August 19, 2016
Retail Suppliers Relocate HQ To Larger Office Space Due To Growth
Columbia Utilities and PALMco announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters to the Bath Beach area of Brooklyn, New York.
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August 18, 2016
Massachusetts Court Strikes Down DPU Order Allowing Electric Utilities To Procure Gas Pipeline Capacity To Assist Power Generation
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has vacated the Massachusetts DPU's order allowing electric utilities to procure, via ratepayer-backed, long-term contracts, natural gas pipeline capacity to ease pipeline constraints and support power generators' access to gas supplies
August 18, 2016
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed Generation Services Charges (GSC) for Last Resort Service customers for the period October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
August 18, 2016
Connecticut Utility Warns Customers Of Individuals Posing as Company "Representatives" Selling "Discounted Power"
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) said that business and residential customers across Connecticut continue to report receiving unsolicited phone calls and home visits from individuals selling "discounted power" and claiming to be "representatives" or "partners" of Eversource.
August 17, 2016
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of September 2016
August 16, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power's has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016
August 12, 2016
Regulator Issues Revised Proposal For New Retail Supplier Contract Summary (Proposes To End Requirement To Send Info To Customers Quarterly)
The Massachusetts DPU has issued a revised proposal for changes to the retail electric supplier Contract Summary Label for fixed price offers.
August 11, 2016
Crius Energy Reports Customer Growth, Lower Gross Margin on Increases C&I Sales
Crius Energy reported that it recorded net customer growth of 26,000 customers (all data is in RCEs) from March 31, 2016 to June 30, 2016
August 10, 2016
J.D. Power Residential Retail Supplier Rankings: REP Maintains #1 Ranking in Texas, But New 2nd and 3rd Place REPs
J.D. Power has published its 2016 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study
August 9, 2016
FERC Orders Generators To Justify $80 Million In Non-Market Costs Assigned to Retail Suppliers, LSEs
As a result of a court remand, FERC has directed ISO New England to request that 2013-2014 winter reliability program generation and demand response providers file information to justify their bids for the program
August 9, 2016
WMECO Files New Default Service Rates
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource Energy) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for medium and large commercial and industrial customers for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016 Rates in ¢/kWh Medium & Large C&I (G-2, T-4, T-2, T-5) Monthly Variable…
August 9, 2016
Nstar Files New Default Service Rates
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed new electric basic service rates for the industrial customer class for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016.
August 9, 2016
Morgan Stanley Commodity Veterans Launching New Power Marketer
Telysium Energy, a full service power marketing and optimization business, announced it would be initiating operations out of its Norwalk, CT headquarters.
August 9, 2016
Global Commodities Merchant Officially Announces Launch of Retail Supplier (First Reported By ECM In January), Names Market Vet As President
Freepoint Commodities LLC officially announced today that it has launched Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC, a competitive retail energy supplier that will focus on serving commercial and industrial customers.
August 4, 2016
United Illuminating Discloses Default Service Supplier
United Illuminating reported that TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. will serve 100% of its Last Resort Service load for the fourth quarter of 2016.
August 2, 2016
Retail Supplier Closes Acquisition
Spark Energy, Inc. announced that the company has completed its acquisition previously reported of Provider Power
August 2, 2016
Utility Long-Term Contracting Bill Equaling ~50% of Retail Market Sent To Governor Reverts To Giving Utilities Discretion On How To Use Power, May Use For Default Service (Final Version Removes Mandate That Products Be Sold Into Market)
A final version of the Massachusetts long-term hydropower and offshore wind bill now sent to Governor Charlie Baker reverts to earlier language that gives electric distribution companies discretion on how to dispose of products procured under the contracts.
August 2, 2016
Binge Watch With Your Electricity: Retail Supplier Bundling Hulu Service With Electricity
Direct Energy is offering customers an electricity plan that includes a 12-month Hulu subscription at no additional cost
August 1, 2016
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Connecticut Light & Power Discloses Default Service Supplier
July 27, 2016
Retail Supplier Announces Acquisition of ConEdison Solutions
Constellation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with ConEdison Solutions, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., to acquire its retail electricity and natural gas business, serving more than 560,000 commercial, industrial, public sector and residential customers across…
July 26, 2016
Genie Retail Energy (IDT Energy Parent) To Acquire Two Retail Energy Suppliers
Genie Retail Energy has entered into an agreement to purchase Retail Energy Holdings, LLC, the parent of retail suppliers Town Square Energy, LLC and Town Square Energy East, LLC (f/k/a Discount Energy Group).
July 25, 2016
Court: FERC's Dual Investigatory And Adjudicatory Functions Risk "Inherent Bias"; Says De Novo Review of Generator Penalty Shall Proceed As Ordinary Civil Action
Citing the "inherent bias" in cases where a decision-maker performs both investigatory and adjudicatory functions, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said the "de novo" review of a FERC penalty against Maxim Power shall proceed as an ordinary civil action governed by the…
July 25, 2016
Start-Up Energy for a Cause Receives Licenses in New State
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Energy for a Cause Inc. electric and natural gas broker/marketer licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
July 20, 2016
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of August 2016
July 14, 2016
Retail Suppliers Seek Count of Capacity Exempt Customers Under New Definition; Warn Count Could Be Lower Than PUC Intended, "Severely" Harm Market
Global Montello Group Corp. and Sprague Operating Resources LLC asked the Maine PUC to order Northern Utilities, Inc. (Unitil) to expeditiously provide information allowing suppliers to determine the total number of customers eligible to be Capacity Exempt under recent changes adopted by the PUC, as…