March 18, 2014
Electric utilities, retail suppliers, the New Hampshire consumer advocate, and New Hampshire PUC Staff have reached a settlement agreement regarding the payment hierarchy for utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
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March 18, 2014
The Hartford Business Journal has a story reporting that, "For the first time since its inception, the alternative electricity supplier industry in Connecticut is losing customers."
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March 18, 2014
"The failure of the wholesale markets to meet demand at reasonable prices," required IDT Energy to raise its rates significantly to cover these costs, as the company expects to record increased churn during the first quarter, it said in reporting full-year 2013 earnings
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March 17, 2014
Taken together, the 25 retail electric market proposals on which the Connecticut PURA sought comment, "could stifle and ultimately collapse the retail electric supply market in Connecticut," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in a request to postpone a fact finding session announced by PURA.
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March 17, 2014
Major Energy Electric Services LLC applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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March 17, 2014
If you're an independent retail supplier, and particularly one which started after the 2005-07 bloodbath in the retail market, you need to understand one thing, if it's not already apparent: the leading advocates of "competitive" markets -- meaning non-price-regulated generators, most of whom own…
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March 14, 2014
The Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources wants the basic electric service provided by the utilities to be offered as a "menu" of rate design options
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March 13, 2014
Pennsylvania Electric Supplier to Expand to Natural Gas Service
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March 13, 2014
Connecticut's power procurement manager has proposed further changes to the procurement of Standard Service electricity supply.
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March 12, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has invited stakeholders to submit, "written comments on the following topics or proposed rules and requirements," for electric suppliers.
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March 12, 2014
NRG Energy, Inc. has entered into agreements with Dominion Resources, Inc. to acquire Dominion's retail electric business.
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March 11, 2014
Citing numerous complaints against electric suppliers, as well as data showing that most residential customers on competitive supply are paying more than default service (click here for related story) , the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said that PURA should consider adding a "review"…
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March 11, 2014
Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut Consumer Counsel, together with George Jepsen, Connecticut Attorney General, urged consumers, "to use caution when they receive a sales call from an electric supplier asking for account data over the phone."
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March 11, 2014
Nearly 90% of residential retail electric supplier customers pay more for generation than what customers would have paid under Standard Service, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said in testimony in PURA's electric marketing proceeding.
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March 10, 2014
PNE Energy Supply, LLC sought a declaratory ruling from the New Hampshire PUC regarding the proper interpretation of Rule Puc 2004.07(b)(1)b. with respect to the availability of off-cycle meter reads.
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March 7, 2014
American Efficient plans to bring retail electricity supply marketing to 2,000 brick-and-mortar retail storefronts and establishments in the next year.
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March 6, 2014
Ethical Electric Receives License in New State
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March 3, 2014
UIL Holdings Corporation, the parent of United Illuminating, this morning officially announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire assets and certain liabilities of Philadelphia Gas Works from the City of Philadelphia for $1.86 billion in cash
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February 28, 2014
NRG experienced continued customer growth in 2013, it said in reporting earnings today.
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February 27, 2014
Connecticut Light and Power has filed an annual update to its Purchase of Receivables discount rate, which equals the non-hardship average uncollectibles factor.
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February 27, 2014
Unless current lawmakers are even more oblivious than apocryphal characterizations of the French nobility of the late 18th century, no legislator can cast a vote this year to terminate the availability of utility-offered, hedged default service, because the current runaway variable pricing in the…
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February 25, 2014
ConEdison Solutions recorded customer growth during 2013, parent Consolidated Edison, Inc. reported in its annual 10-K.
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February 25, 2014
Discount Power Seeks Supplier License in New State
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February 24, 2014
In a written statement to Connecticut regulators, People's Power & Gas, LLC said that its recent default at PJM resulted from a "load calculation error."
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February 21, 2014
IDT Energy Receives Authority to Serve New Territories
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