March 10, 2026
During a hearing on bill S. 867, which addresses various data center issues including power but which does not currently include any competitive supply provision (apart from self-generation), the South Carolina Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources heard testimony from NRG Energy…
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March 9, 2026
The Secretary of the New York PSC granted Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service an extension of the deadline for Staff to report on the number of ESCO customers served on month-to-month contracts
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March 9, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC said in a PUC filing that, "there is no mechanism under state law or Commission rules that would grant ETSWD [East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company] the right to petition the Commission for the implementation or renewal of a retail [electric choice] pilot program [at SWEPCO]…
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March 6, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a recommended proposal for adoption to revise the current retail market performance measure reporting requirements, applicable to retail electric providers and other market entities
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March 3, 2026
A Texas ALJ has recommended approval of an alternative mechanism, which relies on existing market processes, to refund to Texas retail electric providers an over-collection of about $15 million which has been collected under the TC5 transition charge rider at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
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February 27, 2026
Massachusetts bill H.5151, the bill allowing individual cities and towns to ban individual residential retail electric choice, has been renumbered as bill H.5175 as it was passed to engrossment by the House
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February 27, 2026
Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service requested an extension of the deadline for Staff to report on the number of ESCO customers served on month-to-month contracts
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February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026 -- Updated Updated, Feb. 26, 10:13 p.m. ET Massachusetts bill H.5151 was passed by the House to engrossment, which sends the bill to the Senate Three consolidated amendments were adopted in passage to engrossment
The amendments maintain the bill's provision which would grant authority to municipalities to ban individual residential electric choice
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February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026 -- Updated Updated, Feb. 26, 10:13 p.m. ET Massachusetts bill H.5151 was passed by the House to engrossment, which sends the bill to the Senate Three consolidated amendments were adopted in passage to engrossment
The amendments maintain the bill's provision which would grant authority to municipalities to ban individual residential electric choice
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February 24, 2026
Bill's $5 Million Bond Requirement For Retail License May Still Be Read As Including Brokers, With Court Precedent
A newly numbered Massachusetts bill, H.5151, has been reported from the House Ways and Means Committee and would allow individual towns and cities to ban individual residential electric choice
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February 19, 2026
Comanche Peak Power Company LLC ('CP Company'), which is ultimately owned by Vistra, applied at the Texas PUC for approval of implementation of a proposed net metering arrangement between a large load (identity not disclosed publicly) and CP Company’s generation resource ('Comanche Peak') pursuant…
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February 19, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC denied rehearing, sought by consumer advocates, of the PUC's recent order in which the PUC declined to require that Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania send letters to low-income customers who are served by a competitive retail supplier at a price which exceeds the default service rate…
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February 18, 2026
The PUC of Ohio denied rehearing sought by retail energy suppliers concerning PUCO's November 2025 order in the electric distribution rate case of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities in which PUCO had rejected changes to various fees charged by the EDCs to retail suppliers
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February 16, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio is updating the electricity Rider UE-GEN, which recovers uncollectibles related to generation service
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February 11, 2026
The Massachusetts DPU sent a letter to all of the state's investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities warning that emergency actions to provide rate relief to customers, such as taken this winter and last winter, are, "unsustainable".
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February 10, 2026
NRG Energy has petitioned the Maine PUC for rule changes to allow opt-out electricity aggregation by municipalities
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February 6, 2026
SB 733 has been introduced in the West Virginia Senate to allow non-residential customers with demands greater than 1 MW, including aggregations of non-residential customers, to purchase competitive electricity supply, subject to a choice participation cap set by the state's PSC
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February 5, 2026
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) issued the statement below on February 4 concerning Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro's budget address
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February 4, 2026
Would Mandate Rate Ready Billing For POR FE PA Residential Shoppers Paid $82 Million More In 2025 Versus Default Service Earlier
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Seeks To 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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February 4, 2026
Would Mandate Rate Ready Billing For POR FE PA Residential Shoppers Paid $82 Million More In 2025 Versus Default Service Earlier
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Seeks To 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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February 3, 2026
The PUC of Ohio scheduled for March 9, 2026 a workshop in PUCO's five-year review of the standard service offer rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-35
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February 2, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have recommended that the PUC approved CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's alternative mechanism to refund to retail electric providers over-collections under the TC5 transition charge rider
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February 2, 2026
Utility Files Updates To POR Discount Rates
As part of a newly filed rate case in Pennsylvania, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (NFGDC) is proposing to implement an aggregation program for its Daily Metered Transportation (DMT) program, to replace the current customer banking aspect of the program
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January 30, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio has filed what it termed minor tariff revisions as a result of the previously reported transition to an SSO auction for default service effective April 1, 2026, transitioning away from the current GCR mechanism
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January 30, 2026
Texas PUC Staff has not revised any timelines related to PUC's Evaluation of Transmission Cost Recovery, Project 58484
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