September 23, 2015
A customer complaint forwarded by the Connecticut Attorney General to PURA alleges that a sales agent marketing for one of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options suppliers impersonated a state employee.
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September 22, 2015
The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning has urged the PUC to consider time-of-use pricing as part of the PUC's newly opened grid modernization proceeding.
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September 22, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a Notice of Violations against Liberty Power Holdings, LLC for what the PURA notice says are multiple instances of unauthorized switches and practices which are misleading or deceptive.
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September 18, 2015
Pennsylvania State University Receives Natural Gas License
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September 18, 2015
FERC issued a proposed rule to require any market participants in RTOs, including buyers, to file reports concerning the participant's "connected entities" (a new term broader than current affiliate reporting requirements)
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September 18, 2015
FERC proposed two measures meant to raise electric rates in wholesale energy markets, under the pretext that the markets are not properly reflecting scarcity when warranted (Docket RM15-24)
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September 17, 2015
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 October 2015.
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September 17, 2015
LE Energy, LLC announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the Michigan natural gas customer book of Glacial Energy.
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September 16, 2015
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU proposed electric basic service rates for the period beginning November 1, 2015 which reflect a 40-47% increase in the basic service rates for residential and commercial customers.
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September 15, 2015
The National Energy Marketers Association will host a New England Energy Policy Summit on October 12-14 in Cambridge, MA, gathering leaders from government, Silicon Valley, ISOs, academia, utilities, energy suppliers, and distributed energy resource providers
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September 15, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has denied petition from 35 municipalities to create, under the Hampshire Council of Governments, opt-out municipal aggregation programs, citing, among other reasons, what the DPU termed, "numerous misrepresentations by Hampshire Council to the Municipalities and their citizens…
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September 14, 2015
FERC has approved a winter reliability program for 2015-18 at ISO New England, adopting the alternative proposed by NEPOOL which was found to be less costly than the ISO's proposal.
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September 14, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft order stating an intent to examine Starion Energy Inc.'s compliance with fixed price renewal notice requirements under Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(g)(1).
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September 14, 2015
The Maine PUC granted Reliant Energy Northeast LLC d/b/a NRG Home, NRG Business, and NRG Retail Solutions a competitive electricity provider license to serve residential, small non-residential and medium non-residential customers in all service areas
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September 14, 2015
Crius Energy LLC and Sungevity, Inc. have entered into a strategic agreement to offer residential solar energy systems and products through Crius Energy's family of energy brands.
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September 11, 2015
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that Clearview Energy, Inc. has been elected to NEM’s Executive Committee and Policy Development Team.
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September 10, 2015
A draft interim Connecticut PURA decision would prohibit electric suppliers from serving residential customers on a month-to-month, or variable, rate at the end of a contract term if such contract was executed after October 1, 2015.
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September 9, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has proposed releasing an "interim" electricity shopping website for customers as it continues with development of a more robust website.
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September 8, 2015
Emera Inc. and TECO Energy, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Emera to acquire TECO Energy under an all-cash deal pursuant to which Energy shareholders will receive $27.55 per common share, a 48 percent premium based on TECO Energy’s unaffected closing stock price on July 15, 2015 (the last…
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September 3, 2015
The New Hampshire PUC approved a modification of Liberty Utilities' (Granite State Electric) default service procurement process to mitigate winter price spikes.
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September 2, 2015
Constellation Energy Power Choice, Inc. would contribute $40,000 to Operation Fuel to resolve allegations that it failed to provide proper notice to some of its Connecticut customers regarding the expiration of their fixed price term, and that a price change would be effective after such expiration…
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September 2, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has assigned Docket 15-09-03 for an investigation into net metering kWh banking, particularly when a customer switches their retail electric supplier
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August 31, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU should set complaint metrics for retail electric suppliers under which exceeding a certain level of complaints would automatically trigger a DPU review of the supplier's license, the Massachusetts Attorney General said in comments to the DPU
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August 28, 2015
The Connecticut PURA adopted a final order under which Direct Energy Services, LLC will contribute $20,000 to Operation Fuel to resolve allegations that it failed to provide proper notice to some of its Connecticut customers regarding the expiration of their fixed price term, and the price that…
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August 28, 2015
Draft Would Approve License for Energy Rewards (Comcast Brand)
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