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Such omitted information has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Exhibit 10.82

Execution Copy — 9/20/06

SECURITY AGREEMENT

     This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this 20th day of September, 2006,
between COMMERCE ENERGY, INC., a California Corporation (“Commerce Energy”), and PACIFIC
SUMMIT ENERGY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PSE”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Commerce Energy and PSE are parties to that certain NAESB dated January 1, 2006 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Master
Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, Commerce Energy and PSE are parties to that certain Operating Agreement dated the
date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Operating Agreement”) pursuant to which PSE has agreed to supply, from time to time under
the Master Agreement, natural gas to Commerce Energy for resale to certain Designated Customers (as
defined in the Agreement) on the condition that Commerce Energy enter into this Security Agreement;

     WHEREAS, Commerce Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(“Commerce Energy Group”), a Delaware corporation; and

     WHEREAS, in order to induce PSE to enter into the Transaction Documents and to induce PSE to
perform its obligations under the Master Agreement and the Operating Agreement, Commerce Energy has
agreed to grant a continuing Lien on the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the prompt
and complete payment, observance and performance of, among other things, the obligations of
Commerce Energy arising under the Master Agreement, the Operating Agreement, and/or the Transaction
Documents (being hereinafter referred to as the “Secured Obligations”), by the granting of
the security interest contemplated by this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows

     1. Defined Terms.

          (a) All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Master Agreement or the Agreement.

          (b) “Affiliate” means, as to any person, any entity that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to (a) vote ten
percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of such person, or (b) direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a business,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and either alone
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          (c) “Assigned Customer” means any customer that Commerce Energy and PSE agree will be
included as a Designated Customer as set forth from time to time in Exhibit A to the
Operating Agreement (which is, as such Exhibit A may be amended by mutual written agreement of
Commerce Energy and PSE, incorporated herein by reference) or an Affiliate from whom Commerce
Energy has rights to receive payments.

          (d) “Chattel Paper” means “chattel paper” as that term is defined in the UCC and, in
any event, including, tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.

          (e) “Customer Term Contract” has the meaning given to such term in the Operating
Agreement.

          (f) “Customer Revenues” means all cash, property, Chattel Paper, Instruments or other
value transferred, paid, payable, distributed or distributable to or for the account of Commerce
Energy by Assigned Customers as payment for natural gas purchases and related services and any
other right of Commerce Energy to payment pursuant to a Term Contract.

          (g) “Instruments” means “instruments,” “promissory notes,” “letters of credit,”
“drafts,” “documents,” “letter of credit rights” and “investment property” (each as defined in the
UCC), whether certificated or uncertificated, including, security entitlements, securities
accounts, commodity contracts, commodity accounts, and any and all supporting obligations in
respect thereof.

          (h) “Lien” means any lien, claim, charge, pledge, security interest, deed of trust,
mortgage, or other encumbrance.

          (i) “Lockbox” means post office box number Commerce Energy Lkbx 2043 RemitStream, 8th Floor, 350 North Orleans Street, Chicago, IL 60654, and bank account number
[*] (ABA Routing [*]) (“Lockbox Account”) related thereto established in the
name of “Pacific Summit Energy, LLC as Pledgee of Commerce Energy, Inc. pursuant to the Lockbox
Agreement.

          (j) “Lockbox Agreement” means that certain Blocked Account Control Agreement (with
lockbox services) dated as of the date hereof among Commerce Energy, PSE and [Wachovia Bank NA]
(“Wachovia”), as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.

          (k) “Notice of Control” has the meaning given to such term in Section 9(i).

          (l) “Specified Event of Default” means (i) an Event of Default under and as defined in
the Master Agreement; (ii) the failure of Commerce Energy to perform, comply with or observe any
term, covenant or obligation applicable to it under this Agreement, the Operating Agreement or any
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report, statement, or
information if such failure shall remain unremedied for two (2) business days after written notice
thereof shall have been given to Commerce Energy by PSE; or (iii) the failure of Commerce Energy to
perform, or comply with, or observe any other term, covenant or obligation applicable to it under
this Agreement, the Operating Agreement or a Transaction Document if such failure shall remain
unremedied for two (2) business days after written notice thereof shall have been given to Commerce
Energy by PSE (including, without limitation, any failure by Commerce Energy to pay PSE the Monthly
PSE Distribution (as defined in Section 7 below) on the Monthly Accounting Date (as defined in
Section 7 below)).

