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August 24, 2016
While the District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel continues to support a portfolio management approach to electricity SOS, to the extent the current wholesale load following model is maintained, OPC does support a shorter duration of contracts versus the current contracts
August 10, 2016
Maryland Office of People's Counsel has asked the Maryland PSC to require the utilities to file information regarding retail supplier pricing applicable to customers participating in the Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP), citing New York's recent moratorium on low-income assistance program…
July 25, 2016
Texas consumer advocates have pressed for greater disclosure of fees charged by retail electric providers, in submitting comments on strawman proposals concerning door-to-door enrollments completed via electronic device.
June 27, 2016
Texas retail electric providers, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel all opposed, in separate comments, Sharyland Utilities' petition to unabate its AMS deployment docket, and to move forward with its deployment plan and non-AMS surcharge…
April 21, 2016
The Office of Public Utility Counsel has suggested that the Texas Power to Choose website could sort offers based on a retail electric provider's complaint score
April 14, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC is resuming a review of dynamic pricing, including potential for SOS, at Pepco.
March 25, 2016
The Maryland PSC recently adopted a final order which imposes a civil penalty of a $250,000 on Major Energy Electric Services, LLC and a $50,000 civil penalty, jointly and severally, on Major Energy Electric Services, LLC and Major Energy Services, LLC, as a result of an investigation into the…
March 10, 2016
The Maryland PSC granted retail suppliers and utilities certain waivers extending the deadline for compliance with recently adopted revisions to electric and natural gas customer protection rules (RM54)
March 7, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC has issued additional orders concerning refunds to retail suppliers of unspent assessment funds, this time related to 2013, 2014, and 2015
March 4, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC is to refund unspent assessment costs related to FY 2012 to certain competitive natural gas suppliers and competitive electric providers
December 31, 2015
A proposed order from a Pennsylvania ALJ would approve without modification an application from Pike County Light & Power to continue to rely on New York ISO spot market purchases for all default service load for the period June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2018
December 1, 2015
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended denying the applications of Baltimore Power Company LLC for Maryland electric and natural gas retail supplier licenses due to the possibility that the name Baltimore Power Company, "could be potentially misleading," the Office of People's Counsel reported…
November 23, 2015
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would eliminate certain adders to the residential SOS electric rate at Baltimore Gas & Electric, while making adjustments to the level of retained adders.
November 16, 2015
The joint staffs of the Delaware PSC and Delaware Public Advocate recommended in a Staff report that the state's Electricity Affordability Committee should move forward with an opt-in affinity electricity savings program, and that purchase of receivables should also be implemented
September 11, 2015
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has asked the Maryland PSC to "revisit" its decision authorizing purchase of receivables in light of the polar vortex.
September 2, 2015
Noting a shift in responsibility regarding proposed rate change notice requirements, the Maryland PSC Office of Staff Counsel has recommended that if suppliers are only required to make rate change information available to customers in advance (as opposed to requiring affirmative consent for any…
August 7, 2015
Retail electric providers opposed a delay sought by the Office of Public Utility Counsel concerning an update to Sharyland Utilities L.P.'s Transmission Cost Recovery Factor.
July 9, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has ordered that the large natural gas distribution companies implement natural gas account number look-up tools to facilitate customer shopping in public venues where customers do not have their bill and account number readily available, similar to mechanisms recently…
June 16, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed for approval of interim rates for its proposed new Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), which it said are identical to the rates agreed to in a stipulation among the parties in the case (with such stipulation not yet formally filed).
June 1, 2015
Two proposals have been offered to the District of Columbia PSC to make the residential low-income electric assistance discount portable, or available to customers regardless of their electric supplier.
April 6, 2015
A Public Utility Law Judge has concluded that sanctions sought by Staff of the Maryland PSC against Starion Energy are not supported by any evidence, and that the activity to which Staff objects has already been litigated and settled.
March 4, 2015
The Maryland PSC rejected a contested settlement to set the Standard Offer Service bypassable administrative charges at Pepco and Delmarva, sending the case back for further development, including an analysis of SOS costs included in distribution rates.
January 27, 2015
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has requested that the PSC require retail supplier's independent representatives, including individuals engaged in multi-level marketing, to be licensed by the Commission.
January 7, 2015
Staff of the Maryland PSC have filed testimony recommending that Starion Energy, "be ordered to cease serving customers in the State."
December 2, 2014
Maryland Does Not Approve Supplier's Request to Expand Residential Service to New Areas, Invites Supplier to Re-apply in Six Months
