March 5, 2020
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel published an analysis of retail electricity supplier customers who remain on legacy variable rates, stating that variable rate customers, who represent less than 10% of customers on competitive supply at Connecticut Light & Power, account for nearly 50% of…
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March 3, 2020
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ('Liberty') hereby files a Complaint against Eversource Energy Company ('Eversource') and ISO-New England, Inc. ('ISO-NE') at FERC in which Liberty seeks compensation for what Liberty alleges is improperly calculated and billed charges relating to Load that was not the…
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March 3, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) informed the Connecticut PURA that an issue was discovered on February 20, 2020 concerning the next-cycle rate information that appeared on certain customers’ February bills.
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March 3, 2020
Continued Recovery Of Commodity Costs In Delivery Rates A Key Focus
Bill Kinneary, who was recently named President of the National Energy Marketers Association, has outlined his focus as he begins to lead the organization.
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February 28, 2020
Seeks To "Educate" Customers About Risks And Potential Responses To "Predatory Marketing" By Retail Suppliers City Also Presses For Aggregation Approval, Suggests Process To Minimize "Uncertainty" Premium In Default Service
The City of Boston, which is seeking approval of an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity, has asked the Massachusetts DPU to require that Nstar provide it with a "full" list of utility customers, not only those eligible for aggregation enrollment on an opt-out basis, so that the City can…
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February 27, 2020
Eversource Energy announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase the Massachusetts natural gas assets of Columbia Gas for $1.1 billion from NiSource.
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February 26, 2020
Staff Cites "Bait & Switch", Termination Fees, Customer Complaints, Civil Penalties Two Commissioners Seek Further Process, Workshops Olson: Draft Retail Rules Need To Explicitly Include Community Choice Aggregation
During an Arizona Corporation Commission workshop on its investigation of retail electric choice, ACC Utilities Division Staff reiterated its previously articulated concerns regarding retail competition
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February 25, 2020
The Connecticut electric distribution companies have reported winning Last Resort Service suppliers for the second quarter of 2020
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February 25, 2020
The Connecticut PURA approved new Last Resort Service rates at United Illuminating for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2020
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February 25, 2020
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the Medium & Large Commercial and Industrial customer class in the Eastern Massachusetts service areas (NEMA, SEMA load zones), for the period April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020.
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February 21, 2020
Proposals Have Included Limiting POR For Uncollectible Accounts To Shadow-Billed Default Service Amount, Rather Than Actual Supplier Charges Supplier-Specific Discount Rates Proposed By OCC
The Connecticut electric utilities raised several concerns with adopting any proposed changes to the current purchase of receivables (POR) mechanism and methodology
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February 19, 2020
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new large C&I customer basic service rates for its Western Massachusetts service territory (WMA), formerly WMECO, for the period beginning April 1, 2020
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February 18, 2020
Previously Issued Draft Order Would Require Retail Suppliers To Record Entirety Of All Door-to-Door, Telemarketing Sales Suppliers Would Be Required To Disclose Default Service Rate In Sales Process & TPV
The Connecticut PURA has rescheduled the hearing on its previously reported proposed decision concerning new retail electric supplier marketing rules in Docket 14-07-20RE01
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February 18, 2020
Stuart Ormsbee has joined Colonial Power Group, Inc. as Vice President, Power Supply Strategies
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February 17, 2020
Taff Tschamler has joined the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities as an economist
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February 14, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a notice of preliminary findings and determination regarding each retail supplier's and EDC's RPS compliance in the year 2017
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February 14, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) has filed with PURA new Last Resort Service (LRS) rates for the period beginning April 1, 2020
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February 14, 2020
The town of Lincoln, NH has placed on its March annual town meeting agenda a warrant proposing to adopt an opt-out municipal aggregation (community choice aggregation)
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February 13, 2020
The Maryland PSC denied the application of Mega Energy of Maryland, LLC for an electricity supplier license as PSC Staff ("Staff") raised concerns with the number of complaints received against the company's affiliates in other states (Mega Energy of Maryland and such affiliates collectively…
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February 11, 2020
Power Logix, LLC recently received a New Hampshire electric aggregator certificate
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February 7, 2020
Tables Bill Banning Door-to-Door Electricity Marketing, For Further Development Work Session Includes Suggestion To License "People At The Door" PUC Oversight Of Retail Supplier Rates, Capping At SOS Also Considered
Maine's joint Committee On Energy, Utilities and Technology yesterday voted 8-1 to recommend "ought not to pass" LD 1917, a bill which would completely prohibit residential electric choice, and place all residential customers on Standard Offer service, no later than January 1, 2022
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February 7, 2020
Also Seeks Comment On Supplier-Specific POR Discount Rates Regulator Questions Current POR Approach, Notes Statutory Language Not Prescriptive
In its investigation of purchase of receivables (POR) for retail electric suppliers, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has sought comments whether POR, for uncollectible accounts, should be limited to the equivalent shadow-billed default service receivables, or whether…
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February 6, 2020
Regulator Seeks Comment On Staff Marketing Rules Staff Proposes That Suppliers Must Record Entirety Of Telemarketing Call Comments Sought On Changing TPV Process To Interactive Discussion, Requiring Customer To Recite Price & Other Info
Proposal Would Bar Use Of Terms 'Action Requested', 'Urgent Notice About Your Utility Bill/Account' In Marketing
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February 6, 2020
ISO New England's 14th Forward Capacity Market (FCM) primary auction (FCA #14), for the delivery year 2023-2024, closed at a preliminary clearing price of $2.00 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) across New England, compared to $3.80/kW-month in last year’s auction.
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February 5, 2020
RESA Proposal Would Exempt Suppliers With Years Of History Of Compliance From New Quarterly RPS Reporting UI Says, If Quarterly Reporting Sought, Initial Load Data Reported To ISO-NE Should Be Used
Retail electric suppliers in Connecticut said that higher financial security requirement for retail suppliers are a better mechanism to address concerns of unmet RPS obligations (and unpaid alternative compliance payments) in cases of supplier default, versus proposals to accelerate the RPS…
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