ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY
54 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 24, 2018
LARGEST CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS
(Ranked by total customers as of Sept. 30, 2018)
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of Sept. 30, 2018)
Rank Supplier
Total customers/
Share of CT
market
Total business
customers/
Total residential
customers
Chief executive/
Title
1
Constellation New Energy Inc. (1)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
51,719
11.3%
14,700
37,019
James McHugh (2)
CEO
2
Ambit Energy
P.O. Box 864589, Dallas, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
51,587
11.3%
4,153
47,434
Jere Thompson Jr.
Co-founder & CEO
3
Direct Energy (3)
12 Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046
713-877-3500; www.directenergy.com
40,544
8.9%
7,836
32,708
John Schultz
President, Centrica North America
4
Public Power LLC (4)
1055 Washington Blvd., 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
37,185
8.2%
3,469
33,716
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
5
North American Power and Gas LLC
20 Glover Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850
888-313-9086; ww2.napower.com
36,821
8.1%
1,212
35,609
Deryl Brown
CEO
6
Town Square Energy (5)
208 W. Chandler Heights Road, Suite 102 , Chandler,
AZ 85248
877-430-0093; townsquareenergy.com
31,463
6.9%
921
30,542
Michael Goldstein
CEO, Genie Retail Energy
7
Discount Power Inc.
6 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 06484
877-259-7693; discountpowerinc.com
25,260
5.5%
1,071
24,189
David Gable
President
8
Clearview Electric Inc.
1201 Elm St., Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75270
800-746-4702; clearviewenergy.com/state/Connecticut
23,459
5.1%
2,014
21,445
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
9
Verde Energy USA Inc. (6)
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
15,077
3.3%
452
14,625
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
10
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
14,398
3.2%
684
13,714
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
11
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, #600, Fort Lauderdale,
FL 33309
866-769-3799; libertypowercorp.com
13,726
3.0%
542
13,184
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
12
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
13,021
2.9%
2,987
10,034
Nathan Kroeker
Director, president & CEO
13
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc. (7)
20 Marshall St., Suite 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
12,644
2.8%
883
11,761
Robert Weir
President
14
Think Energy (8)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
713-636-0000; www.engie-na.com
10,377
2.3%
414
9,963
Frank Demaille
CEO, Engie North America
15
Agera Energy LLC
555 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
844-692-4372; www.ageraenergy.com
8,815
1.9%
5,595
3,220
Jeremy Schupp
CEO
16
Direct Energy Business LLC (9)
1001 Liberty Ave., Suite 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
800-830-5923; business.directenergy.com
8,725
1.9%
7,776
949
John Schultz
President, Centrica North America
17
Calpine Corp. (10)
717 Texas St., Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002
713-830-2000; www.calpine.com
8,167
1.8%
7,943
224
Thad Hill
President & CEO
18
NRG Retail Solutions (11)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
6,572
1.4%
1,437
5,135
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
19
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Road, Suite 200, Huntersville, NC
28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
6,344
1.4%
848
5,496
Thomas Ulry
CEO
20
Viridian Energy Inc. (4)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
4,957
1.1%
707
4,250
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
21
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (4)
222 Main St., Suite 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
4,637
1.0%
1,029
3,668
Michael Fallquist
22
Perigee Energy LLC
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Suite 450, Sugar Land, TX
77478
866-878-3492; perigeeenergy.com
4,164
0.9%
367
3,797
Steven D. Guy
CEO
23
Engie Energy Resources Inc. (12)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
888-232-6206; www.engieresources.com
3,812
0.8%
3,432
380
Frank Demaille
President & CEO
24
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Highway 249, Suite 200, Houston, TX
77070
877-528-2890; nexteraenergyservices.com
3,615
0.8%
1,762
1,853
Brian Landrum
President
25
Major Energy Electric Services
100 Dutch Hill Road, Suite 230, Orangeburg, NY 10962
888-625-6760; majorenergy.com
3,211
0.7%
59
3,152
Saul Horowitz
CEO
26
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (13)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
2,659
0.6%
373
2,286
Judith Lagano
SVP & regional president, East division of
NRG
27
Aequitas Energy Inc.
240A Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
855-799-8200; aequitasenergy.com
2,256
0.5%
1,204
1,052
Steven Laker
CEO
28
blueRock Energy Inc.
125 E. Jefferson St., Suite 800, Syracuse, NY 13202
877-280-490; bluerockenergy.com
2,197
0.5%
1,411
786
Phil VanHorne
President & CEO
Source: Connecticut Pubic Utilities Regulatory Authority with special thanks to Jeff Gaudiosi, company websites.
(1)
Part of Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(2) Also executive vice president at parent, Exelon Corp.
(3) A subsidiary of Centrica PLC.
(4) Brand of Crius Energy.
(5) Part of Genie Retail Energy, a division of Genie Energy LTD.
(6) Park of Spark Energy.
(7) Part of ONErgy Inc.
(8) Affiliated with GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC, now Engie North America.
(9) Subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing LTD, which is a subsidiary of Centrica PLC.
(10) Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Noble Group LTD, was acquired by Calpine Energy Solutions LLC in Oct. 2016.
(11) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(12) Formerly known as GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Energy North America Inc.
(13) A subsidiary of NRG Energy; not currently enrolling new customers in Connecticut.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
HOW THE TOP 5 FARED:
Electricity Suppliers:
Total CT customers
%
2017 2018 change
Constellation
New Energy Inc. 50,655 51,719 2.1%
Ambit Energy 42,928 51,587 20.2%
Direct Energy 53,315 40,544 -24.0%
Public Power 49,047 37,185 -24.2%
North American
Power and Gas 32,104 36,821 14.7%
