August 11, 2020
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed new basic service rates for the Medium & Large Commercial and Industrial customer class in the WCMA Load Zone, the former Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) service area, for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2020
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July 30, 2020
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed interim decision in its review of the electricity purchase of receivables mechanism, under which PURA would maintain the current mechanism only because alternatives have not been found to be cost effective, as PURA warned that future changes would be warranted…
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July 22, 2020
DPU Rules On Whether City Is Entitled To Utility Customer Lists Showing Competitive Supply Customers, For Intended Marketing Of Aggregation To Currently Shopping Customers
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July 20, 2020
The Massachusetts electric and natural gas utilities have reported "incremental" supply costs paid by low-income customers on competitive supply versus basic service, as well as the impact on the Residential Assistance Adjustment Factors (RAAF)
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July 16, 2020
FERC denied a complaint filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC (Liberty) against Eversource Energy Company (Eversource) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) in which Liberty alleged that ISO-NE inappropriately refused to correct a billing error that arose from Eversource’s reporting to ISO-NE load…
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July 13, 2020
Utility Cites Expected Increase In Uncollectibles, Costs To Utility Due To COVID-19
Connecticut Light & Power has proposed changes to its purchase of receivables program, including reflecting new cost components in the discount rate mechanism
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June 15, 2020
Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy has filed new electricity default service (energy service) rates for the six-month period beginning August 1, 2020.
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May 19, 2020
Winning Suppliers Disclosed
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning July 1, 2020.
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May 12, 2020
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for its Western Massachusetts service territory (WMA), formerly WMECO, for the period beginning July 1, 2020
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May 1, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2020 to December 2020, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2020 to September 2020
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March 31, 2020
Report: Over 80% Of Residential Retail Supply Customers Paid Rate Higher Than Default Service In Second Half Of 2019 Regulator Notes Thousands Of Legacy Variable Rate Customers Paying Rates Above 15¢
Complaints Against Retail Suppliers Fall By Half
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March 25, 2020
Mean Billed Rates Exceed 13¢ For Some Suppliers
Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating have filed responses to an interrogatory in a Connecticut PURA proceeding concerning potential changes to the purchase of receivables mechanism, including the highest and average rates billed by retail electric suppliers
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March 23, 2020
ISO New England filed an answer at FERC opposing a petition filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC in which Liberty is seeking a billing adjustment related to a utility billing error, as the ISO said that, "Liberty had numerous occasions to detect the error and request that it be corrected pursuant to…
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March 23, 2020
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2020.
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March 23, 2020
Operation Fuel (Connecticut) issued a news release stating, "As Connecticut responds to the current state of emergency caused by COVID-19, Operation Fuel has received word from one of its intake sites that a third party electric supplier is targeting low-income customers, claiming that Eversource…
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March 13, 2020
Nstar (Eversource or "the Company") filed comments with the Massachusetts DPU stating that the City of Boston's latest proposed schedule for the City's municipal opt-out aggregation plan still exposes Nstar basic service customers, and shopping customers, to risk premiums, if the City does not…
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March 9, 2020
The New Hampshire PUC declined to modify the Class III Renewable Portfolio Standard requirements for the 2019 compliance year.
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March 6, 2020
Regulator Is Seeking Party Responsible, "To Avoid Having To Take Other Action, Which Could Impact All Suppliers" "Unacceptable" Calls Claim Customers Being Overcharged, Can Avoid State-Mandated Fees By Switching
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities recently issued a notice to all retail electric suppliers, directing the suppliers to obtain from their vendors attestations concerning their recent telemarketing activity, after the DPU learned of calls that are, "misleading and deceptive."
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March 5, 2020
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel published an analysis of retail electricity supplier customers who remain on legacy variable rates, stating that variable rate customers, who represent less than 10% of customers on competitive supply at Connecticut Light & Power, account for nearly 50% of…
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March 3, 2020
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ('Liberty') hereby files a Complaint against Eversource Energy Company ('Eversource') and ISO-New England, Inc. ('ISO-NE') at FERC in which Liberty seeks compensation for what Liberty alleges is improperly calculated and billed charges relating to Load that was not the…
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March 3, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) informed the Connecticut PURA that an issue was discovered on February 20, 2020 concerning the next-cycle rate information that appeared on certain customers’ February bills.
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February 28, 2020
Seeks To "Educate" Customers About Risks And Potential Responses To "Predatory Marketing" By Retail Suppliers City Also Presses For Aggregation Approval, Suggests Process To Minimize "Uncertainty" Premium In Default Service
The City of Boston, which is seeking approval of an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity, has asked the Massachusetts DPU to require that Nstar provide it with a "full" list of utility customers, not only those eligible for aggregation enrollment on an opt-out basis, so that the City can…
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February 27, 2020
Eversource Energy announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase the Massachusetts natural gas assets of Columbia Gas for $1.1 billion from NiSource.
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February 25, 2020
The Connecticut electric distribution companies have reported winning Last Resort Service suppliers for the second quarter of 2020
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February 25, 2020
The Connecticut PURA approved new Last Resort Service rates at United Illuminating for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2020
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