From August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) reported receiving approximately 832 complaints about competitive energy supply companies. Consumers reported aggressive and deceptive marketing practices targeting vulnerable consumers, as well as excessively high electric bills and difficulty cancelling contracts with energy suppliers. These complaints echo the same problems described in the 1,198 consumer complaints to the DPU between August 1, 2015 and August 1, 2017 which the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) reviewed when issuing its 2018 report Competing to Overcharge Customers: The Competitive Electric Supplier Market in Massachusetts.