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September 21

Texas PUC Staff Seek Commission Guidance On Potential For Day-Ahead Prices To Be Capped At $2,000/MWh While Real-Time Prices Still Permitted To Reach $9,000/MWh

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas sought Commission guidance on two issues: harmony in the scarcity pricing mechanism in day-ahead and real-time, and the use of the Houston Ship Channel Gas Price Index

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• NEW! -- Supply Analyst -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Controller -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Outside Sales Executive -- Retail Energy
• NEW! -- Channel Sales Manager -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Sr Analyst, Supply and Pricing -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Customer Retention Analyst -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Energy Market Analyst - Pricing & Trading
• NEW! -- Manager, Power Supply -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Renewable Energy Sales Representative -- Retail Supplier

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New York Utility Says ESCO Not In Compliance With New Data Security Agreement; ESCO Contests, Seeks Affirmation Utility Won't Initiate Disconnection Procedures

Outside counsel for Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC, in a letter to National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation ("National Fuel"), a copy of which was also filed with the New York PSC in Matter No. 18-M-0376, contested National Fuel's characterization of whether Plymouth Rock Energy is in compliance with a new Data Security Agreement, and sought affirmation that National Fuel will not initiate disconnection procedures against Plymouth Rock

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PUC Accepts Utilities' Merger Settlement's Retail Choice Provisions, Requires Utility To Propose Expansion Of Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Program

Adopted Stipulation Addresses Other Retail Choice Issues As Well

The Pennsylvania PUC conditionally adopted a settlement which approves the merger of the three individual UGI natural gas utilities into a single utility

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RetailEnergyX: Energy Marketer To Buy Defunct Supplier's Retail Energy Business

Texas PUC Accepts Late Filing For REP To Serve As Volunteer POLR

A Texas PUC ALJ granted Constellation NewEnergy Inc.'s motion for good cause to accept Constellation's late-filed request to serve as a volunteer POLR (VREP) for the 2019-20 term.

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Pennsylvania Proposes To Streamline Process For Retail Suppliers To Renew Lower Financial Security Amounts

The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order which would streamline the process for those electric generation suppliers, which have already received a reduction in their security amounts from 10% to 5% of its reported annual gross receipts, to renew their ability to meet the security requirements at the lower 5% level

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RetailEnergyX: Tentative Order Would Cancel Licenses Of Active Retail Suppliers, 2 Brokers

Texas PUC Staff Recommend Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Providers To Fund Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2019.

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RetailEnergyX: ConEd Sub. Acquires Sempra Solar Portfolio

RetailEnergyX: Texas Power Plant Co-Owned By Utility With Retail Choice To Permanently Close

September 20

PSC Adopts Final New Retail Supplier License Rules

Reverts To Broad Definition Of Entities Required To Be Licensed (Includes Intermediaries Who 'Arrange' Or Market Supply)

Clarifies Definition Of Customer To Include Small Commercial Customers

Clarification Appears To Require Suppliers To Post Rate Information For All Commercial Customers On Website

Requires Existing Suppliers To Submit Renewals

A PSC has adopted as final new licensing rules for retail electric suppliers.

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PSC Says Supplier Licenses Cannot Be Transferred; Transfer (Purchase) Of Customers Must Involve Licensed Entity

In adopting final new rules applicable to supplier licensing, a PSC said that supplier licenses may not be transferred, and opined on how any purchase of customer books should be executed in light of this finding.

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Affiliate of PJM Generator Launching As New Retail Supplier

An affiliate of a PJM generator is launching as a retail electric supplier

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RetailEnergyX: Just Energy: US Appeals Court Affirms Use of the Outside Sales Exemption

Texas Electricity Ratings Launches Electricity Rate Plan Analyzer

Texas Electricity Ratings has launched an electricity rate plan analyzer for the Texas market

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Texas PUC Staff Posts Final List Of Non-Volunteer POLRs

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its proposed final list of non-volunteer Providers of Last Resort (aka Large Service Providers or LSPs) and Volunteer Retail Electric Providers (VREP, volunteer POLRs) for 2019-2020

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PSC Adopts Enrollment Changes Needed To Implement New Purchase Of Receivables Program

The District of Columbia PSC issued a final order related to natural gas drops and enrollments that Washington Gas Light had said was necessary to implement its pending new Purchase of Receivables (POR) program

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RetailEnergyX: Just Energy Group Inc. Announces Results of Its Invitation to Holders to Offer to Sell 2019 Convertible Bonds

RetailEnergyX: ICC Hosting Policy Session on FERC’s Decision on PJM Capacity Market Reform (RPM Opt-Out)

September 19

New York Utility Proposes Changes To Default Service Reconciliation Mechanism

Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) has filed with the New York PSC proposed changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers

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National Grid Massachusetts Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 26%

Commercial Rate To Increase 30%

National Grid electricity default service rates in Massachusetts for mass market customers are due to rise 26-30% starting November 1, according to basic service rates filed with the Massachusetts DPU

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Broker Sells Customer Books, Assets To Two Firms

A broker has sold its energy client assets to ...

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RetailEnergyX: Claim: Texas Retail Providers "Under No Obligation" To Pass-Through TDU Tax Cut Savings

The Malatan Group Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate

The Malatan Group LLC d/b/a Excalibur Power Solutions applied for ...

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Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates

The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of October 2018.

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RetailEnergyX: Chron: REPs Add Hundreds Of Plans To Spanish Power to Choose Site

RetailEnergyX: University To Purchase Wind Power From ENGIE

September 18

Broker Sells Customer Books, Assets To Two Firms

A broker has sold its energy client assets to ...

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OCA Seeks Reconsideration Of PUC Imposition Of Price Cap On Certain Customers, Due To Cap's Relation To Future Prices To Compare Being Delegated To OCMO

The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to reconsider its recent decision in the FirstEnergy EDCs' default service proceeding which adopted a price cap on retail supplier service to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP, or CAP) customers at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, as OCA opposed including within the scope of OCMO's review the issue of how the capped EGS price relates to future Prices to Compare

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Texas Staff Seek Ruling On Voluntary POLR Petition

Staff of the Texas PUC formally sought a ruling on Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.'s late-filed request to serve as a volunteer Provider of Last Resort (POLR, or VREP).

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Parent Announces New EVP Overseeing Marketing Business, Including Retail Supplier

A parent announced the appointment of ...

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RetailEnergyX: Chron: 221 Retail Provider Plans Removed From Power to Choose

PSE&G Lowering Default Service Rates

Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) is lowering its default service natural gas rate, as the New Jersey BPU approved, on a provisional basis, PSE&G’s June gas supply filing

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RetailEnergyX: Duquesne Light Default Service Rates To Fall On Interim Reduction In Transmission Rate

Choice State PSC Denies Utility-Owned Microgrid Proposal

A PSC issued an order, without prejudice, denying two proposed utility-owned microgrid pilot projects from ...

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RetailEnergyX: Sempra Energy Announces Agreement With Elliott Management And Bluescape Energy

September 17

Crius Energy Signals Cost Reductions Will Exceed Targets

Crius Energy Trust ("Crius Energy", the "Company" or the "Trust") announced that, "it is poised to exceed the high-end of its cost reduction guidance, with a run-rate in excess of $25 million in annualized cost reductions by the end of 2018."

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NY PSC Secretary Grants Extension Of Deadline For ESCO Compliance With Revised UBPs

The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted a further extension for ESCO compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018.

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Texas PUC Gives Retail Providers Until 8 AM Monday (9/17) To Have Same Offers On Both English & Spanish Power To Choose Sites, Or Offers Will Be Pulled

34 REPs Active On One Site Not Listing Offers On Other Version

Chair Walker: "Not Happy"

The Texas PUC gave retail electric providers until 8 a.m. Monday (9/17) to post, to the extent they list offers on Power to Choose, the same offers on both the English and Spanish language versions of the site

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RetailEnergyX: SECA Charges Which Killed Nascent Retail Markets Live On At FERC, Allocation To New Suppliers Possible

ERCOT IMM: Preliminary Data Suggests Summer Pricing Reflected Specific Conditions, Not "Flaw" In Scarcity Pricing

In comments to the Texas PUC concerning summer ERCOT market outcomes, Potomac Economics, the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) for ERCOT, said that, "Early indications of market outcomes through August are that net revenues provided by the ERCOT real-time market in 2018 will not be at a level sufficient to support new natural-gas fueled generation. Based on the preliminary and incomplete data reviewed to date, it appears that market outcomes so far during 2018 have been reflective of the specific conditions experienced rather than any flaw with the scarcity pricing mechanism."

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Choice State PSC Issues Final Order Adopting Utility Prepay Pilot, Rules on Contested Retail Supplier Issue

The Maryland PSC issued a final order adopting a prepaid electricity and dual-fuel (gas) pilot program at Baltimore Gas & Electric

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TEAM: Focusing On Scarcity Pricing Frequency In Evaluating ERCOT Market Performance, Resource Adequacy Provides Incomplete Picture

In comments to the Texas PUC concerning ERCOT summer market performance, the Texas Energy Association for Marketers (TEAM), in responding to a specific question concerning whether scarcity pricing produced sufficient revenue to ensure resource adequacy, stated, "If the Commission decides that an examination of long-term resource adequacy in the ERCOT region -- i.e., whether the current competitive market design is able to provide the market with sufficient price signals to maintain an adequate reserve margin in ERCOT -- is appropriate, that examination should be broader than the above stated question implies. As worded, Question No. 1 is premised on a faulty presumption that scarcity pricing mechanisms are the sole means by which generators are compensated for their services. In actuality, the amount of energy purchased in real time through scarcity pricing mechanisms constitutes only a small percentage of the total amount of revenues received by owners of generation resources."

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Illinois Posts Results From Energy Procurement For ComEd, Ameren Default Service

The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 block energy procurement for default service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren

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RetailEnergyX: Demand Response Provider Said To Win "Largest Demand Response Procurement in Industry History"

September 14

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• NEW! -- Controller -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Supply Analyst -- Retail Supplier
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• NEW! -- Channel Sales Manager -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Sr Analyst, Supply and Pricing -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Customer Retention Analyst -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Energy Market Analyst - Pricing & Trading
• NEW! -- Manager, Power Supply -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Renewable Energy Sales Representative -- Retail Supplier

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PUC Adopts Final Rule Addressing Proposed Ban On Commission-based Compensation For Door-To-Door Sales

Applies New Marketing Rules To Small C&I Customers

Applies Some New Rules To Brokers

A PUC has issued final revisions to its rules governing retail electricity marketing.

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Centrica, Direct Energy Parent, Names New Centrica Business Chief Executive

Centrica plc announced the appointment of ...

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New York PSC Revokes ESCO's Eligibility

The New York PSC revoked the ESCO eligibility of ...

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RetailEnergyX: Michigan PSC Stays, Does Not Withdraw, Local Capacity Requirements For Retail Suppliers, Updates Capacity Demonstration Reporting Parameters

Ohio Starts Process To Consider Petitions To Terminate Assignment Of Non-Shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers On Monthly Rate

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a procedural order to consider petitions from consumer advocates to terminate the monthly variable rate (MVR) mechanism and assignment process for certain non-shopping customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio)

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Raiders, Another Nevada Casino Seek To Take Competitive Supply

LV Stadium Events Company, LLC (the "Raiders") has filed a petition with the Nevada PUC to purchase energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services from a provider of new electric resources pursuant to Chapter 704B of the Nevada Revised Statutes and Chapter 704B of the Nevada Administrative Code (in other words, to take competitive supply).

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Illinois Posts Results From Default Service Procurement

The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 procurement of capacity for Ameren Illinois default service customers

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RetailEnergyX: Federal Court Upholds Illinois Nuclear Subsidy Mechanism

September 13

Another Retail Supplier Receives Notice Of Violation From Regulator, Which Would Suspend Supplier's Ability To Enroll New Customers

NOV Would Impose $1.5 Million Penalty

A regulator has issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against ...

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Retail Supplier Names Electricity Market Vet As COO

A retail supplier named ...

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Just Energy Group Inc. Announces A US$250 Million Multi-Draw Term Financing, Provides Capital To Fund Ongoing Organic Growth, Accretive Acquisitions

Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") announced that it has entered into a ...

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RetailEnergyX: Just Energy Unveils Strategic Plan and Financial Targets at Investor Day

ENGIE Enters Midwest Retail Natural Gas Markets

ENGIE Resources announced that it has entered the Midwest retail natural gas markets.

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Draft Order Would Open Investigation Of Retail Supplier's Marketing

The Connecticut PURA has posted a draft order to investigate the marketing practices of ...

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RESA Seeks Further Extension For ESCO Compliance With Revised New York UBPs

The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought from the New York PSC a further extension for ESCO compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018 ...

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September 12

Regulator Issues Notice Of Violation To Retail Supplier Which Would Suspend Supplier's Ability To Enroll New Customers

NOV Would Impose $1.5 Million Penalty

NOV Addresses Sales/Marketing Language Used By Agents

Also Interprets Use of "Cost Recovery Fees" For Non-Commodity Products

A regulator has issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against ...

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Texas Co-op Says It Does Not Want To Transfer Existing Customers Away From AEP Texas (And Their REPs) For Area, Currently Served By AEP Texas, That PUCT Has Ruled Only Co-Op Is Currently Authorized To Serve

Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC), Inc. has stated in response to an RFI that it does not wish to transfer existing customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision who are currently served by AEP Texas, and the customers' selected REP, but for which the Texas PUC has ruled that AEP Texas does not have authority to serve customers, and that RGEC is the only utility certificated to serve such customers

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Retail Market Vet Joins Energy Advisory Firm, Broker

A market vet has joined ...

