September 15, 2026
PPL Electric Says Change Will Reduce Market Price Risk For Retail Suppliers
As part of protecting non-large load customers from costs associated with data centers, PPL Electric in Pennsylvania has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to make Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) and certain other transmission costs nonbypassable, with PPL Electric assuming…
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September 14, 2026
Regulator's Staff Supports Requiring Other Changes At Utility Sought By Retail Suppliers
In a rate case at the Illinois Commerce Commission, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas in Illinois have agreed to cease the current practice of requiring that a signed consent form from a customer be provided in order for a new retail supplier to serve a customer in cases where such service by the new…
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September 11, 2026
In an electric rate case at UGI Utilities in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate is seeking changes to various information provided to customers concerning electricity shopping, including the implementation of targeted communications to shopping customers with rates above the…
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September 10, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have filed proposed draft rules to implement a nuclear procurement obligation on the utilities, via a zero emissions credit (ZEC) program
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September 10, 2026
As part of a new rate case settlement, Nicor Gas in Illinois has agreed to expand the scope of its ongoing Retroactive Trading Study to develop and scope both a limited retroactive daily trading pilot (Daily Pilot), and a limited daily and monthly retroactive trading pilot (Daily and Monthly Pilot)…
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September 2, 2026
Retail Suppliers Allege Proposed Order Contravenes Rulemaking Process, Establishes Discriminatory Price Regulation
Various retail energy suppliers have filed briefs in opposition to a proposed decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs that would adopt major reforms to the retail electric market at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, including excluding from the purchase of receivables program any product whose rate exceeds…
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September 2, 2026
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has requested that the PUC of Ohio open an investigation, "to address the [energy] affordability crisis."
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August 28, 2026
Addressing a consumer advocate proposal to cap retail supplier rates in order for supplier receivables to be included in the purchase of receivables program, Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in a rate case brief at the Pennsylvania PUC stated, "it is not clear that the POR program, when coupled with…
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August 26, 2026
Staff Reports CCA Average Rates Up To 40% Higher Than Default Service
Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service have recommended that the PSC terminate the authorization which allows municipal aggregations to enroll retail electric and gas customers on an opt-out basis, with Staff citing higher rates paid by Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers and what…
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August 24, 2026
Montgomery County, Maryland recently informed stakeholders that Montgomery County's electricity opt-out municipal aggregation will not commence service prior to October 1, 2029.
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August 24, 2026
Proposed Order Would Mandate That Shopping Customers Return To Default Service At End Of Fixed Price Term, Unless Customer Chooses To Continue With Retail Supplier
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August 20, 2026
The PUC of Ohio, in adopting modified rules governing the PUC's processes and procedures, including in rate cases, denied a utility proposal to limit issues which may be raised by intervenors in rate cases
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August 20, 2026
The Illinois Commerce Commission formally opened a rulemaking to address recent legislation (220 ILCS 33) governing the provision of usage data to customers and other entities at electric and natural gas utilities with more than 100,000 customers
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August 19, 2026
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has signed a wide-ranging executive order concerning data centers that, among other things, directs the "rapid" development of rules and orders by the Pennsylvania PUC to address the allocation of PJM Backstop reliability costs and related obligations
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August 18, 2026
A preliminary report from a consultant retained by the Maryland PSC finds that the utility-owned policy option for new generation procurement, and the build-and-transfer-to-utility policy option, have the "highest regret" among the studied models
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August 17, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed the cost allocation to retail electric providers who have opted to receive information under the low-income customer identification service, for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2026 (FY2027).
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August 17, 2026
A Texas PUC ALJ approved an unopposed motion from CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC to implement its proposed increase in CEHE's Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) on an interim basis
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August 14, 2026
The New Jersey BPU released a report on reforms to PJM's market that, among other policies, recommends that, "states should direct long-term procurements," which "may" include bilateral contract obligations for all LSEs including retail suppliers
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August 14, 2026
The enrolled version of the District of Columbia Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661) has been enacted, without the Mayor's signature, as Act Number A26-0418
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August 12, 2026
New Disclosures Required, New Fees For Suppliers Rules Allow Provision Of Opt-out Info For Muni Aggregation To Occur Prior To Selection Of Supplier, Rates
The New Jersey BPU approved a switch block mechanism as part of adopting new and modified rules governing retail electric and natural gas marketing and licensing
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August 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have opposed a rehearing request from the Maryland Office of People's Counsel through which OPC seeks to make each retail supplier's monthly residential volume data public
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August 10, 2026
Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission said in a report that, "while Ameren’s allocation methodology is not without limitations," the information reviewed by Staff and Ameren’s practices, "do not demonstrate a clear or material misallocation of costs between supply and delivery services that…
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August 7, 2026
The Maine PUC has extended the comment deadline as requested to September 18, 2026
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August 7, 2026
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC and Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. (collectively "Constellation") have opposed a proposed data center tariff from the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities which would, as filed, require that data centers receive generation supply service from a competitive retail electric…
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August 7, 2026
Enbridge Gas Ohio (aka East Ohio Gas or EOG) has proposed that a working group be established, after the conclusion of its current Ohio rate case, to consider potential changes to EOG's purchase of receivables (POR) program
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