July 26, 2023
The Connecticut PURA has issued a final decision to allocate, to retail electric suppliers, the utilities' costs to update their billing systems to include Next Cycle Rate information and related obligations
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July 21, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) requested that PURA issue a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Mega Energy of New England, LLC ("Mega"), as EOE alleged that Mega has not provided…
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July 6, 2023
The Connecticut PURA issued a proposed decision which would grant electric aggregator certificates to 15 companies: New England Preferred Energy LLC; Energy Analysis Group LLC; AEC Energy LLC; Summit Energy Services, Inc.; Evolution Energy Partners LLC; Cost Control Associates, Inc.; Taurus Advisory…
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July 1, 2023
On July 3, 2023, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) initiated Docket 18-06-02RE02 to determine the "appropriate limitations" with which all customer contracts with electric suppliers, entered into on and after a determined date, must comply.
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June 28, 2023
Customer Signature Required Before Entity May "Obtain" Pricing Entity's Commission Must Be Disclosed Order Envisions That Entities Would Not Be Able To Comply With New Requirements In Cold Call Sales
The Connecticut PURA formally issued a final decision which, in addition to granting aggregator certificates to several entities in an omnibus fashion, also creates new marketing and disclosure rules for those specific aggregators, including a requirement to obtain a customer's signature on two…
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June 23, 2023
Xoom Energy Connecticut, LLC would pay $1.5 million and also provide certain customer bill credits under a settlement with the Office of Education, Outreach, & Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to resolve alleged violations arising from Xoom's alleged…
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June 22, 2023
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposed decision to allocate to retail electric suppliers the utilities' costs to update their billing systems to include Next Cycle Rate information and related obligations
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June 21, 2023
Sprague Energy Solutions Inc. filed exceptions to a proposed omnibus decision from the Connecticut PURA which, as previously reported, would grant aggregator certificates to 22 entities, but in doing so would also impose various new disclosure and other obligations on the specific aggregator…
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June 14, 2023
Connecticut's default service procurement manager has asked PURA for approval of a change in the procurement process for the July and October 2023 "Standard Service" electricity supply procurements
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June 14, 2023
Customer Signature Required Before Entity May "Obtain" Pricing Entity's Commission Must Be Disclosed Draft Envisions That Entities Would Not Be Able To Comply With New Requirements In Cold Call Sales
The Connecticut PURA formally issue a proposed decision which, in addition to granting aggregator certificates to several entities in an omnibus fashion, would also create new marketing and disclosure rules for those specific aggregators, including a requirement to obtain a customer's signature on…
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June 13, 2023
The Connecticut PURA's March 30 motion ruling concerning what entities are considered electric aggregators is contrary to 25 years of precedent and prior explicit pronouncements, which PURA did not acknowledge in such ruling.
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June 12, 2023
Draft Would Create New Disclosures For Aggregators, Including Amount Of "Commission", Require Customer To Sign Two Separate Documents Draft Envisions That Aggregators Would Not Be Able To Comply With New Requirements In Cold Call Sales
Draft Would Mandate Aggregators Obtain Pricing From Multiple Suppliers; Any Entity Presenting Pricing From Only 1 Supplier Is An Agent
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May 17, 2023
Multiple Retail Suppliers' Offers Still 20% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning July 1, 2023
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May 17, 2023
Multiple Retail Suppliers' Offers Still 15% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period July 2023 through December 2023, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period July 2023 through September 2023
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May 10, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA has stated that an entity, "may not represent customers in securing contracts with suppliers," without an electricity aggregator certificate
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May 9, 2023
Vistra today reported first quarter 2023 financial results
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April 24, 2023
SmartestEnergy US announced that it has launched in the ISO New England region, initially with service at Connecticut Light and Power, United Illuminating, and National Grid (Massachusetts), serving medium and large C&I customers on fully fixed products
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April 17, 2023
The Connecticut PURA has granted a Staff request to provide electric aggregators with more time to comply with a recent ruling from PURA concerning which entities may enroll customers in Connecticut (known as the Motion No. 16 Ruling)
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April 12, 2023
Staff Reports Some Suppliers Have Ceased Providing Pricing To All Entities Serving Large C&I Customers As A Result Of Ruling
The Office of Education, Outreach and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA filed a motion asking that PURA allow electric aggregators thirty (30) days, from the date the PURA rules on EOE's new instant motion, to have filed their applications for aggregator certificates and comply with PURA's…
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April 11, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA issued a further notice to electric suppliers concerning a recent clarification on the entities permitted to enroll customers, as EOE alleged, "EOE has received several communications from entities describing themselves…
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April 10, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) requested that PURA issue a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Mega Energy of New England, LLC (Mega Energy or the Company) due to Mega Energy's use…
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March 31, 2023
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA issued direction to all retail suppliers and aggregators that suppliers and aggregators should "immediately" bring their marketing into compliance with PURA's March 30 ruling which held that only entities licensed as…
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March 30, 2023
Aggregators May Not Be Compensated By Suppliers; Any Entity Receiving Compensation From Supplier May Only Enroll Customers When Acting As Supplier's Legal Agent, And Thus Must Be Trained, Monitored By Supplier
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March 27, 2023
Wattifi Inc. has provided notice of its intent to exit the Connecticut electricity market effective as of the final customer meter read date(s) in April 2023.
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March 13, 2023
The ISO New England Forward Capacity Market (FCA 17) for the 2026-27 term cleared at a preliminary price of $2.590 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) in all zones and import interfaces except the New Brunswick interface, which cleared at $2.551 per kW-month.
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