March 9, 2021
Texas Bill Would Cap Wholesale Energy Prices During, After Disasters
Texas Bill Would Authorize Utilities In ERCOT To Construct Facilities To Purchase Power Outside Of ERCOT
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March 8, 2021
Speaker Of Texas House Includes Prohibition On "Wholesale Indexed Product" Electric Plans As Priority Legislative Reform
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dade Phelan has announced seven priority bills meant to address electricity industry reform, as part of a "first phase" of addressing the recent winter weather event
March 5, 2021
Vistra Submits "Ideas" For Policy Response Options Addressing ERCOT Weather Event:
Vistra Corp. has shared with Texas lawmakers, "ideas that should be considered to address the impacts of the mid-February storm."
March 5, 2021
Texas Bill Would Provide For One-Time Cash Payments To Customers Of Retail Electric Providers, Via REPs
A bill has been introduced in the Texas House of Representatives (HB 2828) that would provide one-time cash payments from state funds to customers of retail electric providers and other LSEs
March 5, 2021
Texas Bill Would Ban Variable, Indexed Electric Rates
A bill, HB 2808, has been introduced in the Texas House of Representatives to ban variable and indexed electric rates for residential customers
March 5, 2021
Texas PUC Directs TDUs To Take Actions Concerning Demand Reading, Charges To REPs & Customers From Weather Event Cold Load Pickup (Cancels/Rebills)
In response to a petition from the ERCOT TDUs, the Texas PUC issued an order directing TDUs to take certain actions to mitigate demand charges and related issues that customers would otherwise incur due to cold load pickup at the time of service restoration from the winter weather event
March 5, 2021
Texas PUC Formally Allows REPs To Resume Late Fee Charges, Won't Lift Disconnect For Non-Pay Moratorium At This Time
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC said that the current prohibition on REPs issuing disconnect for non-pay (DNP) order will remain in place
March 4, 2021
Texas TDUs File At PUC For Good Cause Exception Related To Billing Demand To REPs, Customers (Includes Possible Cancels/Rebills)
AEP Texas Inc.; CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC; and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (collectively, the ERCOT TDUs) filed at the Texas PUC an Emergency Request for a good cause exception with regard to demand readings and billings that cover the period of…
March 4, 2021
Bill Would Condition Retail Suppliers' Participation In Market On "Proof" That Supplier's Products Are Not, "Overpriced Or Harmful"
Broad Interpretation Of Language Could Be Read As Giving Regulator Ability To Cap All Retail Electric Supplier Rates (Not Just Low-Income Rates)
March 3, 2021
Texas PUC Won't Consider Approval Of Late-Filed Requests To Serve As Volunteer POLRs (Requests From Three REPs Affected)
Total Number Of Customers That Volunteer POLRs Have Agreed To Serve Disclosed
The Manager of Licensing and Compliance for the Texas PUC's Customer Protection Division issued a memo concerning requests from retail electric providers to serve as volunteer POLRs (voluntary REPs or VREPs) that were filed after a recent deadline established by the PUC
March 3, 2021
Update: PUC Orders Waiver Of Utility Switching Fee For Customers Dropped To Default Service, Due To Retail Supplier's Default, Who Wish To Choose New Supplier
More Data On Number Of Customers Impacted Disclosed
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Attorney Examiner ordered that the utility switching fee be waived for customers who are dropped to the Standard Service Offer, due to the previously reported default of Entrust Energy East Inc. at PJM, and who wish to choose a new competitive retail supplier
March 3, 2021
Pennsylvania Utility Petitions To Accelerate Start Date For Standard Offer Program Changes Which Include Tripling Fee Charged To Retail Suppliers
Duquesne Light has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to accelerate the start date of recently adopted changes in its Standard Offer Customer Referral Program (SOP), with such changes including a near-tripling of the fee charged to retail electric suppliers
March 2, 2021
Texas Consumer Groups Ask PUC To Ban Variable & Index Rate Plans For Residential Customers, Move Current Variable Customers To Fixed Rate
Seek Ban On Termination Fees & Switch Holds Seek To Make POLR Rate A Fixed Rate
Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) and AARP Texas filed a request for emergency action at the Texas PUC seeking the following relief:
February 26, 2021
Texas PUC Chair Tells Lawmakers That PUC Currently Has Authority To Regulate Retail Electric Provider Plans, Prohibit Certain Products
During a hearing before a Texas House committee, DeAnn T. Walker, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, told lawmakers that the PUC currently has authority to prohibit retail electric providers from offering certain kinds of products, and may exercise such authority via rulemaking
February 25, 2021
NRG, Vistra CEOs: Residential Real-Time Wholesale Pricing Plans "Shouldn't Be Allowed" In Marketplace
During a Texas House hearing, NRG Energy CEO Mauricio Gutierrez said that retail electric plans that pass-through the real-time wholesale market price, "shouldn't be allowed" in the marketplace for residential customers
February 25, 2021
Regulator Concerned New Entrants Are Unaware That Aggregators May Not Represent a Supplier, Must Solely Represent Customers
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut PURA said in a letter to PURA's Chairman that EOE is concerned that new market entrants are not aware of PURA's long-standing determination that an electric aggregator may only represent a customer, and may not represent a…
February 24, 2021
Texas Gov.: Working On Legislation To "Ensure We Never Run Out Of Power Again"
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in an address tonight that he and lawmakers are working on "reforms" to add more power to the grid
February 24, 2021
Update #2 (2/25): PUC Requires That Price To Compare Message Be Included On Utility Bills, But Does Not Adopt Proposed Language About Saving Money
* This is a breaking news story. Check back for a full report on PUCO's order adopting new retail market gas billing and customer protection later. You may need to refresh your page for the latest update
February 23, 2021
New York PSC To Create Working Groups On Retail Electric Choice Issues At LIPA, Schedules Technical Conference
The New York State Department of Public Service (DPS) will hold a virtual technical conference on March 4, 2021, to establish a schedule for working groups, and determine topics for further working group meetings, regarding the potential benefits to customers of retail competition in the Long Island…
February 23, 2021
Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Be Relieved From Serving As Non-Volunteer POLR
EDF Energy Services, LLC ('EDF') filed at the Texas PUC a request that EDF be removed as a non-volunteer Provider of Last Resort ('POLR') for Small Non-Residential Customers.
February 22, 2021
Texas Bill Would Add Electricity To Anti-Price Gouging Statute
Texas Bill Would Require PUC To Obtain "Emergency Reserve Power Generation Capacity"
Various bills have been filed at the Texas legislature in response to the recent weather event
February 21, 2021
Update #2, 9:05 pm ET, 2/21 - Written Orders Posted
Also Directs ERCOT To Use Discretion On Settlement, Invoice Payment Timelines, In Addition To Collateral
February 20, 2021
Updated: Texas Gov, Lawmakers Discuss How To "Reduce" Burden From Retail Electricity Bills
Texas Governor Convenes Emergency Meeting To Address Spike In Texas Energy Bills
February 19, 2021
Reliant Seeks To Serve As Volunteer POLR In Texas (Requires Rule Exception); PUC Staff Recommend Approval
Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC (RERS) filed a request at the Texas PUC to be designated as a volunteer POLR, formally known as a Voluntary Retail Electric Provider (VREP), for the residential and small commercial customer classes.
February 19, 2021
Citing Increased Enforcement Proceedings, New York PSC Seeks To Add Number Of Commissioners
Pursuant to the authority vested in the New York Public Service Commission by Section 4(2) of the Public Service Law, the Commission has certified to Governor Andrew Cuomo that, "additional commissioners are needed for the proper disposition of the business before the Commission."