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June 15, 2018
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has withdrawn its petition for the Connecticut PURA to investigate alleged possible unfair or deceptive trade practices by Mint Energy, as CBIA noted Mint stated that Mint will relinquish its license as part of its previously reported market exit
June 15, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adopted without modification a previously reported proposed Joint Settlement Petition (Settlement) filed on April 6, 2017, by the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and American Power & Gas of Pennsylvania, LLC (AP&G or Company)…
June 15, 2018
The Connecticut PURA adopted a final decision in which PURA, "determines that Choice Energy, LLC failed to comply with Section §16-245o(h)(8) of the General Statutes of Connecticut when it abruptly discontinued its contractual savings guarantee with 17,630 existing customers as of January 1, 2013.…
June 13, 2018
Keechi Wind LLC would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Nodal Protocols § 3.21, relating to declarations of summer and winter weather preparedness
June 8, 2018
Regulator Says Action Should "Send A Message" To Retail Suppliers
The Office of the New Jersey Attorney General (AG) announced in a news release that, "Third-party energy supplier IDT Energy, Inc. ('IDT Energy') has agreed to pay $1.36 million, including $1.2 million in restitution to consumers, and has agreed to significantly revise its business practices in…
June 7, 2018
ENGIE Retail, LLC d/b/a Think Energy has entered into a stipulation with the Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio under which Think Energy agrees to pay a forfeiture of $110,000 to resolve all of the issues identified by the Staff in its Notice of Probable Non-Compliance dated February…
June 6, 2018
Supplier Challenges Regulator's Authority To Open Investigation Of C&I Contracts
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association said in a filing with PURA that it is prepared to withdraw its petition that had sought a PURA investigation of alleged possible unfair or deceptive trade practices, if Mint will verify through a filing to PURA that it will no longer be entering into…
June 4, 2018
The Texas PUC in a final order has granted an appeal filed by AEP Texas concerning an order from the City of McAllen (City) which, as a city with original jurisdiction, had granted a complaint from L&F Distributors LTD, a customer which had argued that AEP Texas had incorrectly placed one of its…
May 29, 2018
Mozart Wind LLC would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Mozart's alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Nodal Protocols § 3.21, relating to declarations of summer and winter weather preparedness, and 16 Tex.…
May 18, 2018
The New York PSC issued separate orders to show cause to two ESCOs (BluCo Energy and Aspirity Energy), alleging that each failed to file a required Retail Access Eligibility Form update.
May 16, 2018
Ohio Edison Company, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison (FirstEnergy Ohio utilities) said in an answer filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, addressing a complaint filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, that the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities are permitted to offer…
May 15, 2018
A final report from the SAGE Management Consultants, LLC (SAGE) on a Compliance Audit of the FirstEnergy Operating Companies (including the Ohio regulated utilities, or Ohio Companies) with the Corporate Separation Rules of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) says that a prior assignment…
April 26, 2018
FERC has approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, LLC (PSEG ERT) to resolve an investigation into whether PSEG ERT violated sections 1.2 and 6.4.2(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 of the PJM Operating Agreement…
April 26, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed a complaint at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio against Ohio Edison Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and The Toledo Edison Company (collectively, the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities or EDUs), alleging that the billing of various…
April 24, 2018
A proposal for decision from a Texas ALJ would grant an appeal filed by AEP Texas concerning an order from the City of McAllen (City) which had, as a city with original jurisdiction, granted a complaint from L&F Distributors LTD, a customer which had argued that AEP Texas had incorrectly placed one…
April 23, 2018
The Office of Consumer Counsel has requested that the Connecticut PURA: (1) expeditiously enter a Cease and Desist Order directing Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ("Liberty" or "Liberty Power") to cease door-to-door and telesales marketing to Connecticut residential customers, and (2) order Liberty to…
April 23, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement between the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC (Plymouth Rock or the Company) under which Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC will pay a civil penalty of $98,683 to settle alleged overcharging of customers.
April 19, 2018
The Connecticut PURA said that it will investigate allegations of unfair trade practices made against Mint Energy, LLC by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, as PURA denied a motion from Mint to not open a proceeding.
April 18, 2018
Calpine Power Management LLC (QCALP) would pay $22,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Commission Staff's investigation of QCALP for alleged violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Act § 39.151(d) (PURA) and 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §§…
April 17, 2018
Flanders Energy, LLC (Flanders) filed with the New York PSC a petition for rehearing, reconsideration and clarification in accordance with Public Service Law Section 23 and 16A NYCRR Section 3.7, of the PSC's Order Suspending Ability to Market to and Enroll Residential and Non-Residential Customers…
April 16, 2018
ETRACOM LLC issues a statement concerning its recent settlement with FERC (see story here)
April 12, 2018
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a $550,000 settlement with Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ("Liberty"), which the AG said originated from, "part of an ongoing investigation into energy service companies (ESCOs)."
April 11, 2018
FERC has approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and ETRACOM LLC and Michael Rosenberg (together, Respondents), which FERC said, "resolves on fair and equitable terms: (a) the Commission’s claims against Respondents for violations of…
April 10, 2018
Mansfield Power & Gas LLC would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation of Mansfield for alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.107 (TAC), relating to reporting requirements for retail electric providers (REPs) for…
April 10, 2018
AG Says That, Through Lawsuit, "We Can Put This Bad Company Out Of Business"
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Major Energy Electric Services LLC (Major Energy), an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES), for what the AG's office alleged in a news release was, "misleading thousands of Illinois customers about the company’s costly…
