Category: Electric
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Atty Gen Likes Electric Reform Legislation
ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES PASSAGE OF SWEEPING ELECTRICITY REFORM BILL INTENDED TO LOWER PRICES, ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised passage of sweeping legislation seeking to lower electricity prices, encourage conservation and jumpstart clean, alternative energy. Blumenthal has fought since 2006 to reform Connecticut’s broken electricity system, which has burdened the [...]
Radical Energy Bill Passes House & Senate, Now Up To Rell
The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed the controversial Energy bill which could have dramatic impact on our electric bills. By a vote of 81-40, the House followed the Senate in adopting the last-minute legislation that has not even had a public hearing. Gov. M. Jody Rell, who has not said whether she would sign [...]
Connecticut Check Not In The Mail For Operation Fuel
Bloomfield, Conn. – With less than $65,000 remaining for emergency energy assistance and utility shut off notices in the mail, Operation Fuel Executive Director Patricia Wrice is hoping that the state of Connecticut releases the $1 million it approved two weeks ago for emergency energy assistance before countless households begin to lose their utilities. Otherwise, [...]
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