August 14, 2023
Staff Advocates "Altering Supplier Rates" -- Force Suppliers To Serve Customers At Rate Cap, Rather Than Having Customers Dropped To Default Service
In response to a request for comments from the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) concerning a determination of the "appropriate limitations" with which all customer contracts with electric suppliers, entered into on and after a determined date, must comply, PURA's…
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July 1, 2023
On July 3, 2023, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) initiated Docket 18-06-02RE02 to determine the "appropriate limitations" with which all customer contracts with electric suppliers, entered into on and after a determined date, must comply.
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December 13, 2022
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority denied a motion from the Retail Energy Advancement League ('REAL') which had asked that PURA close PURA's current investigation into whether retail supplier offers are just and reasonable, as REAL had said that, "the current market confirms that…
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December 5, 2022
The Connecticut PURA directed Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) to cease implementation of CL&P's plan to streamline the process for hardship customers to opt into electric choice, which requires that such customers forfeit their hardship status
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December 1, 2022
The Retail Energy Advancement League ('REAL') requested that the Connecticut PURA Authority close PURA's current investigation into whether retail supplier offers are just and reasonable, "as the current market confirms that there can be no proof that electric supplier products are overpriced or…
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November 28, 2022
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) informed the Connecticut PURA that it plans to streamline the process for hardship customers to opt into electric choice, which requires that such customers forfeit their hardship status
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September 23, 2022
The Connecticut PURA directed that its Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) file a proposed Investigative Report, for PURA's current investigation of supplier offers and access to utility systems pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245(a), that summarizes the investigation and contains…
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September 20, 2022
In a Connecticut PURA proceeding implementing PURA's authority to condition access to utility systems on all retail electric supplier offers being just and reasonable, including, but not limited to, proof that the electric supplier's products are not overpriced or harmful to residential customers…
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September 9, 2022
In a Connecticut PURA proceeding implementing PURA's authority to condition access to utility systems on all retail electric supplier offers being just and reasonable, including, but not limited to, proof that the electric supplier's products are not overpriced or harmful to residential customers…
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July 21, 2022
In ruling on a discovery objection, the Connecticut PURA has essentially adopted a de facto requirement for retail suppliers to monitor and correct data filed by the utilities concerning the suppliers and retail market, as failure to do so, "reflects on an electric supplier's technical and…
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January 31, 2022
Investigation To Consider Whether Retail Supplier Offers Are Overpriced Or Harmful
Staff of the Connecticut PURA have proposed a schedule for PURA's review of retail electric supplier offers under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245(a), to be followed by the periodic review of the placement of all utility hardship customers on default service
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January 24, 2022
Investigation To Consider Whether Retail Supplier Offers Are Overpriced Or Harmful
The Connecticut PURA has expanded a periodic review of the placement of all utility hardship customers on default service to include a review of retail electric supplier offers under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245(a)
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December 20, 2021
Regulator May Condition Access To Utilities' Systems Based On Such Findings
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel (OCC) filed a motion requesting that PURA open a proceeding to investigate whether retail electric suppliers' offers are overpriced or harmful to residential customers
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