September 19, 2023
PSC Staff Proposes New Reporting Requirement For Carbon Offset Retail Supply Plans
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August 17, 2023
Texas REPs' Shares Of Low-Income Matching List Cost To Be Set
Texas PUC Staff have issued a proposed allocation of costs to retail electric providers electing to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2023.)
July 27, 2023
Texas PUC Staff Proposes Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Electric Providers To Fund FY 2024 Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings (Indicator Of Threshold REP Size)
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2024.
February 9, 2023
NRG: Regulator's Proposed Default Service Changes Would Make "Chumps" Out Of Certain Customers
Wholesale Supplier Proposes Longer Term Fixed Procurements Of Default Service (Fixed Volume Financial Block)
December 16, 2022
New York PSC Denies Rehearing Of Order Ending Waiver Period That Had Allowed ESCO Green Gas Products
The New York PSC denied rehearing of its July 2022 order that had denied waivers to seven specific ESCOs for such suppliers to continue to provide green natural gas products to mass market customers without being subject to the otherwise applicable pricing limits, and set a deadline for such…
November 15, 2022
NRG Retail Supplier Acquires Texas Customer Book
Green Mountain Energy, a unit of NRG Energy, recently acquired Bulb US LLC's book of Texas electric customers, Bulb confirmed in a filing to relinquish its Texas REP certificate
October 21, 2022
New York PSC Grants Additional ESCOs Extension Of Deadline To Comply With End Of Green Gas Waiver
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted, to several additional ESCOs, an extension of the deadline to comply with the PSC's prior order which had terminated the limited waiver allowing ESCOs to serve existing mass market customers under green gas products without being subject to the otherwise…
August 19, 2022
Regulator's Staff Seeks Decision Allocating Utility Bill System Upgrade Costs To Retail Suppliers; Would Assign Specific Share To Each Supplier
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority requested that PURA issue a draft decision to assign about $2.3 million in costs for utilities to update their billing systems to retail suppliers, with a proposed mechanism, and…
August 16, 2022
Former CEO Of Texas REP Named VP, Sales & Marketing At Retail Energy Supplier
Hampshire Power Corporation has named Russel Head as Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
August 15, 2022
ESCO Seeks Clarification Of NY PSC End Of Green Gas Waiver, Timeline
Family Energy, Inc. filed a petition for rehearing, clarification, and stay of the New York PSC's July 15 order which had declined to extend the waivers, from the otherwise applicable mass market pricing limits, for green gas products, which had previously been provided to certain ESCOs for legacy…
July 6, 2022
Group Of New York ESCOs Petition For Approval Of Several Green Gas Programs For Mass Market, Not Subject To Price Cap
A group of New York ESCOs have petitioned the New York PSC to authorize several green gas natural gas programs developed by the certain members of the NY Subgroup participating in Track II of the retail market reset proceeding, with such programs not being subject to the price cap otherwise…
June 23, 2022
Texas REPs Commit To Funding Texas Low-Income Customer List For New Fiscal Year
Several Texas retail electric providers have requested to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2022.)
May 25, 2022
Seven New York ESCOs Receive Extension Of Enforcement Discretion Concerning Green Natural Gas Plans Not Subject To Price Limits
The General Counsel of the New York Department of Public Service has informed seven ESCOs of an extension of enforcement discretion concerning the ESCOs' offering of mass market green natural gas plans without being subject to the pricing limits otherwise applicable to such plans
April 26, 2022
Update: NRG Acquiring Customers From Multiple Brands Of Texas REP
Earlier: NRG Retail Supplier Acquiring Book Of Customers From Texas REP
A unit of NRG Energy is acquiring certain Texas retail electric customers from…
March 16, 2022
NRG Acquiring Texas Retail Customer Book, Will Honor Terms Of Service
NRG Energy has executed an agreement to acquire the customer accounts of…
February 24, 2022
PUC Approves Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Will Pay $156,000 To Resolve Alleged Unauthorized Enrollments From In-Store Marketing, Use Of ECL
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without substantive modification a settlement between…
January 25, 2022
New York PSC Informs Nine ESCOs Of Limited, Conditional Enforcement Discretion Allowing Interim Continuation Of Green Gas Products Not Subject To Pricing Limits
The General Counsel of the New York PSC issued letters to 9 ESCOs informing such ESCOs that the Department of Public Service will exercise enforcement discretion, limited to 120 days and subject to other conditions, concerning the end of the current waiver that had allowed the nine ESCOs to provide…
January 18, 2022
Retail Supplier Enters LOI To Source New Renewable Energy For Customers In Arizona, As It Awaits Decision On Retail License
Green Mountain Energy (GME) has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sawtooth DevCo, LLC to provide locally sourced renewable energy to Arizonans from new solar facilities to be located in Arizona.
December 3, 2021
Green Mountain Energy Arizona Retail Supplier Application To Be Held In Abeyance Pending Attorney General Opinion On ACC Authority To Implement Retail Choice
An Arizona Corporation Commission ALJ has ruled that the application of Green Mountain Energy for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CC&N) to act as a competitive retail electric supplier in Arizona shall be held in abeyance pending the issuance of an opinion from the state's attorney…
November 18, 2021
PUC Issues For Comment Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Would Pay $156,000; Relates To Unauthorized Enrollments From In-Store Marketing, Use Of ECL
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has issued for comment a proposed settlement agreement between the PUC’s Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement (I&E) and Green Mountain Energy Company ('Green Mountain' or 'Company') under which Green Mountain would pay $156,000 and provide refunds to…
November 3, 2021
Arizona Commission Votes To Send Letter To AG On Treatment Of Retail Supplier License Applications; Addresses Status Of Pending CC&Ns
The Arizona Corporation Commission today formally voted (3-2) to request, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-193(A)(7), an Attorney General Opinion regarding whether it can grant Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CC&N) to competitive retail electric suppliers in light of the Phelps Dodge court case…
September 30, 2021
Arizona Chair States Intent To Place Retail Supplier Applications, Consideration Of Sought AG Opinion On Choice, On Agenda At Upcoming Meeting (Allows Discussion Of Issues)
Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Lea Márquez Peterson filed a memo stating her intent to place on the October 27 Staff Open Meeting agenda all of the outstanding applications from retail suppliers for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CC&N) to provide competitive electric…
September 28, 2021
Arizona Corp. Commission Poised To Seek AG's Opinion Regarding Existing Retail Choice Statutes, Rules In Light of Two Court Cases
Subject to confirmation in a future vote, the Arizona Corporation Commission currently intends to request, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-193(A)(7), an Attorney General Opinion regarding the statutes the Legislature established in A.R.S. § 40-202(B), (C), (D), and (E), and §§ 40-207–208, concerning…
September 10, 2021
Court Approves Sale Of 40% Of Bankrupt Retail Supplier's RCEs To NRG
Bankrupt Supplier Discusses Path Forward For Remaining RCEs, Potential POLR Drop
A bankruptcy court today approved the sale of a significant book of customers of Liberty Power Holdings, LLC (collectively, 'Liberty Power' or the 'Debtors') to NRG Retail, LLC, which had been previously designated as a stalking horse bidder
August 13, 2021
Texas PUC Staff Proposes Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Electric Providers To Fund FY 2022 Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings
Deletions In Proposed List Indicate REPs' Customer Count Decline From 250,000 Threshold
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2022.