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July 21, 2017
Suppliers Must Tell Variable Rate Customers That "Price" Will Not Be Known Until Bill Issued, But Suppliers Required To Post Online All Variable Rates 5 Days Before Effective
July 5, 2017
The District of Columbia PSC has issued proposed revisions to various retail electric and natural gas rules
July 5, 2017
Xoom Energy has begun offering natural gas supply service at Atlanta Gas Light in Georgia
July 5, 2017
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC a proposal to procure and price default energy service (ES) effective January 1, 2018, due to the pending divestiture of its power plants which are currently used, in part, to provide default service.
June 2, 2017
The Illinois ICC has issued a second notice order to adopt a host of new retail electric marketing rules, including new rules requiring the advance posting of residential variable rates, including a separate notice for rate increases above a set threshold.
June 2, 2017
The electricity shopping website electricitycalculator.com, which currently offers residential service in Texas, is guaranteeing customers, "at least 25% savings your first year, or your money back."
May 24, 2017
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would approve a settlement between the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E or Complainant) and Clearview Electric, Inc. (Clearview or Respondent) under which Clearview would pay $250,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged…
May 10, 2017
Offering Guaranteed Number of Days Of Service For Set Prepayment Levels
Hello Energy a new prepaid retail electricity brand of Champion Energy (owned by Calpine), has launched service in Texas
May 5, 2017
PUC Lowers Proposed Civil Penalty On Retail Supplier
In an order on a complaint brought by a non-residential customer against Blue Pilot Energy, LLC, the Pennsylvania PUC affirmed that it has authority to review electric generation supplier (EGS) contracts for compliance with the plain language requirement of 52 Pa. Code § 54.43(1), as the PUC also…
March 30, 2017
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order on rehearing in which PUCO revised its earlier adoption of a "fixed-means-fixed" requirement for all electric supplier contracts for all customer classes, as PUCO has now ruled that the "fixed-means-fixed" requirement should not apply to…
March 27, 2017
An Illinois ALJ has issued a proposed second notice order to adopt a host of new retail electric marketing rules, including new rules requiring the advance posting of variable rates, including a separate notice for rate increases above a set threshold.
March 24, 2017
Says Auto-Renewal Onto Variable Rate Does Not Amount To Mail/Wire Fraud
A federal judge for the United States District Court For The Northern District Of Illinois, Eastern Division has granted summary judgment in favor of Ambit Energy, and dismissed a suit, that had sought class auction status, that had alleged that Ambit violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
February 24, 2017
Palmco Power CT, LLC has entered into a settlement with the Connecticut Attorney General and Consumer Counsel under which it is returning all of its remaining Connecticut electricity customers to default service, and is making a voluntary $5 million donation and contribution to the State of…
February 14, 2017
Spring Power and Gas said that it has begun offering what it said was the first residential Green-e Climate certified 100% carbon offset natural gas product in Maryland and New Jersey.
February 8, 2017
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electric rates for large C&I customers for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2017
February 3, 2017
Paves Way For Action on POR Advance Notice Of Variable Rates Required
The Delaware PSC has adopted as final new electricity marketing and customer protection rules under Reg. Docket 49.
January 30, 2017
Stream Energy New York, LLC filed a petition with the New York PSC for waiver of the PSC's prohibition on service to Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers so that Stream may continue to offer such customers its cash back program
January 24, 2017
A provision proposed by NRG Energy as part of its request to institute supplier consolidated billing for electricity in Pennsylvania could "trap" customers on higher retail supplier rates, PPL Electric said in comments to the PUC
January 6, 2017
Connecticut-based Discount Power, Inc. has entered into a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit brought against the supplier in Connecticut state court, under which the company will contribute $850,000 to a settlement fund to be used to pay certain customer claims.
December 30, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has scheduled a hearing for January 19, 2017 to consider proposed changes to electric supplier marketing rules, including a proposed ban on door-to-door electric sales and restrictions on telemarketing.
December 21, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) has filed a complaint against Plymouth Rock Energy LLC in which I&E is seeking a $330,000 civil penalty against the supplier, alleging that, for certain months in 2014, the rates charged by Plymouth Rock Energy to hundreds of…
December 19, 2016
As noted in our related story today, the PSC is permitting ESCOs to seek a waiver of the low-income prohibition for guaranteed savings products, and the PSC said in such order that it would potentially reconsider any other products identified in the larger mass market review that are found to offer…
December 7, 2016
Affirms $40,000 Fine on Retail Supplier But Finds No Misrepresentation Over Polar Vortex Rates
The Maryland PSC largely affirmed a proposed order requiring Xoom Energy Maryland, LLC to pay a civil penalty of $40,000 due to Xoom's automatic renewal of fixed price customers onto variable rates in what is found to be in violation of the original contracts, but found that Xoom did not engage in…
December 2, 2016
The Maryland PSC adopted in total a May 13 proposed order from a Public Utility Law Judge (PULJ) which imposes a $140,000 civil penalty on Blue Pilot Energy, LLC, and suspends the supplier's license for what the PULJ found are violations of Maryland marketing and solicitation regulations.
November 29, 2016
Rules Appear To Prohibit "Variable" Pricing Products With Terms Longer Than One Month
The New Hampshire PUC is proposing to revise its retail electric supplier marketing rules to include new variable rate disclosures, including a requirement to notify customers in advance of a variable rate change exceeding 10%.
