December 17, 2015
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rate
The Maine PUC has set the monthly Standard Offer rate for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power for the month of January 2016
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December 8, 2015
License Briefs
Mint Energy Seeks To Serve New Customer Classes
December 4, 2015
Maine Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers at BHE
The Maine PUC has disclosed winning bidders under recent procurements for Standard Offer service at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera)
December 4, 2015
Mint Energy Hires Retail Market Vet As VP of Sales and Marketing
Mint Energy has appointed Peter A. Duprey as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
December 3, 2015
Retail Supplier Seeks Waiver Related to Renewal Notice Requirements
Electricity Maine, LLC sought a waiver from the Maine PUC from Chapter 305 § 4(B)(6)(a) of the Commission’s Rule governing competitive electricity providers, concerning the timing of renewal letters.
December 2, 2015
Maine Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers at CMP
The Maine PUC has disclosed winning bidders under recent procurements for Standard Offer service at Central Maine Power
December 1, 2015
GDF SUEZ's Think Energy Now Serving Residential and Small Commercial Energy Users in 12 States
Think Energy, the mass market brand of GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, announced this morning that it now serves residential and small commercial customers in 12 states.
November 19, 2015
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates for Residential, Commercial Customers at BHE
The Maine PUC has adopted new Standard Offer rates for customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera)
November 18, 2015
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates for Residential, Commercial Customers at CMP
12/2 Update: Rates have been modified slightly to reflect minor modifications made in how rates were presented on the PUC website (prior rates generally reflected greater rounding)
November 13, 2015
State Seeks Suppliers for REC Add-On Product Offered to Default Service, Other Customers
The Maine PUC is seeking proposals from providers to manage and supply, for a five-year term beginning April 1, 2016, the state-wide Maine Green Power (MGP) program, which is a REC add-on product offered to all distribution customers, including default service and competitive supply customers.
November 11, 2015
Retail Supplier Seeks Advisory Ruling From PUC Regarding Two-Part Fixed Term Contracts
Electricity Maine has petitioned the Maine PUC for an advisory ruling that the Commission would not classify a service contract for a fixed term composed of two identified segments, each with different pre-determined fixed rates ("two-segment fixed rate") as falling within the definitions of…
October 27, 2015
GDF Suez's Mass Market Supplier Named Official Electricity Supplier of Fenway Park
Think Energy, GDF Suez's retail supplier focused on the mass market, has become the official electricity provider of Fenway Park.
October 19, 2015
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of November 2015.
September 29, 2015
License Briefs
Northeast Broker Expands To Texas, Seeks Aggregation License
September 17, 2015
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of October 2015.
September 15, 2015
NEM To Host Regulators, Legislators At New England Energy Policy Summit
The National Energy Marketers Association will host a New England Energy Policy Summit on October 12-14 in Cambridge, MA, gathering leaders from government, Silicon Valley, ISOs, academia, utilities, energy suppliers, and distributed energy resource providers
September 14, 2015
FERC Adopts Winter Reliability Program For 2015-18 (Non-Market Costs To Retail Suppliers)
FERC has approved a winter reliability program for 2015-18 at ISO New England, adopting the alternative proposed by NEPOOL which was found to be less costly than the ISO's proposal.
September 14, 2015
Reliant Receives License In New State
The Maine PUC granted Reliant Energy Northeast LLC d/b/a NRG Home, NRG Business, and NRG Retail Solutions a competitive electricity provider license to serve residential, small non-residential and medium non-residential customers in all service areas
September 8, 2015
Emera To Acquire Utilities With Customer Choice Programs
Emera Inc. and TECO Energy, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Emera to acquire TECO Energy under an all-cash deal pursuant to which Energy shareholders will receive $27.55 per common share, a 48 percent premium based on TECO Energy’s unaffected closing stock price on July 15, 2015 (the last…
August 26, 2015
Update: Nordic Discloses Markets For Expansion, Recent Entries
Nordic Energy Services has provided details on its recent expansion and future market entries.
August 24, 2015
Draft Maine Order Would Deny Emera Northern Maine CCN, Would Preserve and Study Integrating Northern Maine Into ISO-NE
A report from two Maine PUC hearing examiners would deny a CCN sought by Emera Maine for a transmission line to address reliability concerns in the former Maine Public Service area, within the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator, and would open a second phase of the proceeding to further…
August 24, 2015
Draft Order Would Prohibit Utility From Offering Sought Heat-Pump Program Opposed By Retail Suppliers
A Maine PUC hearing examiner's report concerning Emera Maine’s proposed Heat Pump Program, under which the utility would offer heat pumps to customers, would conclude that the utility itself may not offer the program, though the program may be offered through an affiliate.
August 19, 2015
Maine Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of September 2015.
August 19, 2015
License Briefs
NY/NJ ESCO Seeks Supplier License in New State
August 5, 2015
Utility Requests PUC Open Investigation of Retail Supplier
Central Maine Power has asked the Maine PUC to open an investigation into the door-to-door marketing practices of Clearview Electric Inc.