March 20, 2018
Slams Draft That Would Only Require EDCs To List "Not Provided" If Next Supplier Rate info Missing
Connecticut State Senator Len Suzio slammed, as insufficiently protecting customers, a draft PURA order which would require the electric distribution companies to list "Not Provided" on customer bills in the section listing the next rate information of the customer's retail supplier if the supplier…
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March 20, 2018
Direct Energy Business announced that it has launched a new "Fixed Energy Plus" program which Direct said is, "to bring more bill transparency for business customers in the Midwest and Northeast."
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March 19, 2018
Retail Supplier Says Dispute Is Contractual, And Outside Jurisdiction of State Utility Regulator Complaint Stems From Supplier Allegedly Seeking to Change Fixed Rates Due To Market Conditions
Stating that its actions did not amount to deceptive or unfair trade practices, and that PURA lacks jurisdiction over non-residential contractual disputes, Mint Energy has moved that the Connecticut PURA close, without further action, a docket opened in response to a petition from the Connecticut…
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March 19, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft order which would require the electric distribution companies to list "Not Provided" on customer bills in the section listing the next rate information of the customer's retail supplier if the supplier has not provided rate information to the EDCs for this…
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March 15, 2018
Connecticut Light and Power in comments to PURA suggested two options to be explored to address ongoing inaccuracies appearing on the next rate information section of utility consolidated bills for customers of retail suppliers
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March 6, 2018
Optik Energy LLC has applied for a Connecticut retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes, including residential customers
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March 6, 2018
Connecticut Light & Power recently reported that DTE Energy Trading, Inc. will serve 100% of CL&P's Last Resort Service load for the second quarter of 2018
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March 6, 2018
SmartEnergy Seeks Supplier License In New State
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March 5, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has approved Last Resort Service rates at United Illuminating for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2018
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March 5, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has approved Last Resort Service rates at Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2018
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February 26, 2018
HIKO Energy, LLC has notified the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority that it will undergo a change of control in early March 2018, whereby Spark Holdco, LLC, the parent company of Spark Energy, LLC (Spark) will acquire 100% of the membership interest in HIKO, thereby effecting a change of control…
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February 19, 2018
Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §§16-245o, 16-9, 16-245r, 42-110b and 16-41, the Connecticut PURA reopened the licensing docket of Spark Energy, L.P., "to review Spark’s compliance with §16-245d(a)(2) and the standards developed by the Authority in Dockets 14-07-19 and 14-07-19RE01, its ability to…
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February 19, 2018
Alleging 39 Retail Suppliers Were Non-compliant with Next Rate Obligation, Senator Blasts "Lethargic" Enforcement By PURA
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel petitioned the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to issue an interim order to the electric distribution companies to file a compliance plan or compliance assurance by no later than February 23, 2018, ensuring and demonstrating by a near-term…
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February 16, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating (each referred to as "Company") concerning retail suppliers' compliance with the obligation to submit to the EDCs information concerning the rate to be applied to a customer's next-month bill.
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February 12, 2018
Alleges Supplier Not Honoring Fixed Rates, Supplier Allegedly Cited Changing Market Conditions Which Made Contracts Unprofitable
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association ("CBIA"), in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes ("CGS") section 16-245t, submitted to the Connecticut PURA a complaint concerning the alleged business practices of Mint Energy, LLC
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February 7, 2018
NRG Energy, Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have entered into a Purchase Agreement for GIP to purchase NRG's ownership in NRG Yield and NRG's Renewables Platform for cash proceeds of $1.375 billion, subject to certain adjustments.
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February 2, 2018
Determination Addresses Whether To Use Long-Term Contract Supplies For Default Service
A final Resource Assessment of the Millstone nuclear plant and Appraisal Report and Determination Pursuant to Executive Order 59 and Public Act 17-3 from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority finds that DEEP should…
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January 23, 2018
Draft Addresses Whether To Use Long-Term Contract Supplies For Default Service
A draft Resource Assessment of the Millstone nuclear plant and Appraisal Report and Determination Pursuant to Executive Order 59 and Public Act 17-3(1)(b)(2) from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority would find that…
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January 22, 2018
Update, 1/23: AmericaWide Energy LLC has issued the following statement:
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January 10, 2018
Great Eastern Energy (GEE) has expanded its service territory into Connecticut, offering electricity service to business and residential customers at Eversource (Connecticut Light and Power) and United Illuminating
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December 21, 2017
A final Connecticut PURA decision allows the EDCs to use RECs that are generated under various long-term contracts an EDC has with renewable generation to be allocated to the EDC's default service obligation in situations where the EDC self-manages default service load, with any REC transfer…
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December 19, 2017
The Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative has applied for a Maine retail electric supplier license to serve large non-residential customers at Central Maine Power
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November 30, 2017
A draft Connecticut PURA order would allow the EDCs to use RECs that are generated under various long-term contracts an EDC has with renewable generation to be allocated to the EDC's default service obligation in situations where the EDC self-manages default service load, with any REC transfer…
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November 29, 2017
ONEnergy Inc., the parent of retail supplier Sunwave Gas & Power Inc., said in reporting earnings yesterday that, in addition to the previously reported disposition of its Home Comfort (HVAC) business, the company is engaged in an evaluation of opportunities to deliver value to shareholders which…
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November 8, 2017
Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., the parent of Texas retail provider Summer Energy, on November 1, 2017, entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with REP Energy, LLC, whereby Summer Energy Holdings acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding units of membership interest (the "Interests")…
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