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June 23, 2014
With some hesitation, the Public Utility Commission of Texas on Friday adopted a settlement between Proton Energy, Inc. and PUCT Staff to resolve an investigation into a series of alleged violations of the customer protection rules.
June 23, 2014
In a serendipitously posted initial decision, a Pennsylvania PUC ALJ would affirm that the PUC lacks jurisdiction to enforce the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTP/CPL), and would dismiss a complaint against a retail electric supplier.
June 23, 2014
The Pennsylvania Attorney General and Office of Consumer Advocate have filed complaints at the PUC against five retail electric suppliers, seeking license suspension or revocation, alleging various deceptive practices and other violations of statute and PUC regulations.
June 20, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued for public comment a proposed settlement under which ResCom Energy LLC would pay $59,000 to resolve an investigation into alleged slamming, Do Not Call violations, and other marketing violations.
June 18, 2014
In another part of a Connecticut PURA response to a draft Hop Energy customer notice informing customers of their assignment to Public Power that should give retail suppliers pause, PURA appears to suggest that PURA must receive advance notice of any agreement to assign customers to another supplier…
June 18, 2014
In what appears to be an uncommon, if not novel, requirement, a notice to be sent to customers of Hop Energy concerning the assignment of their contracts to Public Power must inform the customers of various regulatory actions taken against Public Power, the Connecticut PURA said in a June 17 letter…
June 16, 2014
The Connecticut PURA issued interrogatories to all retail electric suppliers regarding the number of customers who were transitioned from a fixed rate to variable rate, and the pricing such customers received.
June 13, 2014
FERC issued a Staff notice alleging that, "a formal, nonpublic investigation pursuant to 18 C.F.R. Part 1b, the staff of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has preliminarily determined that Twin Cities Power-Canada, U.L.C. and certain affiliated…
June 12, 2014
A Connecticut PURA final decision accepted without modification a $4.5 million settlement between Energy Plus Holdings, LLC and the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel to resolve an investigation into the supplier's rates and marketing practices.
June 12, 2014
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board and City of Chicago have petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the Illinois retail electric market, and the compliance of each certified ARES in Illinois with the Public Utilities Act and the Commission’s Administrative Rules
June 6, 2014
Calpine Corporation would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 6.4.3.1, related to energy offer curves for RUC-committed resources.
June 6, 2014
The Connecticut PURA in a final decision ordered the payment of alternative compliance payments from retail suppliers in the amounts listed below, as PURA reviewed compliance with the RPS for 2011:
June 6, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued for public comment a proposed $150,200 settlement between Energy Services Providers, Inc. and U. S. Gas & Electric, Inc. (collectively d/b/a Pennsylvania Gas & Electric) and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, to resolve a PUC Staff investigation into…
June 5, 2014
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. would pay $18,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation to Morgan Stanley Capital Group for alleged violation of non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria on March 31, 2012.
June 5, 2014
The New Jersey Attorney General, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), have filed complaints in state court against three third-party energy suppliers – Palmco Power NJ, LLC & Palmco Energy NJ, LLC; HIKO Energy LLC; and Keil & Sons, Inc.…
June 4, 2014
A Connecticut PURA draft decision would accept a $4.5 million settlement between Energy Plus Holdings, LLC and the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel to resolve an investigation into the supplier's rates and marketing practices.
June 3, 2014
Liberty Power Holdings LLC said in a letter to the Connecticut PURA that a PURA description calling Liberty's renewal notice non-compliant is incorrect
June 2, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have opposed a retail provider's motion for summary judgment of a complaint concerning additional charges due to the customer's classification under the delivery service tariff.
May 29, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that it has reason to believe that two retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective rules requiring the provision of a written contract to certain customers, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the written contract…
May 29, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that five retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective renewal notice regulations, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the renewal rules.
May 23, 2014
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC will pay $4.5 million to the State of Connecticut, which will be used for retail market enforcement and education activities, to resolve an investigation into its rates and marketing practices sought by the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel, under a…
May 22, 2014
An order opening an investigation of FirstEnergy Solutions' use of pass-through clauses to pass-on ancillaries charges to fixed rate customers is not listed on the agenda for today's Pennsylvania PUC public meeting as the agenda appears posted online.
May 21, 2014
Connecticut Issues $30,000 Notice of Violation to Retail Supplier
May 20, 2014
The Connecticut PURA this morning considered fining South Jersey Energy Co. for operating as a supplier and serving customers with a lapsed license.
May 20, 2014
The Texas Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to conduct an investigation into the policies and practices of Direct Energy in offering residential consumers a prepaid electric service plan known as Power-to-Go, alleging that the product…