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RetailEnergyX: Herman Miller Awards Contract To Retail Supplier

Retail Provider Renews Wholesale Supply Agreement, Will Support Growth

A retail supplier has renewed a wholesale supply agreement

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Texas-Based Broker Seeks License In East

• Satori Energy Seeks License In New State

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RetailEnergyX: Texas Solar Provider Marketing "Free Power For a Year"

September 11

Parent Sells C&I Retail Supply Business

A holding co. has sold a C&I retail supply business

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• NEW! -- Outside Sales Executive -- Retail Energy
• NEW! -- Channel Sales Manager -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Sr Analyst, Supply and Pricing -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Customer Retention Analyst -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Energy Market Analyst - Pricing & Trading
• NEW! -- Manager, Power Supply -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Renewable Energy Sales Representative -- Retail Supplier

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Retail Supplier Names Market Vet As New COO

A retail supplier named ...

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Eligo Energy Seeks Natural Gas License In New State

Eligo Energy applied for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Texas REP Sales Agent: Power to Choose Site "Is The Enemy"
--- Chron Looks At Storefront Retail Sale "Secrets" (Pitches, Incentives, Costs)

Start-up Retail Supplier Led by Natural Gas Trader Receives License

A start-up received ...

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RetailEnergyX: Calif. Adopts Law Setting Policy Of Making 100% Of Retail Electric Sales Renewable/Carbon-Free

September 10

Retail Supplier To Acquire Subscription-Based Provider of Home Water Filtration Technology

A retail supplier announced that it will acquire a provider of subscription based, home water filtration systems

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Stream Names New CEO

Stream has announced that ...

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Infinite Energy Receives License In New State

Infinite Energy has received ...

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In Rate Case, NRG Says PECO "Misallocated" $100 Million In Default Service Expenses To Distribution Rates

NRG Proposal Would Increase Residential Price To Compare By 1.25¢/kWh

In an electric rate case for PECO, NRG Energy, Inc. alleges that PECO has improperly allocated $100 million in indirect costs to residential distribution service rather than default service, and is seeking a re-allocation of such costs.

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RetailEnergyX: Utility With Retail Choice Proposes Offering "Discounted" SOS TOU Rates For EV Customers, Green Add-On SOS Product

Texas Staff Proposes Questions For Stakeholders On TDUs' Use Of Storage, Non-Traditional Tech. For Delivery Service

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have presented for Commission consideration a list of questions for stakeholder comment in Project No. 48023: Rulemaking to Address the Use of Non-Traditional Technologies in Electric Delivery Service

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Settlement To Lower Base Distribution Rates Charged To Texas Retail Electric Providers At Oncor, Proposed Amounts Filed

Oncor has filed an unopposed stipulation with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reflect reduced federal tax rates, and associated changes, in its base distribution rates applicable to retail electric providers, to be effective October 8, 2018

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TNMP Sets Date For 2018 Retail Electric Provider Meeting

Texas-New Mexico Power will hold its 2018 Retail Electric Provider meeting on ...

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September 7

Parent To Divest Retail Supplier, Says Sale Process "Well Advanced"

A parent announced the sale process for a retail supplier

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Regulator Issues $750,000 Notice Of Violation Against Retail Supplier

A regulator issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Assessment of Civil Penalty in the amount of $750,000 against ...

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West Coast Retail Supplier Expanding To Eastern Markets

A retail supplier active in the West applied for ...

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PSC OKs Extension For Implementation Of New Purchase of Receivables (POR) Program, Sets Date For Filing of Final Discount Rate, Tariffs

The District of Columbia PSC has granted a request to extend the implementation date for Washington Gas Light Company’s new Purchase of Receivables (POR) program until the final POR discount rates and tariff pages have been approved.

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RetailEnergyX: ComEd To Begin Posting Price Comparison Info On Bills, AG Seeks Total Cost Info As Well

Electricity Ratings Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Electricity Ratings, LLC an electric aggregator certificate to serve ...

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RetailEnergyX: Pinnacle Asset Management Acquires North American Wholesale Natural Gas Trading Business

ERCOT Expects Sufficient Generation For Fall And Winter

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) anticipates there will be sufficient installed generating capacity available to serve system-wide forecasted peak demand this fall and winter.

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RetailEnergyX: U.K. Regulator Issues Price Caps Proposals For Default Retail Supplier Plans

RetailEnergyX: Vice Chairman Departs Retail Supplier Parent

September 6

Retail Supplier Parent Invests In Solar Company, Nears Completion of Strategic Transition To Retail Energy Business Model

The parent of a retail supplier announced an investment in a domestic solar energy company

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• NEW! -- Channel Sales Manager -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Outside Sales Executive -- Retail Energy
• NEW! -- Sr Analyst, Supply and Pricing -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Customer Retention Analyst -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Energy Market Analyst - Pricing & Trading
• NEW! -- Manager, Power Supply -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Renewable Energy Sales Representative -- Retail Supplier

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Ambit Energy Announces Product Expansion, New Markets

Rolls Out New App, Also Skills For Alexa, For Texas Customers

Ambit Energy announced that it will expand ...

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Pa. PUC Sets Date For Collaborative Meeting On Implementation Of Adopted Price Cap For Certain Customers

Will Also Address Customer Referral Program Scripts

The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled a meeting of a collaborative to which the PUC has delegated the mechanics of a new price cap on retail supplier service to Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at the FirstEnergy EDCs, and the issue of customer referral program (CRP) scripts and training at such EDCs

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RetailEnergyX: Shell's U.S. Solar Platform Names Energy Industry Vet As EVP, Business Development

Retail Supplier To Offer Community Solar

A retail supplier will soon begin offering community solar

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Pa. PUC Approves Default Service Procurement Plan For FirstEnergy EDCs

Hourly Pricing Cutoff Lowered

The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without modification related to procurement matters, the FirstEnergy utilities' default service procurement plan be adopted as proposed, covering the term June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2023.

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Big Bang Energy Group Seeks License In New State

• Affiliated Power Purchasers International Receives New License

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RetailEnergyX: Columnist Laments Lack of Competition In Mississippi Electricity Industry

RetailEnergyX: Texas Wind Project Among Those To Be Acquired By NextEra Energy Partners

September 5

Centrica (Direct Energy Parent) Acquires U.S. Solar Company

Centrica plc has announced the acquisition of ...

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• NEW! -- Channel Sales Manager -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Sr Analyst, Supply and Pricing -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Customer Retention Analyst -- Retail Supplier -- Houston
• NEW! -- Energy Market Analyst - Pricing & Trading
• NEW! -- Manager, Power Supply -- Retail Supplier
• NEW! -- Renewable Energy Sales Representative -- Retail Supplier

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Former Large Retail Supplier CEO Joins Broker As Board Member

A broker announced that ...

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Start-up Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate

A start-up applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Executive Director Issues Notice Of Violation Against "Energy" Telemarketer

Pa. PUC Issues Final Order Concerning Proposed Default Service Bypassable Adder

Written Order Also Confirms Price Cap On Retail Offers To Certain Customers

The Pennsylvania PUC issued a written order concerning the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' default service plans for the period beginning June 1, 2019

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Retail Natural Gas Supplier To Expand To Retail Electricity Supply

A retail gas marketer applied for an electric supplier license

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Start-Up Retail Supplier Led By Market Vets Seeks New Licenses

A start-up has applied for ...

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Mpower Seeks License In New State

Mpower Energy, LLC applied for a ...

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CenterPoint-TDU Sets Date For Competitive Retailer Workshop

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric issued a Save The Date for its 2018 Competitive Retailer workshop

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RetailEnergyX: MISO Files Revised Resource Adequacy Proposal At FERC

September 4

ISO-NE Files To Impose New Out-Of-Market Fuel Security Costs On Retail Suppliers, Load

ISO New England has filed with FERC proposed "interim" tariff revisions to allocate the out-of-market costs for resources retained for "fuel security" to load-serving entities ...

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Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Discounts To Decline At Utility

An EDC has filed new POR discount rates

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Texas REP Seeks Authority To Collect Deposits

A REP has newly sought authority to collect deposits or advance payments from customers.

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RetailEnergyX: SMU Academic Says ERCOT Needs Capacity Market

Most BGE Bypassable SOS Admin. Charges To Increase

New Bypassable SOS Reconciliation Amounts Filed As Well

Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed for an update to the bypassable SOS Administrative Charge, to be effective with October 2018 bills

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RetailEnergyX: Chron: Are Retail Providers' Promotions Worth It?

Retail Supplier In Negotiations To Be Sold

A retail supplier is negotiating to be acquired by ...

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New Default Service Rates Approved At United Illuminating

The Connecticut PURA has approved new Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2018 at United Illuminating.

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New York PSC Denies Another ESCO Request For Extension Of Data Security Agreement Deadline

The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request from Liberty Power for an extension of the August 31 deadline for ESCOs to execute new Data Security Agreements (DSA) required by the joint utilities under a "business-to-business" process related to cybersecurity.

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RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Seeks Data From Retail Providers On Dynamic Pricing, Demand Response

September 2

Retail Supplier In Negotiations To Be Sold

A retail supplier is negotiating to be acquired by ...

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August 31

Start-up Texas Retail Provider Seeks REP Certificate, Led By Texas Retail Market Vet

Seeks To Use Trade Names "Energy to Go"; "New Power Texas"

A start-up led by a Texas market vet has applied for a REP certificate

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Texas PUC Approves Territory-Specific Rates For AEP DCRF Charges To REPs

The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved territory-specific Distribution Cost Recovery Factors, charged to retail electric providers, at AEP Texas, after discussing language in PURA regarding the application of "system-wide" DCRF rates

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Texas PUC Approves Initial DCRF Rates Applicable To REPs At Oncor, Updated Rates As CenterPoint-TDU

The Texas PUC has approved an initial Distribution Cost Recovery Factor rider at Oncor, and updates to the DCRF at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, adopting unopposed stipulations in both cases

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RetailEnergyX: NRG Closes on Sale of its Interest in NRG Yield and the NRG Renewables Platform

FERC Approves Delay For 2022/2023 Delivery Year RPM Base Residual Auction In PJM

FERC approved a request from PJM for a one-time waiver of provisions of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff as necessary to enable PJM to delay its 2019 Base Residual Auction (BRA) for the 2022/2023 Delivery Year from May 2019 to ...

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NEM Sets New Dates For Western Energy Policy Summit

The National Energy Marketers Association has re-scheduled its Western Energy Policy Summit which will now be held January 16 to January 18, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada

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August 30

Start-up Texas Retail Provider Seeks License, Will Offer "Subscription" Service, Wholesale Pass-Through

Said To Link IoT Devices To Prices

A start-up applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate

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Large Northeast Retail Provider Seeks Texas REP Certificate

A large Northeast REP has applied for a Texas REP certificate

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PUC Endorses Time Of Use Rates For Default Service, Sees Service As "Benchmark" For Dynamic Retail Offerings

PUC Envisions Utilities Actively Marketing Default Service TOU, Rebates For Enabling Tech (Smart Thermostats)

PUC: "May Be Advisable" For Utilities To Offer Behind-The-Meter Services Under Certain Circumstances

As part of a "roadmap" of its PowerForward grid modernization investigation, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has generally endorsed Time of Use rates for electricity default service (Standard Service Offer, SSO)

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RetailEnergyX: CUB Issues Consumer Alert on Green Plans Marketed by Alternative Retail Suppliers

Texas PUC Chair: Settlement's Use Of Territory-Specific (Not System-wide) Rates In AEP DCRF (Charged To REPs) Contradicts PURA

In a memo in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker said that an unopposed settlement that would establish new Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (DCRF) at AEP Texas, which would set rates on a territory-specific basis (unique rates for Central, North divisions), is contrary to the language in PURA which requires that a DCRF be applied on a system-wide basis

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Patriot Energy Group Expands Office, Sales Force

Patriot Energy Group said that it has doubled the size of its current office in Conshohocken, PA as part of its expansion activities in Illinois and Pennsylvania, which has also included hiring several new employees to increase its sales force

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RetailEnergyX: FirstEnergy Solutions Files Deactivation Notice For Four Additional Power Plants

August 29

Texas PUC Staff Files Preliminary List Of REPs Eligible To Be Designated As Non-Volunteer POLRs

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) have filed a preliminary list of retail electric providers eligible to be designated as non-volunteer providers of last resort (Large Service Providers, LSPs), and a list of volunteer POLRs (VREPs), for the 2019-2020 term

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Retail Supplier Names Market Vet As New CFO

A retail supplier named ...

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PSC Authorizes Utility To Continue Including Default Service Rate On Choice Customers' Bills, Makes Tweaks

The Michigan PSC adopted an order authorizing Consumers Energy to continue listing, on the utility consolidated bills for gas customer choice (GCC) customers, the utility's Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) rate.

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RetailEnergyX: Johnny Rockets Selects Retail Supplier Affiliate For Energy Procurement, Management

FirstEnergy Solutions Receives No Additional Qualifying Bids For Retail Book, Aside From Constellation Stalking Horse Bid

FirstEnergy Solutions informed a bankruptcy court that it did not receive any qualified bids (other than the qualified bid submitted by the Stalking Horse Purchaser, which is Constellation) for its retail customer book prior to a bid deadline.

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Retail Supplier Files For Bankruptcy

A retail supplier has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy

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RESA Asks New York PSC To Establish Cybersecurity Working Group

The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the New York Public Service Commission establish a Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) modeled after the current EDI Collaborative.

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RetailEnergyX: PSC In Choice State Allows Utilities To Offer Value-Added Services

Michigan PSC Sets Capacity Charge Applicable To Retail Suppliers

The Michigan PSC adopted an order maintaining the current state reliability mechanism (SRM) capacity charge at Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation (UMERC) until a final order in Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation’s next general rate case.

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August 28

Retail Supplier Files For Bankruptcy

A retail supplier has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy

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Boston, MA Releases RFQ To Implement Opt-out Municipal Aggregation

The City of Boston on August 27 issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for submissions from consulting firms to assist the City’s development, implementation, and administration, of a municipal electricity aggregation program.

