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January 29, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC denied an emergency petition for supersedeas filed by Hiko Energy, LLC concerning the PUC's prior order fining Hiko $1.8 million, denying a sought stay of the deadline for payment pending an appeal by Hiko as the PUC said Hiko's petition failed to meet the standards for such a…
January 27, 2016
The Energy Co-op says it has, "developed and patented," Renewable Natural Gas Credits, and has launched the offering of a natural gas supply plan offset with the Renewable Natural Gas Credits in Pennsylvania
January 20, 2016
A proposed first notice order from two Illinois ALJs in a broad rulemaking concerning retail electric supplier marketing and disclosure rules would require that retail electric suppliers make their variable rates available for customer review at least 30 days in advance, and would require suppliers…
January 11, 2016
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would impose a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500 on Blue Pilot Energy, Inc., and require the company to issue a refund, in granting a customer complaint
January 4, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has submitted to the legislature a report on residential electric rate structures, and while PURA does not endorse any single recommendation, the report opines that if lawmakers' goal is to maximize savings available in the retail market, then some form of month-to-month rates…
December 30, 2015
Proposed new rules for Maryland electric suppliers have been published in the state register, and would allow an electric supplier to estimate the customer's next month rate for purposes of complying with a new advanced disclosure requirement for any change in a residential customer's rate
December 29, 2015
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that, "an investigation by the Department of Public Service’s Consumer Advocate has resulted in 1,566 utility consumers receiving $950,700 in energy bill refunds from Ambit Energy, a retail electricity provider, following customer complaints filed…
December 28, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC stayed, for a period of 30 days, its recent order that Hiko Energy, LLC pay a $1.8 million civil penalty
December 18, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC issued for public comment a previously filed proposed settlement between Public Power LLC and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement under which Public Power would pay a civil penalty of $72,500 and issue certain customer refunds to resolve the charging of an…
December 10, 2015
New York PSC Staff have informed ESCOs that Staff intends to make certain ESCO historic pricing information public.
December 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC imposed a $1.8 million civil penalty on HIKO Energy, LLC for what the PUC called, "knowingly and deliberately," deciding not to honor guaranteed savings contracts with customers due to the polar vortex
November 24, 2015
Trident Power, the start-up retail supplier led by several veterans of Spark Energy, has launched service in New York
November 19, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has ruled that fixed rate electric contracts, for all customer classes, may not contain pass-through clauses, but will allow for regulatory-out clauses that allow suppliers to cease service under fixed rate contracts under terms as delineated in the contracts
November 11, 2015
Electricity Maine has petitioned the Maine PUC for an advisory ruling that the Commission would not classify a service contract for a fixed term composed of two identified segments, each with different pre-determined fixed rates ("two-segment fixed rate") as falling within the definitions of…
November 9, 2015
In comments in an Illinois rulemaking concerning retail supplier sales and marketing (click here for background) , the Citizens Utility Board proposed that the ICC open a proceeding to limit the receivables purchased from suppliers under the POR programs
November 9, 2015
A PSC-managed opt-out aggregation and the use of reference price levels are two proposals put forth by a collaborative report on implementing New York PSC directives concerning ESCO service to low-income customers participating in utility administered low income discount programs and the Home Energy…
November 3, 2015
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would impose a civil penalty of $40,000 on XOOM Energy Maryland, LLC and require certain customer refunds due its automatic renewal of fixed price customers onto variable rates in what is found to be in violation of the original contracts…
November 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has sought further stakeholder comment on the appropriateness of month-to-month rates and pricing that should be applied at the end of a fixed rate contract
November 1, 2015
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel urged the Connecticut PURA to impose a price cap on legacy variable rate products in the state such that suppliers may not charge variable rate customers in excess of the Standard Service rate
October 30, 2015
Here are the complete proposed new basic service rates for Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) for the period beginning January 1, 2016
October 28, 2015
Public Power LLC would pay a civil penalty of $72,500 and issue certain customer refunds under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement to resolve the charging of an incorrect rate to some 50 customers due to a billing error
October 26, 2015
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would impose a civil penalty of $250,000 on Major Energy Electric Services, LLC, for what the proposed order finds to be, "its misleading, false and deceptive statements or trade practices," and would impose a $50,000 civil penalty, jointly…
October 22, 2015
The Connecticut PURA "suggests" that retail electric suppliers make various changes to PURA-approved customer notice forms, similar to revisions sanctioned by PURA proposed by two retail suppliers, in light of certain statutory changes, such as the prohibition of renewing a customer onto a fixed…
October 5, 2015
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced that it has moved forward to publish in the Maryland Register, for notice and comment, "proposed regulations that will improve Maryland’s electric and gas retail choice supplier market for the benefit of Maryland customers."
October 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision which prohibits electric suppliers from serving residential customers on a month-to-month, or variable, rate at the end of a contract term for any contract, regardless of the date of execution.
