April 3, 2020
Suvon, LLC d/b/a FirstEnergy Advisors and FirstEnergy Home ('FirstEnergy Advisors') has filed a supplement to its pending application for an Ohio electric broker/aggregator license to include additional information under sections relating to "Experience & Plans" and "Summary of Experience", which…
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March 13, 2020
Nstar (Eversource or "the Company") filed comments with the Massachusetts DPU stating that the City of Boston's latest proposed schedule for the City's municipal opt-out aggregation plan still exposes Nstar basic service customers, and shopping customers, to risk premiums, if the City does not…
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March 12, 2020
Notes Risks From Coronavirus Records Goodwill Impairment Related To Prism Solar, Parts Ways With Prism CEO
Genie Energy Ltd. during an earnings call today discussed new markets for its U.S. retail energy supplier business organized under the Genie Retail Energy (GRE) segment
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March 6, 2020
Says Limiting Residential Choice To Municipal Aggregation Has, "Less Risk And Better Consumer Protections"
A number of environmental and renewable energy advocacy groups and individuals representing the solar industry around Arizona, who support municipal aggregation, filed a letter (hereafter, "CCA letter") with the Arizona Corporation Commission stating that the "Draft B" rules for electric customer…
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March 5, 2020
Residential Natural Gas Migration Declines
The New York PSC posted year-end electricity and natural gas migration reports for the year 2019
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March 4, 2020
The City of Saratoga Springs and the Town of Niskayuna have joined the opt-out municipal aggregation run by the Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA)
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February 28, 2020
Seeks To "Educate" Customers About Risks And Potential Responses To "Predatory Marketing" By Retail Suppliers City Also Presses For Aggregation Approval, Suggests Process To Minimize "Uncertainty" Premium In Default Service
The City of Boston, which is seeking approval of an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity, has asked the Massachusetts DPU to require that Nstar provide it with a "full" list of utility customers, not only those eligible for aggregation enrollment on an opt-out basis, so that the City can…
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February 28, 2020
Following a Commission meeting on retail electric choice held earlier this week (see story here) , Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy said that further workshops are warranted, and that, "I am particularly interested in learning more about Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) and the…
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February 26, 2020
Current Small Customers Of Retail Suppliers Under Monthly Variable Assignment Program Will Be Transferred Back To Utility-Procured Standard Offer
For Larger Customers Assigned Under Monthly Rate Program, Customers Will Now Be Re-assigned Every 12 Months
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February 26, 2020
Staff Cites "Bait & Switch", Termination Fees, Customer Complaints, Civil Penalties Two Commissioners Seek Further Process, Workshops Olson: Draft Retail Rules Need To Explicitly Include Community Choice Aggregation
During an Arizona Corporation Commission workshop on its investigation of retail electric choice, ACC Utilities Division Staff reiterated its previously articulated concerns regarding retail competition
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February 24, 2020
The South Carolina House has passed a joint resolution (H 4940) to require a study of electricity market reforms, including an examination of "full" retail electric choice
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February 19, 2020
Suvon, LLC d/b/a FirstEnergy Advisors and FirstEnergy Home said in a filing with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that its structure and name comply with applicable corporate separation rules and statutes, and that PUCO should approve its application without holding a hearing
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February 18, 2020
Stuart Ormsbee has joined Colonial Power Group, Inc. as Vice President, Power Supply Strategies
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February 14, 2020
The town of Lincoln, NH has placed on its March annual town meeting agenda a warrant proposing to adopt an opt-out municipal aggregation (community choice aggregation)
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February 11, 2020
One Draft Would Rely On Utility Competitive Affiliate To Serve Non-Shopping Customers All Suppliers Would Be Required To File Range Of Rates With ACC For Approval "Written" Authorization Required For Customer Switch
Alternative Draft Would Limit Choice To Customers 100 kW Or Larger
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February 6, 2020
Current Small Customers Of Retail Suppliers Under Monthly Variable Assignment Program Would Be Transferred Back To Utility-Procured Standard Offer
For Larger Customers Assigned Under Monthly Rate Program, Customers Would Be Re-assigned Every 12 Months
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February 3, 2020
Joule Assets, via Joule Community Power, said that it expects to administer opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA) programs for more than 190,000 total households in 25 communities by this time next year.
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February 3, 2020
RESA: Community Choice Aggregation, As Currently Structured In Several States, "Is Not Real Competition Or True Customer Choice"
RESA Recommends Using CCAs, Subject To Sunset Date, During Four Year-Transition Phasing Utilities Out Of Default Supplier Role
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January 23, 2020
Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA) has created a new MEGA municipal aggregation group, National Grid F.
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January 23, 2020
71% Favor Keeping Electric Choice, But With Stronger Consumer Protections Nearly 90% Oppose Automatic Retail Supplier Contract Renewals Without Written Consent Nearly 90% Support Keeping Utility-Supplied Default Service
A survey of Connecticut voters ages 50 and older conducted for AARP found that nearly nine in ten voters oppose opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity
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January 22, 2020
Freedom Energy Logistics has been hired as the official Community Choice Aggregation consultant for the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire
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January 22, 2020
A new retail electric supplier, Hampshire Power Corporation, has applied for market-based rate authority at FERC
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January 20, 2020
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) said in comments to PUCO, in a rulemaking on natural gas utility bills , that, "[g]overnmental aggregators, like NOPEC, should have access to the Commission’s energy choice website."
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December 30, 2019
Starion Energy, Inc., certain of its principals, and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (AGO) have entered into a settlement agreement, based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which Starion would pay up to $10 million and undertake various changes to its marketing and pricing…
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December 20, 2019
EDF Renewables North America today announced the signing of a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with CleanPowerSF, San Francisco's municipal aggregation, for a 100 megawatt (MWac) tranche of the Palen Solar site known as Maverick 6 Solar Project.
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