January 28, 2016
New PUC Launches Retail Electric Shopping Website, Rate Board
The Rhode Island PUC has launched an electricity shopping website and rate board, Empower RI ri.gov/empowerri
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January 15, 2016
Regulator Opens New Docket on Municipal Aggregation Issues (Eligible Customers, Transfer Timing)
The Massachusetts DPU has opened a new docket (16-10) to address several outstanding issues related to municipal opt-out electric aggregations, and several new issues.
January 13, 2016
N.Y. Municipal Consortium Representing Over 300 Entities Seeks PSC Approval for Opt-Out Aggregation (Albany Expresses Interest)
The Municipal Electric and Gas Alliance (MEGA), a New York local development corporation that manages aggregated procurement of energy products and services for 36 county governments and more than 275 municipal entities throughout the state, has sought approval from the PSC to conduct a…
December 17, 2015
National Grid Files New Basic Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service rates for industrial customers for the three-month period beginning February 1, 2016.
December 14, 2015
East Coast Power and Gas Listing Residential Offer in New Service Area
East Coast Power & Gas (ECP&G) recently began listing a residential electric offer on New York Power to Choose for the Niagara Mohawk service area, and announced that it is now accepting online enrollments for the NiMo territory on its website
December 1, 2015
IGS Energy Launches Service In New State
IGS Energy has launched residential and commercial electric service in Massachusetts
November 24, 2015
Start-Up Retail Supplier Led By Market Vets Launches Service In New York
Trident Power, the start-up retail supplier led by several veterans of Spark Energy, has launched service in New York
November 23, 2015
Retail Supplier Purchases Customer Book
East Coast Power & Gas has purchased the BluCo Energy customer book from Vantage Commodities.
November 20, 2015
PUC Approves Higher Discount Rates for PPL Purchase of Receivables
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a rate case settlement at PPL Electric Utilities which, among other things, addresses the design of the purchase of receivables program and discount rates
October 19, 2015
National Grid Files To Decrease Default Service Rate 15%
Narragansett Electric (National Grid) has filed with the Rhode Island PUC to decrease its electric default service rate effective January 1, 2016
October 14, 2015
National Grid Revises New Default Service Rates Due To Change in Smart Grid Charge
National Grid has filed an adjustment to its Massachusetts electric basic service prices for the period November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016 to reflect a revision to the Smart Grid Customer Cost Adjustment Factors
October 5, 2015
Direct Energy Expands Residential Service
Direct Energy has begun offering residential natural gas service in Massachusetts, in the National Grid service areas
September 24, 2015
New Retail Provider Offering Service In Rhode Island
Town Square Energy has begun offering electricity service in Rhode Island
September 23, 2015
Massachusetts Natural Gas Utilities File Lower Supply Rates Versus Last Winter
Several Massachusetts natural gas utilities filed natural gas default service rates for the winter season which are lower than the year-ago rates
September 16, 2015
National Grid Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates To Spike Over 40%
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU proposed electric basic service rates for the period beginning November 1, 2015 which reflect a 40-47% increase in the basic service rates for residential and commercial customers.
September 15, 2015
NEM To Host Regulators, Legislators At New England Energy Policy Summit
The National Energy Marketers Association will host a New England Energy Policy Summit on October 12-14 in Cambridge, MA, gathering leaders from government, Silicon Valley, ISOs, academia, utilities, energy suppliers, and distributed energy resource providers
August 27, 2015
Massachusetts Seeks Comment on Replacing RFP Mechanism for Default Service Procurements, Change in Procurement Timing
The Massachusetts DPU has sought comment on two proposals made by stakeholders during an investigation into the provision of basic electric service
August 26, 2015
Update: Nordic Discloses Markets For Expansion, Recent Entries
Nordic Energy Services has provided details on its recent expansion and future market entries.
August 20, 2015
Utilities Propose Menu of Pricing Plans for Default Service Customers (Shopping Customers Would Subsidize)
As part of smart meter deployment plan filings, several Massachusetts electric utilities have proposed offering default service customers a menu of pricing plans, with the options subsidized by all distribution customers.
August 14, 2015
State Reviewing Whether Muni Aggregations Should Get Preferential Lists of Customers, Whether Certain Non-Shopping Customers Should Be Excluded From Aggregation
The Massachusetts DPU has asked for stakeholder comment regarding what customers should be included in customer lists provided to municipal aggregations.
August 5, 2015
New York Approves REV Demonstration Projects
The New York PSC announced that the following Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration projects have been determined to meet the REV principles and will move forward with implementation plans. All descriptions of the plans are directly quoted from a PSC press release
August 5, 2015
Niagara Mohawk Seeking to Offer Customers Flat Monthly Electric Bill, Menu of Value-Added Tiers and Bundles
As part of its proposed Reforming the Energy Vision demonstration projects in New York, Niagara Mohawk (National Grid) has proposed to bundle distributed energy resource (DER) services and products on customers' energy bills, while offering customers a flat bill per month, for customers residing in…
August 3, 2015
ESCOs File Complaint Over "Unlawful" Invoices From Utility
The Small Customer Marketer Coalition filed a complaint at the New York PSC against KeySpan Gas East Corporation (National Grid), alleging that the "retroactive" cash out invoices issued by the utility to ESCOs in July 2015 covering the month of June 2015 are, "unlawful, arbitrary and capricious."
July 21, 2015
County Energy Launches Service in New Territories
County Energy Corp. has begun listing residential natural gas offers on New York Power to Choose for the Keyspan New York (National Grid/Brooklyn Union) and Orange & Rockland service areas.
July 10, 2015
ESCO Named Official Energy Supplier of N.Y. Mets
East Coast Power & Gas announced that it has partnered with the New York Mets to become a sponsor and the official energy supplier for the Mets.