Greenlight Energy Inc.

About Greenlight Energy Inc.

Greenlight Energy Inc. is a family-owned retail energy supplier (ESCO) founded in 2009 and headquartered in Huntington, New York. The company offers renewable electricity supply, natural gas, LED lighting, and solar options to residential and small-business customers in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. It is licensed in more than eight states and works with more than 35 utilities.

Ownership timeline

Documented corporate events. Each entry links to a primary source.

1. April 28, 2009
   Greenlight Energy Inc. incorporated in New York State; business operations began April 1, 2009. Founded by Michael Hartofilis as a family-owned ESCO. [source]
2. June 30, 2015
   Greenlight Energy announced as the first ESCO to partner with the Arbor Day Foundation's Energy-Saving Trees program. [source]

Track record

Documented regulatory actions, litigation outcomes, and major corporate events. Each entry is sourced. Pending matters and unresolved allegations are not listed.

• litigation
  August 18, 2021

  Queens County Supreme Court held a final approval hearing for a class action settlement in Brian Williams et al. v. Greenlight Energy Inc. (Index No. 708394/2019). The class covered variable-rate electricity customers in NY, NJ, MD, and PA between March 1, 2014 and May 13, 2019. Settlement relief provided 5% of all amounts each class member paid on variable-rate accounts. Greenlight denied all liability. [source]

• regulatory
  February 24, 2022

  Pennsylvania PUC voted 3-0 to approve a settlement with Greenlight Energy Inc. stemming from deceptive telemarketing practices and unauthorized customer enrollments by third-party vendors. Greenlight paid a civil penalty of $8,250 ($4,500 for 15 telemarketing violations; $3,750 for five unauthorized-enrollment complaints). [source]

• regulatory
  April 14, 2023

  Maryland PSC approved a settlement resolving Case No. 9691 (Show Cause Order No. 90511, February 2023). Greenlight Energy paid a $40,000 civil penalty and provided more than $62,000 in customer refunds — the difference between Greenlight's variable rate and the utility default rate — to customers named in complaints and customers who received state utility-bill assistance. The case arose from 34 customer complaints alleging invalid enrollments, variable rates far above the utility default, and failure to provide valid contracts. [source]

Rate history

Greenlight Energy Inc.'s lowest fixed and variable rates over time, broken out by territory.