June 3, 2021
Staff To Review 'Your Rights As A Customer' Document, Propose Additions
During an open meeting work session, Texas PUC Chairman Peter Lake directed Commission Staff to include, as part of a rulemaking to implement HB 16 and its ban on wholesale indexed electricity plans for mass market customers, a review of ancillary service pass-throughs to commercial customers who…
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June 2, 2021
Several REPs Also Commit To Additional Consumer Protections As End Of DNP Moratorium Considered
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (hereafter "Petitioners") requested that the Texas PUC amend PUC Subst. R. §§25.29 and 25.483 so that Governor-declared states of disaster caused by catastrophic events such as tornadoes or hurricanes become events triggering a temporary…
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June 1, 2021
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams today filed a memo proposing that the PUC end the disconnection for non-pay moratorium applicable to retail electric providers, which was adopted after the February winter weather event
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May 27, 2021
Requires Three Renewal Notices To Be Sent Bill Bans Wholesale Index Electricity Plans For Residential, Small Commercial Customers (Would Be Superseded If SB 3 Enrolled)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed HB 16, which prohibits wholesale indexed electricity plans for residential and small commercial customers, and also requires REPs to serve customers on a default renewal contract if the customer takes no affirmative action at renewal
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May 24, 2021
The Texas House has passed amended versions of Senate bills addressing the composition of the Texas PUC and ERCOT governance
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May 24, 2021
Adds Requirement For "Signed" Acknowledgment Of Risk For Large Customers To Be Served Under Wholesale Index Plans Omnibus Bill Requires State Energy Plan & Evaluation Of Market Structure, Pricing
Includes TDU Load Shed Programs, Energy Storage For TDUs; New Obligation For REPs
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May 21, 2021
In passing to third reading SB 2154, a bill which would change the composition of the Texas PUC, the Texas House adopted an amendment which would require that, "At least one [PUC] commissioner must be well informed and qualified in the field of public interest advocacy and have a background in…
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May 20, 2021
The Texas House Committee on State Affairs this week reported favorably a substitute version of SB 3, and the substitute would allow residential and small commercial wholesale index electricity plans to continue to be sold, subject to a price cap and various notice requirements
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May 19, 2021
Proposes Limitation On Low-Income Customer Products
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU as well as a group of competitive suppliers have filed straw proposals addressing various Tier II issues in the DPU's ongoing review of the retail energy markets (Docket 19-07)
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May 17, 2021
The Texas House has passed a narrowed version of HB 3916, which relates to various issues concerning distributed generation
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May 17, 2021
Updated Consolidated Billing Fee For ESCOs
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY ('KEDNY'), KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid ('KEDLI') (KEDNY and KEDLI, or the "Companies") and New York State Department of Public Service Staff has entered into a rate case joint proposal which includes an agreement for the…
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May 17, 2021
Says Cannot Ensure That Direct Access Expansion Would Not Increase GHG, Other Pollution Cites Concerns About Viability Of Municipal Aggregations If Direct Access Expanded
A California PUC ALJ has issued a proposed decision concerning a review of expanding electricity direct access which would find that, "the Commission concludes that at this time, expansion of Direct Access to all non-residential customers would present an unacceptable risk to the state’s long-term…
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May 13, 2021
Says Retail Market Cannot Survive "Untenable" Conditions Created By DNP Order, As Moratorium Nears Third Month
In a letter to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Brandon Young, CEO of Young Energy, requested that the PUC end the moratorium on disconnections for non-pay which was adopted in the aftermath of the February winter weather event, arguing that the viability of the retail market is threatened by…
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May 13, 2021
Requires Three Renewal Notices To Be Sent Bans Wholesale Pass-Through Products For Small Customers; Also Requires "Signed" Affirmation From Large Customers To Take Such Products
The Texas House has concurred with amendments adopted by the Senate to House Bill (HB 16), which would ban wholesale pass-through electric products, and which would establish a new mandate that retail electric providers must serve customers, who do not make an affirmative choice at the time of…
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May 11, 2021
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas requesting that the PUC grant a good-cause exception to the October 2021 deadline under 16 Tex. Admin. Code ("TAC") § 25.247, and a prior Commission order, for Oncor to file its comprehensive base-rate…
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May 5, 2021
A Texas Senate committee has reported favorably a substitute for SB 1279
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May 3, 2021
Bill Requires Customers To Have "Simple, Quick" Process For REP Complaints At Texas PUC
Last week, the Texas Senate passed SB 2194 which, among other things, includes new disconnection protections for customers of retail electric providers, including expansion of the conditions under which disconnections are prohibited, and other customer rights concerning the disconnection process and…
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April 30, 2021
Requires Three Renewal Notices To Be Sent Bans Wholesale Pass-Through Products For Small Customers; Also Requires "Signed" Affirmation From Large Customers To Take Such Products
The Texas Senate has passed an amended version of the House bill (HB 16), banning wholesale pass-through electric products, and the Senate version includes a new mandate that retail electric providers must serve customers, who do not make an affirmative choice at the time of renewal, under a…
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April 30, 2021
The City of Boston has filed a letter directed to Massachusetts DPU Chair Matthew Nelson requesting that Nelson withdraw a December letter which directed the City to stop marketing the discount Boston is working to offer to low-income (R-2) customers in its op-out municipal aggregation, using SMART…
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April 28, 2021
DPS Staff Proposes Allowing CCAs To Enroll Opt-in Customers Without Verification Required Of ESCOs Under UBP
To Address CCA Pricing Challenges, Staff Seeks Proposals To Allow CCAs To Offer Green Energy In Manner That May Not Be Compliant With Environmental Disclosure Program Standards
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April 15, 2021
The New York State Public Service Commission today adopted a new framework regarding energy and utility customer (and other) data access
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April 14, 2021
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied a request from the New York Retail Choice Coalition (NYCRR) for a 90 day extension of the deadlines, including the deadline for new price caps and other product limits for the mass market, contained in the New York PSC's retail market reset order
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April 13, 2021
The New York State Retail Choice Coalition (“Coalition”) formally requested that the New York Department of Public Service Staff hold a meeting and provide a guidance document clarifying the requirements of the new rules and revisions to the Uniform Business Practices adopted under the December 12…
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April 8, 2021
Will Seek Technical Conference On Implementation, Including Remaining Questions On Defining Small Commercial Customers
The New York Retail Choice Coalition (the 'Coalition' or 'NYRCC') requested from the New York PSC a ninety (90)-day extension of the Implementation Date of the PSC's retail market reset order, in order to, "allow adequate time for energy service companies ('ESCOs') to compliantly transition current…
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April 1, 2021
Texas House Considers Securitization Bill Which Could Be Broadly Open To Retail Electric Providers & Their Costs From Winter Storm, Other ERCOT Market Participants
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