Amigo Energy
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| name = Amigo Energy
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| type = Private, subsidiary of Just Energy Group
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| foundation = {{Start date|2003}}
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| location_city = Houston, Texas
| location_country = United States
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| area_served = Texas
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| industry = Electricity
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| services = Retail electricity services
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Founded in 2003, Amigo Energy is an electric utility seller in Texas. Amigo Energy is a subsidiary of Just Energy, a multinational energy marketing conglomerate with over 1.8 million active customers across North America.{{Citation | title = Amigo Energy "About Us" | date = 2012-03-13 | url = http://www.amigoenergy.com/about-us.aspx }}
History
Amigo Energy was founded in 2003.
In May, 2007 the company merged with Fulcrum Power Services which subsequently acquired Tara Energy.[http://blog.chron.com/newswatchenergy/2009/09/amigo-energy-and-tara-now-under-one-umbrella/ "Amigo Energy and Tara Now Under One Umbrella" Houston Chronicle]
In August 2007, Amigo signed a four-year, $7.5 million sponsorship agreement for Amigo Energy to become the jersey sponsor for the Houston Dynamo, a Major League Soccer team.{{Citation | title = Dynamo sports soccer sombrero as Amigo Energy sponsors team | date = August 26, 2007 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/08/27/story6.html?page=all }}
In August 2011, Fulcrum, including its subsidiary Amigo, was acquired by Just Energy.{{Citation | title = Just Energy to Buy Fulcrum's Retail Electricity Business in $79M Deal | date = 2011-08-25 | url = http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/17606/just-energy-to-buy-fulcrums-retail-electricity-business-in-79m-deal-17606.html}}
Industry
Amigo Energy is an electricity retailer that operates as one of 71 independent power marketers participating in deregulation of the Texas electricity market. Amigo ranks as the 17th largest power marketer by number of consumers according to a 2009 U.S. Energy Information Administration report.{{Citation
| title = U.S. Energy Information Administration, "Class of Ownership, Number of Consumers, Sales, Revenue, and Average Retail Price by State and Utility: All Sectors"
| year = 2009
| url = http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/esr/table10.html
}} Texas began the process of deregulation in 2002.{{Citation
|title = State of Texas Electric Utility Restructuring Legislative Oversight Committee
|date = September 29, 2004
|url = http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c850/c850_78.htm
|access-date = 2011-09-15
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060113134143/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/commit/c850/c850_78.htm
|archive-date = 2006-01-13
|url-status = dead
}} The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) enforces customer protection laws for the citizens of Texas and provides access to consumer information.
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