August 23, 2016
Parent of City Power & Gas Files To Acquire Retail Supplier
CPG Power Holdings LLC formally applied at FERC to acquire 100% of the membership interests of retail supplier Union Atlantic Electricity
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August 19, 2016
Retail Suppliers Relocate HQ To Larger Office Space Due To Growth
Columbia Utilities and PALMco announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters to the Bath Beach area of Brooklyn, New York.
August 18, 2016
Massachusetts Court Strikes Down DPU Order Allowing Electric Utilities To Procure Gas Pipeline Capacity To Assist Power Generation
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has vacated the Massachusetts DPU's order allowing electric utilities to procure, via ratepayer-backed, long-term contracts, natural gas pipeline capacity to ease pipeline constraints and support power generators' access to gas supplies
August 12, 2016
Regulator Issues Revised Proposal For New Retail Supplier Contract Summary (Proposes To End Requirement To Send Info To Customers Quarterly)
The Massachusetts DPU has issued a revised proposal for changes to the retail electric supplier Contract Summary Label for fixed price offers.
August 11, 2016
Crius Energy Reports Customer Growth, Lower Gross Margin on Increases C&I Sales
Crius Energy reported that it recorded net customer growth of 26,000 customers (all data is in RCEs) from March 31, 2016 to June 30, 2016
August 10, 2016
J.D. Power Residential Retail Supplier Rankings: REP Maintains #1 Ranking in Texas, But New 2nd and 3rd Place REPs
J.D. Power has published its 2016 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study
August 9, 2016
WMECO Files New Default Service Rates
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource Energy) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for medium and large commercial and industrial customers for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016 Rates in ¢/kWh Medium & Large C&I (G-2, T-4, T-2, T-5) Monthly Variable…
August 9, 2016
Nstar Files New Default Service Rates
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed new electric basic service rates for the industrial customer class for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016.
August 2, 2016
Utility Long-Term Contracting Bill Equaling ~50% of Retail Market Sent To Governor Reverts To Giving Utilities Discretion On How To Use Power, May Use For Default Service (Final Version Removes Mandate That Products Be Sold Into Market)
A final version of the Massachusetts long-term hydropower and offshore wind bill now sent to Governor Charlie Baker reverts to earlier language that gives electric distribution companies discretion on how to dispose of products procured under the contracts.
August 2, 2016
Binge Watch With Your Electricity: Retail Supplier Bundling Hulu Service With Electricity
Direct Energy is offering customers an electricity plan that includes a 12-month Hulu subscription at no additional cost
July 26, 2016
Genie Retail Energy (IDT Energy Parent) To Acquire Two Retail Energy Suppliers
Genie Retail Energy has entered into an agreement to purchase Retail Energy Holdings, LLC, the parent of retail suppliers Town Square Energy, LLC and Town Square Energy East, LLC (f/k/a Discount Energy Group).
July 25, 2016
Court: FERC's Dual Investigatory And Adjudicatory Functions Risk "Inherent Bias"; Says De Novo Review of Generator Penalty Shall Proceed As Ordinary Civil Action
Citing the "inherent bias" in cases where a decision-maker performs both investigatory and adjudicatory functions, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said the "de novo" review of a FERC penalty against Maxim Power shall proceed as an ordinary civil action governed by the…
July 8, 2016
MA Sister Utilities Seeking to Merge Operating Companies, What's the Impact on Default Service?
Eversource in Massachusetts is seeking to merge its Nstar Electric operating unit with its Western Massachusetts Electric Co. operating unit to form a single legal entity, and petitioned the DPU for an advisory opinion
July 6, 2016
National Grid Seeks To Increase Utility-Owned Solar Generation by Two-Thirds, Addresses Cost Recovery, Treatment of Output
National Grid has petitioned the Massachusetts DPU to own and operate up to an additional 14 MW of solar generation, as authorized by state law
July 6, 2016
Muni Aggregation's Next Step: Developing Generation With Captive Customers
The dangers of opt-out municipal aggregation to workably competitive retail electric markets become more apparent as municipal aggregations move to take the next step, transitioning from mere brokers (though ones with a huge competitive advantage in their opt-out authority) to generation developers…
July 5, 2016
State Senate Passes Bill Requiring Long-Term Contract Procurement Equal To 50% of Retail Electric Market Sales; Amendment Changes Impact on Default Service
The Massachusetts Senate passed an amended version of S.2372, which is generally designed to require the procurement of Canadian hydropower under long-term contracts, but an adopted amendment to the bill changes the treatment of such power with respect to default service
June 29, 2016
FERC Approves Transition Period For Zonal Sloped Demand Curves in ISO-NE Capacity Market, Rejects Generator Protests on Curve Design
FERC accepted without modification a filing by ISO New England to implement sloped zonal demand curves and a new sloped system-wide demand curve for use in ISO-NE’s Forward Capacity Market
June 29, 2016
License Briefs
Mint Energy Receives License in New State
June 20, 2016
Citing Looming Cross-Subsidization, Supplier Asks Regulator To Introduce Zonal Default Service Rates for Residential, Small C&I Customers
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. asked the Massachusetts DPU to introduce zonal default service pricing for residential and small C&I customers at Nstar and National Grid, starting with the next basic service price period (November 2016 and January 2017, respectively), in order to address…
June 16, 2016
National Grid Files New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new industrial basic service rates for the period August 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016
June 10, 2016
Broker Seeks Declaratory Order From Regulator Regarding "Concierge"/Buyer's Club Service (Auto-Switching Of Customers To Best Plans Over Time)
Broker Utiliz LLC has petitioned the Connecticut PURA for a declaratory ruling to determine if Utiliz LLC's business is subject to the regulations, rules, and licensing of an electricity broker (which are not licensed in Connecticut) or an electricity aggregator (which are subject to PURA licensure)…
May 24, 2016
Mint Energy Expanding to More Markets in PJM
Mint Energy, LLC is expanding to new markets in the PJM region
May 19, 2016
RESA Highlights Savings, Value-Add On Massachusetts DPU Retail Energy Shopping Website
A review by the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) finds nearly 30 competitive retail energy suppliers in Massachusetts actively posting more than 200 different product offerings, "at prices highly competitive with default rates offered by the state’s utility companies."
May 19, 2016
Nstar Default Service Rates To Decrease 25%
Nstar (Eversource Energy) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning July 1, 2016
May 10, 2016
Massachusetts Default Service Rates To Decrease 25%
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) has filed new default service rates for the period beginning July 1, 2016