July 29, 2020
Funding To Be Used To Purchase Retail Electric & Gas Suppliers Target Market Announced
Start-up Catalyst Power Holdings LLC (Catalyst), an integrated retail energy and distributed energy solutions provider, announced today an initial equity backing of up to $60 million from the energy-focused private equity fund BP Energy Partners (BPEP) of Dallas, Texas, and Catalyst management.
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July 24, 2020
Would Result In NRG Owning Four Of The Former Affiliated REPs (Utility Spin-offs) In Texas Update: NRG Details Strategy Under Acquisition; Product, Geography Expansion; Pro Forma Customers, Volumes
Update: NRG Details Strategy Under Acquisition; Product, Geography Expansion; Pro Forma Customers, Volumes
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July 22, 2020
DPU Rules On Whether City Is Entitled To Utility Customer Lists Showing Competitive Supply Customers, For Intended Marketing Of Aggregation To Currently Shopping Customers
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July 20, 2020
The Massachusetts electric and natural gas utilities have reported "incremental" supply costs paid by low-income customers on competitive supply versus basic service, as well as the impact on the Residential Assistance Adjustment Factors (RAAF)
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July 20, 2020
Further Stakeholder Meeting Set
Two Massachusetts DPU hearing officers have issued a memo concerning various implementation issues regarding the DPU's May 22 order on retail energy marketing and related provisions (Docket 19-07)
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July 17, 2020
Spark Energy, LLC and the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (AG) have entered into an agreed consent judgment under which Spark is to pay restitution to approximately 559 customers which the AG alleges were enrolled between January 1, 2016 through June 20, 2017, "as a result of an illegal…
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July 16, 2020
FERC denied a complaint filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC (Liberty) against Eversource Energy Company (Eversource) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) in which Liberty alleged that ISO-NE inappropriately refused to correct a billing error that arose from Eversource’s reporting to ISO-NE load…
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July 14, 2020
Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced an opt-out municipal aggregation plan for electricity supply
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July 13, 2020
Utility Cites Expected Increase In Uncollectibles, Costs To Utility Due To COVID-19
Connecticut Light & Power has proposed changes to its purchase of receivables program, including reflecting new cost components in the discount rate mechanism
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July 7, 2020
PowerOptions, which describes itself as the largest energy-buying consortium in New England, has expanded its relationship with Solect Energy to offer large scale solar and storage to its members
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July 7, 2020
The Massachusetts DPU has opened Phase II of its grid modernization proceeding with a "primary focus" of examining whether to deploy advanced metering to basic service (default service) customers with electric vehicles (EVs), in addition to a discrete number of other customers
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June 25, 2020
Winning Suppliers Disclosed
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC proposed new energy service (default service) rates for the six-month period August 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021
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June 18, 2020
Staff Opines On Whether It Is Responsibility Of Supplier Or Broker To File Door-to-Door Notice, When Broker Engages In Door-to-Door Marketing Discusses Resumption Of Door-to-Door Marketing
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU conducted a stakeholder meeting addressing questions concerning implementation of the DPU's May 22 order on retail energy marketing and related provisions (Docket 19-07)
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June 17, 2020
Winning Supplier Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU industrial customer basic service electricity rates for the period August 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020
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June 17, 2020
As part of its new proceeding (story here) examining the impact of the competitive retail electric and gas markets on low-income customers and ratepayer subsidies, the Massachusetts DPU has issued information requests to the electric and natural gas distribution companies directing the utilities the…
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June 16, 2020
In its investigation of potential changes to purchase of receivables (POR) for retail electric suppliers, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has sought comment on whether market conditions have changed such that relieving suppliers from the burden of arrearages is no longer needed…
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June 15, 2020
Updated: PURA has rescheduled the meeting to now be held on July 14
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June 15, 2020
Affinity Energy Management, LLC applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve commercial, mercantile, and industrial customers in all service areas.
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June 15, 2020
Winning Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy has filed new electricity default service (energy service) rates for the six-month period beginning August 1, 2020.
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June 11, 2020
Regulator To Issue Discovery Requests
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an order to expand the scope of its ongoing review of the competitive retail electricity and natural gas markets (D.P.U. 19-07) to include an inquiry into the effect of the electric and gas competitive supply markets on low-income ratepayer assistance programs.
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June 8, 2020
The Connecticut PURA issued a notice of proceeding concerning retail supplier and EDC compliance with the RPS for 2019 (Docket 20-06-01) that includes guidance given recent changes in compliance regulations
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June 4, 2020
Utility's Use Of Green Natural Gas For Default Service Customers Under Consideration
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General petitioned the Department of Public Utilities to initiate an investigation to assess the future of local gas distribution company ('LDC') operations and planning in light of the Commonwealth’s legally binding statewide limit of net-zero greenhouse gas…
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June 4, 2020
Sprague Resources LP ('Sprague') announced today that Sprague Resources Holdings LLC ('Holdings') has withdrawn its previously announced non-binding proposal, dated March 25, 2020, to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Sprague that Holdings and certain of its affiliates do not already…
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June 1, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has assigned 20-05-13 for "PURA Study of Community Choice Aggregation," after a petition from a representative of clean energy groups, for such a study
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May 27, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposal that would impose a new, separate bond requirement on retail electric suppliers, to address RPS obligations, in lieu of proposals for more frequent RPS compliance showings
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