September 13, 2018
NOV Would Impose $1.5 Million Penalty
The Connecticut PURA has issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against, "Liberty Holdings, LLC (Liberty or Company)" [sic], filed in the docket concerning the supplier license of Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, in which the NOV alleges various violations of marketing and…
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September 12, 2018
NOV Would Impose $1.5 Million Penalty NOV Addresses Sales/Marketing Language Used By Agents Also Interprets Use of "Cost Recovery Fees" For Non-Commodity Products
The Connecticut PURA has issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty against, "Direct Energy, LLC [sic]," in which the NOV alleges various violations of marketing and disclosure rules, and would impose a $1.5 million penalty and suspend Direct Energy's ability to sign up new…
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September 7, 2018
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Assessment of Civil Penalty in the amount of $750,000 against Spark Energy, L.P. (Spark or Company), related to the content of alleged sales calls made by a subcontractor
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September 5, 2018
Mpower Energy, LLC applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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September 4, 2018
ISO New England has filed with FERC proposed "interim" tariff revisions to allocate the out-of-market costs for resources retained for "fuel security" to load-serving entities on a regional basis using the Real-Time Load Obligation allocator.
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September 4, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has approved new Last Resort Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2018 at United Illuminating.
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September 2, 2018
Note: This story was first published on Sept. 2 with an alert to our email subscribers
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August 21, 2018
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2018 to December 2018
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August 17, 2018
Connecticut Light and Power reported that Exelon Generation Company, LLC will serve 100% of its Last Resort Service load for the 4th quarter of 2018
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August 17, 2018
Says Suppliers Should Pay For System Changes, Presses For Refunds
In a filing styled as "comments" on briefs filed in a Connecticut proceeding examining issues surrounding the provision and presentation of supplier Next Cycle Rate information on utility consolidated bills, State Senator Len Suzio wrote that, "Until the systems and procedures to assure reliable…
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August 13, 2018
Purchase Price For Retail Book Acquisition Disclosed Will Divest Solar Business
Crius Energy reported Adjusted EBITDA of $16.0 million for quarter ending June 30, 2018 (second quarter of 2018), an increase from $14.1 million achieved in the second quarter of 2017, with the increase driven by the contribution from the previously acquired USG&E business.
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August 7, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority stay implementation of its directive that Connecticut Light and Power Company (Eversource) and United Illuminating include certain information about electric suppliers' provision of summary…
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August 2, 2018
Start-up Retail Supplier Seeks License In New State
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July 18, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has authorized the continuation of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options program, under which customers can purchase RECs without changing their LSE, to the earlier of 1) the date the Authority approves a successor program, or 2) December 30, 2019.
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July 11, 2018
Will Allow For Discovery, Conduct Hearing
The Connecticut PURA has officially opened a proceeding (Docket 18-06-02) for a review of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of placing certain customers on standard service pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)
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July 5, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has directed the EDCs to begin including in their public monthly migration reports, which currently include customer counts for each retail supplier, the number of instances in which a supplier failed to provide "Next Rate Information" for a customer's bill.
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June 19, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a notice of stay concerning certain directives to the utilities regarding the implementation of the next rate information requirements on bills.
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June 15, 2018
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has withdrawn its petition for the Connecticut PURA to investigate alleged possible unfair or deceptive trade practices by Mint Energy, as CBIA noted Mint stated that Mint will relinquish its license as part of its previously reported market exit
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June 15, 2018
The Connecticut PURA adopted a final decision in which PURA, "determines that Choice Energy, LLC failed to comply with Section §16-245o(h)(8) of the General Statutes of Connecticut when it abruptly discontinued its contractual savings guarantee with 17,630 existing customers as of January 1, 2013.…
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June 13, 2018
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority scheduled a technical meeting for Thursday, July 5, 2018 to discuss the May 21, 2018 Motion for Clarification submitted by The Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy in Docket No. 14-07-19RE01 - PURA Investigation into…
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June 12, 2018
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. informed the Connecticut PURA that Constellation NewEnergy, "recently discovered billing errors caused by its migration to a new billing system in November of 2016."
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June 11, 2018
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA or Authority) will conduct a Working Group Meeting on June 14, 2018 to discuss options to assure that the information that is required to be displayed on residential customer electric bills as required under the Connecticut General Statutes…
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June 6, 2018
Supplier Challenges Regulator's Authority To Open Investigation Of C&I Contracts
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association said in a filing with PURA that it is prepared to withdraw its petition that had sought a PURA investigation of alleged possible unfair or deceptive trade practices, if Mint will verify through a filing to PURA that it will no longer be entering into…
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June 4, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has assigned 18-06-02 for a review of the feasibility, costs and benefits of placing certain customers on Standard Service pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)
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June 1, 2018
Teleios Commodities, LLC announced a "material" investment in Powervine Energy, a newly created retail energy company providing energy services to residential customers and small businesses in the Northeastern United States.
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