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December 8, 2021
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed separate Notices of Violations (NOV) against eight power generation companies for their alleged failure to file winter weather readiness reports by the December 1, 2021 deadline
December 7, 2021
The Secretary of the New York PSC said in a letter to SunSea Energy, LLC that the deadline for SunSea to return its New York mass market customers to default service will be extended if SunSea timely files a rehearing request of the PSC's order which had directed the return of the ESCO's mass market…
November 25, 2021
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Discount Power, Inc. (Discount) which would: impose a fine on Discount in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000); would order Discount to pay…
November 24, 2021
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) issued a final order in which PURA, "finds that Liberty Power Holdings, LLC (Liberty or Company) failed to comply with Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 16-245(c), 16-245s, 16-245o, and the marketing standards developed by the Authority in…
November 24, 2021
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel filed a complaint against Washington Gas Light Co. ("Washington Gas" or "WGL") and WGL Energy Services, Inc. ("WGL Energy") concerning what, as alleged by OPC, the utility termed a "subscriber-consolidated bill" issued by WGL Energy and messages on the bill
November 23, 2021
In response to a petition from UtiliSave, LLC, the New York PSC has issued a declaratory ruling concerning the pass-through of Zero-Emissions Credits (ZECs) costs by ESCOs to customers
November 19, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) released a third-party audit report finding that no costs for stadium naming rights have been charged to customers of FirstEnergy’s three Ohio electric distribution utilities.
November 19, 2021
Reason For Two Separate ESCO Show Cause Orders Revealed
SunSea Energy issued the following statement concerning a recent order from the New York PSC which denied the application submitted by SunSea Energy LLC seeking eligibility to serve mass-market customers as an ESCO in the State of New York:
November 18, 2021
Issues Show Cause Orders To Two Additional ESCOs
The New York PSC announced in a news release today that the PSC, "Denied SunSea Energy LLC, Starion Energy NY, Inc., Smart One Energy, LLC, and Josco Energy Corp.’s application for eligibility to serve mass-market customers in New York State after Commission staff found that each of the four ESCOs…
November 18, 2021
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has issued for comment a proposed settlement agreement between the PUC’s Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement (I&E) and Green Mountain Energy Company ('Green Mountain' or 'Company') under which Green Mountain would pay $156,000 and provide refunds to…
November 17, 2021
The Connecticut PURA approved without modification a settlement between PURA Enforcement Staff and Clearview Electric, Inc. under which Clearview will pay $500,000 and return its Connecticut customers to default service, as more fully described in our original story on the settlement
November 8, 2021
Clearview Electric, Inc. would pay $500,000 and return its Connecticut customers to default service under a settlement agreement with the Connecticut PURA's Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE), Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, and the Connecticut Attorney General to resolve a…
November 4, 2021
Statewise Energy Maryland LLC ('SWE') would pay $150,000 under a settlement with the Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission ('Staff') and the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel ('OPC,' together with Statewise and Staff, the 'Settling Parties') to resolve an investigation into Statewise's…
November 1, 2021
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO or the Company) filed an application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio requesting authority to terminate or suspend Gasearch, LLC (Gasearch) from participation in DEO’s supplier program
October 29, 2021
Investigation Once Again Prompted By PUC's Oversight Director Receiving Retail Energy Sales Pitch
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued for a comment a settlement between Discount Power, Inc. ('Discount Power,' 'DPI,' or 'Company') and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E') under which Discount Power would pay approximately $42,000 to resolve various alleged violations, including…
October 28, 2021
During a discussion of the impact of the ERCOT uplift LSE securitization program on specific customer complaints against retail electric providers filed at the Texas PUC, PUC Commissioner Lori Cobos reiterated that, "we've got to close the loopholes," on pass-throughs
October 28, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC issued for public comment the previously reported settlement between Greenlight Energy Inc. and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to resolve alleged telemarketing violations which occurred during a sales call to the PUC's Director Of Oversight, and also…
October 28, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a settlement under which Clearview Electric, Inc. d/b/a Clearview Energy ('Clearview' or 'Company') will pay a civil penalty in the amount of $59,750 to resolve allegations from the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E') that…
October 22, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a settlement among National Gas & Electric, LLC (NG&E or NGE), Staff of the ICC, the Illinois Attorney General, and the Illinois Citizens Utility Board (CUB) to resolve an ICC investigation into NG&E's "customer sales, solicitation, marketing and enrollment…
October 20, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted without modification a settlement among PALMco Power OH, LLC and PALMco Energy OH, LLC (PALMco), Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel under which PALMco will provide up to $215,000 in further…
October 8, 2021
GridPlus Texas, Inc. (GridPlus), Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Staff), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), and the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) have filed a settlement under which GridPlus's retail electric provider certificate would be revoked for…
October 1, 2021
The Maryland PSC approved without modification a partial settlement among U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric and Energy Service Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric (together, 'MDG&E'), Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission ('Staff'), and the Maryland Office…
September 29, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) announced today that it ordered its third-party auditor to examine utility rates paid by customers of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities to ensure that such rates do not include charges for stadium naming rights.
September 23, 2021
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority formally issued a Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) against Clearview Energy, Inc. which would impose a civil penalty of $1 million against Clearview and which would require Clearview to return all of its Connecticut…
September 22, 2021
PALMco Power OH, LLC and PALMco Energy OH, LLC (PALMco) have entered into a settlement with Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel under which PALMco would provide up to $215,000 in further re-rates to customers, and forego collection of over…
