March 13, 2014
Cincinnati Selects Electric Supplier for Municipal Aggregation
The City of Cincinnati selected FirstEnergy Solutions as the supplier for a new term of the City's opt-out municipal electric aggregation.
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March 12, 2014
Constellation Wins Muni Aggregation Serving 100,000 Customers
Constellation announced that it has been selected by a consortium of seven Northwest Chicago suburbs to supply residents with fixed price electricity under the group's opt-out aggregation.
March 6, 2014
Pennsylvania Utility Default Service Rate Approaches 12¢
Pike County Light & Power's residential default service rate for the period starting March 1 is almost 12¢/kWh.
March 4, 2014
Dynegy Talks Market Share, Margins for New Retail Business
Dynegy's Homefield Energy retail energy business has a 30% market share in the Ameren Illinois electric territory, executives reported during an earnings call last week.
February 25, 2014
ConEdison Solutions Reports Customer Growth
ConEdison Solutions recorded customer growth during 2013, parent Consolidated Edison, Inc. reported in its annual 10-K.
February 20, 2014
Ohio Launches New Energy Shopping, Choice Website
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has launched its new website focusing solely on electric and natural gas choice in Ohio: www.energychoice.ohio.gov
January 31, 2014
City of Chicago Expands Ability for Small Businesses to Join Electric Aggregation
The City of Chicago and Integrys Energy Services announced changes to the City's electric aggregation program for small businesses meant to extend the service, on an opt-in basis, to some 40,000 additional small businesses
January 30, 2014
Calif. Draft Would End Mandate to Use Energy Auction to Allocate Capacity Costs to Choice Customers, Clarify Exclusion of Forecast Direct Access Load from Procurement Plans
A California proposed decision would clarify how utilities are to exclude forecast direct access and community choice aggregation load from their procurement plans for bundled service customers.
January 2, 2014
N.H. Regional Planning Commission Representing 14 Communities Registers as Aggregator
The Nashua Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) has sought to register as an electric aggregator at the New Hampshire PUC.
December 26, 2013
Illinois Sees Largest Residential Shopping Growth Since March; AmerenCILCO Sees Decline
During November, Illinois posted its largest increase in the number of residential customers billed on competitive supply since March of this year, according to the latest stats on PlugIn Illinois.
December 12, 2013
Guess Who Supports Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation
"My gosh, what a great way to start getting a market opened up," Pat Wood, former Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said of opt-out municipal aggregation during a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio hearing on PUCO's retail electric market investigation.
December 9, 2013
Michigan Bill Includes Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation, Purchase of Receivables, Utility Corporate Separation
The Michigan bill (House Bill 5184) to expand electric choice to all customers also includes provisions requiring purchase of receivables, permitting opt-out municipal aggregation, and requiring utilities to no longer own generation.
November 26, 2013
Start-up Broker-Consultant Led By Former FirstEnergy Solutions Gov't Aggregation Manager Receives License
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Strategic Aggregation Consultants, LLC an electric broker/aggregator license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
November 20, 2013
Aggregation Signs Supply Agreement with Supplier
Sonoma Clean Power, a California community choice aggregation, said that it has signed a primary electric supply contract with Constellation.
November 13, 2013
NRG: Retail Not Even a "Secondary" Consideration in Edison Mission Acquisition; But Does Allow a Second Look at Municipal Aggregation Market
The retail supply business was not even a secondary consideration of NRG Energy in deciding to enter into an agreement to acquire Edison Mission Energy, NRG CEO David Crane said on an earnings call yesterday, but the acquisition would allow NRG to take a "slightly harder" look at the municipal…
November 11, 2013
Illinois Adopts First Notice Order to Set Government Aggregation Rules, Including Minimum Opt-Out Period
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a first notice order to adopt rules concerning procedures governing opt-in and opt-out municipal aggregations. The rules will now be sent to the Secretary of State.
November 6, 2013
Merchant Generation Exec: "Capacity and Energy Markets" Don't Support Investment In, Or In Some Cases Operation Of, Generating Units; FirstEnergy Closing Plants in PJM
"[O]ur competitive operations have been challenged, not by operational performance, but by capacity and energy markets that do not support investment in, or in some instances the operation of, generating units," FirstEnergy CEO Anthony Alexander said yesterday during an earnings call.
October 18, 2013
California Adopts Electricity Storage Procurement Obligation for Retail Suppliers, Utilities
The California PUC adopted a final order setting mandates for load serving entities, including competitive electric service providers, to procure electricity storage resources
October 8, 2013
PowerOptions Selects Retail Supplier for $375 Million Contract
PowerOptions and Direct Energy Business announced that they have signed a $375 million, four-year electricity supply contract to supply more than 500 Massachusetts nonprofits and government institutions in the PowerOptions aggregation.
October 1, 2013
Illinois Power Agency Seeks Return to Purchasing Default Service Supplies
The Illinois Power Agency on September 30 filed a default service procurement plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission (13-0546) which seeks to return to the purchase of fixed energy blocks to serve default service load.
September 20, 2013
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ERCOT Issues Proposed Protocol Language for Operating Reserves Demand Curve
September 19, 2013
Massachusetts DPU Chair: 70 Additional Communities Expected to Launch Municipal Aggregation in Next Two Years
Over 70 additional Massachusetts communities are expected to seek approval for opt-out municipal aggregations over the next two years, Ann Berwick, Chair of the Massachusetts DPU, told the Retail Energy Supply Association's Energy Competition Symposium.
September 19, 2013
Group Formed to Oppose Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation
Updated 1:20 pm ET to reflect that Crius Energy, the parent of Viridian Energy, confirmed after this story was originally published that Crius Energy, Viridian, and Crius' other retail energy brands are not affiliated with Citizens Against Municipal Aggregation in any way
September 18, 2013
ComEd Sees Return to Residential Migration Growth, But Illinois Sees Lower Growth Overall
During August, Commonwealth Edison reversed a month-ago decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, but overall Illinois saw lower growth in residential shopping, according to the latest stats on PlugIn Illinois.
September 17, 2013
New Jersey Town Selects Supplier for Opt-Out Aggregation (Third Aggregation Statewide)
Montgomery Township, New Jersey has awarded ConEdison Solutions a contract to supply the town's residential opt-out municipal electricity aggregation.