February 25, 2020
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the Medium & Large Commercial and Industrial customer class in the Eastern Massachusetts service areas (NEMA, SEMA load zones), for the period April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020.
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February 21, 2020
Proposals Have Included Limiting POR For Uncollectible Accounts To Shadow-Billed Default Service Amount, Rather Than Actual Supplier Charges Supplier-Specific Discount Rates Proposed By OCC
The Connecticut electric utilities raised several concerns with adopting any proposed changes to the current purchase of receivables (POR) mechanism and methodology
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February 19, 2020
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new large C&I customer basic service rates for its Western Massachusetts service territory (WMA), formerly WMECO, for the period beginning April 1, 2020
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February 14, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) has filed with PURA new Last Resort Service (LRS) rates for the period beginning April 1, 2020
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January 23, 2020
71% Favor Keeping Electric Choice, But With Stronger Consumer Protections Nearly 90% Oppose Automatic Retail Supplier Contract Renewals Without Written Consent Nearly 90% Support Keeping Utility-Supplied Default Service
A survey of Connecticut voters ages 50 and older conducted for AARP found that nearly nine in ten voters oppose opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity
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January 22, 2020
Consumer Counsel Issues Discovery For Utilities To Report Suppliers' Specific Variable Rates
The Connecticut utilities has responded to a PURA interrogatory and have reported the number of residential customers still served under a variable rate
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January 15, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating directing the utilities to, "Provide a list of suppliers and the number of residential accounts currently identified as being served under a variable rate for each supplier."
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December 18, 2019
Retail Suppliers Prohibited From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision under which PURA ordered that all hardship electricity customers shall be returned to standard service (default service), and the EDCs shall implement system programming to prevent hardship customers from enrolling with an electric supplier.
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December 6, 2019
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed new energy service (default service) for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2020
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November 27, 2019
Regulator Cites Concerns With Contracting, Rate Presentation Wattifi Explains Operations Currently In Beta, Not Actively Marketing, Will Address Concerns
The Connecticut PURA has issued a letter to Wattifi, Inc. (Wattifi) in which PURA, "instructs Wattifi to cease enrolling new customers," until Wattifi has resolved various concerns cited by PURA in the letter
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November 18, 2019
Small C&I Rate To Increase 13% Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
Nstar (Eversource Energy-Eastern MA service area) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning January 1, 2020
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November 8, 2019
Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
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 January 1, 2020
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November 1, 2019
Small Business Rate Increasing Nearly 10%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2020 to June 2020, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2020 to March 2020
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October 16, 2019
In addressing how to implement a proposed Connecticut PURA order which would provide that refunds due to customers under amnesty programs filed by retail electric suppliers should be effectuated through utility bills and not mailed checks, both Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating…
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September 24, 2019
The Connecticut PURA issued guidance to retail electric suppliers concerning RPS compliance and opened Docket 19-06-01 to review and determine the electric suppliers’ and electric distribution companies’ (EDCs) compliance with the Connecticut renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in the year 2018.
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September 17, 2019
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy (Bureau) said in a brief that the Connecticut PURA should, "exercise its discretion and order hardship customers to be placed on standard service."
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August 30, 2019
A draft Interim Decision from the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority would approve ten-year power purchase agreements between Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. and Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating Company, and addresses disposition of the power and cost…
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August 26, 2019
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for large C&I customers in its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning October 1, 2019.
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August 21, 2019
Cites Potential Harm To Default Service Customers From Boston Aggregation City Had Sought Approval By End Of August, For January 2020 Start Date
The Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) has requested that the Massachusetts DPU set a procedural schedule in the DPU's consideration of the City of Boston's electricity opt-out municipal aggregation plan that would allow for discovery and the ability to request evidentiary hearings
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August 20, 2019
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, 2019
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August 16, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2019 to December 2019
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August 13, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power reported that Exelon Generation Company will serve CL&P's Last Resort Service load for the fourth quarter of 2019.
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August 6, 2019
Customer BYOD Component To Be Repeated Across Service Area
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy applied at the New Hampshire PUC for preauthorization of a proposed Westmoreland Clean Innovation Project, which would include integration of battery storage, distributed energy resources in the form of demand response, and enhanced…
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July 31, 2019
Supplier Prohibited From Residential Marketing, Enrollment For Six Months, Except For Online Enrollments Decision Sets Standard Under Which TPVs Are Invalid
A final decision from the Connecticut PURA imposed a $1.5 million fine on Liberty Holdings, LLC [sic] (Liberty or Company) and prohibits Liberty from accepting new residential customers and/or marketing to residential customers via any means other than online enrollments for six months
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July 17, 2019
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order imposing a civil penalty in the amount of $750,000 on Spark Energy, LLC as PURA concluded that a pre-recorded telemarketing message used by a subcontractor of an agent of Spark Energy, LLC violated certain statutes
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