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Centrica Invests In Cyber Security Provider, Will Develop New Offerings For Energy Management Customers

Centrica plc, the ultimate parent of Direct Energy, announced an investment in a cyber security provider

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AEP Texas Schedules Annual REP Workshop

AEP Texas Competitive Retailer Relations announced that its 2018 competitive retailer (CR) Social and Workshop will be held ...

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RetailEnergyX: Nevada Resort Association Backs Energy Choice Initiative

Pa. PUC Grants, In Part, Retail Supplier Request To Extend RPS True-up Due To Change In Law

In a Secretarial Letter the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) granted, in part, the Petition of AEP Energy, Inc. (AEP) to extend the 90-day true-up period to demonstrate compliance with the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS Act) for the current reporting period of June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018.

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Walmart ESCO Seeks Exception To NY Data Security Requirements, Noting Only Data Is Its Own Customer Information

Texas Retail Energy (TRE), a subsidiary of Walmart Inc. and a registered ESCO which self-supplies Walmart, requested that the New York PSC grant it an exception to the new Data Security Agreement (DSA) being required by the utilities, noting that, with service limited to self-supply, the data ostensibly being protected is Walmart's own customer information

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RetailEnergyX: FirstEnergy Enters Definitive Settlement Agreement with Key Parties in FES Bankruptcy Proceedings

August 27

PSC Rejects Instant Connects, Seamless Moves

PSC Directs Stakeholders To Further Explore Requiring Retail Suppliers To Notify Customers Of Rate Change Via Email

PSC Directs Workgroup To Consider Additional Consumer Protections For Non-Residential Customers

PSC Discusses Enroll-By-Wallet Proposal

PSC Skeptical It Has Authority Over Energy "Consultants"

PSC Chair: "Embarrassing" That Large Number Of Consumers Aren't Aware They Can Shop For Electric Supplier 20 Years After Choice Introduced

During a rulemaking session last week (RM 62), the Maryland PSC declined to publish regulations which would have required implementation of instant connects (switch-at-connect, day one switching) for electricity and seamless moves for electricity and gas.

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New York PSC Secretary Denies Extension Of Cyber Security ESCO Self-Attestation, Data Security Agreement Deadline

The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request from the National Energy Marketers Association to extend the deadlines for Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) to execute the Self-Attestation and Data Security Agreement (DSA) required by the joint utilities under a "business-to-business" process related to cybersecurity.

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Parties Request Extension Of Current Columbia Gas Merchant Function Plan Pending Negotiations

Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Retail Energy Supply Association, Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Dominion Energy Solutions, Inc., Direct Energy Services, LLC, Direct Energy Business, LLC, Stand Energy Corporation and Volunteer Energy Services, Inc. (collectively, the Movants) requested from PUCO an extension through December 31, 2018, of the Amended Stipulation and Recommendation filed in Case No. 12-2637-GA-EXM, relating to Columbia's merchant function and related exemptions, on November 27, 2012, as approved by the Commission in an Opinion and Order dated January 9, 2013, and as further modified by its Entry on Rehearing dated March 20, 2013.

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RetailEnergyX: PSC Chair's Rate With Retail Supplier Was 70% Higher Than SOS (5 Cents Higher)

AEP Texas Merger Savings Credit To REPs Takes Effect On Interim Basis

As previously reported, per the order in Docket No. 46050, AEP Texas filed for a merger savings credit Monday, February 26, 2018 in PUCT Docket No. 48110. In its application, AEP Texas proposed to refund the savings stemming from lower debt issuance costs.

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RetailEnergyX: Report: Exxon Seeking 100-250 MW of Renewable Power in Texas

RetailEnergyX: Owner Of Loyalty Program, Fuel Retailer Buys 70% Stake In Retail Electric Supplier

August 24

Texas PUC Staff Says Commission May Wish To Examine Retail Mass Transition Issues, Collateral As Part Of Summer 2018 Review

Starts Review By Proposing Questions On Wholesale Price Formation

In a proposed process to begin a review of the Summer 2018 ERCOT Market Performance, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas noted that the PUC may wish to address lessons learned and issues related to retail mass transitions and market participant collateral, in addition to other issues, including wholesale price formation

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Just Energy Issues Statement On Recent Market Activity

Just Energy Group Inc. issued the statement below concerning recent market activity. Just Energy's statement is reproduced verbatim below. EnergyChoiceMatters.com disclaims any responsibility for the content or data contained in the release below, and makes no averment as to its accuracy or statements.

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Duty Of Texas Retail Providers To Notify Customers Of TDU Rate Class Reassignment May Become Issue In Another Complaint Case

The duty, if any, of Texas retail electric providers to inform customers of a change in the customer's assignment to a specific TDU rate class, and associated changes in rates due to such change, may be addressed in another pending customer complaint before the Texas PUC

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RetailEnergyX: ComEd Allowing Customers To Share Energy Efficiency Savings With Other Customers

Luminant To Close Power Plant

Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, today announced that it filed a notice of suspension of operations for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Tentative Order Would Cancel Licenses Of Retail Supplier, Brokers

RetailEnergyX: IPP Closes Financing of $1.3 Billion Electric Generating Facility In Ohio

August 23

Pa. PUC Adopts Price Cap For Certain Customers
--- Sends Issue To OCMO To Refine Mechanics

The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a joint motion which requires the institution of a price cap on retail supplier offers to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP, or CAP) customers at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, and which refers the matter to the PUC's Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) for further discussion regarding mechanics and implementation of the price cap.

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Parent Names New President To Oversee Retail Supplier, Other Non-Utility Businesses

The parent of a retail supplier named a new President to oversee the group housing the supplier and other non-utility businesses

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Pure Energy To Hold Utility Scale Solar Auction In Texas, Invites Retail Providers

Texas-based Pure Energy, which represents a portfolio of utility scale solar projects in the ERCOT market, will hold a utility scale solar project auction in Dallas, Texas on Monday, October 1st, 2018

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RetailEnergyX: Chron: NRG In Court Fight With Retail Sales Vendor, Info On Sales Process, Commissions Detailed

Grid Power Direct Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
• Bolt Energy Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State

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August 22

Retail Energy Vet Launches New Energy Procurement Firm

A retail vet has newly launched an energy procurement consulting and advisory firm

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Green Mountain Energy Seeks Authority To Serve New Service Area

Green Mountain Energy Company applied for ...

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PUC Staff Issues Recommendation On TPV Waiver Sought By Retail Suppliers

Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed a recommendation on whether to grant a petition for a waiver of third party verification for customer-initiated inbound calls to a retail natural gas supplier which result in an enrollment, provided that the entire call is recorded and meets applicable disclosure requirements

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RetailEnergyX: Now Independent From NRG, Station A To Advise C&Is On Power Supply Options From Various Suppliers

NEM Requests That New York PSC Issue Guidance On ESCO Cyber Security Issues, Seeks Modification Of Procedural Schedule

The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) submitted a petition to the New York PSC for commission guidance and a related request for a modification to the procedural schedule Case 18-M-0376, energy market cyber security protocols, and associated business-to-business process that has been utilized by the joint utilities and ESCOs.

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Electricity Ratings, Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate

Electricity Ratings, LLC applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate

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RetailEnergyX: Police Warn Of "Scam" In Which "Alternative Supplier" Sought Customer's Account Number

PSC Approves New Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Program

Orders That Docket Be Opened On Supplier Consolidated Billing

A PSC today authorized a purchase of receivables program at ...

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RetailEnergyX: Comcast Spectacor Selects Retail Supplier For Wells Fargo Center

RetailEnergyX: FERC Issues Notice of Intent To Revoke Market-Based Rate Authority Of Retail Supplier, Power Marketers

RetailEnergyX: 7X To Sell Texas Solar Power Plant

August 21

PSC Approves New Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Program

Orders That Docket Be Opened On Supplier Consolidated Billing

A PSC today authorized a purchase of receivables program at ...

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Shopping Platform For Multifamily Properties, Tenants Seeks Texas Electric Aggregator License

A sister company to a shopping platform currently offering insurance to multi-family tenants and property owners applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate

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Texas PUC Staff Oppose New Charges On Retail Electric Providers Proposed By TDU

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony opposing Texas-New Mexico Power's proposal, in its current rate case, to institute a new Inadvertent Gain fee and a new fee for a meter reading for purpose of a mass transition

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Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates

Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2018 to December 2018

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RESA Urges DPU To Launch Planned Investigation Of Metering, Data, And Billing Issues To Allow Competitive Supply Customers To Participate In Dynamic Pricing

The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities open its planned investigation into the next steps for cost-effective deployment of customer-facing grid modernization investments as soon as possible.

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Retail Supplier Launches Community Solar in Maryland

A retail supplier has launched a community solar offering in Maryland

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RetailEnergyX: Vistra Energy Announces Early Results of Cash Tender Offers for Senior Notes

August 20

Retail Market Vet Joins Texas REP

A Texas REP has filed for an amendment to its Texas REP certificate to reflect changes in its managerial and technical personnel

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Texas Retail Provider Relinquishes REP Certificate

A Texas REP has filed at the Texas PUC to relinquish its Texas retail electric provider certificate

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Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Use Trade Name Super Power

A Texas REP has filed for an amendment to its Texas REP certificate to add the trade name Super Power to its certificate

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RetailEnergyX: KPRC: "New" Electricity Company Claims It Has Lowest Price In Texas

Texas Retail Provider To Pay $50,000 Under Switch-Hold Settlement With Texas PUC Staff

A REP would pay $50,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.480(m) and (j)(8), concerning switch-holds and deferred payment plans.

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Luminant To Pay $1.1 Million Under Settlement With Texas PUC Staff

Luminant Energy Company LLC would pay $1.1 million under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve ...

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Direct Energy Launches New Plan In Northeast Markets, Also Expands Echo Dot Plans

Direct Energy said that it has newly launched ...

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August 17

State Sen.: Utility Consolidated Bills Should Have "Bold Warning" Informing Customers That "Significant" Number Of Bills Have Supplier Rate Errors

Says Suppliers Should Pay For System Changes, Presses For Refunds

In a filing styled as "comments" on briefs filed in a Connecticut proceeding examining issues surrounding the provision and presentation of supplier Next Cycle Rate information on utility consolidated bills, State Senator Len Suzio wrote that, "Until the systems and procedures to assure reliable utility bills are developed and implemented the EDC’s should be compelled to insert a warning (not merely a perfunctory advice) in bold red font proclaiming to utility consumers who purchase electricity from suppliers that a significant number of bills have an above average potential for rate errors and should be scrutinized closely, urging consumers to compare the current generation rate to the 'next cycle rate' in their previous bill and providing clear contact information should they have questions or identify potential mistakes."

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Parent Of Retail Supplier Names New Executive Roles

Southern Company Gas Chairman, President and CEO Kim Greene announced two new executive roles to the company's management, effective September 1.

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Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates

The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of September 2018.

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RetailEnergyX: Dallas Morning News Watchdog Opposes End Of Rate Postings On Texas Power to Choose

Utilities Disclose Default Service Suppliers

Connecticut Light and Power reported that ...

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NY To Hold Workshop On EV Rate Design, Seeks Comments On Utility Role, Ownership Of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Deployment

New York Department of Public Service Staff will host a working group meeting on Friday, September 21, 2018 to discuss rate design principles to be applied to electric vehicle charging stations.

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RetailEnergyX: Wind Owner Seeks Texas PUC Order That Approval Not Needed For Transfers Of Passive, Noncontrolling Equity Interests

August 16

Energy Shopping Website Offering Retail Buying Service, Green Products Secures $25 Million In Funding

Opower Founder and President To Join Site's Board Of Directors

Arcadia Power, describing itself as, "developers of the first nationwide digital utility," announced the closing of a $25 million Series B funding round led by G2VP, with participation from ValueAct Spring Fund, McKnight Foundation, Energy Impact Partners, Cendana Capital, Wonder Ventures, BoxGroup, and existing investors.

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PUC To Review Default Service Supply, Pricing Rules

Consistent with its obligation to routinely review its rules every five years, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has opened a review of the rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-14, Uniform Purchased Gas Adjustment Clause

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EC Infosystems Unveils Tesla Model 3 as 2018 User Conference Grand Prize Giveaway

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – August 16, 2018 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry, announced the grand prize as a Tesla Model 3 for its annual user conference for clients on September 12 – 14, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Illinois Power Agency Releases Draft Default Service Procurement Plan

The Illinois Power Agency has released a draft of its 2019 electricity default service procurement plan for public comment

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Start-up Retail Energy Supplier Receives License

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted ...

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PUC To Review Rules Governing Customer Complaints Against Retail Suppliers

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Parent Of Retail Supplier Reports Quarterly Results

Zenergy Brands, Inc., which as previously reported recently acquired retail electric provider Enertrade Electric and also offers various energy efficiency and services, reported a loss from operations of $1.0 million, and a net loss of $1.5 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2018, versus a loss from operations of $681,000 and a net loss of $786,000 in the year-ago quarter

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RetailEnergyX: ENGIE North America Completes Financing of Live Oak Wind Project in Texas, Offtake Agreement To Serve C&I Customers

RetailEnergyX: Hudson Sustainable Investments Hires Former Deutsche Bank MD As Partner

August 15

Arizona Corp. Commission Starts "Omnibus" Informal Rulemaking Process, Incorporates Review Of Retail Electric Choice

The Arizona Corporation Commission yesterday directed that Staff commence an informal "omnibus" rulemaking process to address a variety of electric industry issues impacted by grid modernization, including suggested reviews of the retail electric competition rules

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Settlement In Utility Merger Proceeding Requires Utility To Propose Expansion Of Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Program

Stipulation Addresses Other Retail Choice Issues As Well

A settlement among parties in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding addressing the proposed merger of UGI's three Pennsylvania natural gas utilities into a single utility -- with distinct rate zones and tariffs -- addresses various retail choice issues, including requiring UGI to propose expansion of its purchase of receivables (POR) program to all three territories

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Inspire Leads Retail Suppliers, Brokers In Inc. 500 List

Revenue Data For Companies Disclosed

Inspire led retail suppliers and brokers in the annual Inc. Magazine 500/5000 rankings of revenue growth at private companies over the past three years. Notable retail suppliers and brokers in the Inc. rankings were:

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RetailEnergyX: Energy Shopping Site Says "Community Aggregation Has Not Always Provided The Best Possible Savings"

City Selects Retail Supplier For Municipal Aggregation

The City of Crystal Lake, Illinois, has accepted a bid from ...

