February 3, 2014
Clean Currents confirmed that it is dropping its electric customer base to default service, and has ceased accepting enrollments from new customers.
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January 28, 2014
Update 2/10 : This story has been updated to reflect Pepco's revisions to the SOS rates as filed on 2/7
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January 22, 2014
Several parties have informed the Maryland PSC that they have reached a non-unanimous settlement concerning the level of the bypassable administrative charge included in SOS rates at Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland.
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December 10, 2013
Starion Energy PA, Inc. would make a donation of $100,000 to a utility assistance program, as well as provide remediation to customers which had complained, to settle an investigation into the supplier by the District of Columbia PSC.
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December 6, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC has set for public comment Pepco's dynamic pricing proposals.
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November 27, 2013
5 Hires Veteran of Constellation, Pepco Energy Services
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November 4, 2013
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2014, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2013.
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November 1, 2013
Maryland SOS residential customers are forecast to see significant declines in supply rates for the June 2014-May 2015 period, based on results from the October 2013 procurement, PSC Staff said in an auction report.
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November 1, 2013
Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. announced on October 31 that it had acquired all of Castlebridge Energy Group's residential and small commercial electric and natural gas retail contracts.
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October 21, 2013
NRG Residential Solutions, NRG's newly launched Northeast retail electric brand focused on offering customized and innovative plans, is now offering service in several new states.
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September 30, 2013
Maryland continues to see residential migration to competitive electric supply increase, but at a slower pace, according to the most recent stats from the PSC.
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September 23, 2013
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC discount rates for Pepco's new purchase of receivables program, which Pepco is scheduled to implement on October 7, 2013.
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September 9, 2013
PPL EnergyPlus has begun offering electric supply at Potomac Edison in Maryland.
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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…
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August 13, 2013
The Maryland PSC adopted utility-offered generation rate pilots for electric vehicles at Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco.
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August 9, 2013
IDT Energy reported a third consecutive quarter of net customer attrition, attributed to a pause in expansion to new markets and service areas.
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July 31, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC issued an order yesterday directing Starion Energy, "to cease and desist from all violations of the D.C. Code or the Commission's rules regarding consumer protection standards applicable to energy suppliers."
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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."
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July 15, 2013
Much of the focus from District of Columbia Public Service Commissioners during a hearing on energy supplier marketing Friday was on the actions of, and jurisdiction over, unlicensed agents marketing retail energy to customers.
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July 15, 2013
A utility has suggested requiring that utilities receive direct, actual customer consent prior to executing a switch to another energy supplier.
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June 17, 2013
Delmarva Power & Light has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1.
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June 17, 2013
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1.
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May 31, 2013
In an order on one of the failures of a curtailment service provider to meet its full obligations under one year of the Gap RFP demand response capacity contracts, the Maryland PSC has ruled that reduced compensation reflecting the failure to deliver shall occur over the life of the contract, rather…
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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.
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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…
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