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March 1, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued to all retail electric suppliers several interrogatories in PURA's proceeding considering a declaratory ruling regarding licensed electric supplier practices of altering the prices in fixed-price contracts
February 26, 2019
FERC has terminated a show cause proceeding, with no penalty, into Footprint Power LLC and Footprint Power Salem Harbor Operations LLC after Enforcement Staff agreed that no tariff violation occurred upon the review of new information provided by Footprint during the proceeding
February 22, 2019
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has formally established a docket (19-02-13), pursuant to the General Statutes of Connecticut §§ 4-176a, 16-245, 16-245o, 16-245t, 16-245u, and 42-110b, "to determine if suppliers’ practices of altering the terms of a fixed-price contract based on changes to…
February 20, 2019
Great Eastern Energy in a letter to PURA provided further detail on the return of its New England customers to default service and the retirement of its ISO-NE load asset IDs, confirming that all of its customers in the ISO-NE markets (MA, CT) are being returned to default service.
February 11, 2019
Connecticut PURA Staff submitted a request for PURA, on its own motion, to open a docket for a declaratory ruling regarding electric supplier practices of altering the prices in fixed-price contracts
February 7, 2019
ISO New England's 13th Forward Capacity Market (FCM) primary auction (FCA #13), for the delivery year 2022-2023, closed at a preliminary clearing price of $3.80 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) across New England, compared to $4.63/kW-month in last year’s auction.
December 18, 2018
Consumer Counsel To Retain Consultant Regarding Supplier's Action, Review ISO-NE Market Rules
Bridge Energy Services, LLC, a registered aggregator in Connecticut, filed on December 14 a letter with the Connecticut PURA alleging that there have not been any regulatory changes in ISO New England which would authorize Agera Energy, LLC to exercise a regulatory change and pass-through clause…
December 17, 2018
Agera Energy, LLC, in replying to an inquiry from the Connecticut PURA, has provided more details concerning the specific costs which are being passed-through to certain non-residential customers under a regulatory change clause
December 11, 2018
Spark Energy, LLC, in replying to an inquiry from the Connecticut PURA, has provided more details concerning the specific costs which are being passed-through to certain non-residential customers on fixed rate contracts
December 4, 2018
Dismisses Concerns About Risk Premiums, Says That's Life For LSEs
FERC has accepted as filed ISO New England's proposal regarding the allocation of out-of-market costs of resources retained for fuel security, as FERC agreed that such costs shall be allocated to load serving entities on a regional basis using the Real-Time Load Obligation allocator
November 29, 2018
A non-residential customer complaint received by the Connecticut PURA alleges that Spark Energy, L.P. has informed the complainant, who is on a fixed rate contract, that Spark will be passing-through certain changes in ISO New England capacity costs
November 27, 2018
A non-residential customer complaint received by the Connecticut PURA alleges that Agera Energy has informed the complainant that Agera will be exercising a regulatory change clause in its contract to pass-through certain ISO New England costs
September 4, 2018
ISO New England has filed with FERC proposed "interim" tariff revisions to allocate the out-of-market costs for resources retained for "fuel security" to load-serving entities on a regional basis using the Real-Time Load Obligation allocator.
July 26, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Entergy Nuclear Power Marketing, L.L.C. (ENPM) which resolves Enforcement’s investigation under Part 1b of the Commission’s regulations, 18 C.F.R…
January 22, 2018
Update, 1/23: AmericaWide Energy LLC has issued the following statement:
January 8, 2018
The Massachusetts DPU has issued an order on the rate consolidation track of NSTAR and Western Massachusetts Electric Company's (Eversource) rate case, which addressed proposed impacts on basic service from such proposed rate consolidation
February 2, 2017
FERC approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Covanta Haverhill Associates LP under which Covanta Haverhill Associates will pay a civil penalty of $36,000.
January 20, 2017
FERC granted in part a complaint filed by generators and found that ISO New England's Peak Energy Rent (PER) mechanism, which is a form of capacity market revenue clawback paid to load, is no longer just and reasonable. FERC ordered immediate changes to the PER strike price
October 26, 2016
Court Laments "Questionable" Decision By Then-FERC Chair To Disclaim Authority Over Auction Results
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in an order that it lacks authority to review deadlocked FERC decisions, in finding that it cannot review a deadlocked FERC which allowed the results of the 2014 ISO New England Forward Capacity Auction (FCA 8, for 2017/18 delivery year) to stand
October 21, 2016
A complaint filed at FERC by the New England Power Generators Association, Inc. seeking to terminate the Peak Energy Rent (PER) rebate, a key feature of the ISO-NE capacity market, effective September 30, 2016 would harm retail suppliers, the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments at FERC…
September 27, 2016
FERC approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Maxim Power Corp. (Maxim), Maxim Power (USA), Inc., Maxim Power (USA) Holding Company Inc., Pawtucket Power Holding Company, LLC, and Pittsfield Generating Company (Maxim Respondents), to resolve Enforcement Staff’s…
September 13, 2016
A change to the treatment of imports in ISO New England's capacity market could expose an "inefficiency" in the New York ISO capacity market that could raise capacity prices for load by $340 million, the New York ISO and New York PSC warned in separately filed comments at FERC.
August 9, 2016
As a result of a court remand, FERC has directed ISO New England to request that 2013-2014 winter reliability program generation and demand response providers file information to justify their bids for the program
June 29, 2016
FERC accepted without modification a filing by ISO New England to implement sloped zonal demand curves and a new sloped system-wide demand curve for use in ISO-NE’s Forward Capacity Market
June 2, 2016
FERC approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Lincoln Paper and Tissue, LLC (Lincoln) under which Lincoln has agreed to a civil penalty of $5,000,000 and disgorgement of $379,016.03 to resolve an investigation into whether Lincoln engaged in fraudulent conduct in its…