          (m) “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, any transaction confirmations
entered pursuant to the Master Agreement, the Operating Agreement, the Lockbox Agreement and all
other agreements, Instruments or documents which are executed and delivered from time to time by
Commerce Energy or Commerce Energy Group to PSE in connection with or in support of the Master
Agreement and the Operating Agreement.

          (n) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
California.

     2. Grant of Security. Commerce Energy hereby unconditionally grants, assigns and
pledges to PSE a continuing security interest in and security title to (together with a right of
setoff) (hereinafter referred to as the “Security Interest”), Commerce Energy’s right,
title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising
(collectively, the “Collateral”):

          (a) all of Commerce Energy’s interest in the Lockbox;

          (b) all of Commerce Energy’s, interest in the Lockbox Agreement;

          (c) all Customer Term Contracts

          (d) all billed and unbilled accounts receivable resulting from the Customer Term Contracts
(the “Accounts”);

          (e) all Customer Revenues, security deposits, prepayments, credit card account payments and
authorizations and other supporting obligations of Assigned Customers related to the Customer Term
Contracts; and

          (f) all of the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing,
and any and all Customer Revenues, money, or other tangible or intangible property resulting from
the sale, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, and all proceeds of
any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein (the “Proceeds”).

     3. Security for Obligations. This Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby
secures the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Commerce Energy to PSE but for the fact

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that
they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy action involving
Commerce Energy.

     4. Commerce Energy Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
(a) Commerce Energy shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder
to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by PSE of any of
the rights hereunder shall not release Commerce Energy from any of its duties or obligations under
the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) PSE shall not have any obligation
or liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this
Agreement, nor shall PSE be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of Commerce
Energy hereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder. Until a Specified Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement or other Transaction Documents, Commerce Energy shall have the right to
possession and enjoyment of the Collateral for the purpose of conducting the ordinary course of its
business, subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Transaction Documents.

     5. Representations and Warranties. Commerce Energy hereby represents and warrants as
follows:

          (a) The exact legal name of Commerce Energy is set forth on the signature pages of this
Agreement. Commerce Energy does not conduct, and, during the five-year period immediately
preceding the date of this Agreement, Commerce Energy has not conducted, business under any trade
name or other name other than those set forth on Schedule 1, attached hereto. The Internal
Revenue Service taxpayer identification number and the organizational identification number issued
by the state of formation of Commerce Energy is listed next to Commerce Energy’s name on
Schedule 1 attached hereto.

          (b) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of Commerce Energy, to
the extent a security interest therein can be created under the UCC, securing the payment of the
Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the Collateral cannot be
perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement under the UCC, all filings and other actions
necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken or will
have been taken upon the filing of UCC financing statements listing Commerce Energy, as a debtor,
and PSE, as secured party, in the jurisdiction(s) listed next to Commerce Energy’s name on
Schedule 2 attached hereto. Upon the making of such filings, PSE shall have a perfected
security interest in the Collateral of Commerce Energy to the extent such security interest can be
perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC free and clear of any Liens other
than the Lien of PSE. Commerce Energy, as of the date of this Agreement, is incorporated in the
State of California.

     6. Covenants. Commerce Energy covenants and agrees with PSE that from and after the
date of this Agreement and until the date of termination of this Agreement, Commerce Energy shall
abide by the following:

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          (a) Control Agreements. Commerce Energy shall enter into the Lockbox Agreement with
PSE and Wachovia for the Lockbox.

          (b) Change Name; Reincorporate. Commerce Energy covenants and agrees that it will
not, without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to PSE, change its name or
reincorporate or reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction
in which Commerce Energy is incorporated or organized as of the date of this Agreement.

          (c) Transfers and Other Liens. Commerce Energy shall not (i) sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of
the Collateral or (ii) create or permit to exist any Lien, security interest, option or other
charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except for the Liens of PSE.
The inclusion of Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute PSE’s consent to any
sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral except as expressly permitted in this Agreement
or the other Transaction Documents.

