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September 25, 2020
The New York PSC denied rehearing of its June decision which ordered Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy to re-rate fixed price customers who experienced an increased rate when Marathon changed rates as a result of a change in the peak hour used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, as the PSC…
September 14, 2020
Complainant Has Asked PUC To Rescind Contracts Between Retail Suppliers, Customers Which Were Arranged By Competitor Alleged To Be In Violation Of Licensing Requirement; Return Customers To Prior Supplier Contracts
September 14, 2020
Direct Energy, LP (Direct Energy), on behalf of itself as well as its affiliates First Choice Power, LLC and Bounce Energy, Inc. would pay $250,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.474…
September 11, 2020
Axon Power & Gas, LLC said in a status report with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it is now working with PUC Staff to develop terms and conditions under which Axon will voluntarily relinquish its authority to operate as a retail electric provider in Texas and leave the market.
September 10, 2020
Commissioners Direct ERCOT To Address Treatment Of Broader Pricing Issues From Input Errors
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has denied a complaint filed by Aspire Commodities, LLC (Aspire) against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), in which Aspire had sought an order directing ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May 30, 2019
September 4, 2020
ERCOT reported in an interrogatory response at the Public Utility Commission of Texas that ERCOT has revoked Axon Power and Gas LLC's rights as a Market Participant and terminated Axon's SFA [Standard Form Market Participant Agreement] with ERCOT.
August 20, 2020
The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a consent judgment among the AG and Starion Energy, and its principals Ruzhdi Dauti, and Dashmir Murtishi, was entered in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday to settle claims made by the AG against Starion
August 12, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied the application for rehearing filed by the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel concerning the Commission’s June 17, 2020 entry which allows competitive retail electric service providers and competitive retail natural gas service suppliers to resume…
August 10, 2020
Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC would pay $7,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Nodal Protocols §§ 6.4.6(1) and former 5.5.2.
August 7, 2020
Would Grant ERCOT Motion For Summary Decision
A proposal for decision (PFD) from a Texas ALJ would deny a complaint filed by Aspire Commodities, LLC (Aspire) against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), in which Aspire has sought an order directing ERCOT to re-price the published settlement prices for interval 14:50 on May…
August 5, 2020
The Maine PUC issued an order directing Town Square Energy, LLC (Town Square) to, "show cause why it should not be found to have violated Maine law and Commission rules regarding its operations as a licensed competitive electricity provider (CEP) in Maine and be subject to appropriate sanctions."
August 3, 2020
Agreement Includes List Of Prohibited Terms During Marketing Requires Reporting To AG
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC is to provide $200,000 in customer refunds under an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance ('AVC' or 'Agreement') with the Attorney General of the State of Illinois to resolve the Attorney General’s inquiry into certain SmartEnergy marketing practices in Illinois.
July 27, 2020
Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC reported to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that it, "received a notice from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office that it has decided to close its consumer protection investigation into Verde Energy."
July 27, 2020
Verde Energy USA, Inc. would pay $1 million and extend a moratorium on in-person marketing and telemarketing in Pennsylvania for six months under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E') to resolve alleged instances of slamming and alleged misleading…
July 22, 2020
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC would pay $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.474, concerning Reliant's alleged failure to maintain and produce authorization of verification, as…
July 17, 2020
Spark Energy, LLC and the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (AG) have entered into an agreed consent judgment under which Spark is to pay restitution to approximately 559 customers which the AG alleges were enrolled between January 1, 2016 through June 20, 2017, "as a result of an illegal…
July 16, 2020
FERC denied a complaint filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC (Liberty) against Eversource Energy Company (Eversource) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) in which Liberty alleged that ISO-NE inappropriately refused to correct a billing error that arose from Eversource’s reporting to ISO-NE load…
July 15, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a stipulation between Tomorrow Energy Corporation and PUCO Staff under which Tomorrow Energy agrees to a forfeiture of $126,000 to resolve certain alleged violations related to the enrollment process
July 15, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio directed SFE Energy Ohio, Inc. and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC, to cease (1) all residential marketing and new enrollments of residential gas and electric customers, and (2) all door-to-door marketing to small commercial and mercantile gas and electric…
July 1, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio initiated an investigation of the marketing, sales, and enrollment practices of SFE Energy Ohio, Inc. (SFE Energy) and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC (Statewise), following allegations from PUCO Staff, which were first reported yesterday, that video shows an agent…
July 1, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted without modification a stipulation between Provision Power and Gas, LLC d/b/a Quake Energy and PUCO Staff under which Provision Power and Gas has agreed to a forfeiture of $100,000 to resolve alleged violations contained in a Notice of Probable…
June 30, 2020
Suppliers Terminate Relationship With Agent & Suspend Vendor; Say Suppliers' Protocols Not Followed
June 25, 2020
6/25: Texas Retail Electric Provider To Pay $30,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
The Texas PUC on Aug. 27 approved the settlement discussed below without modification
June 12, 2020
The New York PSC issued an order to Northeastern Energy Corporation ("Northeastern") directing Northeastern to show cause why its eligibility to act as an ESCO in New York State should not be revoked, or, alternatively, why other consequences should not be imposed, as a result of a Notice of…
June 12, 2020
The New York PSC ordered Marathon Power LLC d/b/a Marathon Energy to re-rate fixed price customers who experienced an increased rate when Marathon changed rates as a result of a change in the peak hour used to calculate a customer's ICAP tag, as the PSC found that such a rate change did not qualify…
