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California’s once-dominant non-utility electric serviceprovider, Tustin, CA-based Commonwealth Energy, has turned backabout 18,000 commercial customer accounts to their incumbentutilities and is working on a fixed-price retail product to marketto San Diego Gas and Electric customers later this year.

AES Power Direct LLC, a retail electric provider, completed itspurchase of the entire stock of bankrupt marketer Titan Energy Inc.of Toronto for an estimated $6 million in cash last Thursday aftera bankruptcy judge in Georgia authorized the sale earlier in theweek.

Utility.com has signed up Sempra Energy Trading to become the preferred wholesale natural gas provider behind the growing retail energy and communications website.

Utility.com has signed up Sempra Energy Trading to become thepreferred wholesale natural gas provider behind the growing retailenergy and communications website.

ECONnergy Energy Co., a competitive energy services providerthat serves the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey andConnecticut, gained financial fuel yesterday with a $15 millionRevolving Enterprise Value Loan from RFC Capital Corp. – a boostexpected to drive ECONnergy’s plans to become an energy alternativeleader in the Northeast.

Akron, OH-based FirstEnergy last week became one of the firstutilities to offer its services through Utility.com, a one-stoputility shopping website. Under an alliance with the web site,FirstEnergy will sell its electricity, gas and energy-relatedservices through Utility.com to customers in Ohio, Delaware andMaryland. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Through an alliance announced yesterday, Akron, OH-basedFirstEnergy became one of the first utilities to offer its servicesthrough Utility.com, a one-stop utility shopping website. Under thearrangement, FirstEnergy will sell its electricity, gas andenergy-related services through Utility.com to customers in Ohio,Delaware and Maryland. Financial terms of the agreement were notdisclosed.

Utilipro Inc., an 80% AGL Resources-owned billing and customerservice provider, announced last week it is cutting staff andreorganizing because energy deregulation is taking hold too slowly.

Utilipro Inc., an 80% AGL Resources-owned customer-caresolutions provider, announced yesterday it is cutting staff andreorganizing because energy deregulation is taking hold too slowly.