February 12, 2020
Reliant Launches New Solar Offering In Texas
Reliant has launched a new solar offering for Texas residential customers -- Make It Solar
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February 5, 2020
Affiliate Of Northeast Utility Begins Offering Texas Residential Electric Service
Iberdrola Texas has begun offering electricity supply to residential customers in Texas at Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
February 4, 2020
Updates Coming To PA Power Switch Shopping Website, Solar Filter Option, More
The Pennsylvania PUC will soon implement further revisions to the PA Power Switch electricity shopping website
January 22, 2020
Regulator Issues Revised Proposal That Would Continue To Allow Retail Suppliers To Use Utility Consolidated Billing For Bundled Renewable Energy Plans
The Connecticut PURA has issued for comment a revised proposal addressing generation supply offers that are marketed as exceeding the then current minimum renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirement (i.e., a voluntary renewable offer or VRO), with the revised proposal allowing the continued…
January 16, 2020
NRG Retail Suppliers Seek Extension For Compliance With New York Retail Reset Order
The NRG Energy retail suppliers have submitted a request with the New York PSC for a ninety (90) day extension from several of the February 10, 2020 compliance deadlines set forth in the Public Service Commission’s retail energy market 'reset' order, adopted on December 12, 2019
January 10, 2020
Retail Energy Platform, Concierge Service Partners With EV Charging Platform, Will Allow Customers To Charge EVs "Sustainably"
EV Charging Platform Ultimately Owned By Parent Of Retail Supplier
Everon, a global EV charging platform, announced a partnership with Arcadia (previously Arcadia Power), which offers a suite of clean energy services to customers, including a retail energy concierge shopping service.
November 19, 2019
AEP Energy Partners Seeks Wind, Solar Supplies To Serve Growing Retail Loads; Notes Recent Google Supply Contract
AEP Energy Partners is seeking proposals for off-take from new solar and new or repowered wind facilities located in PJM.
October 24, 2019
ENGIE Introduces Renewable Energy Solution for Small and Mid-Size Businesses
ENGIE Resources has introduced portfolioRE, a solution that offers renewable energy supply to small and midsize customers.
October 23, 2019
Large Retail Supplier Launches Carbon Offset Add-On In Georgia Natural Gas Market
Georgia Natural Gas has launched a carbon offset offering, called Greener Life, that can be added to its natural gas plans in the AGL market.
October 22, 2019
ENGIE Announces Multi-Energy Market Agreement With Walmart
ENGIE US Wind announced today with Walmart, "an innovative agreement that utilizes two virtual renewable power purchase agreements (VPPAs) to enable building more than 366 MW of wind projects in different US energy markets, all under a single procurement process[.]"
October 17, 2019
Retail Supplier Selected By Wells Fargo For 10-Year Energy Agreement Covering 400 Sites
Wells Fargo announced today a 10-year structured renewable energy agreement with Reliant, an NRG Energy company.
October 2, 2019
Regulator Will Continue REC Add-On Program For Default Service, Other Customers
The Connecticut PURA has ruled that the current Connecticut Clean Energy Options REC add-on programs, under which default service and other customers may purchase RECs without changing their supplier, shall be extended to the later of 1) the date the Authority approves a successor program or 2)…
September 25, 2019
New York ESCO Says Utilities' Proposed Renewable Gas Supply Offering Could Stifle Competition, Raises Potential For "Unfair Marketing" By LDCs
Family Energy, Inc. submitted comments to the New York PSC to raise "several concerns" with the Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”) product offerings that have been proposed by the KeySpan LDCs (KEDNY and KEDLI aka National Grid) in the LDCs' current rate cases
September 24, 2019
Microsoft Selects Supplier For Texas PPA That Provides 24/7 "Cocktail" Of Renewable Energy Supply, Said To Provide Zero Carbon, "As A Service"
Microsoft and ENGIE today announced a long-term solar and wind energy "as-consumed" power purchase agreement (PPA) that provides 24/7 supply in Texas
September 18, 2019
Constellation Signs 175 MW Solar Agreement To Supply An Aggregation Of Three Commercial Customers
Constellation has announced an agreement with three commercial customers to power their operations with solar energy under a 15-year agreement which begins in 2021
September 6, 2019
Retail Supplier Opens New Community Solar Development For Subscriptions
CleanChoice Energy and Hartz Solar, a developer and owner of over 40MW of solar assets in the Mid-Atlantic, have opened 1.9 megawatts of new community solar for Maryland residents served by Baltimore Gas & Electric.
September 3, 2019
New York DPS Staff Support Utility's Offering Of Green Gas Supply, With Changes
Staff Provides Recommendation On Merchant Function Charge September 3 , 2019
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have filed testimony in support of the proposal from KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (collectively, National Grid) for a "Green Gas" tariff offering that will allow customers to voluntarily purchase renewable natural gas [RNG] to meet all…
August 26, 2019
Duke Energy North Carolina Opens Program Allowing Customers (Under Load Cap) To Procure Power Directly From Renewable Developers
Consistent with a recent North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) decision, Duke Energy North Carolina will soon begin accepting applications under its Green Source Advantage (GSA) program in North Carolina, which allows 600 MW of load to directly contract with a renewable energy developer for…
August 20, 2019
Retail Supplier Adding Carbon Offsets To All Natural Gas Service, "At No Change In Cost" To Customers
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced today the launch of NordiGreen, a new program dedicated to offset the carbon impact for all of Nordic’s natural gas customers.
July 10, 2019
New York Town Selects ESCO For Municipal Aggregation, Rate Disclosed
The Town of Chazy in Clinton County, NY has selected Direct Energy Services to supply its opt-out municipal electric aggregation, in the NYSEG service area
July 4, 2019
New York Utilities Update Plan To Offer Renewable Natural Gas To Customers
Utilities Update Merchant Function Charges, Data
KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (collectively, National Grid) have filed updates to their current rate cases at the New York PSC, with such updates including a modification to a renewable natural gas supply option proposed by the LDCs
June 21, 2019
Boston, MA Files For Approval Of Opt-Out Municipal Electricity Aggregation Program
The City of Boston, Massachusetts has filed at the Massachusetts DPU for approval of a plan governing its proposed opt-out municipal aggregation program for electricity customers
June 19, 2019
Direct Energy: Ohio House Bill 6 (Nuclear Bill) Is, "A Direct Attack On Retail Energy Competition"
In written testimony submitted to an Ohio Senate committee on HB 6, the nuclear subsidy bill, Teresa Ringenbach, Sr. Manager of Midwest Government & Regulatory Affairs for Direct Energy, said that, "As written House Bill 6 is a direct attack on retail energy competition in Ohio."
June 17, 2019
Utility ConEd Seeks To Offer Renewable Energy Supply Option To Customers
Set-up Costs Would Be Recovered Through Delivery Rates
In an update to testimony in its current rate case before the New York PSC, Consolidated Edison (the "Company") has proposed the offering of a voluntary renewable energy supply option by ConEd to electricity customers.
June 12, 2019
South Carolina Opens Dockets To Address Competitive Energy Supply Programs Required Under New Law
The South Carolina PSC has formally docketed proceedings to address Section 58-41-30 of recently adopted H3659, which requires utilities to file proposed competitive renewable energy supply programs