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March 26, 2014
Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. would pay $27,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations concerning the failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Zonal Operating Guide § 1.8.2, relating to system…
March 26, 2014
The Maine PUC ordered six retail electric suppliers to post additional security, or provide updated sales data showing that their current level of security is appropriate.
March 11, 2014
Citing numerous complaints against electric suppliers, as well as data showing that most residential customers on competitive supply are paying more than default service (click here for related story) , the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said that PURA should consider adding a "review"…
March 10, 2014
The Maryland PSC has imposed a civil penalty of $350,000 on Starion Energy, but will not revoke Starion's license or compel Starion to return any customers to SOS.
March 7, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has sought more information regarding a settlement between Enforcement Staff and ResCom Energy LLC under which ResCom would pay $59,000 to resolve an investigation into alleged slamming, Do Not Call violations, and other marketing violations.
March 7, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC, based on the current record, is "unable to determine" whether Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania, Inc. was required to disclose certain of Gary Mole's experiences in Texas on Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania electric supplier application.
March 6, 2014
ERCOT notified the Public Utility Commission of Texas, "of its violation of Section 1.3.1(k) of the ERCOT Protocols," due to the transmission of a file to two unintended recipients which could have been interpreted to match the number of ESI IDs identifiable to another LSE.
March 6, 2014
A U.S. Appeals Court will hear arguments regarding whether class action status should have been granted to a lawsuit against Stream Gas & Electric, its marketing unit Ignite Holdings, several subsidiaries, and several affiliated individuals.
February 27, 2014
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is "concerned" with recent retail electric supplier price spikes, and has encouraged customers to send their rate information to the AG's office.
February 27, 2014
Staff of the Oversight and Enforcement Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have increased the amount of an administrative penalty that Staff requests be imposed on Proton Energy, Inc., as Staff alleged further violations of Commission rules.
February 25, 2014
A report from Regulatory Compliance Services says that the total volume of electric complaints filed by consumers with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in calendar year 2013 decreased for the fifth consecutive year, but the "violation" rate increased for the third year in a row.
February 24, 2014
Texas Commission to Further Consider Cease and Desist Authority
February 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has directed retail electric suppliers to provide, within six business days, copies of disclosure statements of variable price products offered to residential and small business customers for the period December 1, 2013 to February 20, 2014.
February 17, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption to implement the Commission's cease and desist authority, which includes in the preamble a discussion of the circumstances under which the authority may be applied with respect to retail electric providers.
February 17, 2014
For the second time in as many weeks, the Pennsylvania PUC issued a news release in which the PUC, "urges customers using a competitive supplier to review their contract as wholesale energy prices have been pushed higher due to cold temperatures and high demand."
February 13, 2014
Texas Legal Services Center and the Texas Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy requested that the Public Utility Commission of Texas publish more granular complaint data regarding retail electric providers.
February 10, 2014
FERC approved a settlement with Louis Dreyfus Energy Services L.P. (LDES) under which LDES will pay a civil penalty of $4.1 million, and disgorge $3.3 million plus interest, to resolve allegations that LDES violated the Commission’s Anti-Manipulation Rule, 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2013), in connection with…
February 10, 2014
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that its members are working on examining and developing the next steps, after NEM's National Standards of Conduct, to ensure a positive energy consumer shopping experience, including potentially self-policing mechanisms and/or a NEM seal of…
February 10, 2014
Several ESCOs have renewed their protest at the New York PSC concerning the "pricing inequity" which the ESCOs alleged is embedded in the default service rates charged by KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island.
February 7, 2014
The Ontario Energy Board has revoked the electricity and natural gas supplier licences of Energhx Green Energy Corporation for failure to pay a previously ordered administrative penalty.
February 7, 2014
Breeze, LLC would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Breeze's alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocols § 16.11.5(1)(b), related to monitoring of a counter-party's creditworthiness and credit exposure by ERCOT.
February 7, 2014
The District of Columbia PSC approved a settlement between Starion Energy PA, Inc. and the D.C. Office of People's Counsel under which Starion Energy will make a donation of $100,000 to a utility assistance program, as well as provide remediation to customers which had complained, to settle an…
February 7, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC rejected as inadequate a settlement between its Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement and Pennsylvania Gas & Electric under which Pennsylvania Gas & Electric was to pay $75,000 to resolve a PUC Staff investigation into the alleged slamming of 10 customers with over 300…
February 5, 2014
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance filed by Sunwave Gas & Power Inc. concerning a self-reported error in the required price comparison templates.
February 5, 2014
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has requested information from the Maryland PSC's Office of External Relations concerning complaints filed against Starion Energy.
