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March 23, 2015
Having recently re-opened a decision concerning new electric billing regulations, the Connecticut PURA has now sought specific stakeholder comment on several issues.
March 19, 2015
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would find that a Blue Pilot Energy, LLC terms of service contained confusing and "ambiguous" language regarding rate changes, and would therefore find that the terms of service violate Commission regulations that require the use of plain language and…
March 16, 2015
Citing "unforeseen" costs for Massachusetts Solar Carve-Out 1 Renewable Energy Certificates 1 (SREC-1), Liberty Power is passing through the additional costs to non-residential customers, including those on fixed price contracts, invoking contractual change-in-law provisions.
March 13, 2015
A working group of retail suppliers has made a recommendation to the Massachusetts DPU for the content and format of a contract summary form required of retail contracts.
March 11, 2015
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced the launch of a PUC website feature allowing users to search by company for formal complaints filed against regulated utilities and competitive suppliers.
March 11, 2015
Beginning in December, Unitil in New Hampshire began applying an existing tariff provision retroactively subjecting default customers departing for competitive supply to variable default service rates, prompting customer complaints.
March 9, 2015
"Managed" variable electric rate products that set prices based on "market conditions" or "discretion" or similarly vague language violate regulations promulgated by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the AG said in comments to the DPU opposing such products' inclusion on any online rate board.
March 5, 2015
Due to the wording of its disclosure statement, the costs, expenses, and billings of Blue Pilot Energy, LLC are relevant to a complaint brought against the supplier by the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, and therefore are permissible subjects for discovery, a Pennsylvania ALJ said in a…
February 25, 2015
Connecticut Senate President Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) has called for a ban on variable rate electricity contracts.
February 23, 2015
The Maine PUC has issued for comment draft versions of standardized notice forms setting forth the requirements for the terms of service and renewal notices for residential or small non-residential customers
February 20, 2015
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed new electric basic service rates for the industrial customer class for the three-month period beginning April 1, 2015.
February 19, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has formed a working group to address specifically issues associated with the presentation of variable-price competitive supply products on the DPU-run electric price and shopping website that is in development.
February 18, 2015
A final Connecticut PURA written order concerning a new standard contract summary form of the material terms and conditions for residential electric contracts still contains a requirement that retail suppliers disclose separately any fee paid to a broker
February 17, 2015
Pronto Power, a brand of Summer Energy offering prepaid service, has begun listing offers on the Texas Power to Choose site, in the Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric service areas.
February 17, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC affirmed that it lacks traditional ratemaking authority over competitive suppliers and therefore cannot address a customer complaint which merely alleges that a retail supplier's rates are "too high," in granting an interlocutory review sought by Blue Pilot Energy.
February 11, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC recently met with retail energy suppliers to, "lay down the law", in the wake of the polar vortex, and to emphasize the need for peer review in the industry to weed-out bad actors.
February 11, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC's accelerated switching timeline, which allows a switch to be completed within three business days, does not provide customers with sufficient customer protection against variable rates, Pennsylvania State Representative Robert Godshall, Chair of the Consumer Affairs committee…
February 9, 2015
Duquesne Light will be permitted to return customers contacting the utility to default service on an accelerated basis even as the accelerated switching process for retail suppliers is delayed.
January 30, 2015
A group of retail suppliers presented a proposal for the electric shopping website to be developed by the Massachusetts DPU.
January 23, 2015
Unitil (Fitchburg Gas & Electric) has recommended that the Massachusetts DPU eliminate the fixed price default electric service option for medium and large C&I customers.
January 22, 2015
A final Connecticut PURA decision on new requirements for customer bills prohibits retail suppliers from offering to residential customers rates which vary by day or week.
January 21, 2015
A draft Connecticut PURA decision establishing a new standard contract summary form of the material terms and conditions for residential electric contracts would require the supplier to list any fee paid to a broker or aggregator.
January 20, 2015
Smart Energy has begun listing on PA Power Switch residential electricity offers for customers at PECO and PPL.
January 20, 2015
Discount Energy Group has begun offering residential electric service at PPL Electric Utilities in Pennsylvania, and has the lowest rate posted on PA Power Switch.
January 19, 2015
A bill (SB 0170) has been filed in the New Hampshire General Court which would require that a customer's electric bill list any rate change which is applicable for the next month of service.
