July 14, 2011
Illinois Competitive Electric Offer Website Goes Live
The Illinois Commerce Commission has launched its online residential electric offer comparison matrix on PluginIllinois.org .
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July 14, 2011
FirstEnergy Solutions Launches ComEd Residential Offer with Aggressive Pricing
FirstEnergy Solutions has launched a residential electric offer at Commonwealth Edison, undercutting all other offers publicly posted on the Illinois Commerce Commission rate board.
July 13, 2011
Connecticut Close to Launching Revised Rate Board
Connecticut is "very close" to implementing significant changes to the electric rate board , and the PURA will also accept comments on changes to the referral program to drive customers to the rate board.
July 4, 2011
Illinois Commerce Commission Online Residential Price Postings to Go-Live Soon
The Illinois Office of Retail Market Development expects the online residential electric Offer Comparison Matrix to go online, "within the next few weeks," ORMD said in an annual retail market report .
June 28, 2011
NEM Asks N.Y. PSC to Inform Customers of Default Service Rate Volatility
The New York PSC should inform customers of the volatility in default service rates, in addition to removing specific default service rate information from the Power to Choose website, the National Energy Marketers Association said in comments to the PSC.
June 28, 2011
Online Broker Choose Energy Now Listing Popularity of Each Offer Via Enrollment Stat
Online shopping platform Choose Energy is now ranking the popularity of each of the residential Texas electric offers listed on the site.
June 23, 2011
Maryland Industrials Seek Refund of Charges Used to Mitigate Certain Type II SOS Prices in 2008
RG Steel Sparrows Point, LLC and the Maryland Energy Group have petitioned the Maryland PSC to direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to immediately issue refunds to customers who paid higher distribution rates in 2008 in order to mitigate the Type II generation rates of certain commercial customers who…
June 21, 2011
ConEdison Solutions Launches Residential Electric Offers at BGE
ConEdison Solutions has re-entered the Maryland mass market with new offers for residential and small commercial customers at Baltimore Gas & Electric
June 16, 2011
Space Available Under SCE Direct Access Cap for September Switches
Nearly 300 GWh of direct access load has opened up at Southern California Edison, the utility has informed customers, allowing some customers to switch prior to Phase 3 of the expansion of direct access.
June 13, 2011
Ambit to Expand to Additional N.Y. Territories in July
Ambit Energy will continue its New York expansion in July, entering two additional territories, CEO Jere Thompson, Jr. and Chief Marketing Officer Chris Chambless told Matters.
June 3, 2011
DPL Energy Resources Launches Guaranteed Savings Residential Offer at Dayton Power & Light
DPL Energy Resources, marketing as DP&L Energy, has launched a new residential electric offer at affiliate Dayton Power & Light, guaranteeing customers 15% off the utility's Standard Service Offer.
May 26, 2011
Dallas Fed Study Finds Retail Choice Lowers Prices When Participation High
"The effects of a competitive retail electricity market are mixed across states, but generally appear to lower prices in states with high participation and raise prices in states that have little customer participation," says a white paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas .
May 25, 2011
FERC Dismisses Calif. Complaints on Bilateral Energy Crisis Contracts, Price Cap
FERC dismissed a complaint filed in 2009 by the California attorney general which had alleged that various market participants had made short-term bilateral sales at unjust and unreasonable prices to the California Energy Resources Scheduling Division (CERS) of the California Department of Water…
May 23, 2011
Spark Energy Enters PSE&G Residential Market
Spark Energy has begun offering residential electric service at Public Service Electric & Gas.
May 13, 2011
Texas Power to Choose Price Ranking Will Not be Based on Promotional Rates
Variable priced products with promotional rates will be listed on the Texas Power to Choose website using their underlying, non-promotional rate, under changes made by the PUCT.
May 11, 2011
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Pa. ALJs Recommend Approval of Settlement Requiring POR at Peoples Natural Gas
May 10, 2011
O'Malley to Sign Maryland Choice Education Bill Today
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley will sign into law electricity choice consumer education legislation (SB 244/HB 597) in a ceremony today.
May 2, 2011
PUCT's Nelson to Meet with Stakeholders on Teaser Rate Disclosure
PUCT Commissioner Donna Nelson will hold a stakeholder meeting on May 5 to discuss the appropriate disclosure of teaser rates by REPs.
April 28, 2011
PUCT to Consider Changes to Power to Choose Site, Greater Fee Disclosure
PUCT Staff will consider limiting the number of offers a REP may list on the Power to Choose site to improve the customer experience in using the site.
April 27, 2011
Bill Requiring Maryland PSC Supplier Price Listing Likely to Become Law
An enrolled Maryland bill requiring the Maryland PSC to develop a supplier pricing website and conduct customer education on choice is expected to become law, PSC Chairman Douglas Nazarian told the National Energy Marketers Association Restructuring Conference.
April 19, 2011
National Grid Says Utility Price Appropriately Listed on N.Y. Power to Choose
New York's electric utilities should be able to continue posting their charges for commodity supply service on the Power to Choose website, as, "[t]his information helps consumers to make informed decisions regarding their choice of electric commodity supply," National Grid said in opposing a…
March 30, 2011
Columbia Gas Recommends Ending Choice Program
Columbia Gas of Maryland has recommended ending the current Choice Program and only allowing transportation service for eligible non-residential customers, due to the prohibitive costs of implementing various provisions of COMAR 20.59 and the fact that Choice customers have paid more than default…
March 28, 2011
RESA Asks N.Y. PSC to Remove Electric Default Service Rates from Power to Choose Site
The Retail Energy Supply Association has submitted a petition to the New York PSC to eliminate the posting of electric default service rates on New York's Power to Choose website, citing the, "confusing, inaccurate and misleading" reporting of utility commodity pricing.
March 22, 2011
Allegheny Power Using Estimate of Reconciliation Factor in Providing Weighted Average Maryland SOS Rates, OPC Says
Maryland utilities are using different approaches for the treatment of bypassable reconciliation factors in calculating weighted average SOS prices disclosed to customers, the Office of People's Counsel said in supplemental comments to the PSC.
March 17, 2011
Online Brokering Website EnergyCruncher.com Launches Service
Online energy shopping website EnergyCruncher.com has gone live, initially offering electric brokering in Maryland and the District of Columbia.