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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January 28, 2019
Amnesty Program Allows Suppliers To Voluntarily Offer Refunds, Avoid Civil Penalties
The Connecticut PURA has established a deadline by which retail suppliers must elect to participate in an amnesty program concerning non-compliance with the supplier summary rate information requirements
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December 17, 2018
With Regulator Lacking Restitution Authority, Amnesty Program Would See Suppliers Voluntarily Offer Refunds, Avoid Civil Penalties If Doing So
Note: This story was first published on Dec. 17 with an alert to our email subscribers
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August 7, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority stay implementation of its directive that Connecticut Light and Power Company (Eversource) and United Illuminating include certain information about electric suppliers' provision of summary…
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June 19, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a notice of stay concerning certain directives to the utilities regarding the implementation of the next rate information requirements on bills.
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June 13, 2018
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority scheduled a technical meeting for Thursday, July 5, 2018 to discuss the May 21, 2018 Motion for Clarification submitted by The Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy in Docket No. 14-07-19RE01 - PURA Investigation into…
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June 11, 2018
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) will conduct a Working Group Meeting on June 14, 2018 to discuss options to assure that the information that is required to be displayed on residential customer electric bills as required under the Connecticut General Statutes…
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April 13, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has denied the transfer of Perigee Energy LLC's customers to Spark Energy, and directed, as alternatively proposed by Perigee, that such customers be returned to default service.
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March 29, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a decision changing, on an interim basis, how electric distribution companies are to handle situations in which a retail supplier fails to provide information to populate the Next Rate information listed on a customer's bill, to be in place while PURA more thoroughly…
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March 22, 2018
Regulator: "Egregiousness" Of Alleged Violations Prompts Question Of Supplier's Technical And Managerial Capacity
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Spark Energy, L.P. (Spark or Company) under which PURA would impose a civil penalty in the amount of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) against the Company.
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March 19, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft order which would require the electric distribution companies to list "Not Provided" on customer bills in the section listing the next rate information of the customer's retail supplier if the supplier has not provided rate information to the EDCs for this…
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February 19, 2018
Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §§16-245o, 16-9, 16-245r, 42-110b and 16-41, the Connecticut PURA reopened the licensing docket of Spark Energy, L.P., "to review Spark’s compliance with §16-245d(a)(2) and the standards developed by the Authority in Dockets 14-07-19 and 14-07-19RE01, its ability to…
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February 19, 2018
Alleging 39 Retail Suppliers Were Non-compliant with Next Rate Obligation, Senator Blasts "Lethargic" Enforcement By PURA
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel petitioned the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to issue an interim order to the electric distribution companies to file a compliance plan or compliance assurance by no later than February 23, 2018, ensuring and demonstrating by a near-term…
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February 16, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating (each referred to as "Company") concerning retail suppliers' compliance with the obligation to submit to the EDCs information concerning the rate to be applied to a customer's next-month bill.
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January 4, 2017
Also Seeks Comment On Expanding Required Retail Supplier Summary Information To Commercial Customer Bills
The Connecticut PURA has sought further comment concerning the treatment of incidental residential meters for purposes of compliance with various retail supplier summary information which must be included on bills, and other requirements.
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April 12, 2016
The Connecticut PURA confirmed that the requirement for retail suppliers to send customers certain quarterly notices has been terminated since this information is now included on bills.
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October 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision which prohibits electric suppliers from serving residential customers on a month-to-month, or variable, rate at the end of a contract term for any contract, regardless of the date of execution.
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June 12, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled a hearing regarding Docket 14-07-19RE01, concerning changes to customer bills required by statute, to further consider the issue of presenting a supplier's rate for the next month on the customer's bill.
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May 29, 2015
A revised draft Connecticut PURA decision would find that "incidental" residential accounts -- those meters associated with non-residential customers but assigned a residential rate class -- are not subject to new statutory billing information requirements, removing the concern that such incidental…
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May 6, 2015
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource), "may be improperly assigning residential rate classifications to commercial customers," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to PURA.
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April 29, 2015
A Connecticut PURA draft order appears to prohibit retail suppliers from serving residential meters associated with non-residential customers (incidental residential accounts) with any product except a fixed rate, or standard variable-monthly rate, as defined in a prior PURA order concerning…
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