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THE LIST
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of February 2015)
Rank Company
Total customers/
% of CT customers
Total business customers/
Total residential customers
Chief executive/
Title
1
Direct Energy (1)
12 Greenway Plz., Houston, TX 77046
713-877-3500; www.directenergy.com
67,503
12.3%
11,030
56,473
Badar Khan
President & CEO
2
Public Power LLC (2)
1055 Washington Blvd, 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
62,642
11.4%
4,016
58,626
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
3
Verde Energy USA Inc.
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
43,655
7.9%
1,697
41,958
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
4
Ambit Energy
PO Box 864589, Plano, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
36,376
6.6%
3,462
32,914
Jere Thompson Jr.
Co-founder & CEO
5
NRG Retail Solutions (3)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
36,034
6.6%
4,117
31,917
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
6
North American Power and Gas LLC
20 Glover Ave., Norwalk, CT 06851
888-313-9086; www.napower.com
33,476
6.1%
1,501
31,975
Deryl Brown
CEO
7
ConEdison Solutions Inc. (4)
100 Summit Lake Dr., Ste. 410, Valhalla, NY 10595
914-286-7000; www.conedsolutions.com
31,347
5.7%
3,259
28,088
Jorge J. Lopez
President & CEO
8
Constellation Energy (5)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
23,423
4.3%
526
22,897
Joseph Nigro
CEO (6)
9
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd, Ste. 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
21,619
3.9%
1,484
20,135
Nathan Kroeker
President & CEO
10
Viridian Energy Inc. (2)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
18,393
3.3%
2,107
16,286
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
11
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W Cypress Creek Rd., #600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
866–769–3799; www.libertypowercorp.com
17,378
3.2%
3,811
13,567
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
12
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
15,600
2.8%
1,061
14,539
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
13
PALMco Energy
1350 60 St., Brooklyn, NY 11219
877-726-5862; www.palmcoenergy.com
13,446
2.4%
585
12,861
Robert Palmese
President (7)
14
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (8)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
12,525
2.3%
1,356
11,169
Lee Davis
EVP & Regional President, East division of NRG
15
Aequitas Energy Inc.
240A Sargent Dr., New Haven, CT 06511
855-799-8200; www.aequitasenergy.com
11,831
2.2%
3,824
8,007
Elena Cahill
CEO
16
Abest Power & Gas LLC
200 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854
888-987-6937; www.abestpower.com
10,840
2.0%
2,304
8,536
Frank Rosa
Founder & CEO
17
Gulf Electriciity (9)
100 Crossing Blvd., Framingham, MA 01702
855-485-3353; www.gulfelectricity.com
9,871
1.8%
1,143
8,728
Ron Sabia
President & COO, Gulf Oil LP
18
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc.
20 Marshall St, Ste. 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
8,291
1.5%
156
8,135
Robert Weir
President
19
Constellation New Energy Inc. (10)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
7,703
1.4%
6,526
1,177
Joseph Nigro
CEO (6)
20
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (11)
222 Main St., Ste. 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
7,119
1.3%
2,883
4,236
Kevin McMinn
COO, US Gas & Electric
21
Reliant Energy (12)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
866-660-4900; www.reliant.com
6,798
1.2%
829
5,969
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
22
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Rd., Ste. 200, Huntersville, NC 28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
6,345
1.2%
748
5,597
Thomas Ulry
CEO
23
Clearview Electric Inc.
1201 Elm St., Ste. 3200, Dallas, TX 75270
800-746-4702; clearviewenergy.com/state/Connecticut
6,061
1.1%
66
5,995
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
24
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (13)
401 W. A St., Ste. 500, San Diego, CA 92101
877-273-6772; www.noblesolutions.com
6,047
1.1%
5,801
246
James Wood
President
25
Town Square Energy
16233 Kenyon Ave., Ste. 210, Lakeville, MN 55044
877-430-0093; www.townsquareenergy.com
5,095
0.9%
190
4,905
Randall Miller
President
26
Choice Energy (14)
1031 Office Park Rd., West Des Moines, IA 50265
888-565-4490; 4choiceenergy.net
4,905
0.9%
195
4,710
Michael Needham
Owner
27
HIKO Energy LLC
12 College Rd, Ste. 100, Monsey, NY 10952
888-264-4908; www.hikoenergy.com
4,344
0.8%
37
4,307
Craig Caldwell
President & CEO
28
Direct Energy Business LLC (15)
1001 Liberty Ave., Ste. 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
888-925-9115; www.business.directenergy.com
4,021
0.7%
3,205
816
John Schultz
President
29
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Highway 249, Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77070
877-528-2890; www.nexteraenergyservices.com
3,363
0.6%
2,302
1,061
Brian Landrun
President
30
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd.
450 - 1 St. SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, N/A T2P 5H1
800-661-3805; www.transcanada.com
3,064
0.6%
3,023
41
Russell K. Girling
President & CEO
Source: Connecticut Pubic Utilities Regulatory Authority with special thanks to Mike Coyle, company websites.
(1)
A subsidiary of Centrica plc.
(2) Brand of Crius Energy.
(3) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(4) A subsidiary of Consolidated Energy Inc.
(5) A subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(6) Also Executive Vice President at parent, Exelon Corp.
(7) Also President of Columbia Utilities.
(8) A subsidiary of NRG Energy.
(9) A subsidiary of Gulf Oil LP.
(10) Part of Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(11) A subsidiary of US Gas & Electric Inc.
(12) A subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc.
(13) A subsidiary of Noble Group Ltd.
(14) D/b/a 4 Choice Energy.
(15) Subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Centrica plc.
—Compiled by Roger Magnus and Heide Martin.