          (d) Deposits into the Lockbox. (i) All Customer Revenues received by Commerce Energy
(whether distributed or paid to Commerce Energy or an Affiliate by any other person or entity)
shall be deposited into the Lockbox; (ii) on or prior to the date of this Agreement, Commerce
Energy shall have irrevocably instructed each Assigned Customer and all other persons or entities
paying Customer Revenues to make such payments to the Lockbox; (iii) Commerce Energy shall instruct
all future Assigned Customers and all other persons or entities at any time paying Customer
Revenues to make such payments to the Lockbox; and (iv) Commerce Energy shall cause all such
persons or entities to agree to make such payments to the Lockbox. In the event any such person
incorrectly makes payment to Commerce Energy or its Affiliate, Commerce Energy or its Affiliate
shall immediately notify PSE and immediately cause such payment to be deposited into the Lockbox.
Until such payment is deposited in the Lockbox, Commerce Energy or its Affiliate shall be deemed to
hold such payment in trust for PSE.

          (e) Collateral Balance Reports. No later than five (5) Business Days before the first
day of each month, Commerce Energy will prepare and make available to PSE a monthly forecast of its
estimated receipts and disbursement schedule which will include all planned disbursement amounts
that Commerce Energy will pay from the Lockbox including an estimate of PSE’s natural gas costs.
Commerce Energy will update this forecast twice per month (the 10th day of the month and the 24th
day (if such day is a Saturday or holiday then the next business day) during such month to reflect
actual receipts and disbursements for such period and adjust forecasts for the remainder of such
month).

          (f) Financial Statements. If Commerce Energy ever ceases to make its financial
statements publicly available, Commerce Energy agrees to provide PSE with such financial statements
that PSE reasonably requests.

          (g) Lockbox Balance. Commerce Energy shall not permit the balance of the Lockbox
Account to be less than the Minimum Deposit Amount. The Minimum Deposit Amount shall mean:
(1) One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 U.S. Dollars ($1,750,000) for the period
from the date hereof until October 10, 2006, (2) Three Million Five

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Hundred Thousand and 00/100
U.S. Dollars ($3,500,000) for the period from October 10, 2006 until January 20, 2007, and (3) an
amount equal to the Minimum Deposit Amount as determined in Schedule 3 attached hereto. In lieu of
depositing all or any part of the Minimum Deposit Amount into the Lockbox, Commerce may post a
letter of credit, in a form reasonably acceptable to PSE.

          (h) Form of Customer Term Contracts. Commerce Energy shall inform PSE’s of any
changes to the Customer Term Contract for structured term transactions and Commerce shall notify
PSE of any material changes to such form prior to use, and such Customer Term Contracts shall
contain assignment provisions reasonably satisfactory to PSE. All structured Customer Term
Contracts shall be hedged by Commerce Energy pursuant to the Commerce Energy approved Risk Policies
and Procedures, a copy of which shall be provided to PSE. The Commerce Energy Risk Oversight
Committee will approve any deviation from these policies and shall promptly report such deviation
to PSE.

          (i) Audit of Collateral. Commerce Energy agrees PSE may audit any Account or Customer
Term Contract on a quarterly basis. Commerce Energy will provide PSE the contracts and data
necessary for the audit. PSE shall provide Commerce Energy with reasonable advanced notice of any
audit and shall conduct any audit in a reasonable manner that minimizes any potential disruption to
Commerce Energy’s customers.

          (j) Collateral Lists. On a monthly basis, Commerce Energy shall provide PSE with a
schedule of the current Customer Term Contracts being serviced by natural gas being provided by PSE
(which shall include the name and address of each Customer Assignee, and a description of the
nature of each Customer Term Contract).

