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 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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September 2, 2026
Family Energy said that a petition by the New York utilities to seek to recover from retail suppliers costs to implement a new law requiring, among other things, a side-by-side comparison of ESCO and default service rates on bills is premature, as Family Energy expressed concerns with both of the…
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August 5, 2026
In an EDI implementation report, Consolidated Edison reported to the New York PSC the addition of a new optional purpose code 05 to denote rebills from original bills in two EDI Implementation Guidelines: the BIG08 segment in the 810 Invoice Utility Rate Ready transaction, and the BPT01 segment in…
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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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March 9, 2026
The Secretary of the New York PSC granted Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service an extension of the deadline for Staff to report on the number of ESCO customers served on month-to-month contracts
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February 27, 2026
Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service requested an extension of the deadline for Staff to report on the number of ESCO customers served on month-to-month contracts
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January 28, 2026
The New York PSC issued an order allowing energy brokers and energy consultants to provide a surety bond as the form of financial security required for registration
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December 15, 2025
Several ESCO parties have sought clarification or rehearing of the New York PSC's recent decision to implement revisions to General Business Law (GBL) §349-d, which, among other things, generally prohibits ESCOs from changing the rate charged to a customer (with customer having the meaning as…
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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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June 14, 2024
Seeking to prevent what it termed "further disruption" to the Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) market in New York…
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May 29, 2024
An ESCO filed comments at the New York PSC stating…
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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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November 23, 2020
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service issued an updated guidance document for the periodic review of ESCO eligibility.
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November 16, 2020
The Secretary of the New York PSC granted ABC Energy, LLC an extension, until January 15, 2021, to comply with Ordering Clause 6 of the Order on Rehearing, Reconsideration and Providing Clarification, issued September 18, 2020 (2020 Order), in the New York PSC's retail market reset proceeding
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October 12, 2020
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied what was termed an "extension request" filed by ABC Energy concerning a PSC order in the retail market reset proceeding (Case 98-M-1343 et al.), as the Secretary noted the lack of specific relief requested by the ESCO
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