August 16, 2024
PUC Adopts Design For New Purchase Of Receivables Program
A PUC approved the key elements for the design of a new purchase of receivable program at
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July 9, 2024
PUC Orders Utilities To Propose Changes To Low-Income Assistance Program To Address Problems From Shopping
A PUC has ordered…
July 5, 2024
PUC Defers Consideration Of More Frequent Reconciliations Of Default Service Rates
A PUC has deferred consideration of…
June 28, 2024
PUC To Consider Recovering Default Service Reconciliations On Nonbypassable Basis
Customers shopping with a competitive retail electric supplier are at risk for paying for costs related to default service, under a ruling from the state's PUC
June 7, 2024
State's Third Largest City Receives Approval For Opt-out Municipal Aggregation
The New Hampshire PUC recently approved the Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan of…
April 15, 2024
PUC Approves Plan For Use Of ISO Markets For Portion Of Default Service Load, Pricing Addressed
A PUC has approved a plan filed by…
March 19, 2024
PUC Approves Utility's New Purchase Of Receivables Program In Nisi Order
A PUC approved a settlement agreement between…
March 15, 2024
Muni Aggregation-Focused Retail Supplier Seeks Pennsylvania License
A muni aggregation-focused retail supplier applied for a Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license to serve…
February 5, 2024
Retail Energy Holding Co. Forms New Retail Supplier
A new retail energy supplier has been formed by…
December 22, 2023
PUC Inquires As To "Oligopolistic Trend" In Wholesale Requirements Contract Market
A PUC continues to question…
December 19, 2023
PSNH Mass Market Default Service Rate Proposed To Drop 34%
Public Service Company of New Hampshire, d/b/a Eversource Energy has filed proposed new electricity default service (energy service) rates for the six-month period beginning February 2024
December 15, 2023
Update: PUC Orders Another Utility To File Proposal For Use Of ISO Market Prices For 10-20% Of Mass Market Default Service
Mass Market SOS Rate Falling 22%
A PUC has directed…
December 8, 2023
PUC Orders Utility To File Proposal For Use Of ISO Market Prices For 10-20% Of Mass Market Default Service
Mass Market SOS Rates Falling 20%
A PUC had ordered…
September 28, 2023
Start-up Auto-Switching Concierge Service Announces $9M Seed Round, Will Expand Nationwide
Names Retail Vet As Head of Brokerage
A start-up is in the process of seeking electricity broker licenses in…
June 23, 2023
PUC Now Proposes Exploration Of Serving 25% Of Small Customer Load Under ISO Market Prices
As it did recently with respect the Unitil, the New Hampshire PUC encouraged Public Service Co. of New Hampshire (Eversource) to explore the use of ISO-NE market prices for a portion of small customer default service supply
June 23, 2023
PSNH Small Customer Default Service Rate Falling 38%
The New Hampshire PUC approved new energy service rates (default service) at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource)
June 16, 2023
PUC Finds ISO Market Rates For Default Service "Successful" In Neighboring State, Encourages Consideration By Own Utility
In approving rates under the most recent default service procurement at Unitil (see new rates here) , the New Hampshire PUC encouraged Unitil to explore, for its next procurement, including a portion of default service supply which would be linked to ISO New England prices, for the utility's small…
June 16, 2023
Utility's Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling 50%
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period of August 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024 (all rates in this story are all-in rates and include the RPS adder, etc).
May 24, 2023
State's Energy Department Opens Investigation Of Default Service Design, Procurement
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (Department or DOE) has opened an investigation into the design and procurement of electricity default service
April 25, 2023
Opt-out Aggregator Community Power Coalition Announces First CEO, Begins Service To Customers
The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH), an opt-out aggregation Joint Powers Agency, announced Brian Callnan as the first Chief Executive Officer of CPCNH.
April 14, 2023
Opt-Out Aggregation Plans For Two Of State's Largest Cities Approved By PUC
The New Hampshire PUC recently approved the City of Portsmouth’s (NH) opt-out Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan
March 13, 2023
ISO New England Reports Prices From 2026/2027 Capacity Auction
The ISO New England Forward Capacity Market (FCA 17) for the 2026-27 term cleared at a preliminary price of $2.590 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) in all zones and import interfaces except the New Brunswick interface, which cleared at $2.551 per kW-month.
February 6, 2023
Retail Supplier Launches New Network Marketing Channel, Names VP
Think Energy, LLC announced the launch of the newly rebranded ThinkEnergy.com and multiple new sales channels including a customer referral program called the Free Energy Club and a network marketing sales channel called Think+.
January 11, 2023
Utilities Propose New Purchase Of Receivables Programs, Discount Rates
The New Hampshire investor-owned electric utilities have proposed new purchase of receivables programs, in response to recent state law and PUC rulemaking
December 13, 2022
Utility's Default Service Rate To Decrease 10%
The default service (energy service) rate for the Small customer group at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) d/b/a Eversource Energy is set to fall about 10% for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2023