Public Power International

What Public Power International does

Public Power International is a privately held US retail energy supplier operating under the legal entity Public Power, LLC (a dba of New York Gas & Electric, Inc.), headquartered in Stamford, CT, with a mailing address in Dallas, TX. Founded in 2007, the company is licensed as a Retail Energy Supplier (ESCO) in six US states (Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) and supplies electricity and natural gas to residential households and small commercial customers on fixed-rate and variable-rate plans billed monthly. The company markets itself on price-protected fixed rates, simple plan structures without hidden fees, and a self-serve digital enrollment experience.

The company's core technology is a retail energy supply platform consisting of a public-facing website (publicpowercompany.com / ppandu.com) with utility-integrated enrollment functionality. Customers enter their utility provider, view available plans for their service area, and enroll online; an inside-sales call center (888-354-4415) handles assisted enrollments and customer support. The platform performs rate comparison against state-run shopping sites and supports both single-commodity (electricity or gas) and bundled electricity-plus-gas offerings. Marketing is direct-to-consumer via the website, phone sales, and social media, with BBB Accreditation displayed as a trust signal.

Public Power's revenue model is a subscription-recurring commodity supply model: customers pay monthly for the electricity and natural gas they consume, with rates fixed or variable for an initial contract term. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, institutional investors, parent company, M&A activity, management team, or financial figures; ownership and capital structure constitute a data gap. The business is commodity-margin driven, exposed to wholesale power and gas price volatility and to regulatory risk across the six states in which it is licensed.

Name

Public Power International

Legal name

Public Power, LLC

Website

https://ppandu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Public Power International is a privately held, multi-state US retail electricity and natural gas supplier (ESCO) serving residential and small business customers in Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania with fixed-rate plans enrolled through its website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Energy Supply

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Natural Gas Distribution (2212), Utilities (22)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Natural Gas Distribution (4924), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulated Natural Gas Utility (LDC) Customer Acquisition & Switching (EUAAADAA)

Keywords

• Retail energy supply
• Electricity plans
• Natural gas supply
• Residential energy
• Energy deregulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Stamford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Energy Supply Services: Recurring revenue from supplying electricity and natural gas to residential and small business customers under fixed-rate or variable-rate plans. Customers pay for energy commodity consumption on a monthly basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Public Power is a licensed retail energy supplier providing fixed-rate electricity and natural gas plans to residential and small business customers across six U.S. states (Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania). Customers select and enroll in supply plans through a utility-integrated website platform, with price-protected rates and no hidden fees. The company operates as an Energy Service Company (ESCO) under state-level regulatory certifications.

Product overview

Public Power is an energy retail company offering a unified portfolio of electricity and natural gas supply plans to residential and small business customers. The core offering consists of fixed-rate electricity plans and gas plans, which are marketed as simple, low-cost alternatives to standard utility offerings. The product suite emphasizes straightforward pricing with price-protected rates, targeting customers in states including Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity Plans
• Gas Plans Natural gas supply plans available in select service areas alongside electricity offerings, providing residential and small business customers with price-protected natural gas rates.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IDT Energy: Multi-state retail electricity and natural gas supplier serving residential and small business customers in deregulated US markets with fixed-rate plans. Comparable mid-market scale and product offering.
• Ambit Energy: Vistra-owned retail electricity and natural gas supplier serving residential and small business customers across multiple deregulated US states. Directly comparable in customer targeting and fixed-rate product structure.
• Green Mountain Energy: NRG-owned retail electricity supplier focused on renewable energy plans, serving residential and small business customers in deregulated states with fixed-rate offerings. Directly comparable product, customer, and channel mix with a renewable differentiation angle.
• Spark Energy: Shell-affiliated retail electricity and natural gas supplier serving residential and small commercial customers in multiple deregulated US states. Operates the same dual-fuel ESCO model as Public Power.
• US Gas & Electric: Multi-state retail electricity and gas supplier operating in deregulated US markets. Likely the parent/affiliate organization of Public Power based on shared website infrastructure and the New York Gas & Electric, Inc. mailing entity references; operates the same retail energy supply model.
• Direct Energy: NRG-owned retail electricity and natural gas supplier serving residential and small business customers across multiple deregulated US states with fixed-rate and variable-rate products. Directly comparable in business model, customer segments, and product offering.

Broad incumbents

• Constellation Energy: Major multi-state retail electricity supplier with a broader portfolio spanning generation, C&I, and residential customers across deregulated markets. Overlaps in retail residential electricity supply but operates at significantly greater scale and breadth.
• Reliant Energy: NRG-owned retail electricity provider in Texas and adjacent deregulated markets; serves residential and small business customers with fixed-rate plans. Larger incumbent with broader portfolio including residential services.

Regional players

• TXU Energy: Vistra-owned retail electricity provider operating exclusively in Texas; serves residential and business customers with fixed-rate plans. Same retail energy supply business model but geographically distinct from Public Power's Northeast/Midwest footprint.

Emerging players

• Inspire Clean Energy: Renewable-focused retail electricity supplier serving residential customers in deregulated US states with fixed-rate clean energy plans. Smaller scale but directly competitive in the green residential segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/publicpower
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/public-power-llc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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