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September 2, 2025
Pepco has recommended that the District of Columbia PSC, "consider requesting increased transparency from retail suppliers around rate offerings and pricing structures."
August 27, 2025
The Maryland PSC has declined to order that SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC d/b/a SmartEnergy shall include in customer refund letters, issued pursuant to a prior PSC order, language sought by the Office of People's Counsel concerning the non-waiver of the customer's legal claims
August 26, 2025
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has proposed revisions to the mechanism meant to address risk to SOS suppliers and customers from the potential start of an opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA) at Montgomery County, Maryland
July 2, 2025
Staff of the Maryland PSC said that changing the financial requirements for retail energy supplier licensing outside of a rulemaking could violate state court precedent which has found that orders adopting new regulations outside of rulemakings have no effect.
June 30, 2025
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel proposed several changes to retail energy supplier licensing requirements, including a tiered bond structure based on customers served
June 3, 2025
The Maryland PSC has directed PSC Staff, the Office of People's Counsel, and other stakeholders to collaborate on developing a proposal for the best way to address retail supplier and broker license renewals and license relinquishment requests, inclusive of a process that determines if it is viable…
May 29, 2025
In a letter order dated May 29, the Maryland PSC ordered that increased capacity costs for electricity SOS at Baltimore Gas & Electric shall not be reflected in the mass market SOS rates which take effect June 1, 2025, after having ostensibly approved tariff pages on May 28 which would have included…
May 21, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has directed a PSC-created task force to develop and file recommendations on what improvements might be made locally to address the impacts of the PJM 2025/2026 delivery year capacity auction on District consumers
May 20, 2025
Consumer Counsel Supports Recommendation That SOS Admin. Charge Be Tied To Or Verified Against Competitive Third-Party Supply Pricing, To Ensure Adder Does Not Undercut Competition
April 28, 2025
The Maryland PSC has issued an order on refunds and penalties imposed on SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC ("SmartEnergy") related to a finding, affirmed by the Maryland Supreme Court, that SmartEnergy's telephonic enrollments, even though the call was inbound from a customer, were still subject to the wet…
April 24, 2025
Seeks Workgroup On New Marketing Disclosures, Prohibited Language
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel has recommended that the Maryland PSC establish a workgroup to develop regulatory language implementing PUA § 7-315, which requires certain disclosures by retail suppliers, and empowers the PSC to adopt additional disclosures and/or prohibit the use of certain…
April 4, 2025
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in a news release that, "Ratepayers should not be forced to cover the costs of utility proposals to acquire and own energy storage devices located on customer properties because it would impede the developing competitive market for storage and could…
March 21, 2025
A draft Connecticut PURA annual report to lawmakers concerning the state of electric competition is proposed to once again include a comparison of retail supplier rates and default service rates -- after omitting the customary data in last year's report
March 20, 2025
The Chief Public Utility Law Judge (PULJ) of the Maryland PSC has issued a ruling, on motions for summary judgment, finding that a bill message from the utility Washington Gas Light (WGL) which addressed the cleanliness and environmental benefits of natural gas was, "misleading based upon the lack…
March 18, 2025
PUC Addresses Call For Disqualification Of All 3 Commissioners, Recusal Of Hearing Examiner
The New Hampshire PUC will not consider potential hedging of default service electricity supplies in an upcoming adjudication of default service issues at Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) for the six-month delivery period beginning August 1, 2025, as the PUC will instead defer…
March 4, 2025
The Maryland PSC has issued an order clarifying the types of RECs which are permitted to be used to offer a green energy electricity product to residential customers in Maryland
February 11, 2025
District of Columbia PSC Commissioner Richard Beverly has directed stakeholders to provide their updated position on the amount of electricity SOS load that should be served under a long-term PPA
February 11, 2025
In noting the assignment of certain retail energy customer contracts from Tomorrow Energy to Major Energy, the Maryland PSC has directed Major Energy to report to the PSC, on an ongoing basis, various data on complaints
January 24, 2025
In separate petitions, both retail energy suppliers and the Maryland Office of People's Counsel have sought clarification of the Maryland PSC's recent order establishing a price cap, and related requirements, for green power offers in Maryland (Case 9757)
January 22, 2025
The Maryland PSC will further consider new requirements or processes for retail suppliers seeking to relinquish their license, as the PSC expressed concern about potential remaining liabilities that such exiting suppliers may have incurred, and as the PSC also expects more suppliers to seek license…
January 20, 2025
Several Maryland utilities have recommended that the Maryland PSC require only weekly, not daily, updates to the list of customers who do not wish to be contacted by, or switched to, a retail energy supplier
January 9, 2025
In a statement that would have granted rehearing of the Pennsylvania PUC's November 2024 decision denying changes to PECO's electricity Standard Offer Customer Referral Program (SOP), Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow said…
January 8, 2025
How many complaints are considered "a lot" for a retail energy supplier?
December 11, 2024
An Office of People's Counsel has withdrawn, without prejudice, claims in a complaint filed against…
December 9, 2024
Retail energy contracts that do not have an expiration date are subject to SB1, including the new law's price cap for residential customers, Maryland PSC Staff said in comments to the Commission