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RetailEnergyX: Texas County Set To Award Contract For Electricity Supply

RetailEnergyX: Survey: Businesses Expect To Generate 25% Of Their Power Needs Onsite Within Seven Years

August 14

Former Owner Of Large Broker Forms New Broker, Hires Retail Energy Vets

A start-up broker recently launched service

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Broker Used By Affiliated Concierge/Subscription Service Seeks License In New State

Retail Energy Vet Joins Company As Director, Client Relations

A broker affiliated with a concierge/subscription service applied for ...

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Utility Holding Co.'s Newly Created Retail Supplier Affiliate Receives Licenses

The new affiliate of an LDC has received supplier licenses in ...

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RetailEnergyX: City Awards Electricity Supply Contract To Retail Supplier

Retail Supplier Consolidates Credit Facilities, Adds Expanded Syndicated Working Capital Facility

New Credit Facility Improves Pricing, Trading Terms and Availability

A retail supplier announced that it has combined its existing credit facilities into a single consolidated credit facility for the Company's wholesale energy supply requirements with a limit of ...

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Retail Providers Oppose Newly Proposed Fees Charged To REPs For Inadvertent Gains, Mass Transition Meter Readings At Texas TDU

The Alliance for Retail Markets has filed testimony with the Texas PUC opposing new discretionary service charges proposed by Texas-New Mexico Power as part of TNMP's rate case, such as a new Inadvertent Gain fee, and a new fee for a meter reading for purpose of a mass transition

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PJM Seeks Delay For 2022/2023 RPM Base Residual Auction

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. petitioned FERC for a one-time waiver of provisions of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff as necessary to enable PJM to delay its 2019 Base Residual Auction (BRA) for the 2022/2023 Delivery Year until ...

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RetailEnergyX: WGL Energy Secures $75 Million Financing Package

RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Schedules Technical Workshop On Real-Time Co-Optimization, Marginal Losses

August 13

Retail Supplier Will No Longer Pursue Municipal Aggregations, "Evaluating Options" For Current Book Of 300,000 Muni Aggregation Customers

A retail supplier announced that it has decided not to pursue future municipal aggregations and will be evaluating options related to its portfolio of approximately 300,000 customers acquired through this channel.

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Crius Reports Higher EBITDA, Details Cost Reductions

Purchase Price For Retail Book Acquisition Disclosed

Will Divest Solar Business

Crius Energy reported Adjusted EBITDA of $16.0 million for quarter ending June 30, 2018 (second quarter of 2018), an increase from $14.1 million achieved in the second quarter of 2017, with the increase driven by the contribution from the previously acquired USG&E business.

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Parent Of Retail Supplier Names New Senior Vice President of Finance

The parent of a retail supplier named ...

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RetailEnergyX: Report: Retail Choice May Be Making A Comeback At Arizona Corporation Commission

Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates For Eastern Service Area

Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for large C&I customers in its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning October 1, 2018.

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California PUC Releases Final Paper On Retail Choice

The California PUC has released a final version of its paper discussing issues facing the retail sale of electricity in the state (known as the Green Book)

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Westchester Power Municipal Aggregation Issues RFI For New Power Supply Contract For ConEd Service Area

New York municipal aggregation Westchester Power has issued a Request for Information to identify qualified electric suppliers for its upcoming September solicitation for power for customers in the portion of its service area with Consolidated Edison's territory.

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Oncor Surcharge Rider Applicable To REPs Expires

Oncor informed retail electric providers in a market notice that recovery of authorized expenses under Rider RS expired after the August cycle 11.

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National Energy Marketers Association Sets Date For Western Energy Policy Summit

The National Energy Marketers Association has issued a Save The Date for its upcoming Western Energy Policy Summit to be held October 24 to October 26, 2018 in Las Vegas

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From 7/9: Texas Retail Provider Says Eliminating HAN Functionality Would Stifle Innovative Products, Real-Time Billing, Controllable Load

GridPlus, a start-up retail electric provider newly certificated in Texas has opposed a motion for rehearing filed by the joint Texas utilities concerning revisions to Smart Meter Texas (SMT), as GridPlus said the elimination of home area network (HAN) functionality would stifle product innovation.

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RetailEnergyX: Reliant Announces Relationship With Texans QB

August 10

Just Energy: Raised Prices For First Time In Four Years, Taking "Aggressive" Actions As Pricing Power Returns

Does Not Expect Material Impact From ERCOT July Volatility

During a discussion of earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2018 (first quarter of fiscal 2019), Just Energy discussed expanding mass market margins and the return of retail pricing power.

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PSC Initiates New Review Of SOS Design By Asking If Long-Term PPAs Should Be Used

A PSC initiated a review of electricity Standard Offer Service (SOS)

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PSC In Retail Choice State Orders Working Groups On Rate Design, Other Grid Modernization Initiatives (Data Access, DERs, Microgrids, Etc.)

A PSC directed that working groups be developed for Phase 2 of its Modernizing the Energy Delivery System for Increased Sustainability (MEDSIS) Initiative for the following areas: (1) Data and Information Access and Alignment, (2) Non-wires Alternatives to Grid Investments, (3) Future Rate Design, (4) Customer Impact, (5) Microgrids, and (6) Pilot Projects

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RetailEnergyX: PJM IMM: Participant Behavior In 2021/2022 Capacity Auction "Not Competitive"

Updated: Texas PUC Adopts Changes To Power To Choose Website

Two Commissioners Question Having Pricing Function On Website Going Forward

D'Andrea Notes Potential For Site To Pull Historic Customer Usage, But Also Says If Reforms Don't Work Over Time, May Need To "Reconsider" Wisdom Of Government Agency Running A Commercial Website

At its open meeting on 8/9, the Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted three changes to the Power to Choose website as proposed by Staff.

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Texas PUC Issues Questions For Stakeholder Comment On Real-Time Co-optimization, Marginal Losses; Ask About Impact On Retail Market, Cost Recovery Mechanism

After finalizing the questions at yesterday's open meeting, the Texas PUC issued questions for stakeholder comment in Project No. 48540, Review of Real-Time Co-optimization (RTC) in the ERCOT Market, and Project No. 48539, Review of the Inclusion of Marginal Losses in Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch

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Texas PUC Adopts Final Cost Allocation To Participating REPs For Low-Income Customer Match Lists

The Texas PUC issued a final order assigning costs to retail electric providers that have filed requests for the low-income customer match list that REPs may voluntarily request to fund and receive.

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Staff Oppose NextEra Acquisition Of Rayburn Line

RetailEnergyX: CenterPoint TDU Changing Several Rate Class Descriptions In Usage History, TxSET

RetailEnergyX: Starwood Energy To Sell 50% Interest In PJM, ISO-NE Power Plants

August 9

Texas PUC Adopts Changes To Power To Choose Website

Two Commissioners Question Having Pricing Function On Website Going Forward

D'Andrea Notes Potential For Site To Pull Historic Customer Usage, But Also Says If Reforms Don't Work Over Time, May Need To "Reconsider" Wisdom Of Government Agency Running A Commercial Website

At its open meeting today, the Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted three changes to the Power to Choose website as proposed by Staff.

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Just Energy Reports Customer Growth Despite Competitive Pressures, Profitability Focus

Retail Channel Now Largest Residential Sales Channel

Says Earnings Flat For Quarter

Just Energy reported earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2018 (first fiscal quarter of 2019)

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Calpine Reports Retail Quarterly Results

In a 10-Q filed today, Calpine reported results from its retail segment for the quarter ending June 30, 2018

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RetailEnergyX: TEPA, RESA Urge Adoption Of Customer Choice In Wisconsin

Broker-Consultant Names New Chief Financial Officer

A broker named a new CFO

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Final Wisconsin Strategic Energy Assessment Devoid Of Discussion Of Customer Choice

A final biennial Strategic Energy Assessment released by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for 2018-2024 did not contain a substantive discussion of retail electric customer choice.

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RetailEnergyX: Ørsted to Acquire Lincoln Clean Energy from I Squared Capital

August 8

Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Use New Trade Name

A REP filed to use a new trade name

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AEP Texas Seeks Recovery Of Over $400 Million For Hurricane Restoration Costs, Costs Would Be Collected From Retail Providers

AEP Texas Inc. filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for a determination by the Commission that AEP Texas's system restoration costs, incurred in connection with Hurricane Harvey and other previous weather-related events within the Central Division of its service area, are reasonable and necessary and eligible for recovery.

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Pennsylvania Sees Steady Heightened Rate Of Statewide Decline In Residential Electric Shopping Since May

Pennsylvania saw the aggregate number of residential customers on competitive electric supply decline from late May to late July at a rate consistent with the monthly decline witnessed in May

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RetailEnergyX: Two Retail Supplier Class Action Settlements Receive OK From Judges

State Legislature Enacts Bill Subjecting Retail Suppliers To New "Clean Peak" Resource Obligation

The Massachusetts legislature has enacted a bill establishing a "clean peak" standard (CPS), or obligation imposed on retail electric suppliers

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From 8/3: Texas PUC Staff Propose Recommendations For Power To Choose Changes

Proposal Addresses Plans Designed To Appear As Lowest Price At 1,000 kWh But With Divergent Pricing At Other Usages

Staff Also Takes Aim At "Flooding" Behavior Used By REPs

In a memo to Commissioners, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended a series of changes to the Power to Choose website

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RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Board Approves Price Corrections

RetailEnergyX: Lightsource BP Acquires 135MW in PJM Solar Assets

RetailEnergyX: Starwood Property Trust to Acquire Energy Project Finance Debt Business from GE Capital

RetailEnergyX: Vivint Solar Announces Financing Vehicle Said To Be Industry-First, Raises $327M

August 7

Retail Supplier To Be Sold

A retail supplier disclosed a sale process

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Infinite Energy Seeks License In New State

Infinite Energy Inc. applied for ...

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Regional Planning Commission Seeks Aggregator License

Another regional planning commission has submitted registration as an electricity aggregator in ...

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Genie Retail Energy Reports Higher Earnings, Lower Churn

Genie Retail Energy (GRE) reported income from operations of $3.3 million in the quarter ending June 30, 2018 (second quarter), compared to a loss from operations of $9.4 million a year ago.

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RetailEnergyX: Former Texas Rep. Who Led Restructuring Says Power to Choose Needs "Standardization"

Citing "Inaccurate" Data, RESA Seeks Stay Of Regulator's Newly Adopted Requirement To Publish Retail Supplier's Compliance Metric In Monthly Migration Reports

The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority stay implementation of its directive that Connecticut Light and Power Company (Eversource) and United Illuminating include certain information about electric suppliers' provision of summary billing information in the EDCs' monthly migration reports until PURA concludes an investigation into these reporting requirements, including the accuracy of the information, in one of the other proceedings in which these issues are already currently being explored.

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Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates

NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed new basic service rates for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Apple Helps Three Companies Source Wind, Solar Power

Vista Energy Launches Service In New State

Vista Energy announced that it is beginning to accept enrollments for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Data Center Vendor Now Aggregating Electricity Supply For Data Center Customers

RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Reports Discrepancy In Calculation Of Real-Time LMPs For Certain CCGRs

RetailEnergyX: Vault Energy Solutions Launches Redesigned Texas Shopping Website

August 6

TXU Parent Reports Highest Residential Texas Customer Count Since 2015

Vistra Retail Earnings Lifted By Texas

Open To Retail Acquisitions, But "Picky"

Vistra Energy, the parent of TXU and Dynegy among other businesses, said that its second quarter adjusted EBITDA exceeded expectations as a result of higher realized prices, lower than forecast operations and maintenance expenses, and strong ERCOT retail performance that was offset by higher power costs than planned for its Ohio retail portfolio.

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Spark Energy Announces Results Of Strategic Review

CEO Says Retail Books Not Coming To Market, As Sellers Don't Want Price Weighed By Recent Higher Capacity Costs, ERCOT Volatility

During an earnings call on Friday, Nathan Kroeker, Spark Energy's President and Chief Executive Officer, provided an update on the company's previously announced strategic review, stating, "Following our strategic review, our executive team and Board of Directors believe the best way to deliver long term value to our shareholders is to continue streamlining our operations and building our mass market customer book. We continue to work with Morgan Stanley to review opportunities to maximize value to our shareholders."

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Genie Retail Entering New International Market

In announcing earnings this morning, Genie Energy Ltd. said that it expects to begin acquiring customers in an additional international market later this year.

