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86 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 28, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of Oct. 31, 2015)
Rank Company
Total customers/
share of CT market
Total business customers/
total residential customers
Chief executive/
title
1
Public Power LLC (1)
1055 Washington Blvd, 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
62,568
13.2%
6,094
56,474
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
2
Direct Energy (2)
12 Greenway Plz., Houston, TX 77046
713-877-3500; www.directenergy.com
55,797
11.8%
10,419
45,378
Badar Khan
President & CEO
3
ConEdison Solutions Inc. (3)
100 Summit Lake Dr., Ste. 410, Valhalla, NY 10595
914-286-7000; www.conedsolutions.com
47,434
10.2%
4,455
42,979
Jorge J. Lopez
President & CEO
4
Ambit Energy
P.O. Box 864589, Dallas, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
44,783
9.5%
3,982
40,801
Jere Thompson Jr.
Co-founder & CEO
5
North American Power and Gas LLC
20 Glover Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850
888-313-9086; ww2.napower.com
31,733
6.7%
1,085
30,648
Deryl Brown
CEO
6
Verde Energy USA Inc.
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
28,512
6.0%
919
27,593
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
7
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, #600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
866–769–3799; www.libertypowercorp.com
26,737
5.6%
4,166
22,571
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
8
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd., Ste. 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
22,524
4.8%
1,386
21,138
Nathan Kroeker
Director, president & CEO
9
Town Square Energy
208 W. Chandler Heights Road, Ste. 102 , Chandler, AZ 85248
877-430-0093; www.townsquareenergy.com
20,559
4.3%
1,765
18,794
Randall Miller
President
10
Discount Power Inc.
6 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 06484
877-259-7693; www.discountpowerinc.com
20,189
4.3%
1,255
18,934
David Gable
President
11
Constellation Energy (4)
100 Constellation Wy., Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
19,755
4.2%
1,600
18,155
Joseph Nigro
CEO (5)
12
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc.
20 Marshall St, Ste. 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
16,312
3.4%
508
15,804
Robert Weir
President
13
NRG Retail Solutions (6)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
14,275
3.0%
2,458
11,817
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
14
Viridian Energy Inc. (1)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
13,944
2.9%
1,825
12,119
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
15
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
13,201
2.8%
811
12,390
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
16
Abest Power & Gas LLC
200 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854
888-987-6937; www.abestpower.com
11,346
2.4%
2,419
8,927
Frank Rosa
Founder & CEO
17
Constellation New Energy Inc. (7)
100 Constellation Wy., Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
9,781
2.0%
8,456
1,325
Joseph Nigro
CEO (5)
18
GDF SUEZ Retail Energy Solutions LLC dba Think Energy (8)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 1900, Houston, TX 77056
713-636-0000; www.gdfsuezna.com
9,641
2.0%
1,116
8,525
Zin Smati
President & CEO
GDF SUEZ North America Inc.
19
Aequitas Energy Inc.
240A Sargent Dr., New Haven, CT 06511
855-799-8200; www.aequitasenergy.com
9,569
2.0%
3,317
6,252
Steven Laker
CEO
20
Clearview Electric Inc.
1201 Elm St., Ste. 3200, Dallas, TX 75270
800-746-4702; clearviewenergy.com/state/Connecticut
9,131
1.9%
80
9,051
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
21
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (9)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
6,939
1.5%
836
6,103
Judith Lagano
SVP & regional president, East division of NRG
22
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Road, Ste. 200, Huntersville, NC 28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
6,920
1.5%
877
6,043
Thomas Ulry
CEO
23
Direct Energy Business LLC (10)
1001 Liberty Ave., Ste. 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
800-830-5923; www.business.directenergy.com
6,874
1.5%
5,941
933
John Schultz
President
24
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (11)
401 W. A St., Ste. 500, San Diego, CA 92101
877-273-6772; www.noblesolutions.com
6,814
1.4%
6,593
221
James Wood
President
25
Choice Energy (12)
1031 Office Park Road, West Des Moines, IA 50265
888-565-4490; 4choiceenergy.net
5,090
1.0%
130
4,960
Michael Needham
Owner
26
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (13)
222 Main St., Ste. 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
4,621
1.0%
1,846
2,775
Kevin McMinn
COO, US Gas & Electric
27
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Hwy. 249, Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77070
877-528-2890; www.nexteraenergyservices.com
3,876
0.8%
2,836
1,040
Brian Landrum
President
28
PALMco Energy
1350 60 St., Brooklyn, NY 11219
877-726-5862; www.palmcoenergy.com
3,577
0.8%
56
3,521
Robert Palmese
President (14)
29
Reliant Energy (15)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
866-660-4900; www.reliant.com
3,511
0.7%
594
2,917
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
30
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd.
450 - 1 St. SW, Calgary, AB Canada T2P 5H1
800-661-3805; www.transcanada.com
3,092
0.7%
3,053
39
Russell K. Girling
President & CEO
Source: Connecticut Pubic Utilities Regulatory Authority with special thanks to Mike Coyle, company websites.
(1)
Brand of Crius Energy.
(2) A subsidiary of Centrica plc.
(3) A subsidiary of Consolidated Energy Inc.
(4) A subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(5) Also executive vice president at parent, Exelon Corp.
(6) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(7) Part of Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(8) Formerly Gulf Electricity customers; transitioned to Think Energy, affiliated with GDF SUEZ Retail Energy Solutions LLC. Data compiled when customers were supplied by Gulf Electricity.
(9) A subsidiary of NRG Energy. Not currently enrolling new customers in CT.
(10) Subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Centrica plc.
(11) A subsidiary of Noble Group Ltd.
(12) D/b/a 4 Choice Energy.
(13) A subsidiary of US Gas & Electric Inc.
(14) Also president of Columbia Utilities.
(15) A subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
