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May 29, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that it has reason to believe that two retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective rules requiring the provision of a written contract to certain customers, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the written contract…
May 29, 2014
The Connecticut PURA said that five retail electric suppliers are not in compliance with the currently effective renewal notice regulations, and opened an investigation of all suppliers' compliance with the renewal rules.
May 23, 2014
Energy Plus Holdings, LLC will pay $4.5 million to the State of Connecticut, which will be used for retail market enforcement and education activities, to resolve an investigation into its rates and marketing practices sought by the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel, under a…
May 22, 2014
An order opening an investigation of FirstEnergy Solutions' use of pass-through clauses to pass-on ancillaries charges to fixed rate customers is not listed on the agenda for today's Pennsylvania PUC public meeting as the agenda appears posted online.
May 21, 2014
Connecticut Issues $30,000 Notice of Violation to Retail Supplier
May 20, 2014
The Connecticut PURA this morning considered fining South Jersey Energy Co. for operating as a supplier and serving customers with a lapsed license.
May 20, 2014
The Texas Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to conduct an investigation into the policies and practices of Direct Energy in offering residential consumers a prepaid electric service plan known as Power-to-Go, alleging that the product…
May 16, 2014
The Pennsylvania Office of the Small Business Advocate has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC a new petition for a declaratory order requesting that the Commission issue an order declaring that FirstEnergy Solutions, "is not permitted to recover the costs billed to it by PJM for ancillary services costs…
May 14, 2014
George Jepsen, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, will discuss with North American Power the potential of settling a Connecticut PURA investigation into North American Power's trade practices.
May 14, 2014
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board warned customers, "about getting scared into bad deals" in light of headlines regarding a 40% increase in the ComEd default service rate on June 1.
May 12, 2014
FirstEnergy Solutions' decision to pass-on higher PJM ancillary costs to customers on fixed contracts is in violation of several rules, a coalition of municipalities alleged in comments to PUCO.
May 6, 2014
Proton Energy, Inc. would pay an administrative penalty of $400,000, and undergo a change in control, to resolve an investigation by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas into a series of alleged violations of the customer protection rules.
May 2, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC ruled that Public Service Company of New Hampshire properly charged PNE Energy Supply a $5 switching fee for customers which were defaulted to PSNH for supply due to PNE's default at ISO New England.
May 2, 2014
PSEG reported yesterday in releasing earnings that its PSEG Power merchant generation business, "has discovered that it incorrectly calculated certain components of its cost-based bids for certain generating units in the PJM energy market, with resulting over-collection of revenues related to its…
April 28, 2014
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. would pay $20,000 under settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve ECS's alleged violation of P.U.C. SUBST. R. §25.503(f)(2) and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocol § 8.1.3.3.1(1)(b) by failing to meet the…
April 25, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has stayed consideration of a petition for a declaratory order concerning permissibility of the pass-through clauses used by FirstEnergy Solutions to pass higher ancillary service costs on to certain fixed rate customers.
April 25, 2014
Two power traders have filed a lawsuit against GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc. in federal court alleging market manipulation, in what amounts to a collateral attack on Texas' energy-only market and small-fish-swim-free rule.
April 24, 2014
Pennsylvania PUC Defers Action on FirstEnergy Solutions Investigation Order
April 24, 2014
The Maryland PSC has fined Burton Energy Group, Inc. $18,100 for brokering natural gas service without a license
April 23, 2014
The Maryland PSC issued a notice of opportunity to respond to a rehearing request from the Office of People's Counsel, which in part addresses the requirement for electric suppliers to provide pricing information to the PSC for public posting.
April 23, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC is scheduled to address at its public meeting today an order to open an investigation regarding FirstEnergy Solutions' pass-through clauses in its fixed-rate contracts.
April 18, 2014
Several ESCOs have alleged that Consolidated Edison is seeking to pass-on the costs of inaccurate natural gas forecasts to ESCOs through imbalance payments, as ESCOs asked the New York PSC to immediately order a dispute resolution process to avoid ConEd from suspending any ESCOs from operating on…
April 18, 2014
The City of Parma, Ohio has alleged that, in negotiating a municipal aggregation contract with the city, FirstEnergy Solutions rejected the city's desire for a clause ensuring that another aggregation would not have a more favorable contract, as FES allegedly said that this language was not…
April 17, 2014
The Maryland PSC has granted limited clarification of certain provisions of its order fining Starion Energy $350,000, as such provisions relate to commercial customers at Pepco.
April 16, 2014
Smartcom Energy Services, LLC would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas for failure to timely file its financial statements and a complete semiannual report.
