July 11, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC, on a nisi basis subject to any requests for hearing, ordered the termination of the fixed price natural gas option at Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas), as requested by the utility.
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July 11, 2014
The issue of municipal opt-out aggregation drew several questions from New York PSC Commissioners during a technical conference on the PSC's Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding.
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July 8, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU's "anticipated policy framework" for time-varying default service rates, "will not produce the savings anticipated by the Department and is likely to increase the cost of electricity to Basic Service customers," Nstar and WMECO said in comments to the DPU.
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July 7, 2014
Consolidated Edison and several ESCOs have filed a stipulation at the New York PSC addressing ESCO complaints concerning alleged underforecasting by ConEd, which led to significantly higher imbalances and cashouts by ESCOs this winter.
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May 12, 2014
Champion Energy Services, LLC has suggested to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that PUCO should consider, "standardiz[ing] certain terms of service in CRES contracts for the residential and small commercial customer class," in order to avoid misleading and deceptive practices concerning…
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May 7, 2014
FirstEnergy is taking a more "conservative" approach to its competitive business, including its competitive retail supplier, in response to evolving market dynamics, Leila Vespoli, Executive Vice President of Markets, said during an earnings call yesterday
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March 28, 2014
ERCOT has proposed Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 612 to reduce the cure period for failure to make payment or transfer funds, provide collateral or designate/maintain an association with a Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE).
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March 14, 2014
To the extent the Georgia PSC does not make Atlanta Gas Light responsible for the collection of curtailment penalties, the Georgia PSC should authorize natural gas poolers on the Atlanta Gas Light system to place a "switch hold" on certain accounts, Infinite Energy said in comments to the PSC.
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March 4, 2014
ERCOT has proposed Nodal Protocol Revision Request 601 to revise, "the calculation of credit exposure for Counter-Parties that are registered as Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) and Load Serving Entities (LSEs) and provide Provider of Last Resort (POLR) service as a result of Mass Transition of…
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March 3, 2014
Integrys Energy Services performed as expected during the extreme cold in January, with negative impacts from load following electric contracts offset on the natural gas side, executives said during an earnings call last week.
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February 26, 2014
FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Anthony Alexander told investors during yesterday's earnings call that given the volatility that has been introduced into the retail market, there's a question of, "whether or not a retail market for customers exists in the same format that we see it today."
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February 21, 2014
Centrica, in discussing earnings yesterday, has revealed which regions it finds most attractive for mergers and acquisitions for its North American business, Direct Energy
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February 19, 2014
A retail electric supplier has raised "due process and fairness concerns" regarding ISO New England's triggering of a default of the supplier.
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February 11, 2014
Crius Energy Trust announced that it has expanded its working capital facility with Macquarie Energy LLC from $25 million to $60 million, with the base interest rate remaining unchanged at LIBOR plus 5.5%.
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February 10, 2014
Exelon's strategy to match load to generation, "really has played out well" during the extreme January weather, executives said during a Thursday earnings call, in a perfect example of how capacity markets provide asset-owning retail suppliers with an unfair competitive advantage.
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February 7, 2014
WGL Holdings is optimistic that its retail energy supply business can benefit from a likely "shake-out" in the retail energy industry prompted by recent volatility.
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February 3, 2014
Clean Currents confirmed that it is dropping its electric customer base to default service, and has ceased accepting enrollments from new customers.
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January 29, 2014
NextEra Energy expects its retail and wholesale supply businesses to underperform in the first quarter of 2014 due to the extreme conditions experienced to date.
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January 23, 2014
The Maine PUC rejected a waiver sought by NextEra Energy Power Marketing which would have allowed existing Standard Offer providers to recover material out-of-pocket charges imposed by the ISO New England pursuant to the out-of-market Winter Reliability Program.
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January 6, 2014
People's Power & Gas, LLC informed the Connecticut PURA that with its default at ISO New England cured, People's Power & Gas, "plans to continue serving retail customers in Connecticut," and is, "currently making efforts to work with the utilities and regulators in Connecticut and other states to…
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December 30, 2013
Another mythical benefit of centralized capacity markets has been discredited by recent events in ISO New England, which has now seen three retail energy suppliers default at the ISO in the past 11 months.
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November 20, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has assigned Docket Number M-2013-2393141 for a review of bonding requirements for electric generation suppliers.
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November 18, 2013
The combination of sustained low margins and continued new entry by retail suppliers is leading to an unsustainable market climate, several executives said during The Energy Professionals Association's (TEPA) annual conference last Thursday.
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October 24, 2013
Nuevo Midstream, LLC has selected Priority Power Management, LLC for energy supply management services.
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October 7, 2013
The capital requirements of Texas retail electric providers should be increased if changes to the ERCOT market, specifically higher system-wide offer caps, impose increased risks on REPs, several transmission and distribution utilities told the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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