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February 4, 2014
Businesses would be subject to the, "risk of extortionate settlements," if the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals does not reverse a lower court's ruling which granted class action status to a suit against Stream Energy and affiliates without the plaintiffs first proving the alleged improper…
February 3, 2014
People's Power & Gas, LLC informed the Connecticut PURA that it expects to provide PURA with, "the plans of People's to return to active service in this region," in the near future.
January 29, 2014
A class action lawsuit against a retail supplier has been "certified" to proceed on a class action basis, opening the door for similar suits and potentially threatening the viability for the entire multi-level marketing sales channel approach used by retail suppliers.
January 20, 2014
A customer's original authorization to switch to competitive supply cannot be used to return the customer to competitive supply after a default has placed the customer on utility Standard Service, the Connecticut PURA said in a letter to People's Power & Gas.
January 17, 2014
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel and Attorney General yesterday issued a consumer alert warning that, "thousands of Connecticut residents [are] currently on rates above 17 cents per kWh, [with] some more than double [the] current Standard Offer price."
January 16, 2014
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would decline to impose a civil penalty on Direct Energy for erroneously overcharging a customer by $1.93, finding that, "this de minimus amount does not rise to a violation warranting the need for a civil penalty to deter future violations."
January 15, 2014
Two retail electric suppliers have reached draft settlements with the Connecticut PURA regarding a PURA decision which originally ordered the imposition of what the suppliers saw as excessive alternative compliance payments.
January 14, 2014
NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocol § 6.4.3.1, relating to energy offer curves for RUC-committed resources.
January 8, 2014
FERC issued a public notice of alleged violations stating that a non-public, informal investigation by Staff of FERC's Office of Enforcement, "has preliminarily determined that Louis Dreyfus Energy Services, L.P. (LDES) violated 18 C.F.R. § 1c.2 (2013) by placing virtual trades in MISO at a node in…
January 7, 2014
Connecticut Light & Power has reported to PURA the costs arising from its transfer of People's Power & Gas' customers to default service due to People's Power & Gas' default at ISO New England last month (the default has since been cured).
January 3, 2014
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) to address circumstances of overlapping jurisdiction and to share information in connection with market surveillance and investigations into potential…
December 20, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved a settlement under which Public Power, LLC will pay a $64,000 civil settlement amount, plus issue customer refunds, to resolve alleged slamming violations stemming from a file transmission error.
December 12, 2013
The Ontario Energy Board has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance filed by Summitt Energy Management Inc. concerning the result of a Board staff review of customer contracts.
December 10, 2013
Starion Energy PA, Inc. would make a donation of $100,000 to a utility assistance program, as well as provide remediation to customers which had complained, to settle an investigation into the supplier by the District of Columbia PSC.
December 6, 2013
The Ontario Energy Board has accepted an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance filed by Just Energy Ontario L.P. concerning the result of a Board Staff review of customer contracts.
December 6, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted in a final order a revised settlement with Constellation Energy Power Choice, Inc. f/k/a MXenergy Electric Inc. which includes a $22,000 fine to resolve 22 allegations of slamming, and includes a cap and other prohibitions on early termination fees.
December 5, 2013
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would deny a customer complaint against Ambit Northeast, LLC d/b/a Ambit Energy concerning variable rate disclosures, but would refer the language back to PUC Staff, as the customer's confusion, "may indicate a need to review the approved disclosure…
December 4, 2013
ResCom Energy LLC would pay $59,000 under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to resolve an investigation into alleged slamming, Do Not Call violations, and other marketing violations.
December 3, 2013
Direct Energy has asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to "look closely" at transactions between Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Retail Services [sic] (DERS) after an audit identified an error concerning a journal entry related to a REC sale.
November 27, 2013
Luminant Energy Company, LLC would pay $750,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas concerning the alleged failure of several Luminant units on February 2, 2011, to be on-line at an output level at least equal to each unit's low sustained limit (LSL) within 25…
November 22, 2013
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order regarding RPS compliance for the year 2010 which denies the request of three retail suppliers to demonstrate compliance with the RPS requirements through RECs that were not settled in the Connecticut Subaccount in GIS, in lieu of paying the higher…
November 21, 2013
Energy Services Providers, Inc. d/b/a Pennsylvania Gas & Electric and U. S. Gas & Electric, Inc. d/b/a Pennsylvania Gas & Electric would pay $75,000 to resolve a Pennsylvania PUC Staff investigation into the alleged slamming of 10 customers with over 300 accounts, due to what USG&E said was an…
November 18, 2013
The New York PSC reinstated Liberty Power Holdings LLC's ability to conduct door-to-door marketing, but placed the supplier on probation during which time, "any Liberty Power UBP marketing violations may subject Liberty Power to immediate revocation of its authority to act as an ESCO in New York."
November 15, 2013
The Ontario Energy Board announced an intention to issue an order requiring Just Energy Ontario LP to comply with a number of enforceable provisions and to pay an administrative penalty in the amount of $60,000 (all $ Canadian), "for breaches of enforceable provisions."
November 7, 2013
Starion Energy PA. Inc. and the District of Columbia Office of the People's Counsel said that they have reached a settlement in principle regarding a PSC investigation into Starion's business and solicitation practices, and asked that a hearing be suspended to allow the settlement to be finalized.
