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May 2, 2012
A class action suit was filed against Energy Plus Holdings LLC and Energy Plus Natural Gas LP today by Sanford Wittels & Heisler LLP, alleging the marketing and pricing of Energy Plus' variable rate products violates the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and breaches the covenant of good faith and fair…
April 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has fined Champion Energy Services, LLC $400 for not amortizing back-billed supply charges over the appropriate period.
April 24, 2012
Day-ahead and real-time energy prices in PJM were inflated by at least $141,000 during a two-week period in which mitigation was not applied to several Constellation Energy units as required under a Maryland PSC order, while total excess revenues to Exelon resulting from what the company called an…
April 16, 2012
International Power Board Approves Sale of Remaining Stake to GDF SUEZ
April 16, 2012
FERC revoked the market-based rate authority of 35 "public utilities," including a retail supplier, for what FERC said was failure to file a baseline electronic market-based rate tariff as previously ordered (see prior story) .
April 13, 2012
The Maryland PSC has ordered Exelon to show cause why the Commission should not conclude that Exelon violated the terms of the PSC's order approving its merger with Constellation after Exelon reported that it "inadvertently violated" (as the PSC described Exelon's characterization) market power…
April 12, 2012
The Connecticut PURA has directed Verde Energy USA, Inc. to respond to several questions regarding a recent increase customer complaints, including allegations that the supplier's representatives have stated that they were employees of Connecticut Light & Power or United Illuminating.
April 11, 2012
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY has notified East Coast Natural Gas Inc. that East Coast Natural Gas Inc.'s right to serve customers in the Brooklyn Union service territory will be involuntarily discontinued as of the close of business on April 30, 2012.
April 10, 2012
FERC has posted a Staff Notice of Alleged Violations against Barclays Bank PLC and several individual traders.
April 6, 2012
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported late Thursday that, "Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission investigators on Thursday filed a formal complaint seeking to revoke the license of Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania, Inc. for allegedly omitting information in its 2009 application to be an electric…
April 3, 2012
The Connecticut PURA has directed North American Power and Gas, LLC to respond to several questions regarding a recent increase customer complaints, including allegations that the supplier's representatives have stated that they were employees of Connecticut Light & Power or United Illuminating.
March 29, 2012
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) this morning rejected a proposed settlement agreement between the Commission's Law Bureau Prosecutory Staff (now the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement) and MXEnergy, a PUC-licensed electric generation supplier, over the company's marketing…
March 28, 2012
10K Energy, L.L.C. would pay $20,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that 10K Energy was not in full compliance with 20 provisions of the Substantive Rules (40267).
March 26, 2012
The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG Energy have entered into an agreement, to resolve litigation relating to a 2001 energy crisis electricity contract, under which NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in California, investing approximately $100 million…
March 21, 2012
TriEagle Energy L.P. would pay $36,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve allegations that TriEagle Energy was not in full compliance with 19 provisions of the Substantive Rules (40241).
March 16, 2012
FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff made the following statement at yesterday's FERC open meeting concerning the settlement with Constellation Energy Commodities Group regarding a FERC investigation into market manipulation.
March 14, 2012
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today informed Glacial Energy of New England, Inc. that PURA would not issue a Notice of Violation against the company at this time.
March 12, 2012
FERC has approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Constellation Energy Commodities Group (CCG) to resolve an investigation into whether Constellation violated the Commission's Anti-Manipulation Rule, under which Constellation has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $135 million and…
March 7, 2012
The total volume of electric complaints filed by consumers with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in Calendar Year 2011 was the lowest level recorded since the competitive market opened in 2002, Regulatory Compliance Services said in an annual report.
March 7, 2012
A PUCT Notice of Violation against Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. should be dismissed because ECS did not "wilfully (sic) and knowingly" violate PURA Sec. 39.151(d) and did not "wilfully (sic) and knowingly" intend for its loads not to curtail, ECS said in a list of issues prior to hearing…
March 5, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC will hear (in Formal Case 1097) a complaint brought by Liberty Power concerning the application of the 12-month minimum stay to non-residential customers returning to Pepco Standard Offer Service.
March 2, 2012
The Massachusetts DPU has directed the electric distribution companies to cure deficiencies in their compliance with a prior DPU order concerning the posting of competitive supplier information, including offer information, on the utilities' websites.
March 2, 2012
MXEnergy Electric Inc. has ceased enrolling new post-pay customers in the ERCOT market, and, starting on the first meter read after January 17, 2012, began transferring existing post-pay customers to affiliate StarTex Power.
February 28, 2012
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in a letter to Glacial Energy of New England, Inc. issued this morning indicated that it will issue a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against Glacial Energy of New England, Inc. later this week.
February 17, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC approved Horizon Power & Light's proposed action plan to resolve a request by the Office of People's Counsel for an investigation of Horizon given certain customer complaints (see 11/22) .
