PUC Discloses Default Service Providers

The Maine PUC has designated Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC as the standard offer provider to serve 67% of the residential and small non-residential (commercial) load in the Emera Maine-Bangor Hydro District (EME-BHD, or BHE) service territory for the one-year term beginning January 1, 2019.

The Maine PUC has designated New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation as the standard offer provider to serve 33% of the residential and small non-residential (commercial) load in the Emera Maine-Bangor Hydro District (EME-BHD, or BHE) service territory for the one-year term beginning January 1, 2019.

As previously reported, the new BHE residential and small commercial Standard Offer rate will be $0.083695/kWh for the 12-month period beginning January 1, 2019, nearly 16% higher than the current rate of $0.07225/kWh

The PUC designated NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC (NextEra) as the standard offer provider to serve 60%, and New Brunswick Energy Marketing as the standard offer provider to serve 40%, of the medium non-residential standard offer class in the EME-BHD service territory for the one-year term beginning January 1, 2019.

Medium C&I rates will vary by month, see our prior story for the previously approved 2019 rates

The PUC designated Maine Power, LLC as the standard offer provider for all of the large commercial/industrial class for the one-year term starting January 1, 2019.