December 10, 2012
City of Chicago Selects Opt-Out Aggregation Supplier
The City of Chicago has selected Integrys Energy Services to supply its opt-out municipal electric aggregation.
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December 5, 2012
Direct Access Parties Seek California Rulemaking on Nonbypassable Charges, Generation Cost Allocation
Several direct access (DA) parties in California have petitioned the California PUC for a rulemaking relating to nonbypassable charges and utility generation and procurement cost allocation issues in light of certain directives contained in SB 790.
November 29, 2012
RESA: Illinois Staff Draft Muni Aggregation Rule "Tilts the Playing Field" in Favor of Aggregation Suppliers
Proposed rules relating to various municipal aggregation issues filed by Illinois Commerce Commission Staff, "heavily tilts the playing field in favor of those Retail Electric Suppliers ('RES') who emphasize municipal aggregation as their preferred marketing channel, at the expense of those RESs…
November 22, 2012
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Utilities Propose Design for Retail Opt-in Aggregation Program; EGS-Offered TOU product
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed design for a retail opt-in aggregation program, meant to jump-start the retail market in place of an earlier proposed retail opt-in auction which the PUC ordered be modified into a new program.
November 19, 2012
Constellation Selected by Large Texas Aggregation
Constellation announced today that it has been selected by Public Power Pool (P3) to supply P3's members with 2.7 million megawatt-hours of electricity following a competitive bidding process.
November 9, 2012
Higher Volumes of Direct Retail Sales Lift FirstEnergy Solutions Margin
Higher volumes of competitive retail sales directly to large and mass market customers by FirstEnergy Solutions in the third quarter of 2012 more than offset the negative impact of lower pricing and produced increased commodity margin, versus the year-ago quarter, FirstEnergy Corp. said in reporting…
November 7, 2012
Voters in Chicago, Numerous Illinois Towns Approve Municipal Opt-Out Aggregation
Voters in Chicago have given approval for the city to conduct an opt-out municipal electric aggregation.
November 2, 2012
Constellation Tempers Retail Expectations on Aggressive Competition, Pricing
Exelon has cut its outlook for retail supply volumes and margins from an earlier forecast in response to, "aggressive competition and pricing," Exelon CEO Chris Crane said during an earnings call yesterday.
November 1, 2012
ComEd Seeks Approval to Provide Customer Account Numbers of Shopping Customers to Government Aggregators
Commonwealth Edison has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for expedited approval of modifications to ComEd's Rate GAP – Government Aggregation Protocols (Rate GAP), including the provision of the account numbers of customers already on competitive supply to government aggregators.
October 24, 2012
ComEd: Residential Customers on Competitive Supply Exceed 1.5 Million
Commonwealth Edison reported yesterday that more than 1.5 million ComEd residential customers have switched to an alternative retail electricity supplier.
October 11, 2012
Retail Suppliers Seek Introduction of Choice to Any New Municipal Utilities in Connecticut
Any newly formed or expanded municipal electric utilities in Connecticut should be required to offer customer choice, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the Connecticut PURA.
October 9, 2012
License Briefs
Green Mountain Energy Receives Authority to Serve Residential Customers in New State
September 28, 2012
Resident Power Serving More than 10,000 Electricity Customers in New Hampshire
Resident Power announced today that it is serving more 10,000 electric customers in New Hampshire, less than a year after its November 2011 launch of mass market service.
September 27, 2012
Connecticut Seeks Comments on Investigation into Expansion of Municipal Electric Utilities
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has issued questions for written stakeholder comment regarding PURA's investigation into the creation and expansion of municipal electric utilities (Docket 12-06-14).
September 19, 2012
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San Francisco Board Moves Forward with Community Choice Aggregation
August 30, 2012
Sixty Percent of AmerenCILCO Residential Customers On Competitive Supply; ICC Releases Detailed July Migration Stats
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted detailed migration statistics, by customer class, as of July 31, 2012.
August 29, 2012
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Michigan Approves GCR, Balancing & Demand Charge at SEMCO
August 28, 2012
ResCom Energy Owner Launching New Retail Supplier Focused on Municipal Aggregation
David Cohen has founded a new retail energy supplier, American Illuminating Company LLC, which will focus on municipal aggregation.
August 24, 2012
ComEd Sees Growth of 100,000 Residential Customers on Competitive Supply During July
During July, ComEd saw the number of residential customers who had switched to a competitive supplier and had completed at least one billing cycle on competitive supply increase by nearly 100,000, according to data on the Plug-In Illinois site.
August 10, 2012
Integrys Energy Services Reports Intensified Competitive Pressure, Earnings Rise on Lower Costs
Integrys Energy Services reported core earnings for the second quarter of $2.3 million, up from $1.2 million a year ago, but said that it is facing increased competitive pressures.
August 1, 2012
Illinois Opens Rulemaking on Municipal Aggregation
The Illinois Commerce Commission opened Docket 12-0456 for development and adoption of rules concerning municipal electric aggregation.
July 25, 2012
Calif. Draft Would Subject Competitive Suppliers to Customer Privacy Rules
A California PUC draft decision (R. 08-12-009) would extend the advanced metering customer privacy protections previously adopted in D.11-07-056 for investor-owned electric utilities to the residential and small commercial customers of electric service providers (ESPs), and to the customers of…
July 25, 2012
Fitchburg Gas & Electric Says POR Must be Delayed Due to New CIS
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Unitil) has informed the Massachusetts DPU that its current Customer Information System (CIS) cannot support a purchase of receivables program, and that POR implementation must be delayed until a new CIS is implemented.
July 20, 2012
ComEd Sees Consistent Residential Shopping Through June; Aggregations Lift Switching at Ameren
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted electric migration statistics for the months of May and June 2012.
July 5, 2012
Annual Illinois Retail Market Report: Only One Supplier at ComEd Has Greater Than 15% of Switched Residential Customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development has posted its annual report on retail electric competition, and for the first time the report includes a review of market concentration in the residential market.