June 23, 2023
Xoom Energy Connecticut, LLC would pay $1.5 million and also provide certain customer bill credits under a settlement with the Office of Education, Outreach, & Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to resolve alleged violations arising from Xoom's alleged…
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June 22, 2023
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposed decision to allocate to retail electric suppliers the utilities' costs to update their billing systems to include Next Cycle Rate information and related obligations
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June 21, 2023
Sprague Energy Solutions Inc. filed exceptions to a proposed omnibus decision from the Connecticut PURA which, as previously reported, would grant aggregator certificates to 22 entities, but in doing so would also impose various new disclosure and other obligations on the specific aggregator…
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June 19, 2023
Proposals, "Create Barriers To Market Entry For All But The Established Market Incumbents," Coalition Says "Favor[s] Established Large Competitive Suppliers," Coalition Says
Several New Hampshire utilities, including Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) and Unitil, have proposed new requirements for a creditworthiness test, security, and potential collateral requirements for retail electric suppliers and community power aggregators (CPA), the Community…
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June 16, 2023
In approving rates under the most recent default service procurement at Unitil (see new rates here) , the New Hampshire PUC encouraged Unitil to explore, for its next procurement, including a portion of default service supply which would be linked to ISO New England prices, for the utility's small…
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June 16, 2023
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period of August 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024 (all rates in this story are all-in rates and include the RPS adder, etc).
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June 14, 2023
Connecticut's default service procurement manager has asked PURA for approval of a change in the procurement process for the July and October 2023 "Standard Service" electricity supply procurements
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June 14, 2023
Customer Signature Required Before Entity May "Obtain" Pricing Entity's Commission Must Be Disclosed Draft Envisions That Entities Would Not Be Able To Comply With New Requirements In Cold Call Sales
The Connecticut PURA formally issue a proposed decision which, in addition to granting aggregator certificates to several entities in an omnibus fashion, would also create new marketing and disclosure rules for those specific aggregators, including a requirement to obtain a customer's signature on…
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June 13, 2023
The Connecticut PURA's March 30 motion ruling concerning what entities are considered electric aggregators is contrary to 25 years of precedent and prior explicit pronouncements, which PURA did not acknowledge in such ruling.
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June 12, 2023
Draft Would Create New Disclosures For Aggregators, Including Amount Of "Commission", Require Customer To Sign Two Separate Documents Draft Envisions That Aggregators Would Not Be Able To Comply With New Requirements In Cold Call Sales
Draft Would Mandate Aggregators Obtain Pricing From Multiple Suppliers; Any Entity Presenting Pricing From Only 1 Supplier Is An Agent
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June 6, 2023
In comments on potential changes to the provisions governing the use of a long-term renewable energy contract for a portion of SOS load in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Office of People's Counsel suggested that the RFP for such renewable energy be opened to, "third-party suppliers".
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May 24, 2023
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (Department or DOE) has opened an investigation into the design and procurement of electricity default service
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May 19, 2023
Offers From Multiple Retail Suppliers Still 25% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for its Eastern MA service area for the period beginning July 1, 2023
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May 17, 2023
Multiple Retail Suppliers' Offers Still 20% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning July 1, 2023
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May 17, 2023
Multiple Retail Suppliers' Offers Still 15% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2023 through December 2023, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2023 through September 2023
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May 12, 2023
Nstar has filed new electricity basic service rates for its Western service area (WCMA load zone, former WMECO territory) for the period beginning July 1, 2023
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May 10, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA has stated that an entity, "may not represent customers in securing contracts with suppliers," without an electricity aggregator certificate
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May 9, 2023
Hull Street Energy ("Hull Street") and Atlas Holdings ("Atlas") announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Hull Street to acquire 100% of the Bastrop Energy Center and Paris Energy Center power plants from Mesquite Generation Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Atlas.
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May 9, 2023
Vistra today reported first quarter 2023 financial results
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May 4, 2023
The Retail Energy Supply Association issued the following statement in response to a recent report from the Massachusetts Attorney General Office (AGO), and the AGO's continued efforts to end individual residential electric choice
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May 4, 2023
Reports Margin Expansion
Constellation Energy Corporation today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2023
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May 3, 2023
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) today released an analysis, using only the offers available on the state-managed website, EnergySwitchMA.gov, which REAL said shows that if all Massachusetts customers had enrolled with the lowest available fixed-rate offer from a retail provider…
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May 2, 2023
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released a report that, as stated by the AG's office, "found that in the last six years, individual residential customers who received their electric supply from competitive suppliers paid $525 million more on their electric bills than they would…
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April 28, 2023
Providing Additional $100 Million For Developing, Acquiring Solar Projects As Green "Gentailer"
True Green Capital Management LLC ("TGC"), which describes itself as a renewable energy infrastructure investment firm, and CleanChoice Energy ("CleanChoice") announced that they have signed definitive documentation for TGC to acquire a majority ownership in CleanChoice and provide dedicated capital…
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April 25, 2023
The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH), an opt-out aggregation Joint Powers Agency, announced Brian Callnan as the first Chief Executive Officer of CPCNH.
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