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August 20, 2015
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority sought briefs regarding Public Act 15-90, which banned variable rates for residential customers, but which directed PURA to develop recommendations for appropriate rate treatment for customers whose fixed prices expire.
August 6, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has issued a revised draft of rules governing the assignment of a retail supplier's customers to another retail supplier.
July 30, 2015
A draft PURA decision would require Viridian Energy, LLC to refund early termination fees to certain customers who left the supplier after an auto-renewal, as the draft would conclude that Viridian, "failed to uniformly apply the cancellation period set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(h)(8)…
July 30, 2015
Due to the various cancellation and enrollment standards that are currently in use in the Connecticut market, "it is difficult for all licensed electric suppliers to uniformly apply Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(h)(8)," regarding automatic renewal of residential customers, a draft Connecticut PURA…
July 7, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has sought comment on its mandate under the state's recently adopted statutory ban on variable electric rates to develop an appropriate rate structure for residential customers whose fixed price contracts expire and who do not make an affirmative selection in response to such…
June 25, 2015
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed SB 573 (Public Act No. 15-90) which bans variable rate electric contracts for residential customers.
June 18, 2015
The Ontario Energy Board has recommended that door-to-door retail energy sales be banned for residential customers
May 28, 2015
Following earlier passage in the Senate, the Connecticut House passed a bill yesterday to ban variable rate electric contracts for residential customers.
May 21, 2015
The Connecticut Senate passed a bill yesterday to ban variable electric contracts for residential customers.
May 20, 2015
Massachusetts should require that retail electric supply plans, which include an automatic renewal, that are posted on the state's forthcoming electric shopping website renew for a term of at least 12 months, the Massachusetts Attorney General told the DPU
March 27, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has proposed to adopt new rules concerning natural gas disclosure regulations and related issues.
March 16, 2015
In response to the Connecticut PURA's newly opened review of its termination fee policies, Viridian Energy informed PURA that it has been following statutory requirements
February 27, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has re-opened the licensing docket of Viridian Energy, Inc. to examine the supplier's alleged application of termination fees to certain customers.
February 18, 2015
A final Connecticut PURA written order concerning a new standard contract summary form of the material terms and conditions for residential electric contracts still contains a requirement that retail suppliers disclose separately any fee paid to a broker
January 26, 2015
Filed comments by the Maryland PSC Staff concerning changes to the electric and natural gas customer protection rules (RM54) suggest that Staff is no longer seeking to require suppliers to obtain new customer consent for any rate change (maybe), but also suggest that Staff proposes to cease allowing…
January 21, 2015
A draft Connecticut PURA decision establishing a new standard contract summary form of the material terms and conditions for residential electric contracts would require the supplier to list any fee paid to a broker or aggregator.
January 15, 2015
The Maine PUC issued a final order adopting revisions to its customer protection rules, and in doing so declined to adopt an earlier proposal that would have required variable rate changes to be "reasonably reflective" of market conditions, and which would have only allowed variable rates if they…
December 12, 2014
As part of a wide-ranging proceeding to update a host of retail electric market provisions, the Massachusetts DPU has proposed new provisions governing the assignment of a retail suppliers' customers to another retail supplier.
November 13, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that it is, "unable to sanction," the transfer of a portion of the customer book Town Square Energy is seeking to assign to Spark Energy, and said that Town Square Energy, "may proceed with the transfer of these customers at its own risk."
October 16, 2014
The Ontario Energy Board is conducting a survey of Ontarians to determine whether customers signing retail energy contracts need stronger consumer protection.
October 8, 2014
The Delaware Public Advocate urged all customers who are currently receiving their energy supply from suppliers other than Delmarva Power & Light Company, or who are considering switching from Delmarva to a third party supplier (TPS), "to review their contracts carefully to make certain that they…
September 25, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has issued a request for comments concerning its investigation into the development of a standard summary form of material contract terms for retail electric contracts (Docket 14-07-17).
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has opened Docket 14-07-17 for an investigation into the development of a standard electric supplier residential contract
April 4, 2014
Departing from an earlier proposal, the Pennsylvania PUC will not require electric generation suppliers to notify variable rate customers, "of a rate increase of more than 50% over the prior billing cycle as soon as the EGS becomes aware that such an increase will occur."
March 12, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has invited stakeholders to submit, "written comments on the following topics or proposed rules and requirements," for electric suppliers.
