August 5, 2025
The Connecticut PURA has sought, from working group members, comment on a proposal from the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) concerning how hardship customers should be served in the retail electric market
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August 19, 2022
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority requested that PURA issue a draft decision to assign about $2.3 million in costs for utilities to update their billing systems to retail suppliers, with a proposed mechanism, and…
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September 21, 2021
Staff of the Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE or Staff) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority moved that PURA issue a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Clearview Energy, Inc. which would impose a civil penalty of $1 million…
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September 30, 2020
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC ("Energy Plus") has entered into a settlement agreement with the Prosecutorial Division of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement ("Prosecutorial" or "EOE") to resolve issues regarding compliance with Conn. Gen…
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April 23, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently filed a motion asking the Connecticut PURA to reconsider several directives PURA issued in ruling on a motion, including the requirement for suppliers to obtain meter read dates from customers, and to communicate a specific start date for service to…
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April 8, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has extended the time by which retail suppliers must include an insert, as part of their welcome package, explaining the Next Cycle Rate (Supply Summary) information on customer bills, and also removed utility logos from the information
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March 29, 2019
Regulator Calls "Vague" Statement On Service Start Dates (1-2 Cycles) "Unacceptable"
In addressing a motion from NRG Energy concerning enrollment information to be provided by retail electric suppliers under the Next Cycle Rate information order, the Connecticut PURA directed that retail suppliers must obtain the customer's meter read date from the customer, and use such information…
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March 21, 2019
Several NRG retail suppliers have petitioned the Connecticut PURA for reconsideration of the requirement that retail suppliers submit information regarding the expiration of a contract as part of the enrollment transaction as currently required by PURA's December 19, 2018 Decision regarding Next…
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March 19, 2019
The Connecticut PURA, in response to a request from United Illuminating, has affirmed that a retail electric supplier's rate is "locked" for billing purposes once submitted to UI 62 days in advance of the consumption period as part of the Next Cycle Rate information
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March 13, 2019
United Illuminating has requested that the Connecticut PURA clarify whether retail electric suppliers are permitted to revise their rates after submitting a rate 62 days prior to the consumption period under the Next Cycle Rate information submissions requirements
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February 4, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association asked the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for an extension of time for compliance with the requirement that electric suppliers send the Next Cycle Rate at the time of enrollment until April 2, 2019.
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January 24, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has granted Connecticut Light & Power an extension to comply with Order No. 6 from PURA's December 2018 order on changes to the Supplier Summary Information requirements.
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January 16, 2019
In response to a previously reported motion from the Retail Energy Supply Association, the Connecticut PURA has granted an extension to certain deadlines included in its recent Supply Summary Information order ("Decision"), and clarified certain directives
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January 14, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association petitioned the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for an extension of time for electric suppliers to comply with Orders 1 and 2 of the Authority’s December 19, 2018 decision concerning Supplier Summary Rate information and requirements (Docket…
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January 4, 2019
The Connecticut PURA will hold a technical meeting on January 10, 2019 to discuss Supply Summary Reporting as directed through Order No. 10 in the Decision dated December 19, 2018, in Docket No. 14-07-19RE05
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October 29, 2018
Vows To Expand Regulator's Authority Over Refunds, Fines
In comments on a draft Connecticut PURA decision that would, among other things, drop customers to default service if their retail supplier does not provide timely and complete next month rate information to the EDCs (first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com here) , Connecticut State Senator Len…
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July 5, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has directed the EDCs to begin including in their public monthly migration reports, which currently include customer counts for each retail supplier, the number of instances in which a supplier failed to provide "Next Rate Information" for a customer's bill.
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May 22, 2018
The Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy has submitted to the Connecticut PURA a Motion for Clarification concerning compliance with Orders 1 and 2 of the March 28, 2018 Re-Opening Decision concerning the listing of retail supplier Next Rate Information on customer bills
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April 30, 2018
Connecticut Schedules Technical Meeting On Next Month Rate Info Retail Supplier Must Provide For Bills
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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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