November 16, 2020
Castleton Commodities Seeks Supplier License
Castleton Commodities Merchant Trading L.P. has filed a registration as a natural gas seller in Connecticut
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November 16, 2020
Texas Retail Provider Launches Affinity Program With Texas Tech Alumni Association
The Texas Tech Alumni Association (TTAA) announced that it has partnered with TriEagle Energy for a program under which alumni who sign up with TriEagle Energy will see a portion of what they pay TriEagle for electricity contributed to the TTAA.
November 6, 2020
Retail Supplier Seeks Clarification Of New Marketing Standards
Vistra Corp. requested from the Connecticut PURA clarification regarding the communication of newly approved electric distribution company standard service rates to customers pursuant to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's ("Authority") Connecticut Electric Supplier Marketing Standards…
November 5, 2020
Connecticut Light & Power Residential Default Service Rate Increasing 14%, Small Business Rate Increasing 10%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2021 to June 2021, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2021 to March 2021
November 4, 2020
United Illuminating Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 8%; Small Commercial Rate Increasing 6%
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2021
November 4, 2020
Start-up Retail Supplier Seeks License In New State, Discloses Hiring Of Market Vet
Start-up retail supplier Actual Energy, Inc. applied for a Connecticut retail electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers.
October 22, 2020
Delaware Valley Purchasing Group Names Preferred Energy Solutions Partner
GREENCROWN Energy & Water, an energy & water advisory firm specializing in energy supply & turnkey conservation measures, announced that it has been named the preferred energy solutions partner for Delaware Valley Purchasing Group (DVPG), which is described as, "a member-operated, non-profit food…
October 21, 2020
Final Order Prohibits Retail Suppliers From Using Term "Renewable Energy" In Marketing REC Products; Term Limited To Using Supply From Owned Generation Or PPA
Order Limits Voluntary Renewable Offerings From Retail Suppliers To RECs From Certain RTOs
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision that, among other things, limits voluntary renewable electricity supply offers (VRO) from retail electric suppliers to using only RECs sourced from certain RTOs, and which prohibits the use of the term "renewable energy" to market a REC product
October 21, 2020
Energy Services Provider/Broker Raises $7.8 Million To Expand Energy Efficiency Outsourcing Solutions Platform
Budderfly, a provider of Energy Efficiency as a Service which also operates as an electricity broker (story here) , today announced a $7.8 million equity funding round led by Balance Point Capital and Edison Partners with additional participation from Connecticut Innovations.
October 21, 2020
Parent Of Texas Retail Provider & Various Retail Choice Utilities To Merge With Parent Of Texas-New Mexico Power
Merger Would Result In Affiliation Between Texas REP, TDU
AVANGRID, the parent of two retail suppliers and various utilities, and PNM Resources announced today that their respective boards have approved the merger of PNM Resources into AVANGRID, through an all cash offer for PNM Resources shares priced at $50.30 per share (representing an equity value of…
October 15, 2020
New England Governors Call For "Reform" Of ISO New England Market Design
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, and Vermont Governor Phil Scott are calling for reform of the regional electricity market design, transmission planning process, and the governance of the ISO-New…
October 5, 2020
Retail Supplier Seeks To Expand To New York
First Point Power LLC has filed for initial eligibility to serve as an ESCO in New York, to serve industrial and large commercial electricity customers
October 2, 2020
State House, Senate Pass Bill Authorizing Regulator To Order Retail Suppliers To Pay Restitution To Customers
The Connecticut House and Senate have passed H.B. No. 7006 which empowers the Connecticut PURA to order retail electric suppliers to pay restitution to customers or to pay a combination of a fine and restitution
October 1, 2020
Regulator Directs Utilities To Notify Large Customers In Advance Of Default Service Rate Increases
The Connecticut PURA has directed Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating to, in the future, proactively contact each of their Last Resort Service (LRS) customers to communicate proposed Generation Service Charge (GSC) rate changes in advance of future potential LRS rate increases.
