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October 5, 2026
Does Not Recommend Capacity Procurement On Behalf Of Retail Suppliers Under New Law
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a proposed electricity default service procurement plan that, at Commonwealth Edison, returns to 100% hedging for energy needs
October 2, 2026
Encourages "Restraint" By PUC In Evaluating Actions Which Are Beyond Existing Law
Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw has said in a letter to Pa. PUC Chair Steven DeFrank and other PUC Commissioners that various proposed retail market limits proposed in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania are policies that are properly addressed before the state legislature, not a PUC default service proceeding
October 2, 2026
Gov. Instead Urges "Crack Down" On Deceptive & Predatory Suppliers
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer issued the following statement in vetoing HB 393, which included limitations on retail electric supplier rates to residential customers (original story with full details below)
October 1, 2026
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer has vetoed HB 393 which included limitations on retail electric supplier rates to residential customers, but notably included an ambiguous qualifier
September 30, 2026
The PUC of Ohio approved without modification a request from Dayton Power and Light Company d/b/a AES Ohio for approval to conduct an additional standard service offer (SSO) procurement under DP&L's legacy electric security plan in order to avoid the need to procure about 60% of default service supplies, for the delivery period starting June 1, 2027, in an anticipated spring 2027 auction which would be under DP&L's new market rate offer
September 30, 2026
Pursuant to recent legislation, Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois have each filed tariffs with the Illinois Commerce Commission to implement new time of use default service electricity rate options
September 30, 2026
September 30, 2026
September 28, 2026
The Massachusetts DPU will develop a straw proposal for implementation of time-varying rates (TVR) for electricity basic service (default service), the DPU said in addressing a request form Nstar, National Grid, and Unitil, who had asked that the TVR investigation use an evidentiary process
September 25, 2026
The District of Columbia City Council will on October 1, 2026 hold a hearing on a stand-alone bill (26-750, B26-0750) to impose various restrictions on retail energy choice, including price caps
September 21, 2026
As part of creating a specific default service for data centers…
September 17, 2026
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the Illinois Power Agency's fall 2026 default service energy procurement
September 14, 2026
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed implementation of a "self-correcting adder" that would be added to the current estimated proxy price used in setting default service rates for the portion of default service served under "self-supply" (in which the utility purchases directly…
September 11, 2026
Nstar, National Grid, and Unitil in Massachusetts have requested that the Massachusetts DPU use an evidentiary process, including discovery, testimony, and hearings, to adjudicate proposals for implementation of time-varying default service electric rates
September 11, 2026
A retail energy regulator has issued a draft order which would adopt major changes to the state's procurement plan for electricity standard service…
September 9, 2026
Major parties to a Maine PUC investigation into time of use rates, including whether TOU rates should be adopted for default service, have proposed shelving the investigation, with the near-term focus instead shifting to (among other things) consideration of other changes to default service to…
September 8, 2026
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania PUC has denied a late filed petition from Spark Energy, LLC to intervene in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, which is addressing proposed retail market reforms such as a ban on auto renewals and a price cap for purchase of receivables…
September 8, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC has consolidated consideration of certain common electricity default service policy questions at Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Granite State Electric (Liberty), and Unitil
September 8, 2026
Retail suppliers have alleged that, in a recent order addressing default service for data centers at AEP Ohio, the PUC of Ohio unlawfully delegated PUC authority to AEP Ohio for designing the specific provisions governing a Standard Service Offer for data centers
September 8, 2026
The Maryland and Delaware PSCs have each approved changes to the electricity SOS procurements under which the states' investor-owned electric utilities, including BGE, Pepco, Delmarva (both states), and Potomac Edison, will, under their full requirements contracts for SOS, transfer responsibility…
September 2, 2026
AEP Ohio's electricity price to compare will decrease by nearly 1 cent per kWh under a quarterly adjustment to the bypassable Auction Cost Reconciliation Rider (ACRR)
September 2, 2026
In Maryland, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), Delmarva Power & Light Company (Delmarva Power) and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEUs”) jointly said that the JMEUs are "considering" creating a new Standard Offer Service (SOS) Hourly…
August 31, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have posted a preliminary list of all REPs eligible, based meeting a sales volume threshold and other criteria set in rule, to serve as a non-volunteer POLR (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own…
August 28, 2026
Baltimore Gas and Electric in Maryland has filed updates to its bypassable SOS Admin. Charge to be effective October 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027
August 28, 2026
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities reiterated that the utilities plan to file a proposal to address default service for data centers in "due course," and said that default service for data centers should not be addressed in a proceeding in which the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs have proposed other tariff…
