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October 5, 2026
Retail energy suppliers should prioritize owning the customer bill even if that means using dual billing in those markets without supplier consolidated billing, Chaitu Parikh, co-founder of start-up Valantor and a long-time C-level executive in retail energy, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
October 5, 2026
An ALJ appears to recommend that a limit be placed on the retail supplier plans eligible for purchase of receivables at…
October 5, 2026
A utility provided an estimate of the costs and timelines to implement tiered purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates
October 1, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification…
October 1, 2026
Additional Utilities Report Higher Fees For ESCOs
Orange and Rockland has filed an updated cost to be charged to ESCOs to implement shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
October 1, 2026
WGL Energy said in a presentation concerning a proposed tiered discount rate structure for the purchase of receivables programs in the District of Columbia that certain retail suppliers have an Arrears Rate above 30%
September 23, 2026
NYSEG and RGE have reported in an updated filing at the New York PSC higher costs to be charged to ESCOs to implement shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
September 21, 2026
Staff of a PUC have recommended that another utility…
September 17, 2026
A PUC granted a limited waiver to…
September 16, 2026
Staff of a PUC have recommended approval of…
September 15, 2026
A PSC has scheduled for…
September 15, 2026
Major parties to a rate case pending at…
September 10, 2026
The New York Retail Choice Coalition (NYRCC) alleged that the joint New York utilities' proposal to implement a newly required side-by-side bill comparison of ESCO and utility costs on utility consolidated bills presumes one interpretation of the statute which must first be resolved through a PSC…
September 2, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio at the PUC of Ohio has sought a brief waiver of the new requirement -- regardless of mechanism -- to complete an expedited return of a mercantile customer to electricity default service
September 2, 2026
Family Energy said that a petition by the New York utilities to seek to recover from retail suppliers costs to implement a new law requiring, among other things, a side-by-side comparison of ESCO and default service rates on bills is premature, as Family Energy expressed concerns with both of the…
September 2, 2026
Fitchburg Gas and Electric (Unitil) in Massachusetts has proposed a significant increase to its Residential purchase of receivables discount rate, under an annual update to the discount rates
August 31, 2026
Worp Energy, a start-up formed by several young tech-focused entrepreneurs, has begun offering retail electric plan comparisons in Pennsylvania, using "AI bots" to find the best plans (and will eventually offer an auto-switching service)
August 26, 2026
In a rate case at Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in Pennsylvania, the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA) has recommended that the PUC impose a rate cap on retail supplier plans in order for the receivables from such plans to be eligible for…
August 18, 2026
Staff of the PUC of Ohio support the grant of limited waivers to both the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs and AEP Ohio concerning the use of an EDI transaction to allow retail suppliers to request an expedited return of a mercantile customer to default service
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August 11, 2026
-- By Ariel Bookmyer, Director of Retail Product Strategy at VertexOne
There's a pattern I keep seeing in conversations with retail energy providers, whether it’s a growing mass market operation or a scaling C&I player.
August 5, 2026
In an answer to a petition from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, the Retail Energy Supply Association objected to Columbia's reliance on a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court precedent concerning the billing of non-commodity services in the electric industry, given Pennsylvania's unique natural gas…
August 5, 2026
In an EDI implementation report, Consolidated Edison reported to the New York PSC the addition of a new optional purpose code 05 to denote rebills from original bills in two EDI Implementation Guidelines: the BIG08 segment in the 810 Invoice Utility Rate Ready transaction, and the BPT01 segment in…
August 4, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC has approved decreases in the residential purchase of receivables discount rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH or Eversource) and at Unitil.
July 31, 2026
Potomac Edison reported to the Maryland PSC that, as of June 30, 2026, the cumulative Residential POR balance is in an over-recovered position of $372,385.53.
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July 29, 2026
-- By Andreya Shaak, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at VertexOne
The operational infrastructure conversation in retail energy has been framed incorrectly for a long time. It gets evaluated as a cost question: what does this system cost, and what does it replace? That framing is how providers end up absorbing risks they didn't fully see coming.
