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November 16, 2010
The joint New York utilities have recommended changes to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) beyond the currently pending changes addressing door-to-door sales (98-M-1343, 11/15 ), "because the purpose of the amendments are to protect consumers and to help them to make informed decisions about…
November 9, 2010
The Maryland PSC has initiated a proceeding (Case 9245) to consider whether persons (companies or individuals) selling electricity or gas on behalf of electricity and gas brokers or suppliers licensed in Maryland, but not directly employed by the licensed brokers or suppliers, should be regarded as…
November 8, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC has extended the period for its consideration of whether third party contractors who conduct marketing and sales activities on the behalf of licensed electric generation suppliers (EGSs) and natural gas suppliers (NGSs) should also be licensed (M-2010-2185981).
November 5, 2010
The Pennsylvania PUC said that it has approved interim guidelines for marketing and sales practices for electric generation suppliers and natural gas suppliers (M-2010-2185981).
October 28, 2010
The Connecticut Post has reported that a sales agent marketing energy supplies door to door in Bridgeport has been charged with sexually assaulting a potential customer after a sales call. The charges come as the DPUC considers restrictions on door-to-door marketing in Docket 10-06-24 ( 9/8 ).
October 27, 2010
The New York ESCO Consumer Bill of Rights ( 10/1 ) should refer customers to information about their alternatives for energy services supplied by the PSC on the New York Power to Choose website, the New York Attorney General said in comments to the PSC.
October 26, 2010
The Ontario Energy Board denied the relief requested by several competitive energy suppliers regarding the treatment of renewals during the period in which the Board has yet to finalize new disclosure statements required to be provided to customers in order to perform automatic renewals.
October 25, 2010
Several retail energy suppliers have informed the Ontario Energy Board that their renewal activities will be constrained by the lack of new final regulations governing the renewal process.
October 21, 2010
An interim order which would withdraw proposed electric consumer protection rules in Illinois is set for consideration by the Illinois Commerce Commission on October 26 (Docket 09-0592), prompted by the upcoming one-year deadline since the rules were first noticed, and continuing work by an ALJ to…
October 18, 2010
The Retail Energy Supply Association has asked the Pennsylvania PUC to adopt interim guidelines, to be followed by a subsequent rulemaking, to develop standards governing the use, by a competitive supplier, of a non-affiliated distribution company's name and/or logo. The request came in the…
October 15, 2010
Ontario Confirms New Supplier Marketing Standards The Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure confirmed as final its draft rules to implement legislation earlier this year calling for a series of new marketing and solicitation rules applicable to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers…
October 14, 2010
Connecticut competitive electric suppliers offering products with renewable content beyond the RPS should be required to conform their products to the labeling and disclosure requirements of the Connecticut Clean Energy Options (CCEO) program, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) said in…
October 8, 2010
PUCT Staff have filed a draft proposal for adoption concerning amendments to the REP certification rules under Subst. R. 25.107 which eliminates the earlier proposal to limit a REP to a single assumed name on its certificate (37685, Only in Matters, 6/15/10).
October 7, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims to address the marketing of renewable energy and carbon offsets.
October 7, 2010
The term "agent" as used in proposed Connecticut electric marketing standards should be defined to include multi-level marketers, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said in an initial brief (Docket 10-06-24).
October 1, 2010
The New York PSC has posted a draft ESCO consumer bill of rights and modifications to the Uniform Business Practices (UBPs) in Case 98-M-1343.
September 29, 2010
Interstate Gas Supply has endorsed a rulemaking process in Maryland to allow for a more detailed discussion of issues raised by network marketing channels and the use of independent representatives in both electric and gas marketing. As noted by Matters in the past few days, Staff and the Office of…
September 29, 2010
Positive Energy Electric Supply, LLC, which is a registered Connecticut electric aggregator that markets on behalf of ResCom Energy, has asked the Connecticut DPUC for guidance on whether it should relinquish its aggregator certificate due to its function as a marketing agent for ResCom.
September 28, 2010
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel recommended that the Maryland PSC, "open a generic inquiry into the question [of] whether independent representatives require separate broker licenses," due to the rise of network marketing and similar models by competitive energy suppliers and brokers. OPC's…
