April 29, 2015
A Connecticut PURA draft order appears to prohibit retail suppliers from serving residential meters associated with non-residential customers (incidental residential accounts) with any product except a fixed rate, or standard variable-monthly rate, as defined in a prior PURA order concerning…
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April 27, 2015
The Maine PUC has adopted final versions of standardized notice forms setting forth the requirements for the terms of service customer disclosure statement and renewal notices for residential and small non-residential customers which shall be used by retail electric suppliers.
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April 24, 2015
Clearview Electric, Inc. would make a $7,500 charitable contribution to Operation Fuel under a settlement with Connecticut PURA prosecutorial staff to resolve alleged violations related to the requirement to timely file a gross revenue report.
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April 23, 2015
A draft Connecticut PURA decision would grant an electric supplier license to REP Energy, LLC, but would condition the license on, among other things, an $18,000 donation to Operation Fuel.
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April 23, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has referred to the Connecticut Attorney General the matter of People's Power & Gas LLC's alleged failure to fulfill its obligation under a settlement to donate $35,000 to Operation Fuel.
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April 20, 2015
The New Hampshire PUC has opened an investigation into potential approaches to ameliorate adverse wholesale electricity market conditions in the state (IR 15-124).
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April 20, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has directed Palmco Power CT, LLC to immediately cease all door-to-door marketing activities until the Authority concludes a review of alleged violations by Palmco, including allegations that a Palmco agent represented themself as from the utility and that a Palmco agent…
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April 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 May 2015.
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April 17, 2015
Reflecting market pricing, "should not be the primary goal of default service," the New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) said in comments to the New Hampshire PUC in an investigation concerning the design of default service.
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April 16, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has stayed implementation of new supplier marketing standards and disclosure statements applicable to electric suppliers which were recently adopted in Docket 14-07-20.
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April 14, 2015
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and Lt. Governor Daniel McKee will hold a press conference today to call for, "greater transparency and fair competition in the competitive electricity market" and the elimination of the National Grid default service bill recalculation applicable when…
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April 14, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU yesterday issued an order eliminating the electric basic service bill recalculation for residential and small C&I customers, effective immediately
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April 10, 2015
Citing recent electric price spikes and declining participation by wholesale suppliers in electric default service procurements, the Massachusetts DPU has opened an investigation into the provision of basic service, including the potential elimination of full requirements contracts and use of less…
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April 9, 2015
Neighborhood Energy Receives License in New State
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April 9, 2015
Several cities and towns have requested that the Massachusetts DPU render a final decision on their municipal electric aggregation plans which have been pending since March 2014.
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April 9, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has sought comment on a joint application by retail suppliers and the Office of Consumer Advocate to revise marketing standards and the disclosure statement applicable to electric suppliers as adopted in Docket 14-07-20.
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April 9, 2015
Unitil, Staff of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and Office of the Consumer Advocate have filed a settlement which proposes to eliminate the default service bill recalculation at Unitil immediately.
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April 8, 2015
Unitil in New Hampshire has filed proposed default service electric rates for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2015.
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April 8, 2015
Green Mountain Energy officially announced its launch of residential electric service in New Jersey and Massachusetts
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April 7, 2015
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2015.
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April 3, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has directed Liberty Power Holdings, LLC to answer several questions regarding, including its legal justification for, Liberty Power's potential imposition of a pass-through charge on certain Connecticut customers.
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April 2, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has directed the state's four electric utilities to file information regarding their application of the basic service cost recalculation, including the total amount charged over the past year.
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April 1, 2015
FERC Staff called PJM's filing of its capacity performance proposal "deficient" and directed PJM to respond to a series of questions.
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April 1, 2015
During the first quarter of 2015, ONEnergy's energy efficiency business began actively marketing services in Connecticut, to existing commercial commodity supply customers of affiliated retail supplier Sunwave Gas & Power, as well as to new customer opportunities, ONEnergy disclosed in reporting…
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March 31, 2015
Rapid growth in its retail electricity marketing, launched in 2010, has propelled Great Eastern Energy past $400 million in annual gross revenues, CEO Matt Lanfear told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in a recent interview.
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