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April 3, 2018
State Reports Visits To State-Run Retail Supplier Rate Board
After declining during 2016, 2017 saw a 10% increase in customer complaints against Connecticut retail electric suppliers, according to a draft report from the Connecticut PURA
March 30, 2018
Mass. AG Study: Economics Suggest Retail Supply Market "Will Always Fail" Individual Residential Customers Due To No-Mark-Up Default Service, Suppliers' Marketing Costs
March 30, 2018
The Texas PUC adopted an order imposing an administrative penalty on TruSmart Energy LLC for what the order said was, "failing to timely remit payment to five transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) under the terms of its tariff with each."
March 30, 2018
Note: an earlier version of this story was first posted at 11:30 am on March 29, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
March 29, 2018
Discussing a case imposing a penalty on a retail electric provider which defaulted on TDU payment obligations, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker expressed concerns with "lockbox" type arrangements under which the guarantor can assume the right to receive a REP's receivables, and use such receivables…
March 29, 2018
AG: "We Will Continue To Go After Competitive Electricity Suppliers Who Violate Our Laws"
The Massachusetts Attorney General said in a news release that Viridian Energy, LLC, "has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations of deceptive marketing and sales tactics that lured residents into costly contracts with high electricity rates."
March 26, 2018
Spark Energy, LLC has requested a hearing before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regarding the March 21, 2018 Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty issued to Spark
March 22, 2018
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Spark Energy, L.P. (Spark or Company) under which PURA would impose a civil penalty in the amount of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) against the Company.
March 19, 2018
The suspension of Flanders Energy LLC to market to and enroll new residential and non-residential customers in New York shall be in place for at least one year, and continue until the PSC orders otherwise, the New York PSC directed in a written order imposing the suspension which was first announced…
March 19, 2018
Stating that its actions did not amount to deceptive or unfair trade practices, and that PURA lacks jurisdiction over non-residential contractual disputes, Mint Energy has moved that the Connecticut PURA close, without further action, a docket opened in response to a petition from the Connecticut…
March 16, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in support for a motion for summary decision in a complaint filed against AEP Texas regarding the public release of customer billing records that, "Under 16 TAC § 25.272(c)(5) it is not the billing records themselves that are proprietary."
March 16, 2018
In a statement of position concerning preliminary issues, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision (outside of Uvalde, TX) are within AEP Texas's certificated service area.
March 15, 2018
This story was first published on March 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
March 2, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has issued for public comment, prior to final consideration and disposition, a proposed Settlement Agreement (Settlement) filed on May 12, 2017, by the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) and Residents Energy, LLC (Residents or…
March 2, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has issued for public comment, prior to final consideration and disposition, a 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…
February 26, 2018
After considering actions taken in response to a show cause order, the New York PSC issued an order maintaining MPower Energy, LLC's eligibility as an ESCO and continuing MPower's ability to enroll new residential and non-residential customers.
February 19, 2018
Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §§16-245o, 16-9, 16-245r, 42-110b and 16-41, the Connecticut PURA reopened the licensing docket of Spark Energy, L.P., "to review Spark’s compliance with §16-245d(a)(2) and the standards developed by the Authority in Dockets 14-07-19 and 14-07-19RE01, its ability to…
February 19, 2018
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel petitioned the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to issue an interim order to the electric distribution companies to file a compliance plan or compliance assurance by no later than February 23, 2018, ensuring and demonstrating by a near-term…
February 16, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating (each referred to as "Company") concerning retail suppliers' compliance with the obligation to submit to the EDCs information concerning the rate to be applied to a customer's next-month bill.
February 15, 2018
A Texas ALJ has recommended that the Public Utility Commission of Texas impose a $1.1 million administrative penalty on TruSmart Energy LLC for what the ALJ would conclude, in a proposal for decision, were violations of PURA § 39.352 and 16 Texas Administrative Code § 25.107(j)(7), (j)(16) resulting…
February 12, 2018
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association ("CBIA"), in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes ("CGS") section 16-245t, submitted to the Connecticut PURA a complaint concerning the alleged business practices of Mint Energy, LLC
February 6, 2018
The Maryland PSC denied rehearing of its prior order in which, in response to a complaint filed by the Maryland Alliance for Fair Competition (consisting of various home service/HVAC vendors), the PSC had found no fact supporting a conclusion that Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) and BGE…
January 12, 2018
California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra announced a $102 million settlement with BP Energy Company and affiliates (BP) over allegations, as described by the AG's office, "that it intentionally overcharged the State of California for natural gas that the State purchased under three successive…
December 20, 2017
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced a $50,000 settlement with Sperian Energy Corp. to resolve allegations that Sperian violated Pennsylvania’s Do-Not-Call Law and called Pennsylvanians on the list who do not want to receive these kinds of calls.
December 15, 2017
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to Got Gas? LLC for the company's alleged failure to timely file its 2017 triennial compliance filing