     7. Ordinary Course Withdrawals from the Lockbox Account. So long as PSE has not
delivered a notice to the Depository Bank in accordance with Paragraph 3 of the Lockbox Agreement,
Commerce Energy and PSE agree that withdrawals from the Lockbox Account shall be made pursuant to a
monthly joint written instruction to the Depository Bank (as defined in the Lockbox Agreement) on
the 25th day of each calendar month (“Monthly Accounting Date”). Commerce Energy and PSE
agree to obtain a statement from the Depository Bank regarding the amount of funds available in the
Lockbox Account as of the Monthly Accounting Date. Commerce Energy and PSE agree that the monthly
written instruction they submit to the Depository Bank shall provide for a monthly distribution in
the following order of priority, but only to the extent funds are available for withdrawal from the
Lockbox Account:

     FIRST: a distribution first to PSE equal to all amounts due and payable by Commerce Energy to
PSE (“Monthly PSE Distribution”);

     SECOND: a distribution to Commerce Energy equal to the amount by which the remaining funds in
the Lockbox Account as of the Monthly Accounting Date exceeds the Adjusted Minimum Deposit Amount.
The Adjusted Minimum Deposit Amount shall equal the
Minimum Deposit Amount minus the amount of any letters of credit posted by Commerce Energy in
lieu of all or a portion of the Minimum Deposit Amount in accordance with Section 6(g) of this
Agreement.

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     If PSE delivers a notice to the Depository Bank in accordance with Paragraph 3 of the Lockbox
Agreement, PSE shall thereafter be entitled to any rights under the Lockbox Agreement, including
the right to make withdrawals from, and otherwise control, the Lockbox Account without the consent
of Commerce Energy in accordance with Paragraph 3 of the Lockbox Agreement.

     8. Further Assurances.

          (a) Commerce Energy agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, it will promptly
execute and deliver all further instruments, notices and documents, and take all further action,
that may be necessary or that PSE may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any
security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable PSE to exercise and
enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any of the Collateral.

          (b) Commerce Energy authorizes the filing of such financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto, and Commerce Energy will execute and deliver to PSE such other instruments or
notices, as may be necessary or as PSE may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the
Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby.

          (c) Commerce Energy authorizes PSE to file, transmit, or communicate, as applicable, UCC
financing statements, in-lieu financing statements, continuation statements and amendments
describing the Collateral, in order to perfect PSE’s security interest in the Collateral without
Commerce Energy’s signature to the extent permitted by applicable law. A photocopy or other
reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part
thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by applicable law. Commerce
Energy also hereby ratifies its authorization for PSE to have filed in any jurisdiction any UCC
financing statements, in-lieu of UCC financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to
the date hereof.

          (d) Commerce Energy acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or
amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in connection with
this Agreement without the prior written consent of PSE, subject to Commerce Energy’s rights under
Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

          (e) Commerce Energy agrees to maintain any deposits with utilities that may be necessary to
operate its business and shall provide PSE with prompt notice of any request Commerce Energy
receives from a utility indicating that Commerce Energy has not complied with such deposit
requirements. Commerce Energy agrees to maintain its corporate existence, comply with all
applicable laws and regulations necessary to perform the Customer Term Contracts, comply with the
terms of the Customer Term Contracts and provide PSE with any notifications received from any
Assigned Customer indicating that Commerce Energy is in default under a Customer Term Contract or
that the Assigned Customer intends to terminate a Customer Term Contract. Commerce Energy also
agrees to notify each utility that all invoices
sent to any Assigned Customer shall instruct the Assigned Customer to send all payments to the
Lock Box and request each utility to notify PSE prior to making any changes to such billing
instructions.

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     9. PSE’s Duties. The powers conferred on PSE hereunder are solely to protect PSE’s
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon PSE to exercise any such powers. PSE
shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve
rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. PSE shall be deemed
to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its actual
possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which PSE accords
its own property.

     10. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Event of
Default:

