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January 7, 2020
Suppliers Would Be Required To Disclose Default Service Rate In Sales Process & TPV
Suppliers Would Be Required To Seek Regulator's Approval For Contract Assignments (Book Sales, etc.)
January 3, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft decision in Docket 18-12-22 to further modify how retail electric suppliers are to provide refunds to customers under an amnesty program, with the draft now also addressing cost recovery for EDC implementation costs to accommodate the plans
December 18, 2019
Retail Suppliers Prohibited From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision under which PURA ordered that all hardship electricity customers shall be returned to standard service (default service), and the EDCs shall implement system programming to prevent hardship customers from enrolling with an electric supplier.
December 11, 2019
The Connecticut PURA opened what it termed two separate "investigation[s]" of alleged non-compliance by Public Power, LLC and GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions, LLC d/b/a Think Energy, and assigned Prosecutorial Staff for the investigation
December 10, 2019
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy (BETP) said in comments to the Connecticut PURA, in an energy affordability proceeding (Docket No. 17-12-03RE01), that the impact, on the customer's arrearage status, from a customer's…
December 3, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority take further action in a pending proceeding which had been opened to address implementation of marketing standards and sales practices by electric suppliers (Docket 14-07-20RE01)
December 3, 2019
Draft Order Would Prohibit Retail Suppliers From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed decision which would require that all hardship customers be dropped to Standard Service (default service) by March 1, 2020, with suppliers prohibited from serving hardship customers
December 2, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has approved formalizing a settlement agreement with Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ("Liberty"), under which Liberty would pay $750,000 in lieu of an earlier civil penalty of $1.5 million assessed against the supplier
November 27, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued a letter to Wattifi, Inc. (Wattifi) in which PURA, "instructs Wattifi to cease enrolling new customers," until Wattifi has resolved various concerns cited by PURA in the letter
November 27, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposal that would prohibit retail electric suppliers from providing to customers an electricity plan that includes in a bundled price renewable energy that exceeds the state's RPS if such plan is billed through utility consolidated billing (UCB).
November 26, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has approved formalizing a settlement agreement with Spark Energy, LLC, under which Spark would pay $500,000 in lieu of an earlier civil penalty of $750,000 assessed against the supplier
November 25, 2019
In ruling on an ISO New England compliance filing relating to electric storage participation in the wholesale market, FERC directed changes to ensure that electric storage resources will not pay both the wholesale and retail price for the same charging energy
November 22, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued proposed revisions to the electric supplier licensing rules
November 21, 2019
Prosecutorial Staff (PRO) of the Connecticut PURA ("Authority") and Abest Power & Gas, LLC (Abest) have reached a settlement agreement to resolve Abest's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) alternative compliance payments owing from the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 compliance years
November 19, 2019
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is considering requiring retail suppliers to settle their RPS obligations earlier.
November 15, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has formally opened and noticed a new docket concerning retail electric supplier licensing
November 13, 2019
A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of various Agera Energy LLC, Aequitas Energy, Inc. and energy.me midwest llc retail energy customer contracts to Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Constellation)
November 12, 2019
The Connecticut PURA granted NRG Power Marketing LLC registration as a natural gas seller (retail supplier)
November 1, 2019
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2020
November 1, 2019
Small Business Rate Increasing Nearly 10%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2020 to June 2020, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2020 to March 2020
October 31, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has opened Docket 19-10-41 to revise regulations governing retail electric supplier licensing
October 31, 2019
AARP Seeks To Limit Retail Supplier Service To Low Income Customers
United Illuminating and AARP have both cited retail electric choice as an issue in the Connecticut PURA's new investigation into, "energy affordability."
October 22, 2019
Exelon has launched a new business venture, Breakerbox, LLC, to provide energy consulting services to commercial and industrial customers.
October 21, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled for October 24, 2019 a technical meeting concerning its recent draft decision in Docket 18-12-22 under which PURA would modify how retail electric suppliers are to provide refunds to customers under an amnesty program
October 16, 2019
In addressing how to implement a proposed Connecticut PURA order which would provide that refunds due to customers under amnesty programs filed by retail electric suppliers should be effectuated through utility bills and not mailed checks, both Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating…
