May 8, 2019
MPower Energy Receives Retail Supplier License In New State
The Connecticut PURA granted MPower Energy LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential and business customers
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May 6, 2019
Regulator Affirms Direction That Retail Suppliers Obtain Meter Read Date From Customers, Use Info In Enrollment Process And Communication Of Start Date To Customers, Denies Retail Suppliers' Motion
Regulator Discusses Enforcement
The Connecticut PURA denied a motion from the Retail Energy Supply Association which had asked PURA to reconsider several directives PURA issued in a recent ruling, including the requirement for suppliers to obtain meter read dates from customers, and to communicate a specific start date for service…
May 6, 2019
License Briefs
CNRG Group Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
May 6, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power Residential, Small Business Default Service Rate Decreasing 20%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2019 to December 2019, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2019 to September 2019
May 6, 2019
Retail Supplier Exiting Business, Assigning Customers
South Jersey Energy, "has decided to exit the retail energy business," the company stated in a draft notice to electricity customers
May 3, 2019
Updated: NRG Reports Retail Volumes, Drivers Of Economic Gross Margin Decrease
A 10-Q for NRG disclosed further details concerning earnings for the quarter ending March 31, 2019 (Q1 2019).
May 1, 2019
Regulator Issues Order Prohibiting Retail Supplier From Enrolling New Customers Via Any Means Other Than Online Enrollments, For Six Months
Imposes $1.5 Million Civil Penalty On Retail Supplier
The Connecticut PURA issued a final order imposing on Direct Energy Services, LLC a civil penalty in the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for violations of Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245s, and 42-110b
April 30, 2019
Regulator Approves 50% Increase In Residential POR Discount At National Grid (Rate Jumps To Over 2.5%)
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at National Grid, effective May 1, 2019.
April 30, 2019
Regulator Approves Consolidation Of Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Discount Rates
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at Nstar (Eversource), effective May 1, 2019.
April 24, 2019
In Draft, Regulator Issues Further Directives To Retail Suppliers Concerning Amnesty, Refund Plans
--- Would Require Filed Plans To Conform To Latest Directives
The Connecticut PURA issued a "draft interim decision" which would establish further parameters and requirements for amnesty plans filed by retail electric suppliers.
April 23, 2019
Retail Suppliers Say Regulator's New Directive For Suppliers To Communicate To Customers The Date When An Enrollment Will Process Is Not Enforceable
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently filed a motion asking the Connecticut PURA to reconsider several directives PURA issued in ruling on a motion, including the requirement for suppliers to obtain meter read dates from customers, and to communicate a specific start date for service to…
April 23, 2019
PSC Sets Workshop To Address Newly Adopted Requirement For Portion Of Default Service To Be Sourced From Long-Term Contracts
The District of Columbia PSC has scheduled for May 7 a meeting of the Standard Offer Service (SOS) Working Group to address the PSC's recent order requiring that 5% of electricity default service be sourced from long-term renewable PPAs
April 22, 2019
Groups Urge Regulator To Open Contemplated Grid Modernization Proceeding
Review Of Barriers To Offering Of Dynamic Pricing By Competitive Retail Suppliers
The Acadia Center, the Cape Light Compact JPE, Conservation Law Foundation, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, and Northeast Clean Energy Council (the "Parties") requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (the "Department" or "DPU") immediately commence its investigation into the…
April 18, 2019
PUC Discloses Default Service Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted winning suppliers from a default service auction to procure supplies for default service customers at Dayton Power & Light for various terms beginning June 1, 2019
April 16, 2019
Regulator Addresses Cost Recovery of Long-Term Contracts, Application To Default Service
The Massachusetts DPU approved wind energy generation and REC procurement contracts between the electric distribution utilities and Vineyard Wind LLC
April 15, 2019
Consumer Counsel: "Arguable" That Purchase Of Receivables No Longer Authorized Under Statute
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel in comments to the Connecticut PURA said that statutory language authorizing purchase of receivables (POR) was limited to a now-defunct referral program, and it is "arguable" that POR is not authorized by statute
April 12, 2019
Summer Energy Reports Lower Unit Gross Margin, Anticipates Improvement In 2019; Reports Fiscal Results
In reporting fiscal 2018 results, Summer Energy Holdings, Inc. reported lower unit gross margin
April 12, 2019
Proposed Decision Would Impose $750,000 Civil Penalty On Retail Supplier
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed decision under which PURA would determine that a pre-recorded telemarketing message used by 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 Energy
April 12, 2019
Regulator Issues $240,000 Notice Of Violation Against Retail Supplier
The Connecticut PURA recently issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of a Civil Penalty (NOV) against Abest Power & Gas, LLC (Abest or Company) in the amount of $240,982.
April 11, 2019
License Briefs
Integrated Energy Services Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
April 10, 2019
New Hampshire Default Service Rate To Fall 34%
Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. has filed with the New Hampshire PUC new electric default service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2019.
April 10, 2019
U.K. Retail Supplier Backed By Japanese Conglomerate Entering U.S. Market
Name Similar To Existing, Non-affiliated U.S. Retail Supplier
SmartestEnergy US LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority.
April 9, 2019
Retail Supplier, Which Was Subject To Prior POLR Drop, Says Not Possible To Get New Investment, Must Terminate Business
In a filing with the Massachusetts DPU ("Department), Union Atlantic Electricity, LLC (UAE) stated that, "at this juncture it will not be possible to get new investment in UAE, and the business must terminate."
April 8, 2019
Regulator Removes Utility Logo From Retail Supplier Insert, Extends Compliance Deadline
The Connecticut PURA has extended the time by which retail suppliers must include an insert, as part of their welcome package, explaining the Next Cycle Rate (Supply Summary) information on customer bills, and also removed utility logos from the information
April 5, 2019
Massachusetts Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rate To Fall 23%
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2019.