September 30, 2020
Retail Supplier To Pay $282,000 Under Settlement With Staff Of State Regulator
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC ("Energy Plus") has entered into a settlement agreement with the Prosecutorial Division of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement ("Prosecutorial" or "EOE") to resolve issues regarding compliance with Conn. Gen…
September 9, 2020
Proposed Order Would Prohibit Retail Suppliers From Using Term "Renewable Energy" In Marketing REC Products; Term Limited To Using Supply From Owned Generation Or PPA
Draft Would Limit Voluntary Renewable Offerings From Retail Suppliers To RECs From Certain RTOs
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed decision that, among other things, would limit voluntary renewable electricity supply offers (VRO) from retail suppliers to using only RECs sourced from certain RTOs and which meet certain statutory definitions, and which would prohibit the use of the term…
August 28, 2020
State Regulator Asks If Retail Suppliers Would Be Prohibited From Marketing To Customers In Communities Which Adopt An Opt-out Municipal Aggregation, In Studying Adoption Of Opt-out CCAs
Asks Whether Utility Should Serve As Provider Of Last Resort For Customers Opting Out Of CCA
August 26, 2020
While Noting "Inequities" Benefiting Retail Suppliers From Purchase Of Receivables, Regulator Finds POR Changes Not Cost Effective At This Time
Regulator Will Continue To Monitor POR, Says Changes "Warranted" If Cost Effective
In a final interim decision in its review of potential changes to the electric purchase of receivables (POR) mechanism, the Connecticut PURA finds that changes do not appear to be cost effective at this time, but finds that changes, "would be warranted," if later found to be cost effective
August 26, 2020
License Briefs
Energy Efficiency-as-a-Service Provider Receives Texas Aggregator Registration
August 26, 2020
Regulator Seeks Briefs On Authority To Use Long-Term Contracts, Currently Treated On Nonbypassable Basis, To Meet Default Service Load
Part Of Inquiry Into Spike In Non-supply Costs On Customer Bills
In seeking briefs concerning recent rate increases in nonbypassable transmission and other non-supply charges, the Connecticut PURA has raised the issue of applying electricity supplies currently purchased under long-term contracts, and sold into the wholesale market with no impact on the price to…
August 21, 2020
State To Hold Meeting In Proceeding Studying Potential Adoption Of Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation, To Review Impact On Default Service Procurement, Consumer Protections
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for September 28, 2020 a second Technical Meeting in its proceeding addressing PURA's study of community choice aggregation (Docket 20-05-13)
July 31, 2020
PSEG To Explore Strategic Alternatives For PSEG Power's Non-Nuclear Fleet
Public Service Enterprise Group announced today that it is exploring strategic alternatives for PSEG Power’s non-nuclear generating fleet, which includes more than 6,750 megawatts of fossil generation located in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York and Maryland, as well as the 467-megawatt Solar Source…
July 30, 2020
Large Customer Buying Consortium Names New Chair Of Board Of Directors
PowerOptions, which describes itself as New England's largest energy buying consortium, announced today that Janet Gail Besser has been elected as Chair of its Board of Directors.
July 30, 2020
Regulator May Modify Purchase Of Receivables Mechanism If Alteration Found To Be "Cost Effective", Draft Says Current Mechanism "Inequitably" Benefits Retail Suppliers
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed interim decision in its review of the electricity purchase of receivables mechanism, under which PURA would maintain the current mechanism only because alternatives have not been found to be cost effective, as PURA warned that future changes would be warranted…
July 17, 2020
Retail Supplier To Pay Restitution To Customers Under Settlement With Attorney General (AG), For What AG Alleges Were, "Illegal Robocalls", That Resulted In "Overpriced" Contracts
Spark Energy, LLC and the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (AG) have entered into an agreed consent judgment under which Spark is to pay restitution to approximately 559 customers which the AG alleges were enrolled between January 1, 2016 through June 20, 2017, "as a result of an illegal…