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July 10, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order to address the timing differences under the PUC's rules for the issuance of electric contract renewal notices and natural gas renewal notices, which are now no longer aligned as the PUC moved to accelerate electric customer switching.
July 10, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has said that its Office of Competitive Market Oversight will update stakeholders on the next steps in the PUC's retail natural gas market investigation during the third quarter.
June 19, 2014
NRG Energy's Independence Energy Group LLC d/b/a Energy Rewards intends to offer to Pennsylvania customers an offer bundling electric and natural gas supply, according to a regulatory filing.
June 3, 2014
Liberty Power Holdings LLC said in a letter to the Connecticut PURA that a PURA description calling Liberty's renewal notice non-compliant is incorrect
May 29, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that five retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective renewal notice regulations, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the renewal rules.
May 19, 2014
The New York PSC has published standard renewal notices for ESCOs and directed ESCOs to begin using the standard notices on May 26.
May 14, 2014
Constellation, which has been among the suppliers (though not as forcefully) advising the Connecticut PURA that tougher licensing standards, and the attendant more robust community of suppliers, are among the appropriate remedial measures to prevent a recurrence of the rate volatility experienced by…
May 6, 2014
The Connecticut House yesterday passed without amendment SB 2 which contains a host of electric market consumer protections, and the bill, which is supported by Gov. Malloy, is set to become law.
April 30, 2014
The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill (SB 2) which would limit variable rate changes during the initial months of service, and would require electric bills to include any rate changes effective for the next billing cycle.
March 20, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC intends to adopt a standard Electric Generation Supplier "Contract Summary" which all EGSs will be required to use for residential and small business customers, and the PUC also intends to require EGSs to provide certain customers with advance notice of variable rates.
February 26, 2014
With the prohibition on electric and natural gas ESCOs serving customers in utility low-income assistance programs, except under certain conditions, the PSC's written retail markets order explains how utility low-income assistance program customers currently shopping with an ESCO are to be treated.
February 26, 2014
The New York PSC has adopted new procedures governing the renewal of residential and small non-residential ESCO electric and natural gas contracts, in its retail markets order.
February 11, 2014
The Illinois Commerce Commission yesterday, "urged Illinois' electric customers, who have contracted with retail electric suppliers, to be aware that the recent cold temperatures and resulting spike in wholesale power prices, may affect their rates if their contract includes a variable rate."
February 6, 2014
The Maryland Public Service Commission issued a news release to alert Maryland energy customers who have contracted with retail energy suppliers, "that the recent spate of extremely cold temperatures may affect their rates if they have contracted with retail energy suppliers through variable rate…
February 3, 2014
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission urged customers using a competitive supplier to review their contract as cold temperatures and high demand have driven the wholesale price of electricity higher.
November 8, 2013
Just Energy saw a net decline in its number of mass market energy marketing accounts from June 30, 2013 to September 30, 2013, it reported in releasing quarterly earnings.
October 15, 2013
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson called StarTex Power's customer service at issue in a formal complaint case, "pitiful," in discussing the case at the October 3 open meeting.
August 26, 2013
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Friday reminded consumers shopping for electricity to be aware of expiring electric supplier contracts and the associated terms and conditions.
August 9, 2013
Just Energy saw record gross customer additions from March 31, 2013 to June 30, 2013, but net customer growth was down slightly versus the net growth seen from December 31, 2012 to March 31, 2013.
August 7, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions says that it has been able to improve retail margins versus the year-ago, and is continuing to focus on higher-margin sales channels.
May 17, 2013
Just Energy reported customer growth for the three months ended March 31, 2013 in line with growth experienced during the three months ended December 31, 2012, but reported lower margins for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.
March 6, 2013
The Retail Energy Supply Association has recommended that the New York PSC adopt a standardized format for ESCO contract renewal letters.
January 13, 2013
Liberty Power has developed what appears to be a unique provision regarding early termination fees for residential electric contracts that waives the termination fee if the customer contacts Liberty Power to terminate the contract, rather than cancelling by contacting the utility or through…
November 9, 2012
Just Energy recorded a slower rate of net customer growth during the three months ended September 30, 2012, versus the growth recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2012, due to the impact of a large contract which was not renewed.
April 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has fined Champion Energy Services, LLC $400 for not amortizing back-billed supply charges over the appropriate period.
