Technology & Energy
86 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 28, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com
BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of September 2016)
Rank Company
Total customers/
Share of CT market
Total business customers/
Total residential customers
Chief executive/
Title
1
Direct Energy (1)
12 Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046
713-877-3500; www.directenergy.com
59,634
11.2%
10,126
49,508
Badar Khan
President & CEO
2
Public Power LLC (2)
1055 Washington Blvd., 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
58,432
11.0%
5,500
52,932
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
3
Ambit Energy
P.O. Box 864589, Dallas, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
45,192
8.5%
3,963
41,229
Jere Thompson Jr.
Co-founder & CEO
4
North American Power and Gas LLC
20 Glover Ave., Norwalk, CT 06850
888-313-9086; ww2.napower.com
39,789
7.5%
983
38,806
Deryl Brown
CEO
5
ConEdison Solutions Inc. (3)
100 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 410, Valhalla, NY 10595
914-286-7000; www.conedsolutions.com
37,089
7.0%
3,762
33,327
Jorge J. Lopez
President & CEO
6
Town Square Energy
208 W. Chandler Heights Road, Suite 102 , Chandler, AZ 85248
877-430-0093; townsquareenergy.com
23,743
4.5%
1,630
22,113
Randall Miller
President
7
Constellation Energy (4)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; constellation.com
21,994
4.1%
2,065
19,929
Joseph Nigro
CEO (5)
8
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc.
20 Marshall St., Suite 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
21,827
4.1%
1,221
20,606
Robert Weir
President
9
Verde Energy USA Inc.
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
20,150
3.8%
603
19,547
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
10
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, #600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
866-769-3799; libertypowercorp.com
19,166
3.6%
2,699
16,467
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
11
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
17,805
3.3%
2,743
15,062
Nathan Kroeker
Director, president & CEO
12
Discount Power Inc.
6 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 06484
877-259-7693; discountpowerinc.com
14,932
2.8%
1,243
13,689
David Gable
President
13
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
14,735
2.8%
590
14,145
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
14
Think Energy (6)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
713-636-0000; www.gdfsuezna.com
14,094
2.6%
896
13,198
Zin Smati
President & CEO
GDF SUEZ North America Inc.
15
Clearview Electric Inc.
1201 Elm St., Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75270
800-746-4702; clearviewenergy.com/state/Connecticut
12,224
2.3%
66
12,158
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
16
Constellation New Energy Inc. (7)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
11,993
2.2%
10,089
1,904
Joseph Nigro
CEO (5)
17
Viridian Energy Inc. (2)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
10,526
2.0%
1,399
9,127
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
18
Perigee Energy LLC
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Suite 450, Sugar Land, TX 77478
866-878-3492; perigeeenergy.com
9,365
1.8%
736
8,629
Steven D. Guy
CEO
19
NRG Retail Solutions (8)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
8,466
1.6%
1,700
6,766
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
20
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC (9)
401 W. A St., Suite 500, San Diego, CA 92101
877-273-6772; noblesolutions.com
8,060
1.5%
7,838
222
James Wood
President
21
Abest Power & Gas LLC
200 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854
888-987-6937; www.abestpower.com
7,469
1.4%
1,744
5,725
Frank Rosa
Founder & CEO
22
Direct Energy Business LLC (10)
1001 Liberty Ave., Suite 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
800-830-5923; business.directenergy.com
7,370
1.4%
7,042
328
John Schultz
President
23
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Road, Suite 200, Huntersville, NC 28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
7,160
1.3%
1,030
6,130
Thomas Ulry
CEO
24
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (11)
222 Main St., Suite 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
7,057
1.3%
1,304
5,753
Kevin McMinn
COO, US Gas & Electric
25
Aequitas Energy Inc.
240A Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
855-799-8200; aequitasenergy.com
4,975
0.9%
1,615
3,360
Steven Laker
CEO
26
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Highway 249, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77070
877-528-2890; nexteraenergyservices.com
4,704
0.9%
2,884
1,820
Brian Landrum
President
27
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (12)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
4,296
0.8%
563
3,733
Judith Lagano
SVP & regional president, East division of NRG
28
Choice Energy (13)
1031 Office Park Road, West Des Moines, IA 50265
888-565-4490; 4choiceenergy.net
3,764
0.7%
103
3,661
Michael Needham
Owner
29
Reliant Energy (14)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
866-660-4900; reliant.com
2,372
0.4%
493
1,879
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
30
PALMco Energy
1350 60 St., Brooklyn, NY 11219
877-726-5862; palmcoenergy.com
1,190
0.2%
21
1,169
Robert Palmese
President (15)
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) A subsidiary of Consolidated Energy Inc.
(4) A subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(5) Also executive vice president at parent, Exelon Corp.
(6) Affiliated with GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC.
(7) Part of Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(8) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(9) A subsidiary of Noble Group Ltd.
(10) Subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Centrica plc.
(11) A subsidiary of US Gas & Electric Inc.
(12) A subsidiary of NRG Energy. Not currently enrolling new customers in CT.
(13) D/b/a 4 Choice Energy.
(14) A subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc.
(15) Also president of Columbia Utilities.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
