August 1, 2019
Says Shopping Low-Income Customers Pay 25% Higher Rates
A report released today by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says that Massachusetts individual residential electric customers who switched to a competitive electric supplier paid $76.2 million more than if they would have remained with default service during the one-year period from July…
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July 31, 2019
Uniform Contract Summary, Marketing Script Language Proposed Consumer Advocates Propose Requirements For Supplier Oversight Of Third-Party Agents
Various stakeholder groups have filed proposals in the Massachusetts DPU's retail electric marketing investigation (19-07) addressing renewal notices, contract summaries, agent oversight, and other issues
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July 30, 2019
Nordic Energy Services, LLC announced the hiring of Jack Deering and John Rooney.
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July 30, 2019
ENGIE Storage Announces 19 MW/38 MWh Community Solar And Energy Storage Project Portfolio Under Massachusetts SMART Program
ENGIE Storage today unveiled what it called, "a new, highly-integrated supply and services offering for developers of in-front-of-the-meter (IFOM) solar and energy storage projects in New England and emerging markets."
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July 15, 2019
The "Energy Switch" working group in the Massachusetts DPU's retail market investigation proceeding (19-07) will hold a meeting on July 31, 2019
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July 5, 2019
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU have, in the DPU's retail electric market investigation, proposed further reporting requirements for retail suppliers
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June 26, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU has approved a mechanism for cost recovery and disposition of energy and related products from the EDCs' 20-year contracts for an aggregate 9,554,940 MWh of hydropower from H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc., as the DPU approved the PPAs
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June 21, 2019
Seeks January 1, 2020 Start Notes Risk Premiums In Default Service Rates While Aggregation Has Been Pending Consultant Fee Disclosed
The City of Boston, Massachusetts has filed at the Massachusetts DPU for approval of a plan governing its proposed opt-out municipal aggregation program for electricity customers
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June 19, 2019
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for industrial customers for the period August 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019.
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June 17, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU will host an initial meeting for both newly formed retail energy working groups on June 26, 2019
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June 17, 2019
ENGIE announced today it has entered three Massachusetts retail natural gas markets.
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June 14, 2019
Staff: "Counter-Intuitive" That Customer Who Signed Up For Fixed Rate Would Expect Their Auto-Renewal Would Be Variable Staff Propose Entire Sales Conversation Be Recorded (Not Just TPV) Staff Propose GPS Requirement For Door-to-Door Agents
Staff Propose That Municipal Aggregation Rates Be Posted On State's Shopping Website, At Top Of Results
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June 4, 2019
Addresses "Do Not Switch" Mechanism
In advance of a June 6 technical session, Staff of the Massachusetts DPU have proposed a tiered approach to addressing issues raised in the DPU's wide ranging investigation of the retail electric market (Docket 19-07)
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June 3, 2019
National Grid has filed a petition with the Massachusetts DPU requesting authorization to complete a legal merger of the corporate entities now known as Boston Gas and Colonial Gas.
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May 31, 2019
Makes Recommendation On Disposition Of RECs Recommends Consideration of Storage Procurement
An offshore wind study from the Massachusetts DOER recommends that the electric distribution companies, "should proceed with additional offshore wind solicitations for up to 1,600 MW of offshore wind and only enter into contracts if found to be cost-effective."
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May 21, 2019
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning July 1, 2019.
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May 14, 2019
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for its Western Massachusetts service territory (WMA), formerly WMECO, for the period beginning July 1, 2019
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May 6, 2019
CNRG Group Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
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April 30, 2019
Commercial Discount Falls 20%
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at National Grid, effective May 1, 2019.
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April 30, 2019
New Rates Set
The Massachusetts DPU has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) at Nstar (Eversource), effective May 1, 2019.
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April 22, 2019
Review Of Barriers To Offering Of Dynamic Pricing By Competitive Retail Suppliers
The Acadia Center, the Cape Light Compact JPE, Conservation Law Foundation, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, and Northeast Clean Energy Council (the "Parties") requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (the "Department" or "DPU") immediately commence its investigation into the…
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April 16, 2019
The Massachusetts DPU approved wind energy generation and REC procurement contracts between the electric distribution utilities and Vineyard Wind LLC
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April 9, 2019
In a filing with the Massachusetts DPU ("Department), Union Atlantic Electricity, LLC (UAE) stated that, "at this juncture it will not be possible to get new investment in UAE, and the business must terminate."
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April 5, 2019
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2019.
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March 27, 2019
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has announced additional retail energy policymakers and thought leaders who will address NEM's 22nd Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference on April 10-12 in Washington, DC.
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