April 16, 2020
New Wave Energy Corp. Launches Service In Multiple New Territories
Retail energy supplier New Wave Energy Corp. announced a further expansion in the Pennsylvania and Ohio territories
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March 26, 2020
PPL Seeks To Offer Renewable Energy Supply Option To Non-Shopping Default Service Customers
Proposes Change To Standard Offer Customer Referral Program To Move Participants Back To Default Service At End Of Retail Supply Term If Customer Does Not Affirmatively Select Choice
March 13, 2020
License Briefs
New Wave Energy Seeks Authorization To Serve New Service Areas
January 23, 2020
Updated: Pa. PUC I&E Bureau Seeking To Revoke License of Active Retail Supplier, Nearly $9 Million Fine, For Alleged Marketing Violations
I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
January 23, 2020
Updated: Pa. PUC I&E Bureau Seeking To Revoke License of Active Retail Supplier, Nearly $9 Million Fine, For Alleged Marketing Violations
I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
January 16, 2020
SmartestEnergy, U.K. Retail Supplier Newly Entering U.S., Receives License In New State
The Pennsylvania PUC granted SmartestEnergy US LLC, a U.K. retail energy supplier newly entering the U.S. market, an electric supplier license to serve residential, small commercial (25 kW and under demand), large commercial (over 25 kW demand), industrial, and governmental customers in the electric…
January 13, 2020
Turnaround: Five Pennsylvania Utilities See Growth In Number Of Residential Customers On Competitive Supply In December
Five Pennsylvania electric distribution companies saw a net gain in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during December, as the statewide decline in residential electric shopping narrowed to a loss of 1,000 accounts
December 9, 2019
Pennsylvania Utility Sees First Growth In Residential Electric Shopping Since March 2017
Statewide Residential Shopping Continues To Decline
West Penn Power saw its first monthly net increase in the number of residential electric customers on competitive retail supply since March 2017, according to the latest stats posted by the Pennsylvania PUC
November 20, 2019
PPL Time Of Use Default Service RFP Fails To Procure Tranches, Prices Set Using Contingency Plan
A recent RFP to supply Time of Use generation rate, non-shopping customers at PPL Electric Utilities failed to procure tranches for each of the Residential and the Small Commercial & Industrial Customer Groups
November 11, 2019
Pennsylvania Sees Slower Decline In Net Loss Of Residential Electric Customers On Competitive Supply
Since late August 2019, Pennsylvania has seen the net decline of the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply slow
November 1, 2019
PPL Posts New Residential, Commercial Prices To Compare
PPL Electric has posted on its website new electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2019
September 12, 2019
Pennsylvania Sees Nearly Another 10,000 Residential Customers Leave Competitive Retail Electric Supply During August
Pennsylvania saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply decline by almost 9,000 customers from late July 2019 to late August 2019
September 10, 2019
Nordic Energy Services Seeks Authority To Serve Customers In New Service Areas
Nordic Energy Services, LLC applied for an expanded Pennsylvania electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
August 27, 2019
Pennsylvania Utility: Some Retail Suppliers, "Are Not Putting Customers First"
Consumer Group: Retail Supplier Pricing During Polar Vortex Shows Need For Default Service
In reply comments in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding concerning potential changes to electricity default service, including a potential move away from a "plain vanilla" default service product, PPL Electric Utilities said that, "some retail suppliers are not putting customers first"
August 9, 2019
Pennsylvania PUC Informs Retail Suppliers Of Alternate Energy Portfolio Standards Calculation For 2019, Extends True-Up Period
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a Secretarial letter notifying retail electric suppliers and EDCs that there will be a recalculation of the annual Alternate Energy Portfolio Standards Act (AEPS Act) Tier I obligations for the 2019 AEPS Act compliance year.
August 1, 2019
PPL Suggests Consideration of Requiring All Customer Assistance Program (CAP) Customers To Be Served Under Default Service
RESA Proposes Alternative Pricing Benchmark To Allow CAP Shopping
Parties have filed comments on a proposed Pennsylvania PUC policy statement that would restrict shopping for electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to a product whose rate does not exceed the default service Price to Compare at any time
May 29, 2019
PPL Electric Utilities Seeks Authorization To "Proactively Manage" Distributed Energy Resources Owned By Customers
PPL Electric Utilities has filed a petition with the Pennsylvania PUC for tariff supplements that would allow PPL Electric to "proactively manage" distributed energy resources (DERs) owned by customers.
May 24, 2019
New Digital Brand Click Energy Receives Retail Supplier License
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Click Energy, LLC an electric supplier license to serve residential and small commercial (25 kW and under demand) customers in the electric distribution company service territories of PECO Energy Company and PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
May 10, 2019
Pa. PUC Approves RFP, Tariffs For Default Service Time Of Use Options
The Pennsylvania PUC approved PPL Electric's tariff and RFP to implement a Time of Use generation rate option for non-shopping customers, to be supplied by wholesale suppliers
May 7, 2019
Monthly Net Loss In Pennsylvania Residential Shopping Again Approaches 10,000 Customers
PPL Sees Large Spike In Net Residential Migration Decline
After March saw a slowing in the net loss of residential electric customers on competitive supply in Pennsylvania, April saw the monthly net decline in residential electric shoppers once again approach 10,000 customers, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC
May 2, 2019
PPL Residential Price To Compare To Increase 8%
Small Commercial PTC Declining 14%
PPL Electric has posted Prices to Compare for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2019
April 11, 2019
Net Loss Of Residential Customers On Competitive Supply In Pennsylvania Slows
The rate of the net decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply in Pennsylvania slowed during March, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC
April 1, 2019
PECO, Consumer Advocates Reach Settlement To Defer Consideration Of Introduction Of Shopping For CAP Customers At PECO
PECO and several consumer advocates have reached a settlement to defer issues relating to shopping for electricity Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers until PECO's next default service proceeding
March 18, 2019
Pennsylvania Again Sees Monthly Decline Of Nearly 10,000 In Number Of Residential Electric Customers On Competitive Supply
Pennsylvania once again saw the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply decline by nearly 10,000 over the past month, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC
March 4, 2019
Pennsylvania PUC: Notifying Customer-Designated Third Party Of Retail Supplier Switch Would "Provide A Valuable And Important Consumer Protection", But PUC Declines To Adopt At This Time, Citing Unanswered Questions
PUC Rejects Proposed Supplier Consolidated Billing Changes Raised In Case
The Pennsylvania PUC ultimately declined to implement a third-party customer switch notification in adopting amended utility customer protection rules (largely dealing with EDC matters, not the retail market)