Loosing

Faced with the possibility of loosing its electric marketinglicense in New Jersey because of seedy marketing maneuvers,Sempra’s Energy America cut a deal with the state’s Board of PublicUtilities last week, agreeing to halt its marketing efforts for athree-week span, retrain its agents and stop all “unconscionablemarketing tactics.”

Although rumors that Energy America was in imminent danger ofloosing its marketer license in New Jersey proved untrue, theSempra Energy affiliate will have to go before the state’s Board ofPublic Utilities (BPU) this week to defend itself against claims ofunfair and unlawful marketing activities. According to the BPU,more than 350 complaints have been levied against Energy America asit tries to sign electric customers in New Jersey’snewly-deregulated electric market.