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May 1, 2017
The Massachusetts DPU approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at National Grid, effective May 1, 2017.
March 23, 2017
Muni Aggregator's Plan, "Flips Opt-Out Process On Its Head," Utilities Say
The municipal aggregation implementation plan submitted to the New York PSC by Good Energy, L.P. is "over-inclusive" in defining eligible customers, and, for new customers moving into the municipality, "flips the opt-out process on its head," the joint New York utilities said in comments to the PSC
March 22, 2017
Greater transparency and customer education is needed concerning opt-out municipal aggregations, Nstar (Eversource) said in comments to the Massachusetts DPU, expressing concerns that aggregation customers may end up paying higher rates.
March 21, 2017
Choice Energy, LLC objected to the, "unprecedented," application of National Grid in Massachusetts to extend the number of days that a competitive electric supplier must submit a switch, from two to four days prior to the scheduled meter read date, for the switch to occur at the next meter read
March 21, 2017
Overturning the informal finding of a hearing examiner in a complaint case, the New York PSC has ordered SJ Energy Partners to issue a refund to a customer after concluding that the execution of a contract, which was not in the same language as the language used to market to the customer, violated…
March 17, 2017
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new proposed purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) to be effective May 1, 2017.
March 16, 2017
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for residential and commercial customers for the six-month period beginning April 1, 2017, and for industrial customers, for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2017
March 14, 2017
The New York PSC has suspended Atlantic Power & Gas, LLC's ability to market to and enroll residential and non-residential customers until the Commission orders otherwise.
February 23, 2017
In authorizing the state's electric utilities to recover costs associated with the various clean energy standards now imposed on LSEs, the New York PSC ruled that a single, constant charge shall be applied at each utility throughout the year, to minimize volatility.
February 9, 2017
Badar Khan, CEO of Direct Energy and Centrica's Chief Executive of Energy Supply & Services in North America, is leaving Centrica to assume a new role on the Group Executive Committee of National Grid.
January 27, 2017
President Trump named Cheryl LaFleur Acting Chairman of FERC
January 26, 2017
ESCO Must Show Cause Why Ability To Enroll Customers, Eligibility Should Not Be Revoked
The New York PSC issued an order to show cause to Spark Energy, LLC and Spark Energy Gas, LLC, operated jointly as Spark Energy, Inc., stating the customer complaints have alleged that Spark, "has moved customers to the ESCO from another service provider without customer authorization (slamming) and…
January 6, 2017
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid have scheduled for January 17, 2017 the next meeting of the Phase One of the "Power Generation Collaborative" which will address (i) implementation of "no-harm, no-foul" balancing provisions…
January 4, 2017
NEM Meeting Will Include Strategy To Preserve NY Retail Choice, All ESCOs Welcome
Due to the gravity of the current state of affairs in New York, the National Energy Marketers Association has opened its annual winter executive committee and policy development meeting to all members and prospective members, and all ESCOs are invited to attend.
December 20, 2016
National Grid has filed new Massachusetts electricity basic service rates for industrial customers for the three-month period beginning February 1, 2017.
December 20, 2016
The New York PSC has approved a deferral of certain supply costs that would have otherwise been required to be reflected in default service rates at KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) starting on January 1, 2017, citing, in part, the need to temper the bills of…
December 12, 2016
KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid) have initiated an ESCO collaborative process, as provided for in a recent rate case, to address several ESCO-related issues.
December 6, 2016
Citing the "misleading" impact large prior period reconciliations have on customers' purchasing decisions and comparison of ESCO and utility supply rates, the National Energy Marketers Association said that the New York PSC's utility gas cost reconciliation process as set forth in the Commission’s…
December 2, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association is seeking a court order to conduct discovery on data filed by the New York PSC in support of its order imposing a moratorium on ESCO service to Assistance Program Participant customers, alleging that the data is, "deeply flawed." The PSC opposed discovery…
December 2, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC have issued a Staff Assessment Report on Niagara Mohawk's Clifton Park Demand Reduction Reforming the Energy Vision Demonstration Project, which includes NiMo's proposal for what is essentially a utility-directed opt-out municipal aggregation program coordinated with the…
November 21, 2016
An analysis by New York PSC Staff filed with the Supreme Court for the County of Albany indicates that low-income customers served by ESCOs in aggregate paid $96 million more than what the cost would have been under default service for the period January 2014 through June 2016.
November 16, 2016
Ambit Energy has launched electricity service at Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Eversource) in Massachusetts
October 17, 2016
New York natural gas utilities filed annual cost of gas reconciliations with the PSC that in some cases would result in a surcharge of up to $0.50/Mcf to recover under-collected supply costs during the 12 months ending August 31, 2016, with the surcharges (or refunds) effective January 1, 2017.
October 5, 2016
Utility Rate Analysis Consultants (URAC) has filed comments with the New York PSC opposing the request of KeySpan New York (The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY) to suspend collection of the annual reconciliation of gas costs surcharge/refund mechanism in its Gas Adjustment Clause…
October 3, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU in an order on National Grid's electric rate case declined to assign more costs to bypassable basic service rates, rejecting arguments made by Direct Energy
