March 31, 2011
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Positive Energy Begins Maryland Marketing
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March 30, 2011
DPUC Stays Power of Attorney Prohibition Related to Enrollments
The Connecticut DPUC has stayed two ordering paragraphs relating to aggregators and supplier enrollments in its recent order on electric supplier marketing practices (Docket 10-06-24, see 3/17 ).
March 24, 2011
NECPUC Says Disqualification of Energy Efficiency Resources from FCA to Raise Retail Electric Rates
A determination by the ISO New England Internal Market Monitoring Unit that 151 MW of new energy efficiency resources resulting from state sponsored programs, which had sought to bid into the fifth Forward Capacity Auction, are out of market could result in hundreds of millions of dollar in…
March 21, 2011
DPUC Intends to Implement Mid-Cycle Enrollments by End of June
The Connecticut DPUC intends to establish a process to execute mid-cycle electric supplier changes on or before June 15, 2011, the Department said in a notice of workshop.
March 17, 2011
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Energy Plus Holdings, LLC Reports 2,500 Customers in First Month of ComEd Marketing
March 17, 2011
Right Now: Final Connecticut Decision on Supplier Marketing Limits Guidelines to <50 kW, Decision Kicks Mid-Cycle Enrollments to Working Group
The Connecticut DPUC issued this morning a final written order concerning several supplier marketing issues in Docket 10-06-24, under which the voluntary guidelines will be limited to small volume customers, and issues related to the cost of utility consolidated billing and the use of mid-cycle…
March 16, 2011
Fonfara Says Default Service Procurement Shouldn't Affect Connecticut Suppliers' Business Proposition
"For the [retail electric] industry to be basing its survival on whether or not we enable the procurers of Standard Service power to have various tools [such as managed portfolios] suggests that the reason you're here is solely to offer a commodity, [and] to not grow your value in other ways,"…
March 15, 2011
CL&P Posts February Migration Stats
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of February 2011. The growth in migration from January to February was 11,314 accounts, versus growth of 12,811 from December to January.
March 14, 2011
Conn. Draft Would Maintain Clean Energy Options Program
A draft Connecticut DPUC decision would reinstate the Connecticut Clean Energy Options (CCEO) program for the period January 1, 2012 through January 1, 2017, maintaining the use of two REC suppliers which may offer RECs to offset a specified portion of default service customers' usage.
March 14, 2011
Conn. Lawmakers Draft Language for Anti-Retail Markets Bill, Mirrors Language from 2010 Session
Connecticut lawmakers have drafted language for SB 1, essentially incorporating language nearly identical to the language of SB 493 which was vetoed in the 2010 session.
March 11, 2011
Positive Energy to Reimburse 3,200 Customers, Relinquish Aggregator Certificate Under Connecticut Consent Agreement
The Connecticut DPUC yesterday approved a consent agreement with Positive Energy Electricity Supply LLC under which Positive Energy will voluntarily relinquish its aggregator certificate, and will make reimbursements to some 3,200 customers whose enrollments with a supplier were delayed and who did…
March 10, 2011
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ICEA Seeks Rehearing on ComEd Combined POR Uncollectibles Rate
March 8, 2011
UI Posts February Migration Data
United Illuminating posted migration data for the month of February 2011.
March 3, 2011
UI, CL&P Say Mid-Cycle Enrollments Not Feasible
United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power said that they cannot accommodate mid-cycle supplier enrollments, contrary to the findings contained in a Connecticut DPUC draft decision concerning supplier marketing (10-06-24).
March 1, 2011
Spark Energy Launches Network Marketer Ampegy with Excel Communications Veteran
Spark Energy has launched a network marketing affiliate, Ampegy, which will include in a leadership role Steve Smith, co-founder of Excel Communications, a pioneer in the use of multi-level marketing in telecom during the 1990s.
March 1, 2011
N.H. OCA Suggests POR As Solution to Shifted Costs at PSNH; Most Parties Oppose Nonbypassable Surcharge
The majority of parties to a proceeding concerning customer migration at Public Service of New Hampshire argued that a nonbypassable surcharge to recover certain costs related to default service is not permissible, while the Office of Consumer Advocate suggested that Purchase of Receivables could be…
February 28, 2011
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Connecticut Light & Power on Friday filed an updated Purchase of Receivables discount rate of 0.90%. CL&P will use the new factor effective with the purchase of supplier receivables for April 2011. The updated factor reflects the average uncollectibles factor from the past two years, 1.16% in 2009…
February 25, 2011
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PUCT Adopts Rule Clarifying ERCOT Oversight
February 24, 2011
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Flash: Direct Energy Loses 90,000 Residential Customers in Second Half of 2010
February 23, 2011
Md. PSC Staff, North American Power Agree on $35,000 Payment, Remedial Measures to Resolve Complaint
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended that North American Power and Gas, LLC make a payment of $35,000 to the Fuel Fund of Central Maryland, Inc., along with undertaking various remedial measures, to resolve Staff's complaint against the retail supplier (Case 9253).
February 21, 2011
Conn. Draft Would Require Standard Service Price on All Bills, Delegate Consolidated Billing Fees to Working Group
A draft Connecticut DPUC decision would require electric distribution companies (EDCs) to list the applicable Standard Service rate on all utility bills, even utility consolidated bills with supplier charges, and would also require EDCs and suppliers to complete customer enrollments and pricing…
February 16, 2011
United Illuminating, Connecticut Light & Power Post Updated Last Resort Service Rates
United Illuminating and Connecticut Light & Power have filed updated Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2011.
February 16, 2011
Connecticut Light & Power Reports January Migration Stats
Connecticut Light & Power has posted migration statistics for the month of January 2011. The growth in migration from December to January was 12,811 accounts, versus growth of 15,438 from November to December.
February 15, 2011
MXenergy Reports Higher Earnings, Higher Customer Churn for Quarter Ending December 31
MXenergy reported higher net income of $25.7 million for the three months ending December 31, 2010, versus $18.2 million a year ago, as well as higher Adjusted EBITDA of $22.0 million versus $20.8 million a year ago, on higher electric gross profit and customer growth versus the year-ago quarter.
February 14, 2011
License Briefs
Energetix Seeks to Serve Gas Customers at PECO Energetix applied for an amendment to its Pennsylvania gas supplier license to permit it to serve all customer classes, including residential customers, at PECO. Previously, Energetix had received authority to serve all customer classes in the three UGI…