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RetailEnergyX: Star-Telegram Backs Regulation Of Retail Electric Provider Pricing For Failure To Pass On Tax Cut Savings

New York DPS Staff File Specific Proposed Mechanism For Changing ESCO ZEC Compliance To Pay-As-You-Go

Staff of the New York Department of Public Service and Staff of NYSERDA have filed a proposal to transition the compliance mechanism for LSEs, including ESCOs, under the zero emissions credit (ZEC) program to a "pay as you go" mechanism

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CPS Seeks To Suspend Nuclear Decommissioning Fee For Its AEP-TCC STP Share (Costs Charged To REPs Under Delivery Tariff)

The City of San Antonio has filed at the Texas PUC a decommissioning cost analysis for the South Texas Project nuclear electric generating station, in which, among other things, CPS Energy, "is recommending suspension of monthly recurring decommissioning fees collected from AEP-TCC's retail customers." (Docket 48556)

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RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Reminds REPs Of Contact List Of Retail Providers Seeking To Buy Books

August 3

Texas PUC Staff Propose Recommendations For Power To Choose Changes

Proposal Addresses Plans Designed To Appear As Lowest Price At 1,000 kWh But With Divergent Pricing At Other Usages

Staff Also Takes Aim At "Flooding" Behavior Used By REPs

In a memo to Commissioners, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended a series of changes to the Power to Choose website

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Spark Energy Adjusted EBITDA Down From Cost of Additional Summer Hedges, Capacity Costs

For the quarter ended June 30, 2018, Spark Energy, Inc. reported Adjusted EBITDA of $16.1 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $20.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

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Constellation Discusses Approach To Retail M&A Given ERCOT Volatility

During an Exelon earnings call yesterday, James McHugh, CEO of Constellation, discussed the company's approach to potential retail acquisitions in ERCOT given summer volatility

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RetailEnergyX: Retail Supplier Parent Acquires HVAC, Energy Services Firm
-- Continues Focus Of Uniting Energy Supply, Services

Texas Staff Propose Comment, Workshop Process To Consider Real-Time Co-Optimization, Marginal Losses; Suggest Questions

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed a process for the Commission to consider real-time co-optimization of energy and ancillary services in ERCOT ("RTC") and to consider including marginal losses in security-constrained economic dispatch

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CleanChoice Energy Launches 100% In-State Wind Plans In New York And Illinois

CleanChoice Energy has begun offering residential and business customers in New York and Illinois retail electricity supply plans with 100% in-state wind.

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Oncor Surcharge Rider Applicable To REPs May Expire Earlier Than Scheduled

Oncor informed retail electric providers in a market notice that recovery of authorized expenses under Rider RS may occur earlier than the expected August 31, 2018 date

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Texas Low-Income Customer Match List Requested By 35 Retail Providers, Representing Over 91% Of Low-Income Customers

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas reported that 35 retail electric providers, d/b/a's, as well as utility Entergy Texas, have filed requests for the low-income customer match list that REPs may voluntarily request to fund and receive.

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RetailEnergyX: Texas-Based Retail Provider Focusing On Japan Raises Capital

August 2

Start-up Retail Supplier Led by Natural Gas Trader Formed, Seeks Licenses

A trader has formed a new retail supplier

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NRG: "Always" Looking To Acquire Retail Books

Says Summer Volatility Provides, "Opportunity To Acquire Customers At Value"

Reports "Phenomenal" Q2 For Retail Business

Discussing second quarter earnings this morning, Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG Energy's President and Chief Executive Officer, said that NRG's Retail business had a "phenomenal" quarter, and said that the business is "always" looking to acquire retail books.

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Updated: Second Texas Retail Provider Files To Serve As Volunteer POLR

A second REP has filed to be a VREP

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RetailEnergyX: Solar Developer Hires Former NRG Execs, Announces Utility-Scale Projects In Texas

Start-up Retail Supplier Seeks License In New State

• Start-up Led By Retail Energy Vet, Professor Seeks License In New State

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ERCOT Seeks Revision To ORDC Methodology

ERCOT has submitted as a sponsor Other Binding Document Revision Request (OBDRR) 007 for revisions to the Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC) methodology

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Mass. EDCs Propose Disposition, Cost Recovery Of Products Procured Under Offshore Wind Contracts

The Massachusetts investor-owned electric distribution companies have collectively sought approval at the DPU for PPAs totaling 800 MW with Vineyard Wind LLC for offshore wind energy

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RetailEnergyX: Westchester, NY Municipal Aggregation Preparing To Seek Bids For Power Supply For ConEd Service Area

RetailEnergyX: Voltus Marketing Demand Response To Customers On Competitive Supply In Michigan

August 1

Texas Retail Provider Files To Act As Volunteer Provider Of Last Resort (POLR)

First Volunteer POLR Request Since 2011-12 Term

A REP filed a request with the Texas PUC to be designated as a volunteer provider of last resort (VREP) for the 2019-2020 term

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TEPA Seeking Input On Improving Retail Electric Product Transparency, In Response To Concerns On Tiered, Similar Plans

Andrew Barth, President, of the National Board of The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA), has written a letter to TEPA members seeking input on how to take a more proactive approach in creating greater transparency for consumers in the retail electric market, noting recent concerns over tiered and similar electric plans.

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MC Squared Energy Services Seeks To Serve New Service Territory

MC Squared Energy Services, LLC d/b/a mc2 - Where Energy Comes From applied for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Firm Led By Former NRG Innovation VP Raises $3.5 Million To Facilitate Large End User Sales Into Power Markets

Affiliate Of Retail Supplier Acquires CHP Firm

Dalkia, a subsidiary of the EDF Group (which also owns retail supplier EDF Energy Services, LLC), has acquired ...

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Energy Analytics Consultant, Broker Announces New Private Equity Partner

EnergyWatch, LLC ("EW"), a firm which offers energy supply procurement consulting services in addition to a variety of energy data analytics and management, announced that it has received an investment from a new equity partner.

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RetailEnergyX: Poll: 46% Oppose Nevada Energy Choice Initiative

RetailEnergyX: CUB Warning: Beware Of Electric Rip-Offs

RetailEnergyX: ESCOs Submit Questions Regarding Utilities' Data Security Agreement

July 31

Direct Energy Acquires Retail Customer Book

Centrica, the parent of Direct Energy, reported that, in July, it acquired ...

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Two Texas Retailer Providers Transitioning Customers To NRG

Two Texas retail electric providers are transitioning customers to a retail provider owned by NRG Energy.

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Centrica North America Business (C&I) Segment Returns To Profitability, But Earnings Down 50% Versus H1 2017

--- C&I Segment Still Challenged By Capacity Market Charges, Low Unit Margins

--- North America Home Business Sees Great Improvement In Net Churn, Earnings Flat

Centrica reported that its North America Business (C&I) segment returned to profitability in the first half of 2018, having made a loss in the second half of 2017

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RetailEnergyX: Parent of Utilities With Retail Choice Creates New Chief Digital Officer Role

Retail Supplier Hires Retail Market Vet As Senior Business Development Exec

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Municipal Aggregations Sign PPAs With Renewable Energy Developer

Two muni aggregations have signed ...

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RetailEnergyX: Centrica Names New CFO

RetailEnergyX: New York DPS Staff File Proposal For ESCO Compliance With Phase 3 Of Clean Energy Standard

July 30

Two Texas Retailer Providers Transitioning Customers To NRG

Two Texas retail electric providers are transitioning customers to a retail provider owned by NRG Energy.

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Pennsylvania PUC To Consider Changes To PA Power Switch, Presentation of Products

At last week's National Energy Marketers Association Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit, Dan Mumford, Director of the Pennsylvania PUC's Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO), said that the PUC expects to have discussions in the coming months concerning changes to the PUC's Power to Choose electricity shopping website and its presentation of products.

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PSC To Review Default Service Structure

The District of Columbia PSC will again conduct a bi-annual review of electricity Standard Offer Service starting in 2018, Cary Hinton, policy advisor to D.C. PSC Chair Betty Ann Kane, told attendees at National Energy Marketers Association Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit

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Mass. EDCs Propose Disposition, Cost Recovery Of Products Procured Under Large Long-Term Contracts

The Massachusetts investor-owned electric distribution companies have collectively sought approval at the DPU for a PPA with H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc., which is part of the previously reported, statutorily required solicitation of long-term contracts, with the winning selection being the proposal filed jointly by Hydro Renewable Energy Inc., an affiliate of Hydro Quebec, and Central Maine Power Company, which is referred to as the New England Clean Energy Connect: 100% Hydro proposal (the NECEC Transmission Line).

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RetailEnergyX: "Clean" Energy Groups Oppose Nevada Electric Choice

PJM Seeks To Implement New Minimum FTR Credit Requirement

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. filed tariff revisions at FERC which it said are designed to, "limit potential credit exposure of PJM Members with Financial Transmission Rights ('FTR') portfolios, i.e. FTR Holders, that have little to no credit requirement relative to the megawatt-hour ('MWh') volume of positions in their FTR portfolios."

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Assigns Project For Review of Summer 2018 ERCOT Market Performance

RetailEnergyX: New Jersey Power Plant To Be Sold

July 27

Talen Energy Marketing Granted Texas Retail Provider Certificate

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Talen Energy Marketing, LLC an Option ...

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CPower Expanding To Canada, Names Exec To Lead Effort

CPower Energy Management announced the appointment of ...

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PSC To Soon Vote On Final Consideration Of Proposed New Electric Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Program

During the National Energy Marketers Association's July 26 Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit, Dallas Winslow, Chair of the Delaware PSC, provided an update on several retail market issues under consideration in the state

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RetailEnergyX: Retail Supplier Secures Exclusive Right To Market At Subway Stations, Station To Be Named For Supplier

PSC Commissioner: Maryland Not "Immune" To Concerns Over Low-Income Customer Retail Choice Participation, Pricing; Expects To Hear More On Issue

During the National Energy Marketers Association's July 26 Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit, Maryland PSC Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton discussed concerns raised by consumer advocates in other states who have alleged higher costs for customers under retail choice versus default service, particularly for low-income customers, and said that Maryland is not "immune" from such questions

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RetailEnergyX: Study Names Nine Most Trusted Texas Retail Electric Provider Brands
--- Report: REPs Post Historic Level Of Customer Trust

Update: Adopted Preliminary Order In Texas Customer Complaint Includes Examining Whether REP Had To Describe Delivery Service Rate Class Change

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has adopted a preliminary (scoping) order in a customer complaint that includes, as an issue to be addressed in the case, whether the customer's retail electric provider had a duty to inform the complainant of the change in a customer's TDU rate classification that had prompted the complaint

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Sheppard AFB Homes Awards Long-Term Electricity Contract To Retail Supplier

A retail supplier has been awarded a long-term retail electricity contract for renewable energy solutions with Sheppard AFB Homes

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RetailEnergyX: Report: Retail Supplier Closes Local Office

Updated: Chair Walker: Texas PUC Must Consider Customers' Best Interests, Their Retail Choice, In Weighing Territory Dispute Between AEP Texas, NOIE Co-op

ALJ Had Found AEP Texas Does Not Have Right To Serve Some Current Customers (Who Are With REPs)

Walker: Case Should Return To PUCT For Second Phase, Determination Of Treatment Of Customers

In a memo in advance of today's open meeting, DeAnn Walker, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said that the Commission must consider the best interests of affected customers, who could lose their right to choose a retail electric provider, in addressing a proposal for decision which would find that AEP Texas lacks the authority to serve some of the customers that Rio Grande Electric Cooperative has asserted it has the sole right to serve

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RetailEnergyX: Zenergy Closes Zero Cost Contract with Franchisee of Fast Food Chain

RetailEnergyX: CEO Of Parent Of Retail Supplier Resigns Due To "Complaint"

RetailEnergyX: FERC Approves Application Aimed At Preserving ERCOT Jurisdictional Status Quo In Light Of Mexican Grid Changes

RetailEnergyX: NY DPS Staff File Whitepapers On Changes To Compensating Distributed Generation

July 26

Sheppard AFB Homes Awards Long-Term Electricity Contract To Retail Supplier

A retail supplier has been awarded a long-term retail electricity contract for renewable energy solutions with Sheppard AFB Homes

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Retail Energy Vet Named Power Marketing Exec At Renewable Energy Developer

A renewable energy developer named ...

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Penn Power Prices To Compare To Fall

Penn Power has filed new tariffed PTC_Default rates with the Pa. PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018

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RetailEnergyX: Study Names Nine Most Trusted Texas Retail Electric Provider Brands
--- Report: REPs Post Historic Level Of Customer Trust

New Jersey BPU Proposes Rule On Offshore Wind Funding Mechanism, Responsibility For Suppliers

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced in a news release that it has, "proposed a rule that would establish an offshore wind funding mechanism known as an Offshore Wind Energy Certificate (OREC)."

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FERC Approves $115,000 Settlement With Power Marketer

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and ...

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RetailEnergyX: Muni Aggregation Says Illinois Utility May Raise Rates "At Any Time"

July 25

Mitsubishi Sub. Forms Retail Energy Supplier, Seeking Licenses

An indirect subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation has applied for retail energy supply licenses

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PUC Issues Show Cause Order To Retail Supplier Over Alleged Marketing Practices

The Maine PUC issued a show cause order to ...

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People's Counsel Presses PSC For Comparisons Of SOS, Retail Supplier Costs For Low-Income Customers

In comments to the Maryland PSC on the Maryland Department of Human Services' Office of Home Energy Programs' (OHEP) Electric Universal Services Program (EUSP) Proposed Operations Plan for FY 2019, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel has renewed calls for the PSC to direct utilities to provide data comparing costs billed to low-income customers under SOS versus service from a retail supplier

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RetailEnergyX: One Big Switch COO Interviewed By KHOU

PUC Issues RFP For Long-Term Contracts For Capacity, Energy

The Maine PUC issued a request for proposals for long-term contracts for capacity resources and associated energy, initiating the process for the solicitation and review of long-term contract proposals pursuant to Title 35-A, section 3210-C and Chapter 316 of the Commission's rules.

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Michigan PSC Approves Capacity Charge For Retail Suppliers

The Michigan PSC approved a settlement agreement under which ...

