Category: Utilities
Positive Energy Electric Investor Claims President Violating Laws
A man claiming to be an investor in Positive Energy Electric filed a complaint against the Middlebury-based electric marketing company with the state Attorney General’s office last month asking for an investigation into what he says are illegal and improper acts being committed by its president. According to the document obtained through state Freedom of [...]
Ct Atty Gen Asks For Broad Investigation Into Positive Energy Electric
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is asking state regulators to investigate Positive Energy, an independent electricity seller, for “allegedly falsifying its state license application and delaying and diverting contracts, potentially costing customers hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in lost discounts.” Positive Energy Electricity Supply, LLC of Middlebury is an electricity aggregator — a company [...]
Ct Regulators Gave Positive Energy Electric A License Without Knowing Damaging Details Of Real Owner
When Connecticut utility regulators approved a license for Positive Energy to sell electricity to residential and commercial customers last year, they were apparently unaware that the real head of the company had recently been fined for making false statements in a mortgage application. The state banking department in 2008 had issued a finding saying Ventura [...]
CNG Damages Non-Customer’s Credit Rating
In these days of tight mortgage lending standards, getting your home refinanced can be a real challenge, even if you have equity and good credit. Tim McCarroll of Cromwell faces an additional hurdle: Connecticut Natural Gas damaged his outstanding credit rating by incorrectly telling credit rating agencies that McCarroll was a deadbeat. And when McCarroll [...]
Positive Energy, Our Newest Sponsor, Can Save You $$ On Your Electric Bill And Help Us Too
Normally I don’t announce advertising or sponsorships on our website because they are clear-cut, traditional advertising and what they pay is of no consequence to the reader. The only difference between the sponsors on my site and those in newspapers is that I tell them in writing that being an advertiser gives them no advantage [...]
CL&P Attempts To Move Electric Home Connection By A Couple Of Inches
John Porriello of Wethersfield tells me that he had the unfortunate opportunity to experience “customer service” from Northeast Utilities last week. “I recently had new siding put on my house and the “pin socket” that is screwed into the house to hold the power line tight was replaced, therefore NU needed to come out to [...]
Yankee Gas Won’t Let Customer Go, Likes Charging Monthly Fee For Nothing
Gerald Augustine of Middletown was preparing to make more use of his garage, so three years ago he had natural gas service from Yankee Gas brought to his property. He changed his mind and never used the gas line. But getting the service was much easier than stopping it. He said he paid the monthly [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation
Book reviewer Maggie Dwyer writes that since she has turned to the award-winning book, Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation: Bite Back When Businesses and Scammers Do You Wrong, ”I have changed my phone company, my electric company, and my Internet service. In those few acts alone, I’ve paid for the book several times over.” In this review, she gives many examples about how this book has changed her life and those of her friends for the better. She’s a true citizen of Watchdog Nation!
Conn Gov. Rell Vetoes Sweeping Proposal To Change Electric Policies
Ct Governor M. Jodi Rell today vetoed energy legislation, crafted and passed in the final days of the session, citing “deep concerns that the measure would raise utility rates for consumers, not reduce them as bill sponsors claim.” The Governor said Bill 493, An Act Reducing Electricity Costs and Promoting Renewable Energy, “is not in [...]
United Illuminating To Purchase Natural Gas Companies
United Illuminating, which serves electric customers in Southern Connecticut, is purchaseing The Southern Connecticut Gas Company (SCG), Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation (CNG) and The Berkshire Gas Company (Berkshire) for $1.3 billion. If approved by state regulators, the acquisitions are expected to take place next winter. It will then create a diversified energy delivery company with [...]
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