August 7, 2019
Costs Will Be Allocated To Retail Suppliers, Load
Due to the lack of action by FERC, ISO New England's proposed Inventoried Energy Program has become effective by operation of law.
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August 6, 2019
Responding to the latest report issued by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) said that an analysis shows that over $200 million in savings were available to Massachusetts residential customers from retail electric choice during the first sixth months of…
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August 6, 2019
Customer BYOD Component To Be Repeated Across Service Area
Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy applied at the New Hampshire PUC for preauthorization of a proposed Westmoreland Clean Innovation Project, which would include integration of battery storage, distributed energy resources in the form of demand response, and enhanced…
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August 6, 2019
United Illuminating has filed a report concerning customer response to a notice of incorrect default service rates that had been posted in May
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August 5, 2019
New Hampshire SB 286 has made it through the legislative process, has been signed by the governor, and has become a chaptered law (Chapter 316 of 2019)
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August 5, 2019
SmartEnergy Holdings Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
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August 2, 2019
Says Any Retail M&A Would Need To Be "Very Compelling" In Near Term Says A Few Attractive Retail M&A Opportunities May Be Out There, But Company Will Be Disciplined Vistra Energy (TXU, Dynegy Parent) Reports Higher Retail Adjusted EBITDA
Vistra Energy (TXU, Dynegy Parent) Reports Higher Retail Adjusted EBITDA
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August 2, 2019
Staff of the District of Columbia PSC have said that a previously directed procurement of a long-term renewable PPA for 5% of SOS load should not be used to serve SOS load, and said that the PPA's products should instead be sold into the wholesale market, with all distribution customers receiving a…
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August 1, 2019
Says Shopping Low-Income Customers Pay 25% Higher Rates
A report released today by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says that Massachusetts individual residential electric customers who switched to a competitive electric supplier paid $76.2 million more than if they would have remained with default service during the one-year period from July…
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July 31, 2019
Supplier Prohibited From Residential Marketing, Enrollment For Six Months, Except For Online Enrollments Decision Sets Standard Under Which TPVs Are Invalid
A final decision from the Connecticut PURA imposed a $1.5 million fine on Liberty Holdings, LLC [sic] (Liberty or Company) and prohibits Liberty from accepting new residential customers and/or marketing to residential customers via any means other than online enrollments for six months
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July 31, 2019
Uniform Contract Summary, Marketing Script Language Proposed Consumer Advocates Propose Requirements For Supplier Oversight Of Third-Party Agents
Various stakeholder groups have filed proposals in the Massachusetts DPU's retail electric marketing investigation (19-07) addressing renewal notices, contract summaries, agent oversight, and other issues
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July 30, 2019
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced the hiring of Jack Deering and John Rooney.
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July 30, 2019
ENGIE Storage Announces 19 MW/38 MWh Community Solar And Energy Storage Project Portfolio Under Massachusetts SMART Program
ENGIE Storage today unveiled what it called, "a new, highly-integrated supply and services offering for developers of in-front-of-the-meter (IFOM) solar and energy storage projects in New England and emerging markets."
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July 30, 2019
Centrica Reports Increased Profit, Customer Count (Including Texas) In North America Home Energy Supply Business "Refocusing" Home Solutions Business Dividend Cut
Centrica plc announced that Iain Conn, Group Chief Executive Officer, has agreed with the Board that he will step down as CEO and retire from the Board next year.
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July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019 --- Updated
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a dismissal of a purported class action against XOOM Energy, LLC and an affiliate (defendants) over pricing, as the Second Circuit said that XOOM's contractual language differed from that in another retail supplier proceeding…
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July 22, 2019
Announces Partnership With Multi-family Dwelling Service Providers
WattBuy today announced that it has closed a $1.2M seed round with Powerhouse Ventures, as well as funding from Schmidt Futures, "focused on expanding market access and deepening its data science capabilities."
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July 19, 2019
Regulator Says Rules Governing Allocation Of Capacity Obligations & Prices "Were Known Or Knowable", Could Have Been Reflected In Rates At Time Of Contract
The Connecticut PURA has referred the matter of changes in prices, under what PURA calls "fixed" price contracts, by Spark Energy, LLC (Spark), and Direct Energy Services, LLC (Direct) to the Connecticut Attorney General and Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection for further investigation, if…
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July 18, 2019
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed S 399, which bans auto-renewal of residential retail electric contracts.
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July 17, 2019
Says OCC Ignores Scaling Factor, Other Impacts On Capacity Costs
Spark Energy LLC has requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority hold a hearing in PURA's proceeding addressing a declaratory ruling regarding the altering of the prices in fixed-price contracts, specifically, with respect to ISO charges
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July 17, 2019
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera-BHD) for the month of August 2019.
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July 17, 2019
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order imposing a civil penalty in the amount of $750,000 on Spark Energy, LLC as PURA concluded that a pre-recorded telemarketing message used by a subcontractor of an agent of Spark Energy, LLC violated certain statutes
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July 15, 2019
The "Energy Switch" working group in the Massachusetts DPU's retail market investigation proceeding (19-07) will hold a meeting on July 31, 2019
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July 11, 2019
The Connecticut PURA issued a further proposed decision under which PURA would determine that a pre-recorded telemarketing message used by a subcontractor of an agent of Spark Energy, LLC violated certain statutes, and under which PURA would impose a civil penalty in the amount of $750,000 on Spark…
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July 11, 2019
In compliance with a directive from the Connecticut PURA, Connecticut Light and Power d/b/a Eversource Energy filed a detailed description of a system error which resulted in the customers of retail electric suppliers being charged an incorrect rate because CL&P's customer care system did not…
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July 11, 2019
PURA Opens Proceeding To Review Shared Clean Energy Program Addresses Request To Examine Consolidated Billing
The Connecticut PURA opened Docket 19-07-01 for a review of proposed requirements for a statewide shared clean energy facility program
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