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Retail Supplier To Pay $2 Million Under Settlement
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Major Energy Electric Services, LLC (Major) would pay $2 million under a settlement with the Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA to resolve alleged violations relating to certain enrollments onto Major from Utiliz Services, LLC (Utiliz), as EOE had previously alleged that Utiliz impermissibly acted as an agent for Major while allegedly also acting, or purporting to act, as the agent for the customer
See a full discussion of the alleged violations to be resolved by the settlement in our prior story here
In brief, an earlier Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty (NOV) alleged that Utiliz Services, LLC acted as an agent of Major, while Utiliz Services, LLC represented to customers that Utiliz Services, LLC was the customer's agent, including for a period during which Utiliz Services, LLC previously held a Connecticut aggregator certificate (aggregators in Connecticut are only permitted to represent the customer and may not be an agent of a supplier)
The $2 million stipulation between Major and EOE, which remains subject to approval by PURA, would constitute, with respect to Major, full and final settlement of PURA's prosecution of all claims, known or
knowable, specifically regarding Major Energy's interactions with Utiliz, at the time PURA
approves the settlement agreement
The $2 million payment from Major would be directed to the electric utilities as a donation to reduce hardship customer arrearages
Under the settlement, Major Energy agrees to, "permanently cease doing business with Utiliz in
Connecticut[.]"
Under the settlement, Major shall ensure that 144 customers enrolled with Major by Utiliz in October 2023, as identified in the NOV, do not pay more than the applicable default service rate, for as long as the customers are served by Major
The settlement states, "This Settlement Agreement does not represent an admission or concession by
Major Energy as to the claims, or facts or circumstances surrounding the claims, or proper
disposition of any issue related to the NOV or this Settlement Agreement."
As of publication time, no Notice of Violation against Utiliz has been issued or proposed. Utiliz Services, LLC is not currently a licensed aggregator in Connecticut.
Docket 14-03-03
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