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September 2, 2015
Noting a shift in responsibility regarding proposed rate change notice requirements, the Maryland PSC Office of Staff Counsel has recommended that if suppliers are only required to make rate change information available to customers in advance (as opposed to requiring affirmative consent for any…
December 30, 2014
Proposed revisions to customer protection rules in Maryland, "would effectively make it impossible for suppliers to retain and renew customers, driving suppliers out of the market, to the detriment of customers," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the PSC (PC 35).
November 24, 2014
Staff of the Maryland PSC have proposed that the Commission adopt regulations that would require a notice of change in a retail supplier's rate prior to the rate being billed to customers and require what Staff terms a "soft verification" that demonstrates the customer's willingness to maintain the…
August 29, 2014
Staff of the Maryland PSC have proposed eliminating the ability for retail electric and natural gas suppliers to obtain customer consent for a switch via a verbal authorization, such as a TPV, and would instead require that all authorizations be in the form of written or electronic consent.
August 26, 2014
Maryland should consider implementing pro-rata utility consolidated billing, instead of purchase of receivables, to address the variable rate pricing issues which were revealed during this year's polar vortex, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments on a working group report.
July 28, 2014
The Maryland PSC has deferred adopting on a permanent basis an acceleration in the customer switching timeline, finding that the matter should be addressed in the Commission's generic review of retail market customer protections (PC 35).
July 18, 2014
The Office of People's Counsel should have access, subject to a confidentiality agreement, to confidential materials submitted by Maryland retail energy suppliers as part of a generic PSC investigation into marketing practices and customer protections (PC 35), Maryland PSC Staff have recommended
July 7, 2014
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the Commission direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to change the language of a customer notice triggered by a change in a customer's electric supplier which currently is written as if the change is a new enrollment, but is still being produced and sent in…
May 6, 2014
The Maryland PSC has opened a proceeding (PC 35) to review the current status of protections for customers in connection with competitive retail gas and electricity supply, and to solicit recommendations on ratepayer protections.
October 1, 2012
The Maryland Energy Marketers Coalition (MEMC) has filed a proposal with the Maryland PSC to prevent a spike in the Washington Gas Light residential purchase of receivables discount rate to 7%, as MEMC cautioned that if POR implementation costs are not handled in a reasonable manner, "the…
August 31, 2012
Washington Gas Light has filed updated purchase of receivables discount rates with the Maryland PSC, and the new residential rate, as calculated under the current tariff, would be nearly 7%.
December 21, 2011
The Maryland PSC has directed Baltