July 23, 2014
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Champion Energy Services Seeks License in New State
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July 23, 2014
State Opens Dockets on Electric Customer Protections, Standard Retail Electric Contract
Consistent with recent legislation, the Connecticut PURA has opened three dockets addressing electric customer protections, standard electric contracts, and billing design.
July 18, 2014
State Opens "Review" of Retail Supplier Offering Product Which Guarantees Savings, But Requires One-Year Commitment for Guarantee
The Connecticut PURA has assigned Docket 14-07-15 for a proceeding to "review" Choice Energy, LLC's marketing and billing practices in Connecticut, and specifically the terms of its guaranteed savings product.
July 10, 2014
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Rushmore Energy Receives License in New State
July 9, 2014
NRG Home Solar Expands to New State
NRG Home Solar announced that it is expanding its operations to Connecticut.
July 8, 2014
Connecticut Procurement Manager Seeks Greater Authority to Increase Self-Procurement of Default Service
Connecticut's default service procurement manager has requested that PURA grant the manager expanded authority to allow the manager to direct the utilities to procure an increased amount of self-managed default supplies under certain circumstances.
July 8, 2014
License Briefs
Eligo Energy PA, LLC is seeking electric and natural gas supplier licenses in Pennsylvania to serve all customer classes in all service areas, according to a recently posted public notice. Copies of the applications filed with the PUC were not yet available.
June 30, 2014
New Retail Supplier Serving Load at CL&P
Mega Energy recently began serving load at Connecticut Light & Power, according to the most recent migration data filed with PURA.
June 26, 2014
New Retail Supplier Offering Shell Fuel Rewards
Verde Energy USA has begun offering Shell Fuel Rewards, which provides customers with a discount on Shell gasoline for the amount spent on electricity with Verde
June 24, 2014
Connecticut Schedules Technical Meeting on Implementation of Retail Market Legislation
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled for June 30 a technical meeting on implementation of Public Acts 14-75 ( the recent retail electric market and consumer protection changes ) and 14-94 (which does not directly relate to the retail market but does include changes to certain municipal power…
June 20, 2014
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North American Power Receives Authority to Serve Customers in New Territory
June 19, 2014
Sunwave Gas & Power Seeks License in New State
Sunwave Gas & Power Ohio Inc. applied for an Ohio electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
June 18, 2014
Regulator Interpreting Orders As Requiring Advance Notice of Plans to Sell Customer Book?
In another part of a Connecticut PURA response to a draft Hop Energy customer notice informing customers of their assignment to Public Power that should give retail suppliers pause, PURA appears to suggest that PURA must receive advance notice of any agreement to assign customers to another supplier…
June 18, 2014
Regulator to Require Notice of Customer Assignment to Inform Customers of Investigations into New Supplier
In what appears to be an uncommon, if not novel, requirement, a notice to be sent to customers of Hop Energy concerning the assignment of their contracts to Public Power must inform the customers of various regulatory actions taken against Public Power, the Connecticut PURA said in a June 17 letter…
June 17, 2014
Crius Energy Acquires Another U.S. Retail Book
Crius Energy has executed, through its affiliates, a purchase agreement to acquire the retail electricity customer portfolio of HOP Energy LLC, a provider of heating oil and petroleum products and related services, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.3 million.
June 16, 2014
License Briefs
Crius Energy Retail Supplier Seeks License in New State
June 16, 2014
State Seeks Data (Including Prices) from All Retail Suppliers on Customers Subject to Roll-over to Variable Rates
The Connecticut PURA issued interrogatories to all retail electric suppliers regarding the number of customers who were transitioned from a fixed rate to variable rate, and the pricing such customers received.
June 12, 2014
State Approves $4.5 Million Settlement with Retail Supplier
A Connecticut PURA final decision accepted without modification a $4.5 million settlement between Energy Plus Holdings, LLC and the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel to resolve an investigation into the supplier's rates and marketing practices.
June 9, 2014
Tradition Energy Hires Industry Veteran to Support Northeast Growth
Tradition Energy announced that David Nussbaum has joined the company to help support the continued growth of the firm's energy management and procurement services business in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut markets.
June 6, 2014
State Sets Alternative Compliant Payments Due from 18 Retail Suppliers, Some ACPs As High as $10 Million
The Connecticut PURA in a final decision ordered the payment of alternative compliance payments from retail suppliers in the amounts listed below, as PURA reviewed compliance with the RPS for 2011:
June 5, 2014
NRG Residential Withdraws 'Generally Available' Offers from Connecticut Market, Said to Return Shortly
NRG Residential Solutions has ceased offering "generally available" retail electric offers to Connecticut customers, according to a June 3 regulatory price filing.
June 4, 2014
Draft Would Approve $4.5 Million Settlement with Retail Supplier
A Connecticut PURA draft decision would accept a $4.5 million settlement between Energy Plus Holdings, LLC and the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel to resolve an investigation into the supplier's rates and marketing practices.
June 3, 2014
Retail Supplier Says PURA Wrongly Called Renewal Notice Non-Compliant
Liberty Power Holdings LLC said in a letter to the Connecticut PURA that a PURA description calling Liberty's renewal notice non-compliant is incorrect
June 2, 2014
FERC Approves Sloped Demand Curve for New England Capacity Market
FERC approved, without modification, ISO New England's proposal to introduce a sloped demand curve into its forward capacity market, effective for auction for the 2018-19 delivery year.
May 29, 2014
Regulator Believes Two Suppliers Not In Compliance With Written Contract Rules, Opens Investigation of All Suppliers
The Connecticut PURA said that it has reason to believe that two retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective rules requiring the provision of a written contract to certain customers, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the written contract…