April 15, 2026
Residential, Small Commercial Default Service Rates Increasing 15% At Dayton Power & Light
Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) has filed new energy charges under the Standard Offer Rate (SOR)
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April 15, 2026
State Agency Seeks "Reforms" To Default Service
The Massachusetts Department Of Energy Resources has used a Department of Public Utilities proceeding reviewing electric and gas rates (Docket 25-200) to advocate for "reforms" to basic electricity service (default service)
April 14, 2026
PUC Approves Award Of Certain Non-Shopping Load To Retail Supplier
The PUC of Ohio has approved the results of an initial procurement for electricity supplies for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) electricity customers at Duke Energy Ohio, for a term of June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027
April 13, 2026
Utility Withdraws Proposal For Accelerated 1-2¢/kWh Increase In Default Service Rates
Granite State Electric (GSE or Liberty Utilities) in New Hampshire has withdrawn a proposal to implement an interim update to its electricity default service reconciliation factor, which had been proposed in order to begin collection of a pending $8 million under-recovery balance for default service…
April 13, 2026
Regulator Seeks Comments On Procurement Manager's Recommendation For Reduction In Use Of Full Requirements Contracts For Default Service
The Connecticut PURA has invited public comment on a report from Connecticut's Procurement Manager (PM) for electricity default service, and has asked for stakeholder responses to specific questions
April 10, 2026
Rate For Columbus, Ohio Electric Aggregation Increasing 10%
The rate for the City of Columbus, Ohio's electricity opt-out aggregation program will increase 10% to $0.1001 per kWh beginning with the June 2026 meter read, to be fixed through the June 2027 meter read
April 9, 2026
Parties Agree On Changes To Default Service On Rehearing
In separate 2025 default service proceedings for Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) and Unitil in New Hampshire, the utilities, the New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE), the Office of the Consumer Advocate, and the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (the parties) have reached an…
April 9, 2026
Choice State's Dept. Of Energy Petitions Regulator To Default All Non-shopping Customers To Time Of Use Default Service Rate, On Opt-out Basis
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has petitioned the Massachusetts Department Of Public Utilities to open an investigation of time-varying electricity rates, with DOER proposing the implementation of a default, opt-out time-of-use (TOU) rate for basic electricity service (default…
April 6, 2026
PUC Staff Addresses Question Concerning Potential Minimum Stay On SOS, Choice Under Straw Default Service Changes
The Maine PUC has posted answers from PUC Staff, and the PUC's consultant, to questions from the electric utilities concerning various straw proposals for the implementation of time of use electric rates, including potentially TOU supply rates for Standard Offer (non-shopping) customers
April 2, 2026
Two Municipal Aggregations Said To Be Returning Customers To Default Service
Good Energy, as CCA administrator, filed with the New York PSC on April 2nd letters stating that the opt-out municipal aggregations for the Town of Penfield and Town of Union will both expire in June, and that customers will be returned to default service.
April 1, 2026
Duquesne Light Files New Residential, Small C&I Default Supply Rates
Duquesne Light has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update to the default service supply rate, or supply charge, to be effective for various periods starting June 1, 2026
April 1, 2026
Supplemental PIPP RFP Awards 100% Of PIPP Load
A supplemental Request for Proposals process to procure electric supplies for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, for a term of June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027, awarded 100% of the PIPP load
April 1, 2026
Winning Prices Posted For Default Service Auction
Prices have been posted for Dayton Power & Light's (AES Ohio) auction for a portion of standard service offer supplies for various periods beginning June 1, 2026
March 27, 2026
Winning Auction Prices Increase In PECO's March 2026 Default Service Procurement
PECO has posted results from its March 2026 procurement for a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2028.
March 27, 2026
Utility's Mass Market Default Service Rates Increasing 17-22%
Delmarva Power in Delaware has filed new electricity SOS supply rates for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2026
March 19, 2026
Pricing Updates For NOPEC & Cincinnati Aggregations
For Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) customers at Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Ohio Edison (both FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs), NOPEC’s Standard Program rate for the June 2026 to September 2026 meter read will be 9.999 cents per kWh, versus the current 8.9990 cents per kWh
March 19, 2026
Utility Seeks Potential Retail SOS Service, Would Be Authorized To Restrict Customer Shopping
Kennebunk Light & Power District (KLPD) in Maine has sought Maine PUC approval for tariff changes that would implement a load aggregation for its electricity Standard Offer service (default service), with such load aggregation potentially including a retail-style Standard Offer program
March 18, 2026
PUC Approves Tariff Changes Prompted By Major Change In Default Service Mechanism
The PUC of Ohio adopted without modification minor tariff revisions at Duke Energy Ohio as a result of the previously reported transition to an SSO auction for default service effective April 1, 2026, transitioning away from the current GCR mechanism
March 18, 2026
RFP For Retail Suppliers To Serve PIPP Customers Fails To Receive Any Qualifying Bids
A Request for Proposals process to procure electric supplies for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, for a term of June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027, failed to attract any conforming bids
March 6, 2026
PPL Electric, Solar Advocates Reach Settlement On Proposal To Change How Customers Are Classified Into Fixed vs. Hourly-Priced Default Service
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and the Joint Solar Advocates have reached a settlement concerning PPL Electric's proposal, made in a rate case, to change how customers are categorized into a default service class (fixed price vs hourly)
March 5, 2026
Winning Default Service Suppliers Posted
The PUC of Ohio has posted winning bidders from the initial auction for Duke Energy Ohio's new Standard Service Offer mechanism for natural gas default service
March 3, 2026
Utility Proposes To Increase Default Service Rates By 1-2¢ Due To, In Part, Start Of Opt-out Aggregations
Granite State Electric (GSE or Liberty Utilities) in New Hampshire has proposed an approximately 1¢/kWh increase in small customer default service rates, and an approximately 2¢/kWh increase in large customer default service rates, due to, among other things, the impact of the start of several…
March 2, 2026
Pepco Residential Volumetric SOS Generation Charge Increasing 5% For Summer, Another 4% For Winter 2026/27
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed new electricity SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2026
March 2, 2026
Regulator Denies Deferring Undercollected Supply Costs To Next Winter Season At Major Utilities, Will Be Reflected In Rates Now
The Massachusetts DPU has rejected deferrals of under-collected gas supply costs to the 2026/27 winter season at several of the state's major utilities, ordering that the under-collection be addressed in upcoming new gas supply rates for March and April
February 26, 2026
PECO Quarterly Price To Compare Increasing 27% (& 2/26/26 Briefs)
PECO Quarterly Price To Compare Increasing 27%