November 9, 2018
NRG Reports Purchase Price For Retail Books Including 115,000 Customers
NRG has disclosed a purchase price for the recent acquisition of several retail customer books and brand names
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October 25, 2018
Purchase Price, Identity Of Customer Book Acquired By Spark Energy Revealed
Note: This story was first published at 12:20 pm on Oct. 25 with an alert to our email subscribers
October 25, 2018
Update: Further Details On Customers Included In BlueRock Customer Book Sale
More details have emerged concerning the customers included in the previously announced sale of certain BlueRock Energy customers to Marathon Energy
October 23, 2018
RESA Files Comments On CAP Customer Price Cap At FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed comments on implementation of a price cap on retail electric supplier offers made available to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP, or CAP) customers at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies, in advance of a November 5…
September 24, 2018
Heightened Rate Of Statewide Decline In Residential Electric Shopping Continues In Pennsylvania
August was another month in which the net number of residential electric customers on competitive supply decreased by more than 10,000 customers, according to the latest stats on PA Power Switch
August 10, 2018
Texas PUC Adopts Final Cost Allocation To Participating REPs For Low-Income Customer Match Lists
The Texas PUC issued a final order assigning costs to retail electric providers that have filed requests for the low-income customer match list that REPs may voluntarily request to fund and receive.
August 3, 2018
Texas Low-Income Customer Match List Requested By 35 Retail Providers, Representing Over 91% Of Low-Income Customers
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas reported that 35 retail electric providers, d/b/a's, as well as utility Entergy Texas, have filed requests for the low-income customer match list that REPs may voluntarily request to fund and receive.
July 31, 2018
Centrica North America Business (C&I) Segment Returns To Profitability, But Earnings Down 50% Versus H1 2017
Centrica reported that its North America Business (C&I) segment returned to profitability in the first half of 2018, having made a loss in the second half of 2017
July 5, 2018
Regulator Directs That Retail Supplier Number Of Non-compliant Bills Be Included In Public Monthly Report On Customer Counts
The Connecticut PURA has directed the EDCs to begin including in their public monthly migration reports, which currently include customer counts for each retail supplier, the number of instances in which a supplier failed to provide "Next Rate Information" for a customer's bill.
June 21, 2018
PUC Dismisses Complaint Concerning Provision Of Customer Lists To Retail Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio dismissed a "self-complaint" filed by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio (Vectren, VEDO, or "Company") that had asked that PUCO affirm Vectren's decision to deny the provision of an eligible customer list to an entity which, as alleged by Vectren, identified…
February 2, 2018
Michigan PSC Reports Load Of Each Retail Supplier In Annual Choice Report
The Michigan PSC issued its annual electric choice report for 2017, which includes, for each retail supplier, the number of customers and MW served for 2017, by service area
January 8, 2018
PowerLink Partners Acquires Retail Supplier, Will Aggressively Evaluate More Purchases
PowerLink Partners LLC announced today that it has acquired Trident Retail Energy Company, LLC (d/b/a Trident Power)
January 5, 2018
DTE, Other Michigan Utilities File Initial Levels For 2018 Electric Choice Caps
Several more Michigan utilities have filed initial amounts for the 2018 electric choice caps
December 15, 2017
New York Sets Fees For Municipal Aggregations' Receipt Of Customer Info, Lists
The New York PSC has established fees for access to aggregated community load data, as well as the customer information needed for opt-out mailings, for municipal aggregation (community choice aggregation or CCA) programs.
November 7, 2017
Utility Says "Broker" Has Sought Utility Customer Lists Without Seeking To Complete EDI Testing, Utility Suggests Broker May Seek To Use Customer List For Another Purpose, Seeks PUC Guidance
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio (VEDO) has filed a "self-complaint" at the Public Utility Commission of Ohio seeking that PUCO affirm Vectren's decision to deny the provision of an eligible customer list to an entity which, as alleged by Vectren, identified itself as a broker but is certified by…
October 30, 2017
FirstEnergy Committed To Transitioning To Fully Regulated Company Regardless Of DOE NOPR Outcome
During an earnings call on Friday, FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones said that the company's decision to transition to a fully regulated company, completely exiting the merchant business, would not change as the result of any outcome from a DOE-proposed NOPR at FERC which proposes various cost-based…
October 24, 2017
Federal Court Grants Temporary Stay Of New York PSC December 2016 Order Prohibiting ESCO Service To Low-Income Customers
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued an order temporarily staying enforcement of the New York PSC's December 16, 2016, order which generally prohibits ESCOs from serving assistance program participant (APP) customers (except for any subsequently granted waiver)
September 14, 2017
New York PSC Adopts Order Granting More "Generous" Timeline For ESCOs To De-enroll Low-Income Customers
The New York PSC today adopted an order which Staff described as being more "generous" to ESCOs with regards to the deadline for implementation of the PSC's prohibition on ESCO service to low-income customers and the requirement to return assistance program participant (APP) customers to default…
September 11, 2017
ESCOs Seek New Lists Of Low-Income Customers From New York Utilities Prior To Prohibition Implementation
Several ESCOs filed individual requests with the New York PSC on Friday asking that the PSC direct the utilities to send updated lists of assistance program participant (APP) customers prior to starting the process of ending service to such customers, and also sought more time so they may comply…
August 25, 2017
Regulator Rules On Customers To Be Included In Municipal Aggregations On Opt-Out Basis
The Massachusetts DPU issued an order concerning the customers eligible to be included in electricity municipal aggregations on an opt-out basis.
August 11, 2017
RESA: Residential Customers Switching To Lowest Priced Offers In Pennsylvania Potentially Produces $228 Million In Annual Savings
In a fact sheet concerning the benefits Pennsylvania has seen from retail choice, the Retail Energy Supply Association reported that, looking at offers available on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s electricity shopping comparison website as of the end of July 2017, "there was the…
August 11, 2017
Texas Retail Providers Requesting Low-Income Customer Sync List Collectively Serve 92% Of Such Low-Income Customers
Staff of the Texas PUC issued a memo concerning retail electric provider participation in requesting a list of low-income customers, and also proposing to set costs applicable to REPs for creating the list
August 9, 2017
Additional Texas REPs Request Low-Income Customer Sync List
Several additional Texas retail electric providers filed with the Texas PUC formal requests for production and receipt of a list of their low-income electric customers for the state fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2017.
August 8, 2017
Monthly Loss Of Residential Electric Customers On Competitive Supply Nearly Doubles During July In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania saw the net decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply nearly double during July, compared to the net loss seen in June.
August 8, 2017
IGS Energy Acquires Book of Customers
Interstate Gas Supply (IGS Energy) is acquiring a book of mass market customers from Talen Energy, which is exiting the residential and small business retail market