Commerce Energy Group, Inc. CMNR

Company Overview

Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (OTC: CMNR) was a U.S.-based retail energy company that operated primarily in deregulated electricity and natural gas markets. The company marketed energy supply services to residential, commercial, and small business customers through subsidiaries including Commerce Energy, Inc. and United States Energy Savings Corp. (USES). Its business model focused on purchasing wholesale electricity and natural gas and reselling those commodities under fixed-rate or variable-rate retail contracts in states that permitted customer choice among energy suppliers.

The company’s primary revenue drivers historically came from retail energy sales, customer enrollment growth, and recurring supply contracts in competitive utility markets. Commerce Energy Group, Inc. expanded during the broader deregulation trend in U.S. energy markets in the late 1990s and 2000s, particularly in states such as California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio. Public filings and historical financial disclosures indicate the company pursued customer acquisition through direct marketing, telemarketing, online enrollment, and broker channels before ultimately being acquired by Just Energy Income Fund in 2009. Following the acquisition, the company ceased operating as an independent publicly traded energy retailer.