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RetailEnergyX: Dominion Seeks To Install Smart Meters In Virginia, Develop Renewable Energy

July 24

New York PSC Grants Extension For ESCO Compliance With Revised UBPs

The Secretary of the New York PSC issued a notice extending the deadline for compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) that had been adopted on January 19, 2018

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FirstEnergy Discloses Retirement Of Corporate Strategy EVP

FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in an 8-K several executive retirements

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Plymouth Rock Energy Receives License In New State

• Atlas Retail Energy Receives New License

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RetailEnergyX: Claim: New Electricity Shopping Sites "Mislead" Customers

Texas TDUs Propose Changes To Subst. Rules Governing Advanced Meters

In light of the Texas PUC's recent approval of changes to Smart Meter Texas, AEP Texas Inc. ("AEP Texas"), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC ("CenterPoint"), Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC ("Oncor"), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company ("TNMP") (collectively, the "Joint TDUs") have filed with the PUCT suggested revisions to 16 TAC § 25.130, which governs advanced metering

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Assigns Project Numbers For Co-optimization, Marginal Losses

RetailEnergyX: Priority Power Management Launches New Website

July 23

Start-up Hudson Shore Energy To Enter Retail Market

Shares Certain Ownership With ERCOT Power Trader

Start-up Hudson Shore Energy Partners LLC applied for FERC market-based rate authority, and in doing so indicated that it will seek retail supplier licenses as well

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ERCOT To Seek Correction Of Prices For Operating Day

ERCOT stated in a July 20 market notice that ...

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Financier Seeks Posting Of Counter-Parties' Maximum MWh Activity In ERCOT Under New NPRR

Citigroup Energy, Inc. has sponsored and filed with ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 887 which would create a new Market Information System (MIS) Certified Area posting which it said would provide insight to the potential risk associated with default uplift charges to each Counter-Party, including each active Counter-Party’s Maximum MWh Activity

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RetailEnergyX: Nevada Think Tank: Electric Choice Accompanied By "Variability In Rate Behavior"

Park Power Receives Licenses In New State

• Choose Energy Receives New License

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RetailEnergyX: Facebook Enters Agreement For Power Supply

RetailEnergyX: EDF Renewables Signs PPA

July 20

Texas PUC Staff Oppose Aggregator's Sought Use Of Name Power of Choosing Inc.

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the application of "Power of Choosing Inc." (POC) for an electric aggregator certificate be denied, stating in a filing that Staff believes that use of the name "Power of Choosing Inc." by the applicant, "would violate the Commission's prohibition against misleading, deceptive, or unfair competitive practices by Aggregators."

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Update: Draft Preliminary Order In Texas Customer Complaint Includes Examining Whether REP Had To Describe Delivery Service Rate Class Change

A draft preliminary order in a customer complaint case before the Public Utility Commission of Texas would include as an issue to be addressed in the case whether the customer's retail electric provider had a duty to inform the complainant of the change in a customer's TDU rate classification that had prompted the complaint

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Updated: Official New PECO Prices To Compare Posted (Rates Falling)

PECO has officially posted on its website new electricity Prices to Compare for the period beginning September 1

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RetailEnergyX: Candidate For Texas Speaker (King): "Going To Take A Look" At Texas Power To Choose Issues
--- "A Little Confusing," King Says

BGE Said To Reach Consensus With Parties On Most Prepaid Pilot Issues, Two Supplier Issues Sent To PSC For Disposition

Baltimore Gas & Electric has informed the Maryland PSC that it has reached consensus on most outstanding issues related to its proposed prepaid pilot for electric and dual-fuel customers, with three issues outstanding and presented to the PSC for final disposition, two of which concern retail electric suppliers.

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Utility Seeks Waiver of Accelerated Switching Rules

Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc. requested from the Maryland PSC a temporary waiver from certain sections of COMAR 20.53. related to competitive electricity supply.

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RetailEnergyX: Spark Energy Enters Amended Credit Agreement

RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Sets Another New Peak

July 19

In Final Order, Pa. PUC Rules On ALJs' "Unprecedented" Initial Finding That Retail Electric Telesales Require Wet Signature

Order Also Addresses Proposed Permanent Prohibition On Retail Supplier's Officers Participating In Retail Market

Reduces Civil Penalty Amount On Supplier By More Than Half

In a final order on a complaint case involving Blue Pilot Energy, LLC the Pennsylvania PUC addressed an initial decision's finding that failing to obtain a customer signature on a written contract after a cold call telesale would violate the state's Telemarketer Registration Act (TRA) and therefore also violate the PUC's regulations

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Founder Of Texas Retail Provider Launching New Retail Supplier

The founder of a former Texas retail electric provider is among the partners of a start-up retail supplier

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EC Infosystems Announces 2018 User Conference to be held in San Antonio

EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry, will host its annual user conference for clients on September 12 – 14, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Retail Supplier Names New VP

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ESCO Seeks Further Reduction In ZEC Compliance Obligation

An ESCO petitioned the New York PSC to reduce its zero emission credit (ZEC) obligation, citing further declines in its retail load in New York State

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RetailEnergyX: Texas Staff Makes Further Recommendation On How To Calculate Total Capacity For M&A Transactions

RetailEnergyX: NEM To Honor Robert Powelson At Mid-Atlantic Energy Policy Summit
-- Industry Leaders to Discuss Forward Path to Continued Success of Retail Markets and Consumer Choice in the Region

RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Sets New Peak

July 18

PECO Price To Compare To Fall 5%

PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2018

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New York DPS Staff Schedules Stakeholder Meeting On ESCO Cybersecurity Issues, Self-Attestation, DSAs

New York Department of Public Service Staff will convene a stakeholder meeting on Thursday July 26, 2018 to discuss cyber security issues raised in Case 18-M-0376 – Proceeding on Motion of the Commission Regarding Cyber Security Protocols and Protections in the Energy Market Place.

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O.E. Group Receives License In New State

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RetailEnergyX: Texas Electricity Ratings Announces 5 Star Electricity Providers in Texas

Regulator Authorizes Continuation Of REC Purchase Option For Default Service Customers

The Connecticut PURA has authorized the continuation of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options program

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Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates

The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of August 2018.

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RetailEnergyX: SEIA Sourcing RECs, Carbon Offsets From Retail Supplier

RetailEnergyX: CleanChoice Energy Launches Renewable Energy Broker Program

July 17

Retail Supplier Alleges Utility "Unilaterally" Changed Bond Remedy Time Period

Utility Also Adopted New Collateral Requirement Formula Increasing Costs To Suppliers

In testimony in a Dayton Power & Light rate case, IGS Energy submitted testimony that Dayton Power & Light recently increased its credit requirements for retail suppliers, with IGS's witness alleging that DP&L also made a "unilateral" change to the remedy period.

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FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDC Residential Default Service Rates Falling By Up To 15%

Commercial Default Service Rates Increase By Up To 7%

Several of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC_Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018

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New York PSC Lifts Cap On Banking RECs For Utilities For RECs From Mandated DER Purchases

The New York PSC has, for the utilities, lifted a cap on banking RECs for compliance with the clear energy standard (CES) only for any RECs the utilities are required to purchase under the compensation mechanism the PSC adopted for utility purchases from distributed energy resources

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RetailEnergyX: Report: Texas REPs Slow To Show TDU Rate Savings In Listed Rates

New York PSC Decreases ESCO's ZEC Compliance Obligation

The New York PSC has directed the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to suspend ...

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RetailEnergyX: Crius Energy Trust Comments on Unusual Market Activity

Retail Energy Policymakers To Address National Energy Marketers Association Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit

The National Energy Marketers Association has released an agenda for its upcoming Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit to be held July 25-26 in Baltimore, Md.

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Staff Concerned With Change In Calculation Of Total Capacity For M&A Transactions, Impact On 20% Rule; Seek Clarity

RetailEnergyX: Merchant Power Vet Joins Clean Energy Developer As EVP, General Counsel

July 16

Start-up Retail Energy Supplier Formed, Seeks License

A start-up retail supplier was recently formed

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New York PSC Approves Change In Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Reconciliation Mechanism

The New York PSC approved changes to the purchase of receivables (POR) reconciliation mechanism at Consolidated Edison (ConEd) for natural gas service, and directed that similar changes be filed for electricity service

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Court Says Michigan PSC Lacks Authority To Impose Local Capacity Clearing Requirement On Alternative Electric Suppliers (Retail Suppliers)

The State of Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the Michigan PSC lacks the authority to require alternative electric suppliers to meet local capacity clearing requirements

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RetailEnergyX: Dissenting FERC Commissioners Blast Allowing Demands Of Retiring Exelon Unit To Set Market Policy

PSC Approves Changes To POR Discount Rates (0% Rates)

The District of Columbia PSC has approved Pepco's proposed changes to its purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates

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Broker Changes Name To Sierra Power Brokers, LLC

A broker has changed its name

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EnergyBot (Vistra's New Broker) Receives License In New State

• Electricity Ratings Receives License In New State

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RetailEnergyX: Philly QB Carson Wentz Extends Deal As NRG Brand Ambassador

July 13

Texas PUC Details Process To Consider Potential ERCOT Market Changes: Co-optimization, Marginal Losses

Chair Will Seek Info On Implementation Costs To Market Participants (System Change Costs)

Chair Expects Legislature To Have "Broad Look" At Market During 2019 Session

During yesterday's Texas PUC open meeting, Commissioners discussed a process to further consider two potential changes to the ERCOT market -- Real-Time Co-optimization (RTC) of Energy and Ancillary Services (AS), and use of marginal losses.

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Real Estate Firm Enters Affinity Agreement With Retail Supplier, Adding Solar To Select Properties, Enters Supply Agreement

A retail supplier and real estate management and investment firm have entered into ...

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New York Adopts Offshore Wind Obligation Assigned To ESCOs, LSEs

The New York PSC adopted a final order directing the centralized procurement of offshore wind that places a compliance obligation on LSEs, including ESCOs

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RetailEnergyX: Academic: "Artificial" Configuration Of Texas Power To Choose "Rammed" Down Consumers’ Throats
--- Concierge Exec; REPs "Don’t Like Us Informing The Customer"
--- Broker Sites "More Perplexing" Than Power to Chose

Start-up Retail Supplier Seeks License In New State

A start-up retail supplier applied for ...

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New York Adopts Guaranteed Savings Requirement As Part Of Allowing Low-Income Customers To Pledge Share of Bill Discount To Pay For Community Distributed Generation

Requires Other Customer Protections

PSC Orders Creation Of Loss Reserve Fund, Could Be Used To Offset CDG Developer Losses From Serving Low-Income Customers

The New York PSC has approved a bill discount pledge (BDP) program intended to increase the access of low-income customers to community distributed generation (CDG)

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PUC Approves Settlement With Retail Supplier

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved in a final order a Settlement Agreement (Settlement) with ...

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Adopts Revised Order On Smart Meter Texas

July 12

Retail Energy Vet Named VP, Government Aggregation & New Business Development for AGE

Company To Seek Strategic Acquisition Opportunities

An industry veteran of 27 years is joining Affordable Gas + Electric, LLC (AGE) as Vice President of Governmental Aggregation & New Business Development.

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Pennsylvania Utility Provides Further Details On Proposed Use of Financial Hedges For Default Service, Meant To Increase Price Stability

Pike County Light & Power Company, Electric Division has provided further details at the Pennsylvania PUC concerning its petition to begin using a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its electricity default service requirements, beginning May 31, 2019.

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In Draft, Pennsylvania State Agency Recommends Consideration Of Utility-Owned Generation, Long-Term Contracts

A draft report from the Energy Programs Office at Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection recommends consideration of long-term contracts and utility-owned generation to promote solar generation development

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RetailEnergyX: Retail Supplier Affiliate Enters Contract With Bitcoin Mining Company

Regulator Approves Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Will Pay $110,000

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved, without modification, a settlement between ENGIE Retail, LLC d/b/a Think Energy and PUCO under which Think Energy will pay a forfeiture of $110,000 to resolve all of the issues identified by the Staff in its Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated February 15, 2018

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RetailEnergyX: EDF Trading To Supply Power At Texas LNG Terminal

July 11

Regulator To Compare Amounts Paid By Vulnerable Customers On Retail Supply Versus Default Service In New Review To Consider Moving All Such Customers To Default Service

Will Allow For Discovery, Conduct Hearing

The Connecticut PURA has officially opened a proceeding (Docket 18-06-02) for a review of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of placing certain customers on standard service pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)

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From 7/10: FirstEnergy Solutions Finds Buyer For Retail Book (Buyer, Price Disclosed)

Agreement Is Stalking Horse, Opportunity For Other Bidders

FirstEnergy Solutions will sell its retail and wholesale load serving contracts to ...

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Texas Retail Provider Reports Change In Corporate Officers, New Titles

A REP filed for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to reflect a change in corporate officers and contact list.

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RetailEnergyX: Australian Retail Market Report Recommends Instituting Regulator-Set Default Service Price Cap, Abolishing Retail Supplier-Set Standard Contract

Utility Requests Delay For Start Of New POR Program

Washington Gas Light has asked the District of Columbia PSC to delay the start of its new purchase of receivables program pending further discussions regarding the discount rate calculation and, if the discount rates are changed due to ongoing discussions concerning the discount rate methodology, asked that POR implementation take place with the first bill cycle commencing within five days after final approval of the POR discount rates.

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RetailEnergyX: Australian Retail Market Report Proposes Requiring Brokers, Other Intermediaries To Base Recommendations On Consumers' Best Price Benefit, Not Brokers' Commercial Interests
--- May Require Brokers To Disclose Their Commission To Customers

KWH Energy Solutions Services Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted ...

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RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC Chair Walker Recommends Revisions To SMT Order Clarifying HAN Waiver

July 10

FirstEnergy Solutions Finds Buyer For Retail Book (Buyer, Price Disclosed)

Agreement Is Stalking Horse, Opportunity For Other Bidders

FirstEnergy Solutions will sell its retail and wholesale load serving contracts to ...

