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October 1, 2020
Duquesne Light Company ("Duquesne Light", "DLC," or the "Company"), the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania ("CAUSE-PA"), and the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate ("OCA") filed a non-unanimous, partial stipulation concerning Duquesne Light's…
September 17, 2020
The District of Columbia PSC granted in part a motion filed by the D.C. Office of People's Counsel to compel Washington Gas Light to provide to OPC various billing data to assist OPC in its evaluation of the retail market and comparison of default service rates with rates by customers served by…
August 21, 2020
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for September 28, 2020 a second Technical Meeting in its proceeding addressing PURA's study of community choice aggregation (Docket 20-05-13)
August 6, 2020
Staff Recommends Denial Of Utility's Green SOS Rider
The Maryland PSC at its administrative meeting yesterday considered the application of Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. to implement a proposed new rider, Rider SOS-G, which is, "intended to provide SMECO members who take SOS service the option to have SMECO make the power supply for…
July 23, 2020
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel reported that low-income residential customers who are served by a competitive retail electric supplier at the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) paid, on average, about $20,000 more in aggregate than what they would have paid under SOS, in each of…
June 5, 2020
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel (OPC) petitioned the Maryland PSC to issue an order directing SunSea Energy, LLC to, among other things, cease telephone solicitations in Maryland and to show cause and answer various alleged violations of consumer protection regulations
March 20, 2020
The District of Columbia Office of the People's Counsel has invoked section 34-804(d)(4) of the D.C. Code for purposes of conducting, "a study examining the energy bill impact, quality of services, and viability of Third-Party Suppliers ('TPSs') in the District."
March 10, 2020
OPC Alleges "Outrageous" Sales Call
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended in testimony that the PSC impose a civil penalty in the amount of $25,000 on Direct Energy Services, LLC due to alleged instances of slamming and alleged instances of providing false and misleading statements to customers
March 9, 2020
The Maryland PSC ordered Smart One Energy, LLC to issue refunds to its former customers
February 27, 2020
Pennsylvania PUC Prohibits Imposition Of Early Termination Fees In Final 30 Days, New Per kWh Price Disclosure Rules Adopted
February 17, 2020
OPC: E-TPV Process Is Integrally Related To Consumer Complaints
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the Commission impose a civil penalty in the amount of $100,000 on U.S. Gas & Electric d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric and Energy Services Providers, Inc. d/b/a Maryland Gas & Electric (collectively "MDG&E" or the "Company") for 17 alleged instances of…
February 3, 2020
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended revocation of the electric supplier license of SmartEnergy Holdings d/b/a SmartEnergy and a civil penalty in the amount of $500,000, in testimony in a PSC complaint proceeding concerning SmartEnergy and alleged marketing violations
January 15, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating directing the utilities to, "Provide a list of suppliers and the number of residential accounts currently identified as being served under a variable rate for each supplier."
December 18, 2019
The Maryland PSC has established the level for the SOS Administrative Adjustment, a bypassable charge, for electricity service at Baltimore Gas & Electric
December 6, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC has adopted final rules clarifying the start of the rescission period for electric and natural gas contracts
December 3, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority take further action in a pending proceeding which had been opened to address implementation of marketing standards and sales practices by electric suppliers (Docket 14-07-20RE01)
October 31, 2019
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has sought a Maryland PSC order requiring, if the PSC has such authority, that Smart One Energy, LLC (SOE) issue refunds to any customer who paid in excess of the default service rate
October 28, 2019
A settlement among several parties in Baltimore Gas & Electric's rate case, which does not include retail suppliers as signatories, would establish an "interim" level for the bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Adjustment, while deferring further consideration of the issue to a second phase of…
October 23, 2019
In surrebuttal testimony, Staff of the Maryland PSC further revised their recommendation for the bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Adjustment at Baltimore Gas & Electric, with the rates marginally higher than Staff's previously proposed rates
October 7, 2019
In rebuttal testimony, Staff of the Public Service Commission of Maryland have filed an updated recommendation for the bypassable electricity SOS Administrative Adjustment at Baltimore Gas & Electric, with the rates marginally higher than Staff's initially proposed rates
October 3, 2019
The Maryland PSC, on rehearing, has vacated a July order (Order #89193) which had originally closed, without the Commission taking further action, a proceeding addressing a complaint filed by Staff of the PSC against Atlantic Energy MD LLC
September 16, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC has again issued for public comment proposed changes to language regarding the rescission period in sections 327.15 of the Consumer Bill of Rights (CBOR) rules
September 11, 2019
In testimony concerning electric and natural gas rate cases at Baltimore Gas & Electric, a group of retail suppliers alleged that BGE's proposal to set the bypassable electric SOS Administrative Adjustment underallocates costs to SOS, and recommended setting the SOS Administrative Adjustment at…
August 2, 2019
The Maryland PSC has again denied a request from the Office of People's Counsel for the utilities to provide OPC with the total aggregate amounts that shopping customers paid in retail supply charges and the total aggregate amount such customers would have paid for default service from the utility.
July 17, 2019
In addressing a complaint filed by Maryland PSC Staff against Smart One Energy, LLC ("Smart One" or "SOE") for, among other things, allegedly not obtaining 'wet signatures' for telephonic enrollments, Maryland PSC Chair Jason M. Stanek said that the supplier's actions have likely "set back" the…
