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July 20, 2016
The Maryland PSC has rejected, without prejudice, Baltimore Gas & Electric's proposal to build, own, and operate two microgrids.
July 12, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have informed Niagara Mohawk that NiMo's proposed update to its Clifton Park, NY Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project, which includes what is essentially a utility-directed opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the town which has about 15,000…
June 23, 2016
A report on alternative ratemaking by a consultant retained by the Public Utility Commission of Texas expresses a "preference" for a movement to Straight Fixed-Variable (SFV) rate design for the recovery of transmission and distribution costs, which are paid by retail electric providers who then…
June 9, 2016
United Wind, a provider of distributed wind energy solutions, announced that it has hired Joseph Yurcisin as its Vice President, Business Development.
June 3, 2016
Staff of the Maryland PSC said that it has not been convinced that utility ownership of microgrids is appropriate, and recommended that a pilot sought by Baltimore Gas & Electric to own two microgrid facilities be denied without prejudice in favor of a generic proceeding examining microgrids and…
May 26, 2016
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP (BBIP) and Enchanted Rock, Ltd. (ERock) announced the closing of an equity financing to fund the construction of microgrid power assets in the state of Texas.
May 23, 2016
Shell Energy North America (SENA) has submitted to ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request 777, ERCOT-directed Dispatch of Price-Responsive Distributed Generation
May 23, 2016
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for authority to conduct a community microgrid pilot, which would include the utility constructing, owning, and operating several distributed energy resource (DER) technologies to power the proposed microgrid, including natural gas engines.
May 20, 2016
A New York PSC order in its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding allows utilities to offer a "Smart Home Rate" on a "demonstration" basis.
May 17, 2016
Centrica has acquired ENER-G Cogen International Limited, a supplier and operator of combined heat and power (CHP) solutions with operations in the U.S. as well as internationally, to enhance its distributed energy offerings.
May 12, 2016
Retail energy suppliers risk extinction if they view value-added services and disruptive technologies as, "other products and services," rather than using such services as new means to deliver price risk management to customers, Sayun Sukduang, Chief Executive Officer at ENGIE Resources Inc. (f/k/a…
May 10, 2016
ENGIE (f/k/a GDF Suez) announced that it has acquired an 80 percent stake in Green Charge Networks (Green Charge), a battery storage company based in California.
April 21, 2016
The New York PSC adopted an order implementing guidance for the filing of utilities' distributed system implementation plan, part of the PSC's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding, which, among other things, require utilities to meet with ESCOs on AMI customer data access
April 11, 2016
Intelligent Energy Solutions, LLC, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, has been merged into retail supplier MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, which is also owned by Berkshire Hathaway
April 6, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a report exploring potential principles for revised utility codes of conduct under the Reforming the Energy Vision market.
March 17, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association will convene its 19th Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference April 13 through April 15, 2016 in Washington, DC.
March 8, 2016
Solar energy finance and investment firm Sol Systems has announced a strategic partnership with Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, a developer of renewable energy and natural gas solutions.
February 26, 2016
Centrica is going head-to-head with the likes of Google, Amazon and Samsung in competing in new value chains and business models for customer-facing energy services, Iain Conn, CEO of Centrica, said at IHS Energy CERAWeek
February 10, 2016
VCharge Inc. has returned its retail electric supply customers in Pennsylvania to PPL Electric Utilities, and has asked that the Pennsylvania PUC cancel its retail supplier license
January 18, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC issued a declaratory ruling finding that third party providers offering solar power purchase agreements or solar leases to customers are not competitive electric power suppliers (retail suppliers) nor public utilities as defined by statute and PUC rules.
December 11, 2015
Central Hudson Gas & Electric has withdrawn its proposed Reforming the Energy Vision Community Solar Demonstration Project
December 9, 2015
Staff of the New York PSC have approved a revised proposal from Consolidated Edison to implement its CONnectED Homes Platform, a Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration project which envisions the utility bundling and reselling value-added services to customers.
December 8, 2015
Duke Energy Renewables announced an alliance with Green Charge Networks, a provider of commercial energy storage for retail, industrial and government customers.
November 19, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has proposed new rules relating to net metering, including their applicability to retail suppliers
November 12, 2015
Direct Energy, through its parent company Centrica, agreed to acquire Panoramic Power, a provider of device-level energy management solutions, for $60 million.
