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June 15, 2023
PUC Says Proposed Carbon Offset Program Cannot Be Offered As A Tariffed Service
Reversing a recommended decision from a group of ALJs, the Pennsylvania PUC denied the proposal from Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania to offer customers a voluntary carbon offset product on a pilot basis
June 13, 2023
The Connecticut PURA's March 30 motion ruling concerning what entities are considered electric aggregators is contrary to 25 years of precedent and prior explicit pronouncements, which PURA did not acknowledge in such ruling.
June 9, 2023
As part of a proposed Electric Transportation Plan included in its most recent electricity security plan proceeding, AEP Ohio said it, "can function as a provider of last resort in a necessary location," under a program meant to incentivize the creation of EV charging corridors
June 2, 2023
The Maryland Energy Advocates Coalition (Advocates) filed a petition at the Maryland PSC requesting that the PSC initiate a rulemaking to eliminate the purchase of receivables program at the electric and gas utilities in the state
June 1, 2023
"Not Fair," PSC Chair Says PSC Discusses Advertising Limits, Offers Guidance On Opt-outs
During a Maryland PSC rulemaking session concerning creating rules for the community choice aggregation (CCA) pilot, the PSC provided guidance to a workgroup on several key disputed issues, after it became clear there were still too many remaining disputes to go through the regulations for final…
May 31, 2023
Final Rules For Service To Energy Assistance Households Adopted
The Maryland PSC adopted final regulations to implement a 2021 law [Chapter 637; amending the annotated code Section 4-308] that prohibits retail electric and gas supplier service to energy assistance customers outside of a PSC-approved plan whose price is less than SOS
May 30, 2023
Both Texas Houses have agreed on and passed a version of HB1500, the PUC sunset bill, with various provisions addressing a range of electricity policy issues.
May 26, 2023
Both Texas SB7 and HB1500, both which include each house's version of PCM guardrails as well as other electricity policy provisions, are headed to the conference committee process, as neither house concurred with the other chamber's respective amendments to each bill
May 26, 2023
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric ("CEHE", "CenterPoint", or the "Company") has floated a mechanism which would impose new obligations on retail electric providers as part of a potential program to provide low-income customers rate relief from Rider TEEEF, which collects the costs of Temporary…
May 25, 2023
Duke Energy Ohio has filed updates to bypassable Riders AER-R and SCR, effective July 1.
May 25, 2023
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has filed a motion requesting the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) re-open a previous Customer Choice Docket (RE-00000A-18-0405), "to identify and study critical issues necessary for the ACC to create a customer choice program in Arizona," RESA said
May 25, 2023
New York Department of Public Service Staff have considered, and asked for stakeholder comment on, a new requirement for community choice aggregations (CCAs) under which the municipality would have to separately communicate to customers, apart from the opt-out letter sent from the CCA administrator…
May 24, 2023
Passed Bill Includes REP Demand Response Program Provisions; ADER
The Texas Senate today passed HB 1500, the PUC sunset bill, with various amendments addressing a range of electricity policy issues
May 22, 2023
Broker Says Disclosure Reduces Competitiveness, Says ESCOs, "Only Provide Customers Single Biased Options To Competitive Energy Supply"
May 16, 2023
Task Force Told Delay Could Be "Multi-Year" Depending On FERC Process
During a recent meeting of the Lubbock Retail Integration Task Force (LRITF) at ERCOT, stakeholders discussed adjusting the Lubbock Power and Light shopping window, given the expected delay in Lubbock Power and Light's implementation of retail electric choice due to a recent FERC order.
May 5, 2023
Lubbock Power & Light and ERCOT filed a joint update with the Texas PUC stating that LP&L and ERCOT anticipate that a recent FERC order, "will result in a delay of both the integration of the remaining [LP&L] load [into ERCOT] and LP&L's transition to retail competition."
May 4, 2023
The Retail Energy Supply Association issued the following statement in response to a recent report from the Massachusetts Attorney General Office (AGO), and the AGO's continued efforts to end individual residential electric choice
May 2, 2023
The New York PSC has assigned Case 23-M-0229 for a rulemaking captioned: "In the matter of Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission, Contained in 16 NYCRR, Part 11.33 Prohibition of Utilities Engaging in Detrimental Conduct Towards a Residential Customer."
May 1, 2023
A report prepared by a consultant funded by the South Carolina State General Assembly under the Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee recommended the introduction of retail electric choice for large C&I customers, but recommended that policymakers "defer" consideration of retail choice…
April 28, 2023
The Texas PUC has established the new delivery charges applicable to retail electric providers at Oncor effective May 1, 2023, as the PUC has now accepted rates contained in an Oncor compliance filing, subject to refund or surcharge, after an earlier interim order had directed changes before…
April 28, 2023
Stipulation Would Eliminate Switching Fee
Several parties have filed a stipulation in Duke Energy Ohio's current base rate case
April 25, 2023
Would Allow ERCOT To Suspend QSE If QSE Poses "Unreasonable Financial Risk"
ERCOT has submitted a new Nodal Protocol Revision Request -- NPRR 1175, Revisions to Market Entry Financial Qualifications and Continued Participation Requirements -- which would, as stated by ERCOT in the NPRR, "strengthen[] ERCOT’s market entry qualification and continued participation…
April 20, 2023
Says Evidence Shows Both CAP & Other Customers Suffered Harm Under CAP Shopping Programs
The Pennsylvania PUC today withdrew a proposed policy statement concerning the eligibility of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for a competitive electric supplier
April 19, 2023
Two Pennsylvania PUCs ALJs have issued a recommended decision which would approve, as modified by a previously reported non-unanimous stipulation, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania's proposal to offer customers a voluntary carbon offset product on a pilot basis
April 14, 2023
The New Hampshire PUC recently approved the City of Portsmouth’s (NH) opt-out Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan
