About Commerce Energy Group

Commerce Energy Group, Inc. operates as an independent energy marketer of retail electric power and natural gas supply to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers. The company operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Commerce Energy, Inc. (Commerce Energy) and doing business as ‘electricAmerica’, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and by state regulatory agencies as an unregulated retail marketer of natural gas and electricity. As of July 31, 2008, it provided electricity and natural gas to approximately 155,000 residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in ten states. Commerce Energy, Inc. The company sells electricity and natural gas service to customers under both month-to-month and longer-term service contracts. The electricity and natural gas it sells is generally metered and delivered to its customers by the local utilities. The local utilities also provide billing and collection services for its customers on its behalf. Discontinued Operations Skipping Stone Inc.: The company divested its energy consulting business, Skipping Stone, Inc. (Skipping Stone) and closed its offices in Houston and Boston, used primarily by Skipping Stone. Customers and Markets The company served electricity customers in 12 utility service territories within 6 states, including Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey; and natural gas customers in 14 utility service territories within 7 states, including California, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia. History Commerce Energy Group, Inc. was founded in 1997.