March 16, 2015
Utility To Increase Purchase of Receivables Discount
United Illuminating has filed its 2015 Non-Hardship Uncollectable Factor, which serves as the discount applied to purchased receivables.
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March 16, 2015
Citing "Unforeseen" Increase in Solar RPS Costs, Retail Supplier Invokes Change-In-Law Provision To Pass-Through Costs to Fixed Price Customers
Citing "unforeseen" costs for Massachusetts Solar Carve-Out 1 Renewable Energy Certificates 1 (SREC-1), Liberty Power is passing through the additional costs to non-residential customers, including those on fixed price contracts, invoking contractual change-in-law provisions.
March 13, 2015
Retail Suppliers Make Recommendations on Massachusetts Contract Summary Form
A working group of retail suppliers has made a recommendation to the Massachusetts DPU for the content and format of a contract summary form required of retail contracts.
March 13, 2015
Direct Energy Now Offering Nest Learning Thermostat Bundle to Small Businesses in Texas
Direct Energy is now offering its Back to Business Plan, which includes a Nest Learning Thermostat at no additional charge, to Texas small business customers
March 12, 2015
Consumer Counsel Joins Retail Suppliers in Requesting Re-opening Docket on Retail Supplier Marketing Standards, Sales Practices
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel joined several retail suppliers in asking the Connecticut PURA to re-open Docket 14-07-20, relating to new marketing standards for electric suppliers and a new disclosure statement required for advertisements.
March 12, 2015
A Year After Polar Vortex, Retail Supplier Returns to Customer Growth
Genie Energy, parent of IDT Energy and several other brands, saw a net increase in its retail energy customer count since last year's polar vortex, it disclosed in reporting fourth quarter earnings.
March 12, 2015
Public Service of New Hampshire To Sell Utility Power Plants Under Agreement With Legislators
Eversource Energy has agreed to sell its Public Service of New Hampshire power plants, which it said would result in at least $300 million in savings to its New Hampshire customers
March 11, 2015
Previously Unenforced, Utility Now Applying Variable Rate Recalculation to Customers Leaving Default Service
Beginning in December, Unitil in New Hampshire began applying an existing tariff provision retroactively subjecting default customers departing for competitive supply to variable default service rates, prompting customer complaints.
March 10, 2015
Other Foot: Retail Supplier Says Filed Rate Doctrine Prevents PJM's Proposed Capacity Performance "Transition" Mechanism
PJM relied on the filed rate doctrine in opposing Champion Energy's request for a refund of what Champion said were unjust and unreasonable uplift charges during the polar vortex, but now it is retail suppliers who say PJM is ignoring the filed rate doctrine in seeking to impose a capacity…
March 9, 2015
Connecticut Sets Supplier Workgroup Meeting
The Connecticut PURA scheduled a fourth meeting of the Supplier Working Group for April 7, 2015
March 9, 2015
Attorney General Says Variable Rate Contracts Violate Existing Regulations
"Managed" variable electric rate products that set prices based on "market conditions" or "discretion" or similarly vague language violate regulations promulgated by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the AG said in comments to the DPU opposing such products' inclusion on any online rate board.
March 3, 2015
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Utility Discloses Winning Default Service Bidder
March 3, 2015
IGS Energy Partners With Beaumont Solar to Provide Renewable Energy Solutions in the Northeast
IGS Solar, LLC, an IGS Energy company, has teamed with Beaumont Solar Co. to deliver comprehensive solar solutions to businesses, residents, communities, and non-profit organizations in the Massachusetts market.
March 1, 2015
Utility to Self-Manage Default Service Load
United Illuminating will self-manage last resort service load for the second quarter of 2015, it disclosed in a post-procurement filing.
March 1, 2015
Retail Supplier Launches Affinity Donation Program for Schools
Star Energy Partners announced that it is partnering with private and charter schools across Ohio to promote clean energy through its newly launched Green Energy Give Back affinity donation program.
February 27, 2015
Regulator to Examine Retail Supplier's Application of Termination Fees
The Connecticut PURA has re-opened the licensing docket of Viridian Energy, Inc. to examine the supplier's alleged application of termination fees to certain customers.
February 27, 2015
Regulator to Examine Retail Supplier's Minimum Usage Requirement, Marketing
The Connecticut PURA has re-opened the licensing docket of Palmco Power CT, LLC to examine the supplier's marketing and solicitation practices as they relate to "minimum usage requirements" allegedly cited by Palmco.
February 27, 2015
Notice of Violation Would Fine Retail Supplier $5,000
The Connecticut PURA has issued a Notice of Violation against Verde Energy USA concerning Verde's compliance with the quarterly notice required to be sent to customers.
February 26, 2015
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New York Schedules Collaborative Meeting on Rules Governing ESCO Service to Low-Income Assistance Customers
February 26, 2015
Parents of New York, Connecticut, and Maine Utilities With Retail Choice to Merge
The parents of several Northeast electric and natural gas utilities with retail choice programs have announced a merger agreement.
February 26, 2015
Retail Supplier Inks Marketing Partnership With N.Y. Yankees
Major Energy announced a new multi-year marketing partnership with the New York Yankees that names Major Energy as the organization's Official Energy Supply Company.
February 25, 2015
Senate President Calls for Ban on Variable Rate Contracts
Connecticut Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) has called for a ban on variable rate electricity contracts.
February 25, 2015
Written Order Suggests Deferred Default Service Costs Will Be Recovered From Non-Shopping Customers Only, PUC Also Directs Future Procurements to Mitigate Volatility
A written order published by the Rhode Island PUC concerning its deferral of a portion of significant default electric service rate hikes at National Grid, which took effect on January 1, contemplates that future default service customers alone will pay for such deferred costs.
February 24, 2015
N.Y. Utilities File Tariff to Procure Demand Response At $500/MWh Plus Capacity Clearing Price If NYISO Programs Barred By Court
The six investor-owned New York electric distribution companies have petitioned the New York PSC to approve a utility-offered demand response program to the extent the U.S. Supreme Court rules that FERC (via the RTOs) cannot set compensation for demand response.
February 23, 2015
Connecticut Schedules Supplier Working Group Meeting
The Connecticut PURA issued a notice that the third meeting of the supplier working group will be held on March 3, 2015