          (a) PSE may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies
provided for herein, in the other Transaction Documents, or otherwise available to it, all the
rights and remedies of a secured party upon a default under the UCC. PSE shall have full power to
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise deal with the Collateral in its own name or that of Commerce
Energy. PSE may require that some or all of the Customer Term Contracts be assigned to PSE;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall require PSE to accept assignment of
any such Customer Term Contracts. PSE may sell the Collateral or any part thereof in a public or
private sale. PSE may in its sole discretion assign its interest in any or all of the Customer
Term Contracts acquired under this Agreement. Unless the Collateral threatens to decline speedily
in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, PSE shall give Commerce Energy
reasonable notice of the time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition of the
Collateral is to be made. The requirements of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is
given at lease ten (10) days prior to the time of the private sale or disposition and specifically
such notice shall constitute a reasonable “authenticated notification of disposition” within the
meaning of Section 9-611 of the UCC, as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
PSE may appoint a receiver who may be an employee or Affiliate of PSE and who may serve, without
bond, to act with respect to the Collateral. All expenses relating to the disposition of the
Collateral, including the expenses of retaking, holding, insuring, preparing for sale and selling
the Collateral and the reasonable expenses of the receiver and its attorney, shall become a part of
the Secured Obligations and shall be payable on demand.

          (b) Any cash held by PSE as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by PSE in respect of any
sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be
applied in whole or in part by PSE against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations. Any
surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by PSE and remaining after payment in full of all the
Secured Obligations shall be delivered to Commerce Energy.

          (c) PSE (or its designee) may proceed to perform any and all of the obligations of Commerce
Energy contained in any Customer Term Contract and may exercise any and all rights of Commerce
Energy therein contained as fully as Commerce Energy itself could.

          (d) PSE may ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Collateral.

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          (e) PSE may receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other Instruments and Chattel Paper
comprising any part of the Collateral.

          (f) PSE may file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which PSE may deem
necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the
rights of PSE with respect to any of the Collateral.

          (g) PSE may supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order
of any Person obligated to Commerce Energy in respect of any Account.

          (h) PSE may deliver a notice under Section 3 of the Lockbox Agreement to Wachovia directing
Wachovia to comply with orders, notices, requests and other instructions from PSE (such notice
referred to herein as a (“Notice of Control”) and exercise its rights under the Lockbox
Agreement, including the right to control disbursements from the Lockbox, withdraw and receive
money from the Lockbox, and to apply such amounts in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations.

     11. Remedies Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of PSE as provided for in this
Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other
right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or beginning
of the exercise or the refraining of the exercise by PSE, of any one or more of such rights, powers
or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by PSE of any or all such other
rights, powers or remedies.

     12. Marshalling. PSE shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances of
payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or
other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder
and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it
lawfully may, Commerce Energy hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the
marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of PSE’s rights and
remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the
Secured Obligations or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of
the Secured Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that
it lawfully may, Commerce Energy hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

     13. Indemnity and Expenses.

          (a) Commerce Energy agrees to indemnify PSE from and against all claims, lawsuits and
liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) growing out of or resulting from this Agreement
(including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement) or any other
Transaction Document, except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of PSE.

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          (b) Commerce Energy shall, upon demand, pay to PSE the amount of any and all expenses,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel incurred and the
fees and expenses of any experts and agents, which PSE may incur in connection with (i) the
custody, preservation, use or operation of, or, upon a Specified Event of Default, the sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral in accordance with this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents, (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of PSE
hereunder or (iii) the failure by Commerce Energy to perform or observe any of the provisions
hereof

     14. Merger, Amendments; Etc. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, and no consent to any departure by Commerce Energy herefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by PSE, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing
and signed by PSE and Commerce Energy.

     15. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be given in the form and manner described under the Master Agreements and shall be
delivered to PSE and to Commerce Energy at the following addresses:

if to PSE, at:

Pacific Summit Energy LLC

4675 MacArthur Court

Suite 1170

Newport Beach, California 92660

Attn: RanDe Patterson

Telephone:       (949) 777-3203

Fax:       (949) 777-3233

if to Commerce Energy, at:

Commerce Energy, Inc.

600 Anton Boulevard

Suite 2000

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Attn : Rob Gunnin

Telephone:       (714) 259-2502

Fax:       (714) 259-2592

or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to the other party.

