Update: Retail Supplier Formally Ceases Use Of Name Shared With Utility Brand, Adopts New Name
November 30,2017
Various retail suppliers ultimately owned by Southern Company and affiliated with SouthStar Energy Services LLC have ceased the use of the Nicor name in their brands
Specifically, the supplier formerly known as Prairie Point Energy, LLC, d/b/a Nicor Advance Energy LLC has been renamed Illinois Energy, USA, LLC
The company formerly named Nicor Solutions, LLC, which offered a fixed bill product, has been renamed Illinois Energy Solutions, USA, LLC
Both changes were effective November 1
The companies had agreed to the changes as a previously reported condition of the merger of AGL and Southern (see details here)