December 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC, in its ongoing proceeding reviewing the purchase of receivables (POR) programs, directed Pepco and Washington Gas Light to report on the feasibility and cost of implementing POR discount rates unique to each specific retail supplier
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December 5, 2025
In a data response filed with the District of Columbia PSC, Pepco reported the number of customers billed by each retail electric supplier under the purchase of receivables (POR) program
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December 3, 2025
Report Says Residential Shopping Customers Paid $18 Million More Versus SOS Over 14-Month Period (Average of 7¢/kWh Higher, 70% Premium)
The District of Columbia Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) has proposed the imposition of price caps on retail energy suppliers, as well as other retail market reforms, while presenting a report which states that residential shopping customers in D.C. paid $18 million more than default…
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December 1, 2025
Staff of the Maryland PSC recommended that the PSC issue an order authorizing the state's utilities to drop residential shopping customers to default service if the customer's supplier has not transitioned the customer to dual billing upon the end of utility consolidated billing with purchase of…
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November 20, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has issued data requests to Pepco and Washington Gas Light concerning the PSC's investigation into the purchase of receivables programs, with the interrogatories including a direction for the utilities to report on each retail supplier's number of residential customers…
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November 19, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC approved, with modifications, an RFP to be issued by Pepco to obtain up to an additional 20% of electricity SOS supplies through long-term contracts (which, if resulting in successful bids, could bring the total amount of SOS under long-term contracts to 25%)
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October 31, 2025
Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland have filed SOS rates for the summer of 2026 for residential and Type I customers
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October 28, 2025
Catalyst Power Holdings LLC announced that it is launching its retail electricity and other services in Washington D.C. for commercial and industrial customers at Pepco
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October 23, 2025
The Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia requested from the D.C. PSC an enlargement of time to file part two of the PJM Capacity Auction Task Force Recommendation Report, the development of which had been directed by the PSC as part of the PSC's investigation into the impact…
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October 16, 2025
"[T]he issue of exposing SOS customers to PJM capacity prices -- without hedging at least part of that exposure -- warrants further inquiry," the District of Columbia Government (DCG or the District), through the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), said in…
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October 9, 2025
The joint Maryland utilities have filed the steps that they will take to end utility consolidated billing for residential customers effective December 31, 2025
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October 1, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has directed that a higher capacity proxy price be used in Pepco's 2025-2026 RFP for electricity SOS supplies
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September 30, 2025
Washington Gas Light Company and retail supplier WGL Energy have each filed separate comments rebutting allegations from the District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel that had alleged a "disparity" between lower prices offered by competitive retail supplier WGL Energy, and the rates offered by…
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September 16, 2025
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia proposed, among other things, a cap on retail supplier rates, as OPC offered comments in a District of Columbia PSC proceeding on the future of the POR programs
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September 5, 2025
The Maryland PSC issued a follow-up order on utility energy storage proposals that outlines how the PSC will consider proposals for utility-owned energy storage projects in the future
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September 2, 2025
Says Retail Suppliers' Limited Customer Screening, Teaser Rates May Be Source For High Uncollectibles Seeks Change To POR Program
Pepco has recommended that the District of Columbia PSC, "consider requesting increased transparency from retail suppliers around rate offerings and pricing structures."
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August 26, 2025
New Bypassable Costs May Not Be Reflected In Consumer-Facing Info, Based On Website Description State's First Opt-out Aggregation Won't Start For Another Year
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
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August 15, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC, in a 2-1 decision, directed Pepco to attempt to procure a target quantity of 25% of SOS load through renewable energy power purchase agreements.
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July 14, 2025
Pepco in the District of Columbia has sought approval of an agreement for a bundled procurement of renewable energy and Tier One renewable energy credits from a solar facility, to serve approximately 7% of total SOS load
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June 24, 2025
As part of an order issued today addressing the procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices, the Maryland PSC denied a proposal, which the PSC termed "the Exelon proposal", for a Utility-Owned Residential Customer Sited BTM BESS program
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June 23, 2025
Several Maryland utilities have raised cost concerns regarding implementing a system change to accomplish the automatic rejection, by the utility, of retail supplier enrollments for customers on the utility's Do Not Transfer (DNT) list
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June 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC approved an 11% residential purchase of receivables discount rate at Pepco, as the PSC, in a separate order, also opened a generic inquiry on the future of POR (see related story today for more on the new inquiry)
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June 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has formally initiated, "an inquiry into the adequacy of the," purchases of receivables programs at Pepco and Washington Gas Light
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June 18, 2025
Staff of the Maryland PSC reported that Potomac Edison (PE) has informed Staff that Potomac Edison intends to cease providing to retail suppliers an "interested customer" by the end of 2025
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June 13, 2025
The Maryland PSC issued letter orders today approving 100-200% increases in purchase of receivables discount rates at several utilities, and addressed any reconciliations after the end of residential POR in a two-step process.
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