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New Texas Customer Complaint May Address Obligation Of Retail Provider To Describe Nature Of Delivery Service Rate Classification, Change To Customer

A complaint filed against a retail electric provider and Oncor at the Public Utility Commission of Texas may address the duty, if any, of the REP to describe the nature of a specific Oncor delivery rate schedule to the customer and a change in rate class

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Oncor Files Amounts For New Refund Rider Applicable To Retail Providers

Oncor has filed with the Texas PUC a tariff with amounts for the Capital Structure Refund Rider (Rider CSR), which is required under the final order in Oncor's rate case in Docket 46957.

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Retail Supplier Affiliate Closes $145M Tax Equity Capital Partnership To Finance Residential Solar

A retail supplier and a private equity fund managed by ...

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RetailEnergyX: Centrica: Growth To Come From Adding New Services On Top Of Energy Supply

Retail Supplier To Be Among Partners In New Energy Savings As A Service Solution For Pittsburgh

An energy management company that has received the intent to award contract from the City of Pittsburgh to deploy a fully integrated Energy Savings as a Service initiative across approximately 100 City buildings named a retail supplier as among its partners in the program

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Pa. PUC Directs Utility To Conduct Cost-Benefit Study Of Full Implementation Of EDI

The Pennsylvania PUC recently directed that Pike County Light & Power conduct a cost-benefit study regarding the prudence of full implementation of EDI

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RetailEnergyX: ENGIE Storage Names New Chief Commercial Officer

RetailEnergyX: Exelon Appoints Former EFH CEO To Board Of Directors

RetailEnergyX: MI, IPPNY Seek To Avoid "Double Payments" To Some Resources Under NY Carbon Pricing

July 9

Retail Supplier Names Market Vet As COO

A retail supplier has named ...

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Texas Retail Provider Says Eliminating HAN Functionality Would Stifle Innovative Products, Real-Time Billing, Controllable Load

GridPlus, a start-up retail electric provider newly certificated in Texas (see story here), has opposed a motion for rehearing filed by the joint Texas utilities concerning revisions to Smart Meter Texas (SMT), as GridPlus said the elimination of home area network (HAN) functionality would stifle product innovation.

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RetailEnergyX: National Grid Seeks FERC Approval To Participate In Grid Services, Including Wholesale Energy Sales, Of Solar Portfolio

From July 3: Office Of Retail Market Development Recommends Utility Price To Compare Be Required To Be Listed On Retail Supplier Marketing, Solicitation Materials

Recommends PTC Be Listed On Utility Bills As Well

Will Seek Info On Customer Participation In Choice Based On "Geographic Location"

Will Consider "Rules" To Quantify Impact Of Value-Added Services

As part of an annual report, the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development has recommended that the utility's Price To Compare be included on any solicitation or marketing materials to mass market customers which contain a price per kWh.

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From July 3: Illinois ORMD: Retail Supplier Customers At ComEd Paid 1.4¢/kWh More On Average Than Default Service During Past Year

Yearly Cost Under Retail Supply Versus SOS Is $138 Million Higher At ComEd; $89 Million At Ameren

Muni Aggregation Still Accounts For Half Of Residential Retail Supply Service

As part of an annual report, the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development reported on the aggregate cost that customers of alternative retail electric suppliers paid in excess of the utility's default service rate, for the period June 2017 to May 2018

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July 6

Retail Supplier Names Market Vet As Chief Sales Officer

A retail supplier announced the appointment of ...

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Duquesne Light Default Service Supply Rate To Fall

Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the new default service supply rates for medium commercial and industrial customers (25 kW - 300 kW, Rate Schedules GS/GM and GMH) for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2018.

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New York DPS Staff Advances ConEd/O&R Smart Home Automation & Supply Pricing Demonstration Project, Utilities May Proceed With Filing Detailed Implementation Plan

Includes Unique Supply Pricing Mechanisms Versus Standard Default Service

Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have found that a proposed Smart Home Rate REV Demonstration Project filed by Consolidated Edison and Orange and Rockland, for electricity customers, complies with a PSC order on "smart home" rates as well as REV objectives, and directed that the utilities file a detailed implementation plan

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RetailEnergyX: Vivint Solar Appoints New Vice President of Marketing

Midwest Natural Gas Marketer Receives Authority To Serve New Service Areas In Mid-Atlantic

The Pennsylvania PUC granted ...

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ERCOT Finds To-Be Mothballed Units Not Needed For Transmission System Reliability

ERCOT issued a market notice stating that ...

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July 5

Parent Of Retail Supplier Sells Solar Portfolio

The parent of a retail supplier has entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio of solar energy projects to ...

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New York Municipal Aggregation Sustainable Westchester Adds Communities

Sustainable Westchester, a New York opt-out municipal aggregation, has filed at the New York Department of Public Service to add ...

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Regulator Directs That Retail Supplier Number Of Non-compliant Bills Be Included In Public Monthly Report On Customer Counts

The Connecticut PURA has directed the EDCs to begin including in their public monthly migration reports, which currently include customer counts for each retail supplier, the number of instances in which a supplier failed to provide "Next Rate Information" for a customer's bill.

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RetailEnergyX: Claim: Lack Of Switching In Texas Results In $2 Billion In Higher Cost For Customers

Electricity Ratings Seeks License In New State

Electricity Ratings, LLC applied for a ...

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RetailEnergyX: FERC Directs ISO-NE To Propose Cost-of-Service Treatment For Resources Needed For Fuel Security

RESA Concerned PSC's Disappointment With Supplier Participation In TOU Workgroup Based On Incomplete Picture

Says Incentive Structure Under Pilot Favors Utility SOS Pilot Program Over Supplier Programs, Discourages Supplier Proposals

The Retail Energy Supply Association on June 28 filed a letter with the Maryland PSC to clarify RESA’s participation in the second phase of the PC44 Rate Design Workgroup process, addressing SOS and retail supplier Time of Use pilots, as referenced in a Report and Letter Order in the proceeding.

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RetailEnergyX: Chief Exec Of Centrica Business Division To Retire

RetailEnergyX: Sale Of New Jersey Utility With Retail Choice Closes

RetailEnergyX: ERCOT Sets New July Peak

July 3

Office Of Retail Market Development Recommends Utility Price To Compare Be Required To Be Listed On Retail Supplier Marketing, Solicitation Materials

Recommends PTC Be Listed On Utility Bills As Well

Will Seek Info On Customer Participation In Choice Based On "Geographic Location"

Will Consider "Rules" To Quantify Impact Of Value-Added Services

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Illinois ORMD: Retail Supplier Customers At ComEd Paid 1.4¢/kWh More On Average Than Default Service During Past Year

Yearly Cost Under Retail Supply Versus SOS Is $138 Million Higher At ComEd; $89 Million At Ameren

Muni Aggregation Still Accounts For Half Of Residential Retail Supply Service

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Texas REP Names New Power Negotiator

A REP has named ...

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RetailEnergyX: NRG To Sell Stakes In Two Pennsylvania Power Plants

Md. PSC To Hold Further Legislative-Style Hearings On Utility-Owned EV Charging Station Proposals

The Maryland PSC has set further legislative-style hearings concerning proposal for a "Statewide EV Portfolio" that would include utility ownership of over 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations

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RetailEnergyX: Castleton Commodities International LLC Closes Credit Facilities Totaling $3.5 Billion

RetailEnergyX: Sale Of Parent Of Retail Supplier Set To Close After Last Regulatory Approval Granted

RetailEnergyX: Innergex Acquires Texas Solar Project Which Has PPA With Power Marketer

July 2

Broker Owned By TXU Parent Adopts New Brand (EnergyBot), Says Residential Service "Coming Soon"

Names Energy, Digital Vet As CEO

Blitz Ventures, Inc., the broker owned by Vistra Energy, the parent of TXU Energy and other retail brands, has adopted the brand EnergyBot for its online-based brokering service currently targeted to commercial and industrial customers, and says on a recently launched website (www.energy.bot) that residential service is "Coming Soon"

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New York PSC Secretary Denies Request To Extend Deadline For ESCO Submission Of Self-Attestation Of Cybersecurity Controls

Utilities Say They Won't Take "Immediate" Action To Decertify ESCOs Based On Submitted Attestations

The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied requests from ESCOs to extend the June 30, 2018 (effectively July 2, 2018) deadline set for the submission of Self-Attestation of Information Security Controls by ESCOs to the utilities.

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ERCOT, IMM File Reports On Benefits Of Real-Time Co-optimization

Marginal Losses Report Filed As Well

ERCOT and the Independent Market Monitor have filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas separate reports on the benefits of Real-Time Co-optimization (RTC) of Energy and Ancillary Services (AS).

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RetailEnergyX: FERC Proposes To Allow Load Associated With State-Subsidized Resources To Avoid Capacity Market; Allocation To Retail Suppliers Now An Issue

Beam, LP Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate

The Public Utilities Commission of Texas granted Beam, LP an electric aggregator certificate

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Texas Retail Provider To Pay $40,000 Under Settlement With PUCT Staff

A REP would pay $40,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve ...

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RetailEnergyX: Vistra, Tesla Awarded PG&E Storage Projects

June 29

Michigan PSC Sets Forward Local Capacity Requirement For Retail Suppliers

The Michigan PSC has set the forward local capacity requirements for LSEs, including retail electric suppliers, and adopted related parameters governing the local capacity requirement

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Texas PUC Chair Concerned With "Misleading" Tiered Rates On Power To Choose

Has Considered Pulling Such Offers From Site

Will Move Fast, Open Review Of Transparency For Power To Choose Offers

During today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker expressed "concerns" with the posting of tiered rate plans on the Power To Choose website, which have low quoted rates at 1,000 kWh but higher rates outside of certain usage conditions

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Retail Choice Proponent Powelson Stepping Down From FERC

FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson announced that he will be leaving his position as FERC Commissioner in mid-August.

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Retail Supplier Enters $6,000 Settlement With PUC Staff

An EGS has entered into a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) under which the EGS is to pay a civil penalty of $6,000 to resolve allegations of slamming arising from the erroneous transfer of 6 customer account numbers, by a third-party vendor, to the utility's "live" system for enrollment (as opposed to an EDI testing environment). The 6 customer account numbers, which were for active customers, had been previously provided by the utility for EDI testing purposes

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RetailEnergyX: Centrica Invests In Natural Gas Supplier, Takes 50% Stake

RetailEnergyX: FirstEnergy Offers Buyouts To 600 Shared Services Employees Due To Shift Away From Competitive Businesses

June 28

Texas PUC Chair Concerned With "Misleading" Tiered Rates On Power To Choose

Has Considered Pulling Such Offers From Site

Will Move Fast, Open Review Of Transparency For Power To Choose Offers

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Large Commodities Trader Announces Launch Of Retail Service In Texas Market

An affiliate of a larger commodities trader is launching retail service in Texas

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Broker-Consultant Names Energy Marketing Vet As New CFO

A broker announced the addition of ...

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Texas PUC Chair Recommends Rulemaking To Address How Generating Capacity Determined For Compliance With Market Share Thresholds In Merger Proceedings

In two memos in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker recommended that a rulemaking be opened to address how a generator's capacity is counted for purposes of compliance with various market share thresholds and limitations under PURA

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RetailEnergyX: Sempra To Sell Non-Regulated Solar, Wind Generation Business

New York ESCO Asks PSC To Address Petition To Reinstate Eligibility To Market To Residential Customers

An ESCO has requested its eligibility to market to and enroll residential customers in New York be included on the agenda for the PSC's next monthly meeting, scheduled to be held on July 12, 2018.

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Pa. PUC Denies Reconsideration Of Increase In FirstEnergy Solutions' Security Requirement

The Pennsylvania PUC denied a request for reconsideration from FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) which had sought reconsideration of a Secretarial Letter issued on April 18, 2018, by the Commission’s Bureau of Technical Utility Services (TUS or Staff), which had raised FES's financial security level from 5% to 10% for the period from June 10, 2018, through June 10, 2019, by denying an extension of the prior reduction to 5%.

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In Final Report, Nevada Energy Choice Committee Formally Adopts Recommendation To Ban Variable Rates, Prohibit "Third-Party Retail Marketers"

Urges Consideration Of Prohibiting Door-to-Door, Telephonic Sales, Capping Termination Fees

POLR Service Design Left To Legislature

The Nevada Governor's Committee on Energy Choice has approved a final report on findings and recommendations related to the energy choice initiative

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RetailEnergyX: ENGIE Insight To Hold Nationwide Tour On Energy, Sustainability

Two New Customers Seek Authority To Take Competitive Supply In Nevada, Exit Utility Supply

Two new customers have recently petitioned the Nevada PUC under NRS 704B for authority to exit utility supply and take competitive supply

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RetailEnergyX: Macquarie Capital Launches Green Investment Group in North America; Hires Former Tesla Exec

June 27

New Start-Up Retail Supplier Formed

A new retail supplier has been formed.

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LA County Municipal Aggregation Launches Service To Businesses

Clean Power Alliance, the opt-out municipal aggregation serving Los Angeles County and various cities, announced that, starting June 25, 2018, it launched electricity service to over 30,000 businesses in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County and the Cities of Rolling Hills Estates and South Pasadena.

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Pa. Gas Utility To Examine Charges Applied To Choice Suppliers For Released Capacity, May Propose Changes

An LDC has agreed to examine in next year's Gas Costs Rates (GCR) proceeding the charges applicable to Choice suppliers for released capacity, after the Office of Consumer Advocate recommended changes to the charge.

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RetailEnergyX: European Retail Customer Book Put Up For Sale

RetailEnergyX: Texas PUC, RRC Chairs Urge Pipeline Operators To Ensure Availability At Peak Electric Demand, Coordinate With Generators

June 26

Utility's Default Service Rate Falling Due To Reconciliation Balance Despite Higher Wholesale Prices

A PUC has approved new electric default service rates at ...