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     16. Continuing Security Interest. This Agreement shall create a continuing security
interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the Secured
Obligations have been paid in full or otherwise paid or performed to the satisfaction of PSE,
(b) be binding upon Commerce Energy, and its successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit
of, and be enforceable by, PSE, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Upon payment in full,
or other payment or performance to the satisfaction of PSE, of the Secured Obligations, the
Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to
Commerce Energy or any other Person entitled thereto. At such time, PSE will authorize the filing
of appropriate UCC termination statements to terminate such Security Interests. No transfer or
renewal, extension, assignment or termination of this Agreement or of the Master Agreements, any
other Transaction Document, or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by Commerce
Energy to PSE nor any additional loans made by PSE to Commerce Energy, nor the taking of further
security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Commerce Energy by PSE, nor any
other act of PSE shall release Commerce Energy from any obligation, except a release or discharge
executed in writing by PSE with respect to such obligation or payment of such obligation or upon
payment in full, or other payment or performance to the satisfaction of PSE, of the Secured
Obligations. PSE shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any
of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by PSE and then
only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by PSE of any right or remedy on any occasion shall
not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such right or remedy which PSE would otherwise
have had on any other occasion. Whenever the consent of PSE is required under this Agreement, the
granting of such consent by PSE in any instance shall not constitute continuing consent to any
subsequent instance where such consent is required, and in all cases such consent may be granted or
withheld in the sole discretion of PSE.

     17. Governing Law. This Agreement is intended to take effect as a sealed instrument
and shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof, except to the extent that the validity
or perfection of the Security Interest hereunder, or remedies hereunder, in respect of any
particular Collateral are governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of
California.

     18. Miscellaneous

          (a) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument. In proving this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any judicial
proceedings, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart
signed by the party against whom such enforcement is sought. Any signatures delivered by a party
by facsimile transmission or by e-mail transmission shall be deemed an original signature hereto.

          (b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability
of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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          (c) Headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in
connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.

          (d) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both singular
and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement by and through
their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMMERCE ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Steven S. Boss	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven S. Boss 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive officer 	 
	 
	 	PACIFIC SUMMIT ENERGY LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
Brian Mock	 
	 	 	Name:  	Brian Mock	 
	 	 	Title:  	President	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

SCHEDULE 1

NAME; FEIN; ORGANIZATIONAL

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

COMMERCE ENERGY, INC.

Organization: California

FEIN: 33-0769555

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

LIST OF UCC FILING JURISDICTIONS

	 	 	 	 	 
	Name
 

	 	Jurisdiction(s)
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Commerce Energy, Inc.

	 	Californiaexv10w83

 

Exhibit 10.83

BLOCKED ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

(WITH LOCKBOX SERVICES)

Commerce Energy, Inc.

600 Anton Boulevard

Suite 2000

Costa Mesa, California 92626

Attn: Rob Gunnin

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Please be advised that pursuant to certain agreements between Commerce Energy, Inc.
(“Company”) and Pacific Summit Energy LLC (“Lender”), Company will cause all checks, drafts and
other orders of payments made payable to Company to be mailed to
Commerce Energy Lockbox 2043, Remit Stream, 8th Floor, 350 North
Orleans Street, Chicago, IL 60654 (the “Lockbox”) maintained at Wachovia Bank NA (“Depository Bank”). All payments
mailed to the Lockbox shall be deposited to deposit account number
[*] (ABA Routing Number [*])
(such account, together with all substitutions and replacements therefore, the “Deposit Account”)
located at Depository Bank, and subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreements (defined below).
The Lockbox account and the Deposit Account shall each be styled “Pacific Summit Energy LLC as
Pledgee of Commerce Energy, Inc.”.

     1. Deposit Agreements. The terms and conditions of this Agreement are in addition to
any deposit account agreements and other related agreements that Company has with Depository Bank,
including without limitation all agreements concerning banking products and services, treasury
management documentation, account booklets containing the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Account, signature cards, fee schedules, disclosures, specification sheets and change of terms
notices (collectively, the “Deposit Agreements”). The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede
the provisions of the Deposit Agreements only to the extent the provisions herein are inconsistent
with the Deposit Agreements, and in all other respects, the Deposit Agreements shall remain in full
force and effect; provided, however, that any claim of inconsistency or potential inconsistency
between the Deposit Agreements and this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of having this
Agreement govern. All items received at the Lockbox shall be deposited into the Deposit Account,
and shall then be processed according to the provisions of the Deposit Agreements, as amended by
this Agreement.

