December 11, 2024
PSC Chair: Retail Suppliers Will Need To Be "A Little Patient" As PSC Addresses SB1 Implementation
Retail energy suppliers need to be "a little patient" as the PSC works to implement…
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December 9, 2024
Maryland PSC Staff: Contracts Without An Expiration Date Are Subject To SB1, Price Limits
Retail energy contracts that do not have an expiration date are subject to SB1, including the new law's price cap for residential customers, Maryland PSC Staff said in comments to the Commission
December 6, 2024
State's Third-Largest City Receives Approval To Launch Opt-out Municipal Aggregation
A regulator has approved the opt-out municipal aggregation plan filed by…
December 4, 2024
PSC Schedules Hearing On Green Power Product Price Cap
A PSC has scheduled for December 11, 2024 a hearing concerning the establishment of a maximum green power product price for each service area
December 3, 2024
BGE/Pepco: No "Firm Plans" To Build Generation In Maryland, But All Options On The Table
Baltimore Gas & Electric, Pepco-Maryland, and Delmarva-Maryland have no "firm plans" to build generation in Maryland, but…
December 2, 2024
Maryland PSC To Hold Further Hearing On Retail Market Changes Due To SB1
The Maryland PSC will hold a further hearing on changes to the retail energy market and related rules and processes in light of SB1
November 26, 2024
Pennsylvania Boroughs Seeking To Implement Opt-Out Muni Aggregation Say Load Encompassed By Proposal Less Than Normal Switching, Won't Impact Default Service
In response to a show cause order from the Pennsylvania PUC, the eight Pennsylvania municipalities seeking to implement an opt-out municipal aggregation argued that…
November 26, 2024
Texas ALJ Would Again Find Texas REPs Must Receive 45 Days Notice Of "Approved" New DCRF Rates
A Texas ALJ has further affirmed that Texas retail electric providers must receive…
November 22, 2024
Consumer Advocate Asks Pa. PUC To "Clarify" That Recent PUC Finding, That Retail Supplier Costs Above Default Service Are Not Proof Of Customer Harm, Is Not Broadly Precedential
The Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate requested that the PUC "clarify" the PUC's findings with respect to EGS costs which exceed default service costs
November 21, 2024
Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed a wide-ranging energy bill (S.2967) that retains individual residential electric choice, while also requiring certain retail market enhancements
November 21, 2024
Texas PUC Adopts Rule For Registration Of Crypto Miners
The Texas PUC adopted a final rule that requires certain cryptocurrency miners and similar operations to register with the Texas PUC
November 21, 2024
Pa. PUC Approves Settlement Requiring Additional Transparency Regarding Offering, Billing Of Non-Utility Services At FirstEnergy Utilities
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a rate case settlement under which FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company (FirstEnergy-PA, formerly Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power individually) will implement changes meant to better inform customers regarding the nature of non-basic services offered by the utility, or third parties in partnership with the utility
November 21, 2024
Regulator Seeks Comments On Limitations To Be Imposed On Retail Supplier Service To Low-Income Customers
As part of a previously reported investigation, a retail energy regulator has sought further stakeholder comments on any limitations which should be imposed on service from retail electric suppliers to…
November 21, 2024
Maryland PSC Invites Proposals For Specific Prices For Green Power Rate Caps
The Maryland PSC has invited stakeholders to file proposed specific green power prices (the actual rates, not just the rate calculation mechanisms) that shall serve as the PSC-set price cap for retail supplier green power offers starting January 1, 2025
November 20, 2024
NOPEC Says Electric Deregulation Is Saving Ohio Customers $3 Billion Per Year
NOPEC (Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council) said that an updated study from researchers at Cleveland State University shows that electricity deregulation saved Ohio customers nearly…
November 20, 2024
Retail Suppliers Seek Clarification On Treatment Of Variable Rate Customers Whose Contracts Do Not Include Contract End Dates, & Incidental Residential Accounts, As Price Cap Effective Date Looms
With the effective date for retail energy price caps in Maryland less than 6 weeks away, retail energy suppliers have sought clarification from the Maryland PSC on two issues
November 15, 2024
Pennsylvania PUC Formally Announces Conference On Resource Adequacy
The Pennsylvania PUC formally announced that it will hold a Technical Conference regarding resource adequacy
November 15, 2024
Texas PUC Staff Decline To Modify Proposed Crypto Mining Registry Rule To Impose Sought New Obligation On REPs; But Also Won't Require Sharing Of Registration With REPs
A draft proposal for adoption from Texas PUC Staff to implement the registration of certain cryptocurrency miners would not impose new obligations on retail electric providers as sought by certain parties
November 14, 2024
New York PSC Directs Evaluation Of Municipal Aggregation
PSC To Consider Whether Opt-Out CCA Serves Public Interest Of Mass Market Customers
The New York PSC said today in a news release that it has directed that an evaluation shall be conducted concerning the benefits and effectiveness of opt-out municipal aggregation, or community choice aggregation (CCA)
November 14, 2024
Massachusetts Legislature Sends To Governor Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
The Massachusetts House has adopted a conference committee report to reconcile differences in a wide-ranging energy bill, with the conference committee report striking from the comprehensive bill the Senate's originally passed prohibition on individual residential electric choice
November 12, 2024
CenterPoint TDU Seeks New Rider Charged To REPs For Storm Costs
Default service electric rates for mass market customers in CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC filed at the Texas PUC an application for…
November 11, 2024
Maryland PSC Staff Offer Most Immediate Opportunities For Resource Adequacy
Staff of the Maryland PSC have offered an overview of resource adequacy policies and options available to the Maryland PSC
October 30, 2024
Pennsylvania ALJ Directs Municipalities, Seeking Pa. PUC Order That Opt-out Aggregation Is Permissible, To Show Cause Why Petition Should Not Be Dismissed
A Pennsylvania PUC ALJ has directed…
October 28, 2024
Massachusetts Senate Approves Conference Report Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Adopts House's Retail Market Enhancements
The Massachusetts Senate has adopted a conference committee report to…
October 25, 2024
Retail Energy Contracts Struck From Pennsylvania Bill Regulating Auto-Renewals
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed…