April 6, 2016
Unitil Default Service Rates To Decrease 35%
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016.
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November 6, 2015
New POR Program To Begin December 1, Utility Confirms Discount Rates
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil will begin its electric purchase of receivables program on December 1, 2015
November 5, 2015
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc. Seeks Electric Supplier License in New State
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc. applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers, excluding small C&I customers, at Unitil and Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities)
October 21, 2015
State Approves Implementation Plan for Purchase of Receivables At New Utility, With 5% Discount
The Massachusetts DPU has approved the implementation plan for purchase of receivables at Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil
October 12, 2015
N.H. Default Service Rate To Increase 35%
The New Hampshire PUC approved default service electric rates at Unitil for the six-month period beginning December 1, 2015.
October 7, 2015
Mass. Utility To See 10% Increase in Basic Service Rates
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning December 1, 2015.
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.
July 24, 2015
Reliant Seeks Supplier License in New State
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC, d/b/a NRG Home, NRG Business, and NRG Retail Solutions, applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Eversource Energy (PSNH), Liberty Utilities, and Unitil
July 20, 2015
PUC Staff Make Recommendations on Retail Choice Program Changes
Two Maine hearing examiners have made recommendations on behalf of the Maine PUC advisory staff regarding changes to the retail choice program at Northern Utilities.
June 25, 2015
State Opens Inquiry Into Utilities' Supply Costs, Rate-Setting Approaches
The Maine PUC has initiated an inquiry to examine current and potential alternative regulatory and rate-setting approaches for natural gas local distribution company (LDC) supply-related decisions and costs (Docket 2015-00155)
June 9, 2015
Retail Suppliers Detail "Difficulties" in Maine Market Since Unitil Acquisition of Northern Utilities
In testimony concerning Northern Utilities' proposal to provide capacity planning for 100% of its load with the exception of dual fuel customers (eliminating the capacity exempt status for other transportation customers), Global Montello Group Corp. and Sprague Operating Resources, LLC expressed…
June 3, 2015
State To Open Review of Rate-Setting Process for Default Service Supply Costs
The Maine PUC has assigned Docket 2015-00155 for a Commission-initiated inquiry into regulatory and rate-setting approaches for natural gas supply costs
May 4, 2015
Utility Files To Introduce POR With 5% Discount
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed at the Massachusetts DPU to implement a purchase of receivables program with a 5% discount rate for residential customers.
April 29, 2015
Town Square Energy Offering Service in New Territories
Town Square Energy is now offering residential electricity at Nstar, Western Massachusetts Electric Co., and Unitil.
April 17, 2015
State Energy Office: Reflecting "Market Pricing" Should Not Be The Primary Goal of Default Service; Service Should Instead Avoid Volatility
Reflecting market pricing, "should not be the primary goal of default service," the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) said in comments to the New Hampshire PUC in an investigation concerning the design of default service.
April 14, 2015
Massachusetts DPU Eliminates Basic Service Bill Recalculation For Mass Market Customers
The Massachusetts DPU yesterday issued an order eliminating the electric basic service bill recalculation for residential and small C&I customers, effective immediately
April 10, 2015
Boom: Broken Wholesale Market Compels State to Open Investigation of Greater "Layering", "Flexibility" In Default Service Procurements, Ditching Full Requirements Service
Citing recent electric price spikes and declining participation by wholesale suppliers in electric default service procurements, the Massachusetts DPU has opened an investigation into the provision of basic service, including the potential elimination of full requirements contracts and use of less…
April 9, 2015
Utility, PUC Staff Propose Default Service Bill Recalculation For Shopping Customers Be Eliminated, Credit for Recently Migrating Customers
Unitil, Staff of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and Office of the Consumer Advocate have filed a settlement which proposes to eliminate the default service bill recalculation at Unitil immediately.
April 8, 2015
Utility's Default Service Rate To Fall By More Than 50%
Unitil in New Hampshire has filed proposed default service electric rates for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2015.
April 7, 2015
Summer Default Service Rate for Massachusetts Utility To Remain Above 11¢
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015.
March 11, 2015
Previously Unenforced, Utility Now Applying Variable Rate Recalculation to Customers Leaving Default Service
Beginning in December, Unitil in New Hampshire began applying an existing tariff provision retroactively subjecting default customers departing for competitive supply to variable default service rates, prompting customer complaints.
February 20, 2015
PUC Rejects Utility's Contingency Default Service Proposal
The New Hampshire PUC has rejected a contingency proposal from Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) addressing situations in which there is insufficient response to a default service procurement, finding that Liberty Utilities' proposal is inconsistent with statute.
February 10, 2015
GDF SUEZ's Think Energy Launches "Major" Expansion
Think Energy, the retail electricity provider established by GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA to serve residential and small commercial customers, announced the launch of residential service in Massachusetts, which the company called, "a significant step in the company's strategic growth efforts."
January 27, 2015
Ambit Energy To Enter Six New Territories This Spring, Announces Solar Partnership
Ambit Energy will enter six new territories this spring, and also announces a partnership to offer solar installations to customers.
January 26, 2015
Town Square Energy Launches Service in New State
Town Square Energy has begun offering residential electric service in New Hampshire, at Public Service of New Hampshire and Unitil.