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"Power of Choosing Inc." Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate

Power of Choosing Inc." applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate to pool ...

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RESA/IGS Seek Rider To Reflect Unbundling Of Rates At Duke Energy Ohio, New Bypassable Rider

Seeks Other Retail Market Enhancements

Expresses Concern Over "Retro-active" Audit Of POR Program And "Authorized" Receivables, Nebulous Definition Of "Non-Commodity"

In testimony on a series of Duke Energy Ohio cases before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, including a distribution rate case, IGS Energy and the Retail Energy Supply Association proposed a mechanism to unbundle certain default service-related costs from distribution rates, and proposed other retail market enhancements

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RetailEnergyX: New Consumer Protection Group To Fight "Fake Solar", Deceptive Marketing

Texas Generator To Pay $5,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff

A generator would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve ...

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RetailEnergyX: Clean Energy Developer, PIRG File Suit Against ICC Over NextGrid Process

June 25

Retail Supplier Announces Leadership Transition

A retail supplier announced ...

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Oncor Readies Refund To Texas Retail Providers

Oncor issued a market notice stating that, in the next few weeks, Oncor will file a compliance tariff regarding its Capital Structure Refund (Rider CSR) pursuant to Findings of Fact No. 33 and 34 in the Final Order in Docket No. 46957.

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ESCO Says Sought New York Utility Data Security Agreements Only Lowers Utility Liability While Not Addressing Real Risks; Alleges Deficiencies In Utility Websites

Empire Natural Gas Corporation submitted comments to the New York PSC concerning proposed Data Security Agreements (DSA) and other cybersecurity requirements that utilities are seeking to impose on ESCOs, with Empire Natural Gas alleging that the proposals would merely lower utilities' liability, but would be ineffective at actually improving the security of utility networks and systems

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RetailEnergyX: Chron Columnist: Electricity Shoppers "Shut Out" Of Best Deals (New Customers Only)

Calif. Orders Implementation Of Multi-Year Resource Adequacy Requirements For Retail Suppliers, LSEs

The California PUC adopted an order directing the implementation of multi-year Resource Adequacy (RA) requirements starting in 2020, though specifics will be addressed in a further track of the proceeding

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PSEG Names New VP For Energy Solutions, Renewables

As part of a series of officer moves, PSEG announced that ...

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RetailEnergyX: Power Marketer Purchases Wind Farm, To Dedicate Output To PPA With General Motors

Pennsylvania Sees Spike In Residential Customers Leaving Retail Supply; Largest Decline Since August

Pennsylvania saw a large decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during May

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RetailEnergyX: Stream Promoting Renewable Energy Plans Under New "Stream Green" Initiative

June 22

Retail Supplier Names New President

A retail supplier named ...

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Texas PUC Grants Retail Provider Certificate To Start-Up, Technology-Focused REP GridPlus

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted application of GridPlus Texas Inc. for an Option 1 retail electric provider certificate.

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Stipulation Would Drastically Cut Sought Increase In CenterPoint-TDU DCRF Charged To REPs

Results In Decrease For Most Classes, Marginal Increase For Residential Class Versus Current Rates

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) and various parties filed a stipulation with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update CEHE's Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF), for the period beginning September 1, 2018, and the period beginning September 1, 2019.

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RetailEnergyX: Texas Retail Provider Switches Brand Names, Unified Brand Said To Enable Rollout Of Innovative Products

BGE Files New SOS Rates

Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed ...

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RetailEnergyX: Report: Retail Electric Sales Agents Allegedly Posed As Utility Auditors To Sign Up Customers

RetailEnergyX: PJM Announces Member Payment Default

Maryland Governor Announces Public Service Commission Chair Appointment

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced ...

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RetailEnergyX: Reuters: Tesla Downsizing Home Solar Biz, Closing Facilities, Ending Home Depot Partnership

RetailEnergyX: Md. PSC Staff Report Update On POR Balances

June 21

Texas Retail Provider Ceasing Operations

A REP informed the Texas PUC that it is ceasing operations

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Taylor Consulting & Contracting Adds Retail Energy Vet As Chief Revenue Officer

Taylor Consulting & Contracting (Taylor) announced that ...

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National Grid Files New Default Service Rates

National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for ...

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RetailEnergyX: Energy Hippo, THG Energy Solutions Announce Strategic Alliance For Energy and Demand Management Solutions

Shipley Energy Launches New Division Led By Seth Obetz, To Offer Electricity, Gas

Shipley Energy has launched a new division called Seth Energy

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PUC Dismisses Complaint Concerning Provision Of Customer Lists To Retail Suppliers

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio dismissed a "self-complaint" filed by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio (Vectren, VEDO, or "Company") that had asked that PUCO affirm Vectren's decision to deny the provision of an eligible customer list to an entity which, as alleged by Vectren, identified itself as a broker but is certified by PUCO as a competitive retail natural gas (CRNG) supplier but has declined to submit an application to serve customers at Vectren

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Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates

Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2018

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RetailEnergyX: Direct Energy: Texas Customers Should Plan Ahead for Hotter-Than-Normal Summer

June 20

Astral Energy Acquiring Book Of Customers

Astral Energy, LLC is acquiring a book of customers from ...

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Pepco Proposes Further Change To Annual POR Discount Rate Update

Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC further revisions to its proposed updated purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates.

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Utility Seeks Further Increase To Residential POR Discount Rate (Increase Now 70%, Total Discount Nears 3%)

An EDC has filed further revisions to its proposed updated purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates.

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RetailEnergyX: PE Firm Whose Platform Has Invested In Retail Supplier Adopts New Name

PSC Approves Extension In New POR Program Implementation

The District of Columbia PSC has approved the Retail Energy Supply Association's request to extend the implementation date of Washington Gas Light Company's new Purchase of Receivables program (POR)

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KWH Energy Solutions Services Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate

KWH Energy Solutions applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate

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RetailEnergyX: Chair Hughes To Depart Maryland PSC

RetailEnergyX: New York Utilities File Model Tariff For Hybrid Storage, DG System

June 19

Broker-Consultant Names Retail Market Vet As Chief Sales Officer

A broker named ...

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Texas Judge Would Find That AEP Texas Lacks Authority To Serve Some Customers In Service Area Disputed By Co-op; Such Customers Currently Served By REPs

Adoption Of Proposal Would Require Second Phase To Determine How To Transition Customers To Co-op Service, Cease Taking Service From REP

A Texas ALJ has issued a proposal for decision which would determine that AEP Texas lacks authority to serve certain customers located in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision, a residential subdivision in Uvalde County, Texas, which is the subject of a service area dispute filed by Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc.

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Connecticut Stays Certain Directives Of Next Rate Info Order

The Connecticut PURA has issued a notice of stay concerning certain directives to the utilities regarding the implementation of the next rate information requirements on bills.

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RetailEnergyX: Bill Capping Retail Supplier Rates For Low-Income Customers Passes Massachusetts Senate
--- Also Requires Written Consent For Renewal

PUC In Choice State Approves Sale Of Utility's Water Heater Rental Business

The New Hampshire PUC approved, in an order nisi, Liberty Utilities' (Granite State Electric) sale of its Electric Water Heater Rental Program.

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RetailEnergyX: TPG Growth, The Rise Fund to Acquire Energy Efficiency Provider

Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates

The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of July 2018.

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RetailEnergyX: FERC Issues Show Cause Order To New England Generator; Enforcement Staff Allege "Misleading" Supply Offers, Seek $4.2 Million Penalty

June 18

Pennsylvania Utility Seeks To Use Financial Hedging Products For Default Service, Increase Price Stability

An EDC has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to begin using a financial hedging strategy for a portion of its electricity default service requirements

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New York PSC Issues Show Cause Order To ESCO

The New York PSC issued a show cause order to ...

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Utility's Small Customer Default Service Rate Increasing 20%

An EDC's small customer default service rate is increasing 20%

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RetailEnergyX: Release: Direct Energy Business Adds Unrivaled Energy Monitoring Capabilities to Fixed Energy Plus Solution

Texas REP Adds New Officers, Seeks Authority To Collect Deposits

A REP filed with the Texas PUC an REP certificate amendment application to provide an updated list of Officers and Directors and to request authorization to collect customer deposits

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Pepco Files New SOS Rates

Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates

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Delmarva Files New SOS Rates

Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates

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RetailEnergyX: AT&T Enters 300 MW PPA With Energy Marketer

Brasovan Group LLC Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Brasovan Group LLC an electric aggregator certificate to ...

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RetailEnergyX: Texas TDUs Seek Rehearing Of Smart Meter Texas Order

June 15

New York PSC Opens Proceeding On ESCO Cyber Security Issues, Liability Insurance

The New York PSC commenced a proceeding to address cyber security protections concerning ESCO and utility data exchanges

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Regulator Assesses $250,000 Civil Penalty Against Retail Supplier

The Connecticut PURA adopted a final decision in which ...

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Oncor To Apply Power Factor Adjustment To Invoices For Certain Former Sharyland ESI IDs

Oncor informed retail electric providers in a market notice that ...

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RetailEnergyX: Concierge/Subscription Service Promises "Disruption" Of Retail Energy Industry, Led By Retail Energy Vet

Md. PSC Staff On Customer Disconnection Under Supplier Consolidated Billing: Law Requires Delinquent Customers Be Returned To SOS

Staff of the Maryland PSC submitted a brief in response to a PSC request for stakeholders' views on several legal questions concerning the ability of retail suppliers to order the disconnection of a customer's utility service under supplier consolidated billing.

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PUC Approves $30,000 Settlement With Retail Supplier

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adopted without modification a ...

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Arcadia Power Receives License In New State

A PUC granted Arcadia Power, Inc. an ...

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RetailEnergyX: Tentative Order Would Cancel Licenses Of Several Active Retail Suppliers, Brokers

Industry Group Withdraws Complaint Against Retail Supplier

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has withdrawn its petition for the Connecticut PURA to investigate alleged possible unfair or deceptive trade practices by Mint Energy, as CBIA noted Mint stated that Mint will relinquish its license as part of its previously reported market exit

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RetailEnergyX: Lubbock City Council, LP&L Utility Board Approve Implementation of Advanced Meters

RetailEnergyX: NY Adopts Environmental Impact Statement For Offshore Wind Procurement

June 14

Retail Energy Vet, Professor Launching New Broker-Consultant

A retail energy veteran is launching a new broker

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PJM Confirms Drop Of Defaulting Supplier's Customers To Default Service

PJM said in a market notice that, on June 12, 2018, PJM declared a retail supplier in default

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Larger Solar Leasing Company, Installer Files For Eligibility As New York ESCO

A large solar leasing co. is seeking to act as a load serving ESCO in NY

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RetailEnergyX: Ohio Proposes Revisions To Merchant Function Exit Rules

Settlement Would Set Amounts For New DCRF Charge Applicable To Retail Providers At Oncor

Parties have filed an unopposed settlement to establish Oncor's first Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a charge applicable to retail electric providers taking delivery service

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Municipal Aggregator NOPEC To Offer New Low-Interest Financing Program To Commercial Customers For Energy Efficiency

The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) has been approved to administer a new United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) low-interest loan program available to commercial property owners for energy efficiency property improvements.

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RetailEnergyX: RESA Notes Disparate Language Regarding New York Enrollment Verifications in UBPs

RetailEnergyX: Conn. Selects 250 MW Of Renewable Energy Projects For Long-Term Contracts

RetailEnergyX: Consumers Energy Filing IRP

June 13

Retail Supplier Names Industry Vet As Sales and Marketing Manager

A retail supplier named ...

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PSC Sets Start Dates For New SOS, Retail Supplier Time Of Use Pilots

The Maryland PSC has accepted a revised implementation schedule for the introduction of Time Of Use generation rates to be offered by the utilities to SOS customers, and for an RFP to select retail suppliers to offer TOU pilot plans

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Texas Generator To Pay $10,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff

A Texas generator would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ...

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RetailEnergyX: CenterPoint Utility To Offer Texas Customers Home Protection Services From Third Party

PURA Schedules Technical Session On Motion To Clarify Next Rate Info Order

The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority scheduled a technical meeting for ...

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RetailEnergyX: E.ON Signs PPA For Texas Solar Project

RetailEnergyX: EIA Reports Competitive Suppliers Increase Share of Electricity Sales

RetailEnergyX: Report: Complaints About Georgia Gas Marketers Hit Historic Low

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Retail Supplier Informs Regulator Of Billing Error That Led To Retention Of Customers On Existing Rates, Rather Than Renewal Rates

A retail supplier informed a regulator of, "recently discovered billing errors caused by its migration to a new billing system in November of 2016."

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NRG Teams With Solar Developer To Offer Texas C&I Customers Solar As Part Of New, Simplified Fixed Price Renewable Plan Structure

NRG Energy, Inc. announced today a joint project for 25 megawatts of solar projects to support Texas commercial and industrial customers

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Texas Governor Announces Appointment To Public Utility Commission

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed ...

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RetailEnergyX: Scammers Now Falsely Using Retail Supplier's Name In Scam Calls

NEM Releases Draft Session Topics For July Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit

The National Energy Marketers Association has released a draft agenda with session topics for its upcoming Mid-Atlantic Energy Summit to be held July 25-26 in Baltimore, Md.

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RetailEnergyX: Merchant Generator Enters Restructuring Agreement Ahead Of Prepackaged Bankruptcy Filing

RetailEnergyX: Vivint Solar Closes $811 Million Of New Financing

Start-up Offering Blockchain-Based Retail Electric Service Seeks Texas REP Certificate

Data Center Provider Switch Creates Retail Supplier For Possible Sales To Other End-users

TXU Parent Launching Commercial Energy Broker, Digital Shopping Experience