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February 23, 2026
The Retail Energy Supply Association said in a motion to intervene that it is, "very concerned," with the recent Pennsylvania PUC ex parte Emergency Order that instituted a lower price cap on quarterly supply rate changes at UGI Utilities - Gas Division (lowering the permissible supply rate change…
February 20, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has scheduled for March 19, 2026 a technical conference on AEP Ohio's proposed changes to its default service program in light of proposed changes at PJM to blunt the impact of large load customers on the costs borne by other loads -- such as through the initiation of a Reliability…
February 20, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has posted winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Enbridge Gas Ohio (East Ohio Gas, f/k/a Dominion) for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027
February 19, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has posted winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Columbia Gas of Ohio for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027
February 19, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank granted an emergency order sought by UGI Utilities - Gas Division which will limit the otherwise normally calculated natural gas supply rate change for March 1, 2026
February 18, 2026
UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division sought emergency relief from the Pennsylvania PUC to cap the amount of supply cost rate change scheduled for March 1, 2026
February 17, 2026
Filings on electric and natural gas rates made by several Massachusetts utilities, in response to a Massachusetts DPU directive, addressed the issue of customer supply charges
February 17, 2026
The initial auction under Duke Energy Ohio's new Standard Service Offer mechanism to serve non-shopping natural gas customers resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) of $4.00 per Dth
February 17, 2026
Connecticut's Procurement Manager (PM) for electricity default service has recommended that the utilities rely on direct purchases (self-supply) from the ISO New England markets for a non-binding target of 20% of default service load for customers under 500 kW (standard service)
February 12, 2026
Winning prices from New Jersey's electricity Basic Generation Service auction for residential and small commercial customers (BGS-RSCP) spiked about 20-25% versus the tranches being replaced in the laddered portfolio
February 6, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has posted winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio (CenterPoint Energy Ohio) for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027
February 6, 2026
AEP Ohio is seeking changes to its default service program in light of proposed changes at PJM to blunt the impact of large load customers on the costs borne by other loads -- such through the initiation of a Reliability Backstop Auction (RBA) as directed by the PJM Board, and similar measures…
February 5, 2026
As part of the proposed default service plan for June 1, 2027 through May 31, 2031 (DSP VII), FirstEnergy Pennsylvania is proposing certain changes in the procurement portfolio as well as the wholesale supply product
February 3, 2026
The Standard Choice Offer auction to set the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) at Enbridge Gas Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio) for the period April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027 resulted in an RPA of $0.70 per Mcf, which is 40% higher than the current adder of $0.50 per Mcf
February 3, 2026
Pike County Light & Power Company has sought a modification to its current electricity default service plan due to what Pike called the "refus[al]" of Orange and Rockland Utilities to continue to supply power to Pike.
January 27, 2026
A January 27 auction to determine the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) for the Standard Choice Offer at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in an RPA of $2.25 per Mcf, for the period April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027
January 27, 2026
The Maine PUC has expanded the scope of its investigation into the use of time of use rates for electricity Standard Offer service to now include consideration of Critical Peak Pricing (CPP), Peak Time Rebate (PTR), and EV-Only Charging Incentives, as well as other proposals that stakeholders may…
January 23, 2026
In response to a data request, Connecticut Light & Power reported that the lowest cost option to serve mass market default service customers (standard service) over the past 10 years would have been utilizing the spot market
January 21, 2026
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA has filed for an interim adjustment to its GSSR-1 (mass market) generation supply service rate
January 20, 2026
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's (CenterPoint Energy Ohio) Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 20, 2026 resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) of $1.65 per Mcf for the period April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027
January 16, 2026
Potomac Edison residential electric customers taking SOS (which given changes in the retail market is expected to be nearly all if not all residential customers) will see a 10% increase in the supply rate component of SOS on June 1, 2026
January 15, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC approved language at Citizens’ Electric Company of Lewisburg which will change how the demand of customer-generators is measured, which may impact the default service class (fixed price vs hourly) into which a customer-generator is assigned
January 9, 2026
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to various stakeholders in PURA's review of default service procurement changes due to 2025 statutory changes
January 6, 2026
In comments in a PUC of Ohio rulemaking, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel recommended that the Standard Service Offer rate be used as a price cap for electric service to Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers
December 31, 2025
40% of residential customers in the standard offer customer referral program (SOP) at Duquesne Light who remained with their assigned retail supplier after the conclusion of the SOP term paid an EGS rate 50-100% higher than the applicable price to compare (PTC), according to an updated report from…
