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September 6, 2013
Pennsylvania should maintain a list of bad actor brokers and agents in the retail energy industry, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate said in comments to the PUC.
August 29, 2013
The Pennsylvania Office of the Consumer Advocate has petitioned the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a recent Commonwealth Court decision which found that electric default service relying on a single product type can meet the statute's requirement that default service shall include a…
August 22, 2013
Electric Standard Offer Service in Maryland should, "continue to include some form of Administrative Charge, in addition to the purchased power costs, transmission charges and taxes," the Maryland PSC concluded in reversing a proposed order from a hearing examiner, as the Commission remanded the…
August 13, 2013
EnerPenn USA, LLC d/b/a YEP Energy has launched residential service at Met-Ed and Penelec in Pennsylvania.
July 23, 2013
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel urged the D.C. PSC to take a "proactive" stance against bad behavior by certain retail energy suppliers by instituting a market-wide investigation of supplier behavior, "and not wait until we have an epidemic on our hands."
July 19, 2013
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel said that variable rates of retail electric suppliers which far exceed competitors' prices and prices based on wholesale market conditions are deceptive and unlawful.
June 24, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC has scheduled for July 12 a hearing on the sales and marketing practices of electric and natural gas suppliers and brokers.
May 31, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC will hold a hearing to determine whether a wide-ranging investigation into the business practices of alternative energy suppliers is warranted, and opened a proceeding to review the actions of an individual retail supplier.
May 28, 2013
Comverge, Inc., the Staff of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, the Office of People's Counsel, and the Potomac Electric Power Company have entered into a settlement to resolve a dispute concerning Comverge's performance under the "Gap RFP" contract awarded to the company by the Maryland PSC…
May 14, 2013
Staff of the Maryland PSC have petitioned the Commission for a show cause order against Starion Energy PA, Inc. regarding Starion Energy's disclosures of customer contracts.
March 11, 2013
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would establish the new bypassable Gas Procurement Charge, reflecting an unbundling of certain supply-related costs currently in base rates, at Peoples TWP LLC.
January 24, 2013
The Maryland PSC yesterday considered whether the offering of click-through online advertisements for retail suppliers, with compensation based on the number of click-throughs, constitutes electric brokering and requires a license.
December 27, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC has issued show cause orders to four retail energy suppliers directing each supplier to show why its license should not be suspended or revoked.
December 14, 2012
Parties have reached an unopposed settlement that would establish the new, bypassable Gas Procurement Charge at the three UGI natural gas distribution companies in Pennsylvania that increases the bypassable Gas Procurement Charge from UGI's original proposal.
December 3, 2012
Parties have filed an unopposed stipulation to establish reduced discretionary service charges applicable to retail electric providers at Oncor.
September 14, 2012
Stream Energy Receives Gas Supplier License in New State
August 9, 2012
IDT Energy has expanded its electric and natural gas supply offers to Maryland.
July 26, 2012
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel said that implementing a purchase of receivables program at Pepco would "distract" Pepco from solving reliability and storm-related issues facing the utility.
May 15, 2012
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has opposed a proposal to include reconciliations of revenues from the PJM market and the costs of credits paid to customers under critical peak rebates in the nonbypassable EmPOWER MD charge, further clouding cost recovery issues relating to the critical peak…
May 9, 2012
Maryland PSC Chairman Douglas Nazarian said that he needs to be assured that the Commission wasn't "duped" in approving the merger of Exelon and Constellation Energy, after the merged company violated market power mitigation conditions contained in the merger order relating to its generating plants.
April 23, 2012
Fueled by the start of a Purchase of Receivables program, PECO saw the growth rate of residential migration to competitive gas supply nearly triple during the first quarter of the year.
April 5, 2012
A Pennsylvania ALJ would subject customers leaving default service at PPL Electric Utilities to a migration rider, similar to those in place at Pennsylvania's natural gas distribution companies, to recover (or refund) under/over-collections which accumulated during their time on default service…
March 26, 2012
Retail suppliers in Maryland with multiple price and product offerings should be required to list each offering online in order to meet statutory requirements, the Office of People's Counsel said in comments to the PSC.
February 28, 2012
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has asked the Maryland PSC to address several questions, including pending issues regarding whether non-employee agents of licensed suppliers or brokers require their own license (in Case 9245), prior to addressing the electric broker application of Vivint…
February 17, 2012
The District of Columbia PSC approved Horizon Power & Light's proposed action plan to resolve a request by the Office of People's Counsel for an investigation of Horizon given certain customer complaints (see 11/22) .
