March 11, 2019
Direct Energy Raises Potential Low-Income Customer Aggregation As Solution To Mass. AG's Concerns
Proposes Additional Financial Assurance Requirements For Suppliers Engaged In Door-to-Door Marketing
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March 11, 2019
Mass. AG Says Analysis Of Additional Year Of Data Shows Further Consumer Losses Of $76 Million For Residential Customers On Competitive Supply
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) said in comments to the DPU that the AG has analyzed an additional year (July 2017 – June 2018) of data and found that, in this third year, Massachusetts residential customers on competitive supply suffered consumer losses of $76.2 million…
March 11, 2019
Municipal Aggregations Which Enroll Customers On Opt-Out Basis Demand That Retail Suppliers Obtain Customer's Signature On Disclosure Sheet For Door-to-Door Enrollments
A group of municipalities which run opt-out aggregations recommended to the Massachusetts DPU that retail suppliers should be required to obtain a customer’s signature on a copy of a proposed disclosure sheet
March 11, 2019
Mass. Energy Agency: Customers Should Be Required To "Sign" Uniform Disclosure Statement To Contract For Retail Electricity Via Door-to-Door Sale
Suggests "Limits" On Transition To Variable Rate From Fixed Price
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources recommended to the Massachusetts DPU that a recommended disclosure form, "should be presented to and signed by every customer that elects to sign-up for competitive supply," via door-to-door sales
March 7, 2019
Procurement Consultant Tells Regulator To Require Disclosure Of Retail Energy Broker, Acquisition Fees To Customers
SourceOne recommended to the Massachusetts DPU that broker and similar fees related to a retail energy sale should be disclosed to residential and commercial customers.
March 7, 2019
Aggregation Group Tells Regulator To Ban Oral Authorization For Energy Contracts
PowerOptions, Inc. recommended to the Massachusetts DPU that the DPU should eliminate the "predatory practice" of oral authorization for the initiation of retail energy supply service.
March 7, 2019
Start-up Aggregator Led By Retail Market Vet Receives New License
The Connecticut PURA granted Collaborative Energy Options, Inc. an electric aggregator certificate
March 7, 2019
Retail Supplier Revising How Monthly Fee Charged, Presented To Customers At Regulator's Direction
At the direction of the Connecticut PURA, Public Power, LLC is changing the manner in which it charges and presents to customers a fee which is charged on a monthly basis over the contract's term
March 6, 2019
Regulator Reminds Suppliers Of Requirements For Reimbursement Plans Under Amnesty Program
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) issued correspondence to retail electric suppliers reiterating the requirements for the reimbursement filings required from suppliers who have elected to participate in PURA's amnesty program.
March 6, 2019
NextEra's Kelliher: "In Many States" Retail Competition A "Failure", Resulting In "Higher Rates" From Competitive Suppliers
In prepared written remarks before a hearing of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Joseph Kelliher, Executive Vice President of NextEra Energy, Inc. and former FERC Chair, said that, "In many states, retail competition has been a failure, at least for residential customers…
March 6, 2019
Former Retail Supplier EVP Launching New Broker
Service King International Brokers LLC d/b/a SKI Brokerage, a start-up, is seeking broker or similar licenses in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine, Delaware, and New Hampshire, and will broker in New York and Connecticut as well.
March 1, 2019
Retail Supplier Withdrawing From ISO New England
BlueRock Energy, Inc. notified the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that BlueRock:
March 1, 2019
Regulator Issues Interrogatories To All Retail Suppliers Over Fixed Price Pass-Throughs From ISO Charges
The Connecticut PURA has issued to all retail electric suppliers several interrogatories in PURA's proceeding considering a declaratory ruling regarding licensed electric supplier practices of altering the prices in fixed-price contracts
March 1, 2019
Updated: Vistra "Fully Prepared" To Take Legal Action Against Any Hostile Bidder For Crius
During an earnings call yesterday, Vistra Energy CEO Curt Morgan said that Vistra is "fully prepared" to take any necessary legal action to defend its previously reported acquisition of Crius Energy should a hostile bidder attempt to disrupt the process.
February 28, 2019
License Briefs
Texas Retail Provider Receives Authority To Use Name Milestone Energy
February 28, 2019
TXU Parent Vistra Reports Decline In Residential Customers In Texas Versus Q3
In reporting Q4 and full year 2018 earnings this morning, Vistra Energy reported a lower residential customer count in ERCOT versus Q3 2018
February 27, 2019
Draft Decision Would Prohibit Retail Supplier From Enrolling New Customers For Six Months
The Connecticut PURA today issued a draft decision under which Direct Energy Services, LLC would be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for what the draft concludes are violations of Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245s, and…
February 27, 2019
OCC: Hardship Customers On Retail Supply Paid $7.2 Million More Than Default Service Over 24 Months
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel has filed testimony in which OCC says that, from October 2016 through September 2018, hardship customers on competitive retail supply paid $7.2 million more than they would have under default service, as OCC said that retail suppliers should be prohibited…
February 26, 2019
FERC Terminates Show Cause Proceeding Into Generator, No Penalty Assessed As Staff Agrees No Violation Occurred
FERC has terminated a show cause proceeding, with no penalty, into Footprint Power LLC and Footprint Power Salem Harbor Operations LLC after Enforcement Staff agreed that no tariff violation occurred upon the review of new information provided by Footprint during the proceeding
February 26, 2019
Broker Selected For Retail Energy Cooperative Purchasing Group
Tradition Energy announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Hartford-based, Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) to provide energy risk management and procurement services to educational agencies and towns throughout the state of Connecticut.
February 25, 2019
License Briefs
Retail Supplier Alpha Gas & Electric Receives License In New State
February 22, 2019
Regulator Formally Open Proceeding To Determine If Retail Suppliers' Fixed-Price Changes Due To Various ISO Charges Are Deceptive
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has formally established a docket (19-02-13), pursuant to the General Statutes of Connecticut §§ 4-176a, 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245t, 16-245u, and 42-110b, "to determine if suppliers’ practices of altering the terms of a fixed-price contract based on changes to…
February 21, 2019
New York PSC Seeks Comment On Utilities' Petition That PSC Confirm Utilities' Authority To Deny Access To Entities (ESCOs) Not Signing Data Security Agreements
The New York PSC issued a notice soliciting comments on a February 4 petition from the joint utilities that had sought from the PSC approval of the business to business process used to formulate a data security agreement, and an order affirming the joint utilities’ authority to require and enforce…
February 21, 2019
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates, Default Service Suppliers Disclosed
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, 2019 to June 30, 2019.
February 21, 2019
Retail Supplier Relaunches As Sustainable-Focused Tomorrow Energy
Mission Is To Become Leading Renewable Energy-Focused Company In Its Markets
Today, Sperian Energy is officially transitioning to its new name and business Tomorrow Energy