November 7, 2023
PSC Staff: Retail Supplier Prices Paid By Residential Customers, "Do Not Have A Reasonable Relationship With Market Prices For Some Customers"
PSC Staff: Retail Supplier Prices Paid By Residential Customers, "Do Not Have A Reasonable Relationship With Market Prices For Some Customers" Staff: "Many Residential Retail Choice Customers Are Not Benefiting From Retail Choice On A Price Basis, Which Is Likely To Continue With No Changes To Retail Choice" Staff: Require Affirmative Consent For Fixed Rate Change, Or Switch From Fixed To Variable Rate Staff: Require Entire Sales Interaction At Door Or On Phone To Be Recorded Staff: Extend Consumer Protections To Small C&I Customers Staff: Adopt Restrictions On POR Consumer Group: Choice Customers Paid $227M More vs SOS In 2022 OPC: Ban Use Of Third-Party Agents By Retail Suppliers Muni Aggregator Supports "Reforms" To POR To Curb "Deceptive" Practices Some Retail Suppliers Propose POR Clawback, Increasing Supplier Security Requirement To $1 Million Staff of a PSC have proposed a series of retail energy market reforms for consideration
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October 6, 2023
Supplier To Cease Use Of eTPV For Certain Enrollments Settlement Allows Conditional Resumption Of Residential Door-to-Door Sales
Supplier To Cease Use Of eTPV For Certain Enrollments Settlement Allows Conditional Resumption Of Residential Door-to-Door Sales A retail energy supplier entered into a settlement under which…
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September 12, 2023
An Office of People's Counsel said that a newly opened inquiry by…
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August 17, 2023
Seeks SOS Rate Mitigation
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (the OPA) requested that the Maine PUC open an investigation to assess the impact of net energy billing (NEB) on electricity standard offer rates
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August 3, 2023
Changes To POR, UCB, Licensing & Bonding Cited, As PSC Says Market Has "Matured" Significantly
The Maryland PSC, which as previously reported has essentially undergone a re-constitution with a majority of Commissioners having been newly seated within the past few months, has invited comment on broad retail market reforms and customer protection
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July 25, 2023
Utility Agrees To Propose Supply Hedging Program If Price Trigger Met
A settlement in the 1307(f) rate proceeding of Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC (Peoples or the Company) in Pennsylvania would accelerate the refund of over-collections under the Peoples gas supply rate to default service customers, and would exclude such refunds from the price to compare
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June 29, 2023
In a settlement in the §1307(f) rate proceeding of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Columbia has agreed to perform an alternative calculation of its purchased gas cost (PGC) rate, for informational purposes only, to determine if the alternative calculation would reduce PGC rate volatility
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June 27, 2023
Directs That SCB Implementation Shall Proceed
The Maryland PSC today issued an order on the cost allocation for implementation and related costs under supplier consolidated billing (SCB)
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June 6, 2023
In comments on potential changes to the provisions governing the use of a long-term renewable energy contract for a portion of SOS load in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Office of People's Counsel suggested that the RFP for such renewable energy be opened to, "third-party suppliers".
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June 1, 2023
"Not Fair," PSC Chair Says PSC Discusses Advertising Limits, Offers Guidance On Opt-outs
During a Maryland PSC rulemaking session concerning creating rules for the community choice aggregation (CCA) pilot, the PSC provided guidance to a workgroup on several key disputed issues, after it became clear there were still too many remaining disputes to go through the regulations for final…
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April 14, 2023
Includes Residential Door-to-Door Stay-Out; Limit On Price Change Frequency; Other Marketing Changes
The Maryland PSC today approved a settlement among Greenlight Energy, Inc. ('Greenlight'), the Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission ('Staff'), and the Office of People’s Counsel ('OPC') under which Greenlight would pay a civil penalty of $40,000, and issue over $62,000 in new refunds, to…
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April 6, 2023
After a hearing addressing a response to a show cause order, the Maryland PSC directed SunSea Energy, LLC (Sunsea) to return all of its Maryland customers, both electricity and gas, to default service by 5 p.m. April 10, 2023
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March 8, 2023
During today's administrative meeting, Maryland PSC Chairman Jason Stanek said that various PSC Staff offices have issued 8 or 9 cease and desist letters to retail suppliers in the past week
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February 22, 2023
PSC Chair Encourages People's Counsel To File Complaints Against Retail Suppliers Supplier Complaints For Feb. Said To Be On Record Pace Chair Says He Did Not Receive Renewal Notice From Supplier
Continuing an ongoing dialogue on retail energy during recent administrative meetings, Maryland PSC Commissioner Anthony O’Donnell fired a "shot across the bow" of retail suppliers, and warned, "Clean up your act, industry, or things will change dramatically."
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February 8, 2023
PSC "Actively Targeting" Retail Suppliers Retail Energy's "House Is On Fire" In State, Chair Says; Industry On "Thin Ice", Commissioner Agrees
Chair Says Utilities Have "Responsibility" To File Complaint Against Retail Suppliers When Aware Utility Name Misused By Suppliers
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December 7, 2022
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Courtney Hjaltman as Chief Executive and Public Counsel for the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023.
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September 15, 2022
Vice Chair: Retail Market "Well Beyond Mature"
Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman John Coleman gave a "final warning" to retail energy suppliers, as the PUC approved, 2-1, a settlement, without modification, between Verde Energy USA, Inc. and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E'), under which Verde is to pay $1 million and extend…
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September 2, 2022
Draft Would Require Affirmative Consent For A Supplier To Keep An Existing Customer, Who Becomes An Energy Assistance Customer Mid-Contract, Under A Compliant Product
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July 12, 2022
Staff Notes Challenges In Requirement That Rate Be Lower Than SOS For Entirety of Contract
Maryland PSC Staff have filed comments concerning implementation of a 2021 law that prohibits retail electric and gas supplier service to energy assistance customers, outside of a PSC-approved plan that is less than SOS
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June 29, 2022
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel renewed its petition for the Maryland PSC to adopt regulations to implement a 2021 law [Chapter 637; amending the annotated code Section 4-308] that prohibits retail electric and gas supplier service to energy assistance customers outside of a PSC-approved…
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May 13, 2022
An Office of People's Counsel petitioned a PSC to adopt regulations to implement a 2021 law that…
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April 28, 2022
CPV Group LP's (Competitive Power Ventures) newly formed retail energy supplier, CPV Retail Energy LP, has received…
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March 2, 2022
An IPP with a 5 GW portfolio has formed a new retail energy supplier
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February 7, 2022
The Maryland PSC dismissed a complaint filed by the Office of People’s Counsel (OPC) against Washington Gas Light Company ('Washington Gas') and WGL Energy Services, Inc. ('WGL Energy') over, what has been shown to be, a utility message appearing on all utility consolidated bills, though OPC's…
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January 21, 2022
A Pennsylvania ALJ in an initial decision (recommended decision) would approve a settlement between Verde Energy USA, Inc. and the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E'), under which Verde would pay $1 million and extend a moratorium on in-person marketing and…
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