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September 1, 2016
A consultant report that recommends moving nearly 50% of Delmarva (Delaware) small customer SOS to 10-year long-term contracts is not supported by any significant stakeholder filing comments on the report -- and is opposed by the Delaware Public Advocate (DPA), Delmarva, the Retail Energy Supply…
August 31, 2016
ERCOT has submitted Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR 800), Revisions to Credit Exposure Calculations to Use Electricity Futures Market Prices, which would use futures prices in certain credit exposure calculations
August 18, 2016
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has vacated the Massachusetts DPU's order allowing electric utilities to procure, via ratepayer-backed, long-term contracts, natural gas pipeline capacity to ease pipeline constraints and support power generators' access to gas supplies
August 1, 2016
"We will look at every option that's available to us that is positive from a cash and credit perspective to move out of [the merchant] business over time, and that's our goal," FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Chuck Jones said during an earnings call on Friday
May 12, 2016
Retail energy suppliers risk extinction if they view value-added services and disruptive technologies as, "other products and services," rather than using such services as new means to deliver price risk management to customers, Sayun Sukduang, Chief Executive Officer at ENGIE Resources Inc. (f/k/a…
March 14, 2016
Direct Energy has proposed that New York ESCOs be subject to a financial assurance requirement of up to $3 million.
February 22, 2016
During an earnings call on Friday, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) CEO Ralph Izzo updated investors on the company's review of a potential entry into retail electricity marketing, emphasizing that while the company continues to look at it, any such move would be defensive
January 29, 2016
A newly filed settlement among several parties, including Non-Advocate Staff of the New Hampshire PUC, concludes that a "prompt" divestiture of Public Service Company of New Hampshire's generation assets is in the public interest
October 30, 2015
Efforts to introduce retail choice in Indiana were killed by the actions of certain retail suppliers which passed-through unexpected polar vortex costs to customers, Graham Leith, Vice President of Sales for GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, told attendees at The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA)…
October 12, 2015
Similar to its recommendation at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio opposed the as-filed proposed AEP Ohio ratepayer backed contracts to support 2,700 MW of generation owned by AEP's merchant generating arm (plus the utility's share in OVEC), but offered…
September 28, 2015
The NRG Energy retail companies welcomed proposed stricter ESCO eligibility requirements in New York, recommending even stricter requirements, stating, "ESCOs should not be 'learning on the job.'"
July 29, 2015
New York PSC Staff proposed what were termed "interim" changes to the ESCO licensing standards in New York.
July 20, 2015
Two Maine hearing examiners have made recommendations on behalf of the Maine PUC advisory staff regarding changes to the retail choice program at Northern Utilities.
April 30, 2015
The New York PSC issued a discussion document drafted by Staff in advance of a previously reported technical conference on ESCO eligibility requirements (licensing), and among the considerations are the introduction of risk management competency and financial fitness requirements, while a licensing…
March 10, 2015
Energy America, LLC informed the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it has entered into an agreement with retail provider American L & P, Co. to supply American's electricity, natural gas and renewable energy credit needs related to American's customers in designated markets.
February 20, 2015
Direct Energy operating profit fell by 46% for fiscal 2014, due in part to "challenging" market conditions in Texas and the U.S. Northeast
February 6, 2015
WGL Energy Services is focusing its retail energy business on large commercial and government accounts, executives said yesterday during an earnings call
December 6, 2014
ISO New England has filed at FERC proposed changes to its minimum capitalization requirements, claiming that the changes are needed to protect market participants against, "thinly capitalized," load serving entities which do not own physical assets.
November 24, 2014
The New Jersey BPU will allow Basic Generation Service (BGS) suppliers to pass-through incremental costs associated with PJM's enhanced capacity proposal.
November 5, 2014
Results from recent default service auctions in Pennsylvania and Ohio appear to reflect an increased risk premium, which FirstEnergy Solutions believes is, "associated with volatility and uncertainty in PJM," Leila Vespoli, FirstEnergy Corp.'s Executive Vice President, Markets, said during an…
October 30, 2014
The Maryland PSC has approved changes to Washington Gas Light's tariffed collateral requirements to exclude from the calculation excessive natural gas prices seen last winter
October 14, 2014
Washington Gas Light Company, Ambit Northeast, LLC, and Bollinger Energy have jointly petitioned the Maryland PSC for a waiver of WGL's tariffed collateral requirements, which rely in part on historic gas prices from the past three years, in order to exclude excessive prices seen last winter from…
October 1, 2014
PJM has filed tariff revisions at FERC to institute a Demand Bid Screening process which will prevent Load Serving Entities from submitting Demand Bids into the Day-ahead Energy Market, "above a level that is commensurate with the amount of load they serve."
September 19, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has opened Docket 14-238 in response to HB 1602, which requires the PUC to, "commence and expedite a proceeding to determine whether all or some of PSNH's generation assets should be divested."
July 25, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has lowered the security required from electric generation suppliers after their initial year of service.
