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June 26, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has assigned Docket 15-06-15 for its review of variable rates required by Public Act 15-90, which generally bans variable rates but does delegate to PURA the rate treatment for customers on expiring fixed rate contracts who do not take an affirmative action in response to such…
June 25, 2015
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy has signed SB 573 (Public Act No. 15-90) which bans variable rate electric contracts for residential customers.
June 23, 2015
Electric suppliers should not be permitted to charge customers any rate for a month that varies from the rate listed on the previous month's bill as the rate for the next month, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said in comments to PURA
June 22, 2015
Sperian Energy has begun offering service at West Penn Power in Pennsylvania.
June 22, 2015
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit, which had been seeking class action status, against North American Power & Gas, LLC, finding that complainant's allegations concerning North American Power's rates were not factually supported.
June 12, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled a hearing regarding Docket 14-07-19RE01, concerning changes to customer bills required by statute, to further consider the issue of presenting a supplier's rate for the next month on the customer's bill.
May 29, 2015
A revised draft Connecticut PURA decision would find that "incidental" residential accounts -- those meters associated with non-residential customers but assigned a residential rate class -- are not subject to new statutory billing information requirements, removing the concern that such incidental…
May 29, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has closed an investigation of Connecticut Gas & Electric, Inc., a trade name for a U.S. Gas & Electric company, without further review or action
May 29, 2015
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would conclude that the use of the term "competitive" by a Palmco Energy PA, LLC sales agent during a sales call to describe rates after an introductory period, when the rates subsequently charged were not found to be competitive by the ALJ, amounts to…
May 28, 2015
A Connecticut PURA draft decision would require Choice Energy, LLC to provide refunds to certain customers, who were served under a fixed rate contract, that the draft would conclude did not receive a notice about a change in their generation price 30-60 days before the end of their contract as…
May 28, 2015
Following earlier passage in the Senate, the Connecticut House passed a bill yesterday to ban variable rate electric contracts for residential customers.
May 21, 2015
The Connecticut Senate passed a bill yesterday to ban variable electric contracts for residential customers.
May 20, 2015
Massachusetts should require that retail electric supply plans, which include an automatic renewal, that are posted on the state's forthcoming electric shopping website renew for a term of at least 12 months, the Massachusetts Attorney General told the DPU
May 15, 2015
Western Massachusetts Electric Company has filed basic service rates for the period beginning July 1, 2015, and while lower than the winter rates, residential and small commercial fixed rates will still be nearly 10¢/kWh.
May 8, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has issued a Notice of Violation to Liberty Power Holdings, LLC concerning what the NOV alleges is unlawful back-billing of customers, and would impose a civil penalty of $294,000 on the company.
May 7, 2015
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a settlement under which Major Energy Electric Services LLC would refund to customers $262,500 and adhere to remediated sales practices.
May 6, 2015
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource), "may be improperly assigning residential rate classifications to commercial customers," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to PURA.
May 5, 2015
HIKO Energy, LLC would provide $2 million in customer refunds and agree to not offer variable rates through June 30, 2016, under a settlement with the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Office of Consumer Advocate to resolve a complaint filed against the suppliers by the AG and OCA.
May 5, 2015
The New York PSC announced that the Department's Consumer Advocate, "is conducting a detailed investigation into Ambit Energy, one of the largest competitive energy companies in the State."
April 29, 2015
A Connecticut PURA draft order appears to prohibit retail suppliers from serving residential meters associated with non-residential customers (incidental residential accounts) with any product except a fixed rate, or standard variable-monthly rate, as defined in a prior PURA order concerning…
April 27, 2015
The Maine PUC has adopted final versions of standardized notice forms setting forth the requirements for the terms of service customer disclosure statement and renewal notices for residential and small non-residential customers which shall be used by retail electric suppliers.
April 16, 2015
Smart Prepaid Electric, a brand of Tara Energy, which is owned by Just Energy, is the latest Texas retail electric provider to offer a Free Sundays plan
March 27, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has proposed to adopt new rules concerning natural gas disclosure regulations and related issues.
March 27, 2015
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane and Acting Consumer Advocate Tanya J. McCloskey announced a proposed settlement with an electric generation supplier, which the AG and OCA had alleged had engaged in deceptive marketing of variable electric rates to Pennsylvania consumers, many of whom…
March 25, 2015
The Connecticut Energy & Technology joint committee has reported favorably a bill (S.B. No. 573) which would prohibit retail suppliers from charging variable electric rates to residential customers.
