects to record increased churn during the first quarter, it said in reporting full-year 2013 earnings
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March 6, 2014
In a reversal of migration trends year-to-date, four Pennsylvania electric utilities saw the net number of residential accounts on competitive supply decrease from about February 26 to March 5, according to the latest stats on PA Power Switch.
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February 5, 2014
Retail supplier Blue Pilot Energy, has announced an "aggressive" purchase and acquisition strategy of energy resale providers.
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February 4, 2014
Michigan electric utilities have filed their final 2014 10% choice caps, and, at all utilities except three, current choice participation exceeds the caps.
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February 3, 2014
The Michigan PSC has issued its annual report on electric competition, which discloses the year-end customer count and load of competitive electric suppliers, by service area.
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January 17, 2014
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have proposed making public the market share (by MWh) and customer count of retail electric suppliers.
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December 24, 2013
The New York PSC has newly posted electric migration statistics for the months of May and June 2013, and the data show a decline in the number of residential accounts on competitive supply at Consolidated Edison, NYSEG, and Rochester Gas & Electric from May 2013 to June 2013.
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November 11, 2013
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a first notice order to adopt rules concerning procedures governing opt-in and opt-out municipal aggregations. The rules will now be sent to the Secretary of State.
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