March 16, 2015
License Briefs
The Massachusetts DPU has granted SFE Energy an electric supplier license to serve all customer classes
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February 26, 2015
Parents of New York, Connecticut, and Maine Utilities With Retail Choice to Merge
The parents of several Northeast electric and natural gas utilities with retail choice programs have announced a merger agreement.
February 23, 2015
Draft Standard Terms of Service, Renewal Notices Would Require Suppliers to Disclose Past Rate History, Limit on Rate Changes
The Maine PUC has issued for comment draft versions of standardized notice forms setting forth the requirements for the terms of service and renewal notices for residential or small non-residential customers
February 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 March 2015.
February 5, 2015
Maine Discloses BHE Default Service Suppliers, Confirms Nature of Large Customer Default Service After Rejecting Bids
The Maine PUC has disclosed the winning Standard Offer suppliers at Bangor Hydro-Electric.
February 5, 2015
ISO New England Capacity Auction Results in Shortfall for New Zone, Record $4 Billion Price Tag
ISO New England's forward capacity auction for the 2018/19 delivery year resulted in a shortfall of resources for the new Southeast Massachusetts/Rhode Island (SEMA/RI) zone.
February 2, 2015
Maine Discloses CMP Standard Offer Suppliers, Confirms New Default Service Rate Term, End of TOU Product
The Maine PUC has disclosed the Standard Offer suppliers at Central Maine Power under the January procurement, and confirmed several changes to default service procurement in a published written order.
January 30, 2015
PUC Orders That Retail Supplier's Financial Security Be Used to Refund Improper Customer Charges
The Maine PUC has ordered that the financial security posted by People's Power and Gas LLC be used to refund customers for an improper monthly fee charged by PP&G, since PP&G, having declared bankruptcy, is in no position to refund the charge.
January 19, 2015
Maine Sets February 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 February 2015.
January 15, 2015
BHE Default Service Rates to Decrease for Small, Medium Customers
Standard Offer electric rates for customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera Maine) will decrease starting in March, and the PUC appears to have selected 10-month supply contracts (through December 31, 2015), rather than 12-month contracts.
January 15, 2015
PUC Drops Proposal That Variable Rates Be "Reasonably Reflective" of Market Conditions, And Only Based on Index or Formula
The Maine PUC issued a final order adopting revisions to its customer protection rules, and in doing so declined to adopt an earlier proposal that would have required variable rate changes to be "reasonably reflective" of market conditions, and which would have only allowed variable rates if they…
January 14, 2015
Maine Small, Medium Customer Standard Offer Rates to Fall, As PUC Apparently Selects 10-Month Product
Standard Offer electric rates for customers at Central Maine Power will decrease starting in March, and the PUC appears to have selected 10-month supply contracts (through December 31, 2015), rather than 12-month contracts.
January 5, 2015
Ambit Energy Launching in New State
Ambit will begin offering service in Maine by the end of January.
December 18, 2014
Maine Directs Development of Portal to Allow Retail Suppliers to Access Customer Data
The Maine PUC has directed Central Maine Power to proceed with development and implementation of a system that will allow customers to elect to make their interval usage data available to competitive electricity providers, and directed that a workgroup facilitate such development
December 17, 2014
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 January 2015.
December 11, 2014
Briefly
Maine Assigns Docket for Review of Customer Usage Market Portal
December 6, 2014
ISO New England Seeks Changes to Market Participant Financial Requirements to Protect Against "Thinly Capitalized" Retail Suppliers
ISO New England has filed at FERC proposed changes to its minimum capitalization requirements, claiming that the changes are needed to protect market participants against, "thinly capitalized," load serving entities which do not own physical assets.
November 19, 2014
Maine Standard Offer Rates Double
Standard Offer energy prices for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric will essentially double for the month of December 2014.
October 28, 2014
Increase in Retail Supplier Interest in Massachusetts Prompts Calls for New Consumer Protection Rules
With the long-awaited implementation of purchase of receivables and large spikes in default service rates driving new interest among retail suppliers in serving the Massachusetts mass market, consumer representatives are calling for the DPU to enhance customer protections.
October 17, 2014
Maine PUC 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 2014.
October 9, 2014
License Briefs
Peak 5 Advisors applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve all customer classes in all service areas. The company, started in 2013, was formed from a larger property tax firm and its primary focus is real estate operating expense consulting and mitigation.
October 7, 2014
Maine PUC Reminds Business Customers That Standard Offer Electric Rates Will Double Starting in December
The Maine PUC reminded medium C&I customers at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric that Standard Offer electric rates will double this winter at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric, with the increase starting in December.
October 2, 2014
Retail Supplier Names Market Veteran as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Announces Expansion
Mint Energy announced that Cindi To has been named Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development, and also announced its expansion into Pennsylvania.
September 25, 2014
Consumer Advocate Warns Customer About Retail Supplier, Tells Them to Switch to SOS
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate issued a news bulletin, "warning customers of North American Power that their fixed rate contracts for electricity have expired, or will soon expire, and they should act now to avoid paying hundreds of dollars in excess electricity costs this winter."
September 17, 2014
Maine PUC 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 2014.