     2. Security Interest. Company has granted to Lender a security interest in, among
other property, the Lockbox, the Deposit Account and all credits or proceeds thereto and all
monies, checks and other instruments held or deposited therein (all of which shall be included in
the definition of the “Deposit Account”). Company and Depository Bank each represents and
warrants that there are no perfected liens or encumbrances with respect to the Deposit Account
and covenants with Lender that it has not and shall not enter into any acknowledgment or agreement
that gives the Depository Bank or any other person or entity except Lender control

 

			
	[*]	 	= Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment
request. Such omitted information has been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

over, or any
other security interest, lien or title in, or right to set off amounts deposited in the Deposit
Account.

     3. Lender’s Rights. Until such time as Depository Bank shall have received notice
from Lender in a Timely Manner, funds on deposit from time to time in the Deposit Account shall be
disbursed as Company and the Lender may jointly direct. As used in this Agreement, “Timely Manner”
means receipt of the relevant notice, notice revocation or instruction at a time and in a manner
affording Depository Bank a reasonable opportunity to act thereon. Lender simultaneously shall
provide Company with such notice. After Depository Bank has received a notice, and until such time
as Depository Bank has received contrary notice from Lender in a Timely Manner that a default has
been waived or has ceased to exist: (i) Lender shall have immediate access to and control over the
Deposit Account and the items deposited therein; (ii) Company shall have no control whatsoever over
items deposited into the Deposit Account; (iii) Company irrevocably authorizes Depository Bank,
without investigation, to comply with any requests of Lender with regard to deposits in and
withdrawals from the Deposit Account, including, without limitation, directions of Lender to
transfer the balance of the Deposit Account to Lender pursuant to payment, transfer and withdrawal
orders and changes to such orders given from time to time by Lender’s officers (“Transfer Orders”)
without the consent of Company; (iv) Lender shall have exclusive dominion and control of the
Deposit Account and all items deposited therein, and Depository Bank shall not comply with any
directions from Company regarding the Deposit Account unless Lender gives its written consent
thereto in advance; (v) Depository Bank is authorized and directed to supply any necessary
endorsement and to deposit all monies and instruments received by Depository Bank for the account
of Company; and (vi) Company agrees it shall not make any attempt to access the Deposit Account or
funds therein.

     4. Returned Items and Fees. Company and Depository Bank acknowledge notice of and
recognize Lender’s continuing security interest in the Deposit Account and in all items deposited
in the Deposit Account and the proceeds thereof. Depository Bank hereby disclaims any lien or
security interest in the Deposit Account and subordinates any statutory or contractual right or
claim of offset or lien resulting from any transaction which involves the Deposit Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any checks or other items which were deposited or
credited to the Deposit Account are returned, reversed, refunded or charged back for insufficient
funds or for any other reason (“Returned Items”), Depository Bank may charge the Deposit Account or
other accounts of Company maintained at Depository Bank. If there are insufficient funds in the
Deposit Account or any of Company’s other accounts to cover the Returned Items, Company agrees to
immediately reimburse Depository Bank for the amount of such shortfall. If Company fails to pay
the amount demanded by Depository Bank, Lender agrees to reimburse Depository Bank within
three (3) business days of demand thereof by Depository Bank for any Returned Items to the extent
Lender received payment in respect thereof pursuant to section 3. In the event that Depository
Bank charges the Deposit Account for Returned Items, or requires Lender to reimburse for Returned
Items, Company agrees to reimburse the Deposit Account within three (3) Business Days. Depository
Bank shall charge all fees and expenses (“Fees”) related to the Deposit Account to the Deposit
Account.

     5. Indemnity. Company agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Depository Bank and its
directors, officers, employees, attorneys, successors and assigns (collectively “Depository

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Bank”)
harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees (collectively, “Claims”),
arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement, excepting only liability arising out of
Depository Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without regard to Company’s
indemnification obligations to Depository Bank, Lender agrees to: (i) reimburse Depository Bank
for any Returned Items (the proceeds of which were received by Lender) and (ii) defend, indemnify
and hold Depository Bank harmless from and against any and all Claims arising out of Depository
Bank’s compliance with Lender’s instructions. Lender’s obligations to Depository Bank hereunder
shall in no way operate to release Company from its obligations to Lender and shall not impair any
rights or remedies of Lender to collect any such amounts from Company. IN NO EVENT WILL DEPOSITORY
BANK BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
WHICH ARISE OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF
DEPOSITORY BANK HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

