March 18, 2014
PSNH to Terminate Switching Fee, Reduce Billing Charge for Suppliers
Public Service Company of New Hampshire has proposed removing the "selection" charge, or switching fee, from its tariff after conducting a cost of service study.
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March 18, 2014
Utilities, Retail Suppliers Reach Settlement on Payment Hierarchy in New Hampshire, Other Market Enhancements
Electric utilities, retail suppliers, the New Hampshire consumer advocate, and New Hampshire PUC Staff have reached a settlement agreement regarding the payment hierarchy for utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
March 10, 2014
Retail Supplier Petitions PUC Regarding Availability of Off-Cycle Meter Read
PNE Energy Supply, LLC sought a declaratory ruling from the New Hampshire PUC regarding the proper interpretation of Rule Puc 2004.07(b)(1)b. with respect to the availability of off-cycle meter reads.
March 7, 2014
Company Plans to Bring Electric Supplier Marketing to 2,000 Retail Storefronts, Establishments By Year-End
American Efficient plans to bring retail electricity supply marketing to 2,000 brick-and-mortar retail storefronts and establishments in the next year.
February 25, 2014
ConEdison Solutions Reports Customer Growth
ConEdison Solutions recorded customer growth during 2013, parent Consolidated Edison, Inc. reported in its annual 10-K.
February 13, 2014
License Briefs
Texas REP Receives Illinois Retail Supplier License
February 5, 2014
FLASH: RTO's Capacity Market Auction Ends in Shortfall of Resources to Meet Demand, Despite Tripling of Cost
ISO New England's capacity auction to procure capacity to meet a mandated reserve margin resulted in a shortfall of resources for the 2017–2018 year, the ISO said.
February 3, 2014
PUC Orders Reduction in Utility Charges Applicable to Retail Suppliers
The New Hampshire PUC has adopted temporarily revised charges applicable to services provided by Public Service Company of New Hampshire to retail electric suppliers, to be in effect pending an incremental cost study for such charges.
February 3, 2014
Mid-Atlantic Retail Supplier Drops Customers to Default Service, Extreme Pricing Dealt "Fatal" Blow
Clean Currents confirmed that it is dropping its electric customer base to default service, and has ceased accepting enrollments from new customers.
January 27, 2014
JOKE: FERC Administratively Doubles ISO-NE Capacity Prices ($1.4 Billion Hit); Moeller Claims "Real" Reliability Benefits from Capacity Payments Even as 75% of Gas-Fired Generation Offline
FERC has administratively doubled capacity prices to be paid by retail suppliers, and their customers, in ISO New England, with Commissioner Philip Moeller brazenly trying to sell customers on the "reliability benefits" of the rate shock -- at a time when 75% of ISO-NE's gas-fired generation was…
January 24, 2014
SHOCK: 75% of New England Gas-Fired Generation Offline (Capacity Supply Obligation Meaningless); PSNH Able to Tout Diversity, "Value" of Utility-Owned Generation
According to ISO-New England, about 75 percent of the region's natural gas electrical generation capability was not running Thursday, presumably due to limited gas supply and/or high prices, Public Service Company of New Hampshire said in a news release yesterday.
January 21, 2014
Seven Years Later, Capacity Market Conceded by RTO To Be A "Failure"
"[R]eliability in New England is deteriorating as a result," of the "failure" of the current capacity market to reflect some of the most basic principles of a market -- higher-valued, higher quality goods should receive greater compensation than goods offering poor quality and poor service, ISO New…
January 21, 2014
What Billions in Capacity Payments Buy: Shoestring-Operated Generators Unable to Run Because No Staff is Present
In our related story today (click here) , Matters noted that unplanned outages in ISO New England have doubled since the introduction of a forward capacity market, and we reported some of the reasons given to the ISO for failure to perform.
January 21, 2014
SHOCK: Unplanned Generation Outages DOUBLE After Introduction of Capacity Market; 13% of Total Capacity Supply Obligation Offline During Heatwave
"The overall rate of unplanned outages across the entire New England generating fleet has more than doubled since 2007," ISO New England said in a filing at FERC.
January 16, 2014
License Briefs
Mint Energy, LLC applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license. Mint Energy said that, initially, it will operate in the PSNH territory. Mint Energy said that during its first two years in its New Hampshire operations, it intends to operate in the service territories of Unitil, Liberty…
January 15, 2014
Report: Percent of PJM Forced Outages During Cold Snap Grid Stress Four Times That of ERCOT
A white paper by ICF International regarding recent grid emergency conditions prompted by the polar vortex notes that forced outages in PJM as a percentage of generation were four times higher than forced outages in ERCOT.
January 14, 2014
Ambit Energy Announces Entry for Two New States, Texas Expansion
Ambit Energy announced that it will be expanding service to Virginia and New Hampshire.
January 13, 2014
License Briefs
Ambit Northeast, LLC d/b/a Ambit Energy applied for a New Hampshire electric supplier license, to serve residential and small commercial customers at Public Service of New Hampshire.
January 9, 2014
Former Retail Supplier CEO Joins Frontier Utilities as New Executive, Frontier Confirms Expansion to Natural Gas, Northeast Markets in 2014
Frontier Utilities, LLC announced that Chris Weaver has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer.
January 8, 2014
Mega Energy Tabs ERCOT, Retail Market Veteran as New Director of Supply, Seeks License in New State
Mega Energy recently hired a veteran of the ERCOT market as Director of Supply, it disclosed in seeking a retail electric license in a new state.
January 7, 2014
Gulf Oil: Natural Gas, Electricity Are "Natural Progression" of New C&I Fuel Supply Business
Gulf Oil LP has entered the commercial and industrial fuel supply business, and Gulf's business lines in this sector will eventually include electricity and natural gas supply.
January 7, 2014
Retail Energy CEO, Ex-Wal-Mart Exec: "Lot of Room" to Make Energy Choice Shopping Easier for Customers
There's a "lot of room" for the retail energy industry to make it easier to understand the process for choosing a retail energy supplier, new Choose Energy CEO Kerry Cooper said during a recent interview with EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
January 2, 2014
N.H. Regional Planning Commission Representing 14 Communities Registers as Aggregator
The Nashua Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) has sought to register as an electric aggregator at the New Hampshire PUC.
December 31, 2013
New Hampshire Orders Changes to Implementation of Switching Fee at PSNH
The New Hampshire PUC has ruled that Public Service Company of New Hampshire shall cease applying a $5 switching fee to both a customer's new retail supplier, and to the retail supplier losing that customer.
December 30, 2013
New Hampshire Approves Higher Default Service Rate at PSNH for 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved a new default energy service rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire for the period beginning January 1, 2014.