44 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 26, 2017
Largest Connecticut electric suppliers
(Ranked by total customers as of September 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
53,315
8.6%
10,314
43,001
John Schultz
President, Centrica North America
2
Constellation New Energy Inc. (2)
100 Constellation Way, Baltimore, MD 21202
866-237-7693; www.constellation.com
50,655
8.2%
11,765
38,890
Joseph Nigro
CEO (3)
3
Public Power LLC (4)
1055 Washington Blvd., 7th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901
888-354-4415; www.ppandu.com
49,047
7.9%
4,973
44,074
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
4
Ambit Energy
P.O. Box 864589, Dallas, TX 75086
877-282-6248; ww2.ambitenergy.com
42,928
6.9%
4,021
38,907
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
32,104
5.2%
798
31,306
Deryl Brown
CEO
6
Town Square Energy (5)
208 W. Chandler Heights Road, Suite 102 , Chandler,
AZ 85248
877-430-0093; townsquareenergy.com
26,911
4.3%
1,016
25,985
Randall Miller
President
7
Discount Power Inc.
6 Armstrong Road, Shelton, CT 06484
877-259-7693; discountpowerinc.com
20,557
3.3%
1,168
19,389
David Gable
President
8
SunWave Gas & Power CT Inc.
20 Marshall St., Suite 300, Norwalk, CT 06854
855-478-6928; www.gosunwavect.com
20,245
3.3%
1,957
18,288
Robert Weir
President
9
Think Energy (6)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
713-636-0000; www.engie-na.com
17,704
2.9%
666
17,038
Frank Demaille
CEO, Engie North America
10
Verde Energy USA Inc.
101 Merritt Seven, 2nd Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851
800-388-3862; www.lowcostpower.com
17,549
2.8%
577
16,972
Thomas Fitzgerald
CEO
11
Liberty Power Corp.
1901 W. Cypress Creek Road, #600, Fort Lauderdale,
FL 33309
866-769-3799; libertypowercorp.com
16,984
2.7%
1,333
15,651
David Hernandez
Co-founder & CEO
12
Spark Energy LP
2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, TX 77042
877-547-7275; www.sparkenergy.com
16,605
2.7%
2,393
14,212
Nathan Kroeker
Director, president & CEO
13
Starion Energy Inc.
P.O. Box 845, Middlebury, CT 06762
800-600-3040; www.starionenergy.com
12,873
2.1%
478
12,395
Ruzhdi Dauti
President
14
Exelon Generation Co. LLC
300 Exelon Way, Kennett Square, PA 09348
800-483-3220; www.exeloncorp.com
12,762
2.1%
656
12,106
Kenneth Cornew
President & CEO
15
Clearview Electric Inc.
1201 Elm St., Suite 3200, Dallas, TX 75270
800-746-4702; clearviewenergy.com/state/Connecticut
11,865
1.9%
78
11,787
Frank McGovern
Founder & CEO
16
Direct Energy Business LLC (7)
1001 Liberty Ave., Suite 1200, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
800-830-5923; business.directenergy.com
9,555
1.5%
8,909
646
John Schultz
President, Centrica North America
17
Perigee Energy LLC
3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd., Suite 450, Sugar Land, TX
77478
866-878-3492; perigeeenergy.com
8,163
1.3%
567
7,596
Steven D. Guy
CEO
18
Calpine Corp. (8)
717 Texas St., Suite 1000, Houston, TX 77002
713-830-2000; www.calpine.com
8,084
1.3%
7,860
224
Thad Hill
President & CEO
19
Viridian Energy Inc. (4)
1055 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT 06901
866-663-2508; www.viridian.com
7,664
1.2%
1,107
6,557
Michael Fallquist
CEO, Crius Energy
20
XOOM Energy Connecticut LLC
11208 Statesville Road, Suite 200, Huntersville, NC
28078
888-997-8979; xoomenergy.com/en/ct-energy-company
6,444
1.0%
895
5,549
Thomas Ulry
CEO
21
NRG Retail Solutions (9)
1201 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
713-537-3000; www.nrg.com
6,357
1.0%
1,313
5,044
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
22
NextEra Energy Services Connecticut LLC
20455 State Highway 249, Suite 200, Houston, TX
77070
877-528-2890; nexteraenergyservices.com
5,278
0.9%
3,120
2,158
Brian Landrum
President
23
Agera Energy LLC
555 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
844-692-4372; www.ageraenergy.com
5,251
0.8%
3,306
1,945
Jeremy Schupp
CEO
24
Connecticut Gas & Electric Inc. (10)
222 Main St., Suite 108, Farmington, CT 06032
866-568-0289; www.ctgande.com
4,954
0.8%
1,022
3,932
Kevin McMinn
COO, U.S. Gas & Electric
25
Engie Energy Resources Inc. (11)
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77056
888-232-6206; www.engieresources.com
3,565
0.6%
3,332
233
Frank Demaille
President & CEO
26
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (12)
P.O. Box 38815, Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-770-3092; www.energypluscompany.com
3,344
0.5%
463
2,881
Judith Lagano
SVP & regional president, East division of
NRG
Source: Connecticut Pubic Utilities Regulatory Authority with special thanks to Mike Coyle, company websites.
(1)
A subsidiary of Centrica PLC.
(2) Part of Constellation Energy Group, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp.
(3) Also executive vice president at parent, Exelon Corp.
(4) Brand of Crius Energy.
(5) Part of Genie Retail Energy, a division of Genie Energy LTD.
(6) Affiliated with GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions LLC, now Engie North America.
(7) Subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing LTD, which is a subsidiary of Centrica PLC.
(8) Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of Noble Group LTD, was acquired by Calpine Energy Solutions LLC in Oct. 2016.
(9) Part of NRG Energy Inc.
(10) A subsidiary of U.S. Gas & Electric Inc.
(11) Formerly known as GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Energy North America Inc.
(12) A subsidiary of NRG Energy; not currently enrolling new customers in Connecticut.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.
LARGEST CONNECTICUT ELECTRIC SUPPLIERS
(Ranked by total customers as of September 2017)
ENERGY
HOW THE TOP 5 FARED:
Electricity Suppliers:
Total CT customers
%
2016 2017 change
Direct Energy 59,634 53,315 -10.6%
Constellation New
Energy Inc. 11,993 50,655 322.4%
Public Power
LLC 58,432 49,047 -16.1%
Ambit Energy 45,192 42,928 -5%
North American Power
and Gas LLC 39,789 32,104 -19.3%