     6. Depository’s Bank’s Responsibility. The duties of Depository Bank are strictly
limited to those set forth in this Agreement and Depository Bank is not acting as a fiduciary for
any party hereto. Depository Bank shall be protected in relying on any form of instruction or
other notice purporting to be from Lender which Depository Bank, in good faith, believes to be
genuine and what it purports to be. Depository Bank shall have no duty to inquire as to the
genuineness, validity, or enforceability of any such instruction or notice even if Company notifies
Depository Bank that Lender is not legally entitled to originate any such instruction or notice.
The Deposit Account and all actions and undertakings by Depository Bank shall be subject to all
rules and regulations relating to the Deposit Account and to applicable law.

     7. Termination. This Agreement shall not be terminable by Company so long as any
obligations of Company to Lender are outstanding and unpaid. This Agreement may be terminated by
Depository Bank upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to all parties; provided that no
termination shall be effective until thirty (30) days following the termination of all outstanding
transactions between Company and Lender and provided, further, that Depository Bank may terminate
this Agreement immediately in the event Lender fails to make payments to Depository Bank in
accordance with section 4 above. This Agreement may be terminated by Lender in a writing sent to
Depository Bank in which Lender releases Depository Bank from any further obligation to comply with
instructions originated by Lender with respect to the Deposit Account. Any available funds
remaining in the Deposit Account upon termination or deposited in thereafter shall be transferred
in accordance with the provisions of section 3 above after deduction for any amounts otherwise
reimbursable to Depository Bank as provided hereunder. Termination shall not affect the rights and
obligations of any party hereto with respect to any period prior to such termination.

     8. Legal Process and Insolvency. In the event Depository Bank receives any form of
legal process concerning the Deposit Account, including, without limitation, court orders, levies,
garnishments, attachments, and writs of execution, or in the event Depository Bank learns of any
insolvency proceeding concerning Company, including, without limitation, bankruptcy,
receivership, and assignment for the benefit of creditors, Depository Bank will respond to
such legal process or knowledge of insolvency in the normal course or as required by law.

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     9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California, without recourse to conflict of law or choice of law
principles, The parties agree that California is the “bank’s jurisdiction” for purposes of the
Uniform Commercial Code.

     10. Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices and other
communications required under this Agreement shall be in writing and may be personally served or
sent by United States Mail or courier or by facsimile, and shall be deemed given when delivered in
person or received by facsimile or upon deposit in the United States Mail or with such courier at
the address specified below. Any party may change its address for notices hereunder by notice to
all other parties given in accordance with this section 10.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Company:	 	Commerce Energy, Inc.

600 Anton Blvd. Suite 2000

Costa Mesa, California 92626 Attn:
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	1) Mike Adcock facsimile: (714) 259-2592,
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	phone: (714) 259-2558
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	2) Ken Robinson facsimile: (714) 259-2538
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	phone: (714) 259-2528
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	3) Blair Habuda phone: (248) 699-3428
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Lender:	 	Pacific Summit Energy LLC

4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 1170

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Attn:                                         , ____

Facsimile: (949) 777-____ 

Telephone: (949) 777-____
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Depository Bank:	 	Wachovia Bank NA

1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28262

Attn:

Facsimile:

Telephone:

     11. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall bind and benefit the parties and their
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may be amended only with the prior written
consent of all parties hereto. None of the terms of this Agreement may be waived except as
Depository Bank may consent thereto in writing. No delay on the part of Depository Bank in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver hereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies
specified herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which
Depository Bank would otherwise have.

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     12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

     13. Jury Trial Waiver. COMPANY, LENDER AND DEPOSITORY BANK HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT OR SERVICES
RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

Dated as of: September 20, 2006

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Commerce Energy, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Steven S. Boss	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Steven S. Boss
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Pacific Summit Energy LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Brian Mock	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Brian Mock
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

President
	 	 
	
 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	ACCEPTED:	 	Wachovia Bank NA	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 	 

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