July 27, 2026
Utility Files To Cut POR Discount Rate In Half, But Resulting Rate Is Still Nearly 6%
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed updates to its electric purchase of receivables discount rates
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July 24, 2026
Texas TDU Cancels Catastrophic Estimation Process For Meter Reads
AEP Texas Central cancelled its Catastrophic Estimation Process (CEP) on Friday, July 24, 2026.
July 23, 2026
Texas TDU Activates Catastrophic Estimation Process For Meter Reads
AEP Texas Central is activating its meter reading Catastrophic Estimation Process (CEP) on Thursday, July 23, 2026 ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha
July 23, 2026
Utility Considers Two Mechanisms To Collect Proposed Administrative Adder For Purchase of Receivables Program
During a District of Columbia PSC technical conference concerning the consideration of adding an administrative adder to the purchase of receivables program in D.C., Pepco reported that it has considered two mechanisms for the collection of administrative costs which would be recovered under the…
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July 22, 2026
When Complexity Becomes Risk: The Operational Reality Facing Retail Energy Providers
An ISO billing error illustrates something that retail energy providers are navigating in less dramatic forms every day: in a market defined by competitive pressure and operational complexity, the gap between what you can sell and what you can reliably execute is where risk lives.
July 22, 2026
PSC Staff Seeks To Pause Supplier Consolidated Billing Workgroup, Staff Will Develop Strawman
Staff of the Maryland PSC have requested PSC authorization for a temporary pause in the supplier consolidated billing (SCB) working group, citing what Staff alleged was the lack of formal expressions of interest or commitments from retail suppliers to resume active participation in the work group.
July 17, 2026
Utilities Seek Temporary Waiver Of Rule Which Contemplates New EDI Transaction For Default Service Drop Requests
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have requested, if needed, a temporary waiver of newly adopted Ohio Adm.Code 4901:1-21-21(A), governing the expedited return of mercantile customers to electricity default service, to the extent the rule is interpreted as requiring that an EDI transaction cited in the…
July 16, 2026
Choice PSC Orders Revised Cost Estimate For Green Button Connect My Data Implementation
The District of Columbia PSC ordered that Pepco shall provide an updated cost estimate to implement Green Button Connect My Data (GBCMD) and other implementation measures and functions included in a Customer Impact Working Group report
July 16, 2026
Maryland Utilities Report June Number Of Customers Served Under Dual Billing By Each Retail Supplier
The Maryland utilities have reported the number of residential customers served under dual billing by each retail energy supplier during June 2026
July 16, 2026
PSC Schedules Technical Conference To Examine Adding Administrative Adder To Purchase of Receivables Discount Rates
The District of Columbia PSC has scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2026 a virtual technical conference in cases PEPPOR-2026-01 and WGPOR-2026-0 to address the feasibility of including an administrative adder as part of the Purchase of Receivables (POR) discount rate at Pepco and Washington Gas Light
July 16, 2026
New York PSC Initiates Proceeding to Examine Utilities' Estimated Billing Practices
The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) has initiated a proceeding to review the practices and procedures associated with estimated billing among the state’s electric and gas utilities
July 14, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility Seeks Declaratory Order For "Unwritten" Affiliate Arrangement That Would Facilitate Utility's Billing Of Non-utility Services From Selected Third Party
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. ("Columbia") has sought a declaratory order from the Pennsylvania PUC affirming that a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, concerning an electric utility's billing of a non-commodity offering, also applies to Columbia's sought billing of non-supply and…
July 14, 2026
Retail Suppliers Allege Data From Utility Seeking To Restrict POR, "Raises Troubling Questions About What Appears To Be Targeted And Discriminatory Terminations Of Shopping Customers"
In a brief opposing a non-unanimous settlement in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania ("FirstEnergy" or "FE PA"), which would prohibit purchase of receivables for retail supplier plans with rates higher than the price to compare, Town Square Energy East, LLC (TSE) and WGL…
June 26, 2026
RESA Seeks Re-introduction Of Residential Utility Consolidated Billing In Maryland After Dec. 31, 2027
In comments filed in a rulemaking to update Maryland PSC retail energy billing requirements, the Retail Energy Supply Association has sought to require that utilities offer residential utility consolidated billing after December 31, 2027
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June 16, 2026
Graviti Power Accelerates Texas Market Entry with VertexOne's Cloud-Based CIS & EDI Solutions
VertexOne , a leading provider of cloud software designed to revolutionize the customer experience within the energy and utility industry, announced today that newly formed Texas-based energy services company, Graviti Power, LLC, has chosen VertexOne’s leading billing and customer information system (CIS), VXretail, and electronic data interchange (EDI) solution, VXexchange, to better serve their large-scale commercial customers in the ERCOT market.
June 16, 2026
PUC Posts Draft Form To Allow Customers To Elect Expedited Return To Default Service, Seeks Comments
The PUC of Ohio has posted a draft certified-request form which retail electric suppliers would use to effect an expedited return to default service for a mercantile customer
June 16, 2026
Several Maryland Utilities List Number Of Customers Served Under Dual Billing By Each Retail Supplier
Several Maryland utilities have begun reporting the number of residential customers served under dual billing by each retail energy supplier
June 15, 2026
New York Utilities Seek Authority To Charge ESCOs For Implementing New Shadow Billing Comparison Law; Impose Up To $11 Per Customer Charge On ESCOs
The New York utilities have petitioned the New York PSC for authority to charge ESCOs for implementing shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
June 12, 2026
PSC Orders Changes To Purchase Of Receivables Design, Endorses Use of Multiple Discount Rates To Be Based On Each Retail Supplier's Own Uncollectibles
The District of Columbia PSC has ordered immediate changes to the design of the residential purchase of receivables (POR) programs at Pepco and Washington Gas Light, and also generally endorsed design changes to be addressed after further investigation
June 11, 2026
Lubbock Power & Light Force Majeure Affecting DNPs, Other Orders Extends Into Second Day
Lubbock Power & Light reported that, starting June 10, Lubbock Power & Light declared a Force Majeure, due to a combination of multiple system outages over the past 18 hours, including the Verizon outage that affected West Texas
June 11, 2026
PSC Approves Purchase Of Receivables Discount Rate
The Maryland PSC approved as-filed Washington Gas Light's annual update to the purchase of receivables discount rate for non-residential customers
June 8, 2026
OPC Seeks Specific Language Codifying Order Which OPC Interprets As Requiring That Utility Charges Will Be Paid Before Retail Supplier Charges Under Utility Consolidated Billing
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has requested that the PSC include, in a rule concerning post-POR billing for residential customers, a prior PSC finding which OPC argues provides that, under any payment hierarchy, all regulated utility charges which "may" result in termination shall be paid…
June 3, 2026
PSC Approves New BGE Electric Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Discount Rates
The Maryland PSC approved, as filed, new new non-residential purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates for electricity at Baltimore Gas & Electric, effective June 1, 2026
June 1, 2026
Texas Retail Provider Requests Low-Income Customer List For FY2027, Triggering Availability
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC has formally requested from the Texas PUC the provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2026 (FY2027).
May 28, 2026
PUC Approves Setting Small Customer POR Discount At 0% (Down From 1.4%)
The New Hampshire PUC approved setting both the small customer group and large customer group electricity purchase of receivables discount rates at 0% at Granite State Electric (GSE or Liberty Utilities)