August 3, 2015
Nstar Sets 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, 2015.
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July 30, 2015
Draft Order Would Require Retail Supplier To Refund Early Termination Fees to Certain Customers, While Noting "Good Faith" Effort By Supplier for Compliance
A draft PURA decision would require Viridian Energy, LLC to refund early termination fees to certain customers who left the supplier after an auto-renewal, as the draft would conclude that Viridian, "failed to uniformly apply the cancellation period set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(h)(8)…
July 30, 2015
Draft Would Conclude Suppliers Face Difficulty in Complying With Auto-Renewal Cancellation Period, Would Open Proceeding to Set Clear Standard
Due to the various cancellation and enrollment standards that are currently in use in the Connecticut market, "it is difficult for all licensed electric suppliers to uniformly apply Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(h)(8)," regarding automatic renewal of residential customers, a draft Connecticut PURA…
July 30, 2015
Reliant Seeks Supplier Licenses in New States
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC, d/b/a NRG Home, NRG Business, and NRG Retail Solutions, applied for a Maine electric supplier license to serve residential, small non-residential, and medium non-residential customers in all service areas.
July 28, 2015
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July 27, 2015
Draft Would Allow Suppliers To Offer Lower Rate Than "Next Month's Rate" Listed on Bills
A Connecticut PURA draft would allow electric suppliers to offer a different rate from the rate listed on the customer's bill as the next month's supplier rate, but only where the rate is lower than the previously listed rate.
July 24, 2015
Connecticut Issues Preliminary RPS Compliance Findings, Alternative Compliance Payments Required From Suppliers
The Connecticut PURA issued its preliminary findings and determination regarding each retail supplier's 2013 RPS compliance, including each company’s REC banking and required alternative compliance payments.
July 24, 2015
Reversing Earlier Finding, PURA Categorizes PowerOptions As Aggregator, Grants License
The Connecticut PURA has granted PowerOptions, Inc. an electric aggregator certificate to serve commercial, industrial, municipal and governmental customers
July 24, 2015
Reliant Seeks Supplier License in New State
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC, d/b/a NRG Home, NRG Business, and NRG Retail Solutions, applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license to serve residential and small commercial customers at Eversource Energy (PSNH), Liberty Utilities, and Unitil
July 23, 2015
Connecticut Schedules Supplier Working Group Meetings
The Connecticut PURA announced that the eighth and ninth meetings of the Supplier Working Group will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, and Tuesday, October 6, 2015, respectively
July 20, 2015
Calpine to Acquire Retail Supplier
Calpine Corporation and Champion Energy Marketing, LLC, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Calpine to purchase Champion for $240 million, subject to working capital adjustments. Based in Houston, Champion is expected to serve approximately 22 TWh of residential, commercial…
July 20, 2015
Utility Proposes Changes to Default Service Procurements
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) has proposed a change in the timing of its electric default service procurements in New Hampshire.
July 20, 2015
PUC Staff Make Recommendations on Retail Choice Program Changes
Two Maine hearing examiners have made recommendations on behalf of the Maine PUC advisory staff regarding changes to the retail choice program at Northern Utilities.
July 20, 2015
Parent of Retail Supplier To Acquire Merchant Generator With 2,500 MW
Talen Energy Corporation announced an agreement to acquire MACH Gen, LLC, which owns more than 2,500 megawatts of combined-cycle, natural gas-fired generating capacity, for $1.175 billion inclusive of any assumed debt, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
July 17, 2015
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 2015.
July 16, 2015
Retail Supplier Would Make $141,000 Charitable Donation, Agree to Door-to-Door Changes Under Settlement
A settlement between Palmco Power CT LLC and the Prosecutorial Unit of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority requires Palmco to make a $141,000 donation to Operation Fuel and changes to its door-to-door marketing practices to resolve an investigation into its marketing activities.
July 16, 2015
Retail Supplier Alleges Utility Rep. Passing "Unverified", "Intentionally Misleading" Info to PUC
A representative of Central Maine Power, "has been passing incorrect information to the PUC regarding Clearview's marketing practices that is unverified at best, and intentionally misleading at worst," Clearview Energy said in a response to the Maine PUC concerning its marketing practices.
July 15, 2015
PUC Staff Directs Retail Supplier To Respond to Concerns Over Verification, Rescission Practices
The Maine PUC Staff has directed Ambit Northeast, LLC to respond to concerns regarding its practices related to verification and the rescission period.
July 14, 2015
Regulator Upset With Supplier's Marketing Piece Referencing Months-Old Default Service Rate Increase
During a recent supplier working group meeting in Connecticut, regulators expressed frustration with a marketing piece from an electric supplier that emphasized months-old rate increases in the default service rate.
July 13, 2015
Regulator Orders Retail Supplier to Provide Refund to Customers Who Did Not Receive Contract Expiration Notices
A Connecticut PURA final decision requires Choice Energy, LLC to provide refunds to certain customers, who were served under a fixed rate contract, that PURA concludes did not receive a notice about a change in their generation price 30-60 days before the end of their contract as required under…
July 10, 2015
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PURA Sets Technical Meeting on Variable Rate Review
July 10, 2015
Citing Customer Concerns Received By Utility, PUC Staff Directs Retail Supplier To Submit Information on Marketing Campaign
The Maine PUC Staff has directed Clearview Energy to submit certain information related to a door-to-door marketing campaign, citing customer concerns received by Central Maine Power regarding the campaign.
July 10, 2015
Retail Supplier Would Make $2.6 Million Charitable Contribution Under Settlement With Regulator
North American Power, LLC would make a voluntary $2.6 million charitable contribution to Operation Fuel, Inc. as part of a settlement to fully resolve a Connecticut PURA investigation into the company's trade practices.
July 8, 2015
Crius Energy Purchasing Books From Retail Supplier
Crius Energy is purchasing the New Hampshire and Rhode Island electric books of Gulf Electricity
July 7, 2015
Regulator Asks If Fixed Price Customers Should Be Returned To Default Service At End of Term In Wake of Variable Rate Ban, Seeks Comment on Alternative Rate Treatment
The Connecticut PURA has sought comment on its mandate under the state's recently adopted statutory ban on variable electric rates to develop an appropriate rate structure for residential customers whose fixed price contracts expire and who do not make an affirmative selection in response to such…