September 24, 2020
Nearly 100 elected officials and community leaders throughout California called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today to modify rules relating to the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), a fee charged to all electricity consumers for utility above market generation costs
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September 24, 2020
Effective December 1, Westchester Power has selected Eligo Energy to serve the communities in the NYSEG service area that are part of Westchester Power's opt-out municipal aggregation program
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September 15, 2020
Joule Community Power announced that the New York State Department of Public Service (DPS) has approved implementation of an opt-out community solar pilot in the Villages of Brockport and Lima, NY, as a component of Joule's Finger Lakes municipal aggregation program
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September 1, 2020
San José Mayor Sam Liccardo and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl today called on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), "to increase transparency and accountability for California's 'Big Three' investor-owned utilities as the companies prepare to levy hefty fees on California…
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August 28, 2020
Asks Whether Adoption Of CCA Would "Supplant" Existing Contracts Between Retail Suppliers And Customers If A Community Adopts CCA Asks Whether Opt-Out Model Creates "Competitive Advantage" For CCAs
Asks Whether Utility Should Serve As Provider Of Last Resort For Customers Opting Out Of CCA
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August 21, 2020
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for September 28, 2020 a second Technical Meeting in its proceeding addressing PURA's study of community choice aggregation (Docket 20-05-13)
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August 18, 2020
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) stated in an August 4 notice of non-compliance that DOER, "hereby finds that the Hampshire Council of Governments ('HCOG') has failed to comply with the requirements of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards under 225 CMR…
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August 5, 2020
Retail Segment Earnings Higher On Acquisitions Vistra "Active" In Reviewing Retail Book Acquisition Opportunities From REPs Experiencing Stress From COVID-19
Vistra, the parent of TXU and other retail brands, reported earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2020.
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August 3, 2020
Would Initially Recover Costs Through Merchant Function Charge; MFC Also To Be Used As "Backstop" ConEd: 60% Of Customers Express "Preference" To Purchase Their Green Power From ConEdison
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (the "Company") petitioned the New York PSC for approval to provide residential and small commercial full-service customers with a renewable, carbon-free electricity option (the 'Green Power Program').
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July 31, 2020
Customers On Retail Supply Paying On Average 1.7¢/kWh More Than ComEd Share Of Competitive Supply Residential Customers Served By Municipal Aggregations Grows 35% At ComEd, Nears 60%
The Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development has published its annual retail market report, which includes a comparison of costs paid by customers served by an alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES), including through municipal aggregation, versus the costs that would…
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July 27, 2020
Sustainable Westchester (SW) has issued an RFI for the electricity supply for the Consolidated Edison territory of its opt-out municipal aggregation (Westchester Power), and will issue an RFP at the beginning of September 2020
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July 22, 2020
DPU Rules On Whether City Is Entitled To Utility Customer Lists Showing Competitive Supply Customers, For Intended Marketing Of Aggregation To Currently Shopping Customers
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July 20, 2020
Notes Alleged Health & Safety Violations By Retail Supplier's Agent Just After Door-to-Door Sales Allowed To Resume
A group including the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, and other groups advocating for low-income customers, petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for rehearing of its recent order allowing the resumption of door-to-door marketing by retail energy suppliers
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July 15, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, "some considerations in developing a proposed pilot program," for electric choice
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July 14, 2020
Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced an opt-out municipal aggregation plan for electricity supply
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July 10, 2020
Sustainable Westchester (SW) has issued an RFI for the electricity supply for the NYSEG territory of its opt-out municipal aggregation (Westchester Power), and will issue an RFP later this month
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July 7, 2020
Won't "Pre-Judge" Retail Competition, Cites Interest In Municipal Aggregation, Community Solar Pilots
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy wrote a letter to Commissioner Justin Olson in which Kennedy criticized Olson's introduction of retail choice as a potential solution to the various rate plan and education issues facing customers at Arizona Public Service
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July 7, 2020
The Massachusetts DPU has opened Phase II of its grid modernization proceeding with a "primary focus" of examining whether to deploy advanced metering to basic service (default service) customers with electric vehicles (EVs), in addition to a discrete number of other customers
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June 15, 2020
Updated: PURA has rescheduled the meeting to now be held on July 14
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June 1, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has assigned 20-05-13 for "PURA Study of Community Choice Aggregation," after a petition from a representative of clean energy groups, for such a study
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May 19, 2020
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have recommended that the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees adopt a LIPA tariff proposal to enable the development of opt-out municipal aggregation (community choice aggregation) on Long Island
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May 7, 2020
Company Increases Quarterly Dividend
Genie Energy Ltd. said in reporting earnings that, on a consolidated basis, the company generated the highest levels of quarterly revenue and gross profit in the company's history during the first quarter of 2020
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May 5, 2020
Deal Provides Access To Capital For Supplier's Organic Growth, Strategic M&A
Boyne Capital (Boyne) announced that it has partnered with management to acquire Pilot Power Group (Pilot or the Company), which acts as a retail electric supplier in addition to being a provider of electric utility billing & data management services, energy portfolio management, and energy…
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May 4, 2020
PUC Staff Recommend That Muni Aggregation Customers Not Be Eligible For Seamless Moves Consumer Advocate Seeks To Shelve Work On Seamless Moves, Calling Mechanism A Costly "Non-Essential" Service During COVID Pandemic
In comments on the seamless move implementation plans of the four investor-owned electric distribution companies, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio proposed that retail suppliers be responsible for 100% of the costs of seamless moves
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April 15, 2020
Vistra announced that it is increasing the size of its battery energy storage project located at the site of its Oakland Power Plant.
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