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November 11, 2014
Here are the Nstar basic service rates for the first six months of 2015 for residential and commercial customers, and first three months of 2015 for industrial customers
November 6, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has adopted forms and associated requirements to be used for several statutorily required notices to be sent by retail electric suppliers, adopted new product definitions, and clarified several rules, including a finding that sending generic terms and conditions do not meet…
November 3, 2014
Spark Energy is acquiring another book of customers, this time from Town Square Energy, LLC.
October 30, 2014
Danger: Suit Says Utility Rates An "Accurate Reflection" of "Prevailing Market Conditions"
A lawsuit, seeking class action status, has been filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, against North American Power & Gas, LLC, and the sole allegation in the suit is that because North American Power's rates exceeded Commonwealth Edison's…
October 29, 2014
Spark Energy, LLC has agreed to acquire the Connecticut variable rate customers of Connecticut-based Discount Power, Inc.
October 27, 2014
Viridian Energy has begun offering its 3DOM 36-month fixed and hybrid electric plans in Pennsylvania, at PECO, PPL, and Duquesne Light.
October 16, 2014
A lawsuit, seeking class action status, has been filed in United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against Xoom Energy, LLC and ACN, Inc., and similar to other recent suits against competitors, focuses on the supplier's pricing as compared to its marketing and…
October 13, 2014
A revised draft Connecticut PURA decision implementing several new statutes has dropped some of the more extreme proposals from an August draft, but would still impose onerous new requirements on electric supplier marketing and contracting.
October 8, 2014
The Delaware Public Advocate urged all customers who are currently receiving their energy supply from suppliers other than Delmarva Power & Light Company, or who are considering switching from Delmarva to a third party supplier (TPS), "to review their contracts carefully to make certain that they…
October 6, 2014
The Maryland PSC should, "license or register," the, "independent representatives" of retail energy suppliers, the Office of People's Counsel said in comments to the Maryland PSC.
September 25, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has issued a request for comments concerning its investigation into the development and implementation of marketing standards and sales practices for electric suppliers (Docket 14-07-20).
September 25, 2014
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate issued a news bulletin, "warning customers of North American Power that their fixed rate contracts for electricity have expired, or will soon expire, and they should act now to avoid paying hundreds of dollars in excess electricity costs this winter."
September 19, 2014
Realgy, LLC has begun listing residential electricity offers on PlugIn Illinois.
September 19, 2014
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against Smart One Energy, LLC, alleging that rates charged by Smart One Energy were not "competitive" as promoted in various marketing materials
September 16, 2014
Viridian Energy has begun offering 36-month fixed electric and natural gas contracts to residential customers, branding the products as "3DOM."
September 15, 2014
Energy Rewards, NRG Energy's brand dedicated to its partnership with Comcast, has begun offering service at Penelec, in certain counties.
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA yesterday directed retail electric suppliers to begin reporting historic variable rates.
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has opened Docket 14-07-17 for an investigation into the development of a standard electric supplier residential contract
September 8, 2014
Xoom Energy has launched electric service in the District of Columbia, and has expanded its Ohio electricity service to include the FirstEnergy utilities.
September 5, 2014
Xoom Energy has begun offering electric service at the Ameren utilities in Illinois.
August 27, 2014
In the wake of the polar vortex, answering class action lawsuits may become akin to whack-a-mole for retail suppliers.
August 26, 2014
Maryland should consider implementing pro-rata utility consolidated billing, instead of purchase of receivables, to address the variable rate pricing issues which were revealed during this year's polar vortex, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments on a working group report.
August 26, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has approved a customer notice to be sent to customers of HOP Energy who will be transferred to Viridian Energy after Viridian agreed to purchase the HOP Energy book, and the notice is notable for requiring the disclosure of the customer's new rate after assignment for variable…
August 21, 2014
Two Pennsylvania ALJs, in orders on preliminary objections to complaints filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Office of Consumer Advocate against several retail suppliers, would affirm that the PUC lacks jurisdiction to regulate electric generation supplier "pricing," but does have the…
August 21, 2014
A lawsuit, which seeks class action status, has been filed against Ambit Energy and various affiliates in the United States District Court for the District Of New Jersey, alleging that its rates charged to customers are not "competitive" nor based on prevailing market conditions.
