May 27, 2016
EDF Energy Services Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
EDF Energy Services, LLC applied for a Connecticut electric supplier license to serve commercial and industrial customers in all service areas.
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May 24, 2016
Mint Energy Expanding to More Markets in PJM
Mint Energy, LLC is expanding to new markets in the PJM region
May 24, 2016
Connecticut Governor Hails Retail Supplier's New, Expanded HQ in State
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that Crius Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary Regional Energy Holdings, will relocate its headquarters to Norwalk, where the company will retain its 200 jobs and create 225 new positions within the next four years.
May 19, 2016
Regulator Issues $300,000 Notice of Violation To Supplier Regarding Prior Savings Guarantee in Contracts
The Connecticut PURA issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty to Choice Energy, LLC in the amount of $300,000 related to guaranteed savings provisions previously in Choice Energy, LLC's contracts
May 10, 2016
Comcast Retail Energy Offers Launched in New State
Energy Rewards, the Crius Energy brand offered via its marketing partnership with Comcast, has begun offering residential service in Connecticut
May 9, 2016
License Briefs
Eligo Energy Receives License in New State
May 5, 2016
United Illuminating Default Service Rates To Decrease 25%
United Illuminating's residential and small C&I Standard Service Generation Services Charge (GSC) will decrease about 25% on July 1.
May 5, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power Default Service Rates To Decrease 30%
Connecticut Light & Power's residential Standard Service rate will decrease 30% on July 1.
May 3, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power Discloses Default Service Suppliers
Connecticut Light and Power reported that the following suppliers will serve Standard Service load during the second half of 2016:
May 3, 2016
Retail Supplier Affiliate Launches Community Solar Projects for New York State Residents and Businesses
BlueRock Solar, the solar energy affiliate of BlueRock Energy, has launched a community solar offering in New York.
May 2, 2016
Calpine: Likes Retail Business, Wants To See It Grow
Asked about additional retail supplier acquisitions during an earnings call, Calpine would not specifically discuss future M&A activity but told investors that it likes the retail business and would like to see it grow
April 28, 2016
Report: Connecticut Energy Shopping Site Shows Opportunities for Savings; Majority Of Competitive Suppliers Provide Green Power, Value-Added Products
Under the auspices of the Public Utility Regulatory Authority, the State of Connecticut has established EnergizeCT, a robust, well-designed and consumer-friendly electricity shopping website that routinely posts competitive generation supply products offered by licensed retail electricity suppliers…
April 26, 2016
North American Power Launches, Outside of Texas, Tool Showing Breakdown and Forecast of Customer Usage By Category
North American Power has officially launched its Understandabill tool, a monthly energy report that provides its customers with electricity usage predictions, a categorized breakdown of how the electricity is used, and personalized recommendations on how to use less.
April 25, 2016
Report: Connecticut Consumers Could Have Saved $166 Million Since Start of 2016 by Switching Away from Electric Monopolies
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) recently reviewed current electricity prices publicly available to consumers in Connecticut and found that if all residential customers on utility standard service today had switched to the lowest competitive offers provided at the beginning of the…
April 21, 2016
Consumer's Counsel: Residential Customers On Choice Paid $58 Million More Than Default Service in 2015
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said yesterday that, "[d]ata submitted to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ('PURA') shows that in 2015, Connecticut residential customers of retail electric suppliers paid, in aggregate, approximately $58 million over what they would have paid if…
April 12, 2016
Connecticut PURA Confirms Termination of Requirement For Retail Suppliers To Send Quarterly Rate Notices
The Connecticut PURA confirmed that the requirement for retail suppliers to send customers certain quarterly notices has been terminated since this information is now included on bills.
April 11, 2016
Champion Energy Services Expands Service to Two New States
Champion Energy Services has expanded electricity service to commercial and industrial customers in Maine and Connecticut.
March 31, 2016
Major Energy Launches Co-Marketing Partnership With Papa John's Stores in New York Tri-State Area
Major Energy and New York Tri-State Area Papa John's announced a new co-marketing partnership naming Major Energy the Preferred Gas and Electric Energy Partner of the New York Tri-State Area Papa John's stores, and Papa John's the Preferred Pizza Partner of Major Energy.
March 16, 2016
Crius Energy Sees Continued Customer Growth in Q4, To End "Statement" Year of Customer, Profitability Growth
Crius Energy saw continued customer growth during the quarter ending December 31, 2015, capping off what the company called a, "statement year" for Crius Energy as it, "delivered material growth in customers and profitability, each up more than 35% year-over-year."
March 14, 2016
Draft Order Would Fine Retail Supplier $121,000, Require Compensation To Utilities, Over Alleged "Back-Billing"
A proposed Connecticut PURA decision would impose a $121,000 civil penalty on Liberty Power Holdings, LLC (Liberty), and place Liberty Power Holdings, LLC on a probationary period, for what the proposed order would conclude constituted impermissible "back-billing" by the company.
March 10, 2016
Regulator Orders Retail Supplier To Send Customers Letter Comparing Supplier's Rate Vs. Utility, Info on Switching
The Connecticut PURA, in an interim order, ordered Palmco Power CT, LLC to send to its existing customers a letter comparing the customer's current Palmco rate with the default service rate, and informing the customer how to switch.
February 23, 2016
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2016
February 18, 2016
Connecticut Light & Power Posts New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has posted new Last Resort Service rates for the period beginning April 1, 2016.
February 17, 2016
Briefly
Connecticut Light & Power Discloses Default Service Supplier
February 15, 2016
Retail Supplier Would Make $10,000 Charitable Contribution Under Settlement With Regulator
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC and Prosecutorial Staff of the Connecticut PURA have entered into a settlement under which Liberty Power would make a $10,000 charitable contribution to resolve a Notice of Violation issued by PURA against Liberty Power