October 1, 2026
Additional Utilities Report Higher Fees For ESCOs
Orange and Rockland has filed an updated cost to be charged to ESCOs to implement shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
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September 23, 2026
NYSEG and RGE have reported in an updated filing at the New York PSC higher costs to be charged to ESCOs to implement shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
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September 22, 2026
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to…
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September 10, 2026
The New York Retail Choice Coalition (NYRCC) alleged that the joint New York utilities' proposal to implement a newly required side-by-side bill comparison of ESCO and utility costs on utility consolidated bills presumes one interpretation of the statute which must first be resolved through a PSC…
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July 30, 2026
New York PSC Issues Show Cause Orders To Two ESCOs
The New York PSC has issued an order to show cause to Median Energy Corp., directing Median to show why its ESCO eligibility should not be revoked or why other consequences should not be imposed, as Department of Public Service Staff has alleged, among other violations, that Median allegedly offered…
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June 15, 2026
The New York utilities have petitioned the New York PSC for authority to charge ESCOs for implementing shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
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September 26, 2025
The Joint New York Utilities said that a proposed energy-related value-added product or service (ERVAS), for which NOCO Electric, LLC and NOCO Natural Gas, LLC have sought New York PSC approval, should not be billed under utility consolidated billing, and should not be included in POR
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May 30, 2025
NOCO Electric, LLC and NOCO Natural Gas, LLC (together, NOCO) sought from the New York PSC a declaratory ruling finding that NOCO’s smart monitoring product (the SMT Product) qualifies as an energy-related value-added product or service (ERVAS) which is not subject to the mass market price caps, or…
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February 13, 2024
Two ESCOs have asked the New York Department Of Public Service to…
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January 25, 2024
Incorrect SC1 Rate Posted By ConEd 2¢ Lower Than Actual Rate
In a January 23, 2024 filing with the New York PSC…
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August 18, 2023
The New York PSC issued an order on rehearing concerning the ESCO eligibility of SunSea Energy, LLC, in which the PSC affirmed its prior order that SunSea's re-application for ESCO eligibility is denied and SunSea's customers must be returned to default service. The PSC did grant limited rehearing…
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December 16, 2022
Requires Affected Customers To Be Placed On Compliant Products (Or Dropped To SOS), Clarifies Issue Of Affirmative Consent
The New York PSC denied rehearing of its July 2022 order that had denied waivers to seven specific ESCOs for such suppliers to continue to provide green natural gas products to mass market customers without being subject to the otherwise applicable pricing limits, and set a deadline for such…
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October 21, 2022
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted, to several additional ESCOs, an extension of the deadline to comply with the PSC's prior order which had terminated the limited waiver allowing ESCOs to serve existing mass market customers under green gas products without being subject to the otherwise…
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October 7, 2022
The Secretary of the New York PSC has, in a letter addressed to Family Energy, Inc., granted an extension of the deadline to comply with the PSC's prior order which had terminated the limited waiver allowing ESCOs to serve existing mass market customers under green gas products without being subject…
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August 25, 2022
Family Energy has renewed a request for the New York PSC to extend the deadline for ESCOs offering legacy mass market green gas products to either (1) modify the products such that they comply with the pricing limits applicable to mass market products, or (2) return mass market green gas customers…
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August 15, 2022
Family Energy, Inc. filed a petition for rehearing, clarification, and stay of the New York PSC's July 15 order which had declined to extend the waivers, from the otherwise applicable mass market pricing limits, for green gas products, which had previously been provided to certain ESCOs for legacy…
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August 8, 2022
The Secretary of the New York PSC denied an extension request filed by Family Energy to extend the deadline for ESCOs offering legacy mass market green gas products to either (1) modify the products such that they comply with the pricing limits applicable to mass market products, or (2) return mass…
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July 25, 2022
Family Energy sought an extension of the deadlines under the New York PSC's order denying several ESCOs' petition for waivers to allow the ESCOs to offer green natural gas products without being subject to the otherwise applicable price limits in the mass market
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July 15, 2022
PSC Remands ESCO's Eligibility To Staff For Further Consideration
The New York PSC reversed its prior finding in a March 2022 order that SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC (SmartEnergy) had knowingly made a false statement in its retail access application form (RAAF).
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July 14, 2022
Enforcement Discretion Set To Expire
As summarized by New York PSC Commissioner Diane Burman, the New York PSC today adopted an order denying various petitions from ESCOs to extend the waiver period for certain ESCOs to continue to serve previously enrolled customers with an existing green natural gas product, without being subject to…
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May 16, 2022
The New York PSC denied a petition from…
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November 22, 2021
The New York PSC has scheduled a stakeholder meeting for December 9, 2021 as part of the Track II collaborative, under the PSC's retail market investigation, and the consideration of value-added products and services which may be provided by ESCOs to mass market customers.
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September 9, 2021
Alleging an, "apparent misrepresentations with respect to certain information provided by SmartEnergy Holdings LLC (SmartEnergy) as part of its ESCO eligibility [re-]application to serve customers in the State of New York," the New York PSC directed SmartEnergy to show cause why the Commission…
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August 12, 2021
As previously reported, the New York PSC scheduled for August 19 a stakeholder meeting initiating Track II proceedings in its retail energy market review, which will consider whether any further value-added ESCO products are appropriate for mass market customers.
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June 10, 2021
The New York PSC has scheduled for August 19 a stakeholder meeting initiating Track II proceedings in its retail energy market review, which will consider whether any further value-added ESCO products are appropriate for mass market customers.
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