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THE LIST
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of February 28, 2017)
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
58,306
11.5%
11,246
47,060
Badar Khan
President & CEO
2
Public Power LLC (2)
1055 Washington Blvd., 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
55,308
10.9%
4,222
51,086
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
3
Ambit Energy
P.O. Box 864589, Dallas, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
44,955
8.9%
4,006
40,949
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
35,007
6.9%
911
34,096
Deryl Brown
CEO
5
Constellation New Energy Inc. (3)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
31,096
6.2%
10,898
20,198
Joseph Nigro
CEO (4)
6
ConEdison Solutions Inc. (5)
100 Summit Lake Drive, Suite 410, Valhalla, NY 10595
914-286-7000; www.conedsolutions.com
29,730
5.9%
3,175
26,555
Jorge J. Lopez
President & CEO
7
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc.
20 Marshall St., Suite 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
21,625
4.3%
1,810
19,815
Robert Weir
President
8
Town Square Energy
208 W. Chandler Heights Road, Suite 102 , Chandler, AZ 85248
877-430-0093; townsquareenergy.com
20,871
4.1%
1,166
19,705
Randall Miller
President
9
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
18,533
3.7%
2,554
15,979
Nathan Kroeker
Director, president & CEO
10
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, #600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
866-769-3799; libertypowercorp.com
18,234
3.6%
1,532
16,702
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
11
Verde Energy USA Inc.
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
17,561
3.5%
547
17,014
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
12
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
14,204
2.8%
537
13,667
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
13
Discount Power Inc.
6 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 06484
877-259-7693; discountpowerinc.com
13,797
2.7%
1,123
12,674
David Gable
President
14
Think Energy (6)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
713-636-0000; www.gdfsuezna.com
13,085
2.6%
677
12,408
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
12,597
2.5%
67
12,530
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
16
Perigee Energy LLC
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Suite 450, Sugar Land, TX 77478
866-878-3492; perigeeenergy.com
9,206
1.8%
857
8,349
Steven D. Guy
CEO
17
Viridian Energy Inc. (2)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
8,665
1.7%
1,185
7,480
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
18
Calpine Corp. (7)
717 Texas St., Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002
713-830-2000; www.calpine.com
8,045
1.6%
7,821
224
Thad Hill
President & CEO
19
Constellation Energy (8)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; constellation.com
7,865
1.6%
2,206
5,659
Joseph Nigro
CEO (4)
20
NRG Retail Solutions (9)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
7,340
1.5%
1,429
5,911
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
21
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Road, Suite 200, Huntersville, NC 28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
6,828
1.4%
938
5,890
Thomas Ulry
CEO
22
Direct Energy Business LLC (10)
1001 Liberty Ave., Suite 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
800-830-5923; business.directenergy.com
6,289
1.2%
5,936
353
John Schultz
President
23
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (11)
222 Main St., Suite 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
5,721
1.1%
1,136
4,585
Kevin McMinn
COO, US Gas & Electric
24
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Highway 249, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77070
877-528-2890; nexteraenergyservices.com
5,373
1.1%
3,233
2,140
Brian Landrum
President
25
Agera Energy LLC
555 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
844-692-4372; www.ageraenergy.com
4,756
0.9%
2,886
1,870
Jeremy Schupp
CEO
26
Abest Power & Gas LLC
200 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854
888-987-6937; www.abestpower.com
3,773
0.8%
961
2,812
Frank Rosa
Founder & CEO
27
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (12)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
3,772
0.8%
502
3,270
Judith Lagano
SVP & regional president, East division of NRG
28
Engie Energy Resources Inc. (13)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
888-232-6206 ; www.engieresources.com
3,722
0.7%
3,492
230
Sayun Sukduang
President & CEO
29
Aequitas Energy Inc.
240A Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511
855-799-8200; aequitasenergy.com
3,456
0.7%
1,240
2,216
Steven Laker
CEO
30
Choice Energy (14)
1031 Office Park Road, West Des Moines, IA 50265
888-565-4490; 4choiceenergy.net
3,285
0.7%
78
3,207
Michael Needham
Owner
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 Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(4) Also executive vice president at parent, Exelon Corp.
(5) A subsidiary of Consolidated Energy Inc.
(6) Affiliated with GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC.
(7) Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Noble Group Ltd., was acquired by Calpine Energy Solutions LLC in Oct. 2016.
(8) A subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(9) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(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) Formerly known as GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc.
(14) D/b/a 4 Choice Energy.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
