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March 21, 2019
Several NRG retail suppliers have petitioned the Connecticut PURA for reconsideration of the requirement that retail suppliers submit information regarding the expiration of a contract as part of the enrollment transaction as currently required by PURA's December 19, 2018 Decision regarding Next…
March 19, 2019
The Connecticut PURA, in response to a request from United Illuminating, has affirmed that a retail electric supplier's rate is "locked" for billing purposes once submitted to UI 62 days in advance of the consumption period as part of the Next Cycle Rate information
March 19, 2019
Titan Energy New England Inc. recently announced that it has won a multi-year energy procurement services contract with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), through a competitive sourcing process.
March 15, 2019
A slate of state regulators and other energy officials will discuss issues facing retail energy markets at the National Energy Marketers Association's 22nd Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference , to be held April 10 - April 12, 2019 in Washington, DC
March 14, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued a further directive to Public Power concerning the company's Monthly Fee Capacity Plan (MFCP), stating that revised terms and conditions, which indicate that the amount of a monthly fee could change, render the product a variable rate plan which is prohibited by law.
March 13, 2019
United Illuminating has requested that the Connecticut PURA clarify whether retail electric suppliers are permitted to revise their rates after submitting a rate 62 days prior to the consumption period under the Next Cycle Rate information submissions requirements
March 12, 2019
In comments to the Massachusetts DPU, Nstar (Eversource) said that the DPU should require retail electric suppliers to provide the EDCs with customers' product information, including the next cycle rate, for inclusion on utility bills
March 11, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has ruled that examining the components that constitute the electricity Standard Service rate is irrelevant to a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default service.
March 7, 2019
The Connecticut PURA granted Collaborative Energy Options, Inc. an electric aggregator certificate
March 7, 2019
At the direction of the Connecticut PURA, Public Power, LLC is changing the manner in which it charges and presents to customers a fee which is charged on a monthly basis over the contract's term
March 6, 2019
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) issued correspondence to retail electric suppliers reiterating the requirements for the reimbursement filings required from suppliers who have elected to participate in PURA's amnesty program.
March 6, 2019
Service King International Brokers LLC d/b/a SKI Brokerage, a start-up, is seeking broker or similar licenses in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine, Delaware, and New Hampshire, and will broker in New York and Connecticut as well.
March 1, 2019
BlueRock Energy, Inc. notified the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that BlueRock:
March 1, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued to all retail electric suppliers several interrogatories in PURA's proceeding considering a declaratory ruling regarding licensed electric supplier practices of altering the prices in fixed-price contracts
February 27, 2019
The Connecticut PURA today issued a draft decision under which Direct Energy Services, LLC would be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for what the draft concludes are violations of Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245s, and…
February 27, 2019
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel has filed testimony in which OCC says that, from October 2016 through September 2018, hardship customers on competitive retail supply paid $7.2 million more than they would have under default service, as OCC said that retail suppliers should be prohibited…
February 26, 2019
Tradition Energy announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Hartford-based, Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) to provide energy risk management and procurement services to educational agencies and towns throughout the state of Connecticut.
February 22, 2019
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has formally established a docket (19-02-13), pursuant to the General Statutes of Connecticut §§ 4-176a, 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245t, 16-245u, and 42-110b, "to determine if suppliers’ practices of altering the terms of a fixed-price contract based on changes to…
February 20, 2019
Direct Energy announced that, on Monday, February 4, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion, "affirming dismissal of a class action alleging that Direct Energy overcharged variable-rate electricity customers in Connecticut and Massachusetts."
February 20, 2019
Great Eastern Energy in a letter to PURA provided further detail on the return of its New England customers to default service and the retirement of its ISO-NE load asset IDs, confirming that all of its customers in the ISO-NE markets (MA, CT) are being returned to default service.
February 19, 2019
Direct Energy Business, LLC and Direct Energy Services, LLC submitted comments concerning the schedule and process for the Connecticut PURA proceeding in which PURA is considering the transfer of all hardship electric customers to default service
February 18, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) has filed with PURA new Last Resort Service (LRS) rates for the period beginning April 1, 2019
February 15, 2019
BBPC, LLC d/b/a Great Eastern Energy, along with GEEnergy Holding Co. LLC (Debtors), have filed voluntary petitions for bankruptcy under Chapter 11
February 13, 2019
Bill Also Addresses Inclusion Of Community Solar On Bill
A proposed bill has been filed in Connecticut (H.B. No. 6239) that would provide for the introduction of supplier consolidated billing as a billing option available to suppliers
February 13, 2019
With the Connecticut OCC recently proposing legislation to end residential electric choice in Connecticut , EnergyChoiceMatters.com (ECM) spoke with Chris Kallaher, Sr. Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs at Direct Energy, to discuss measures that could be undertaken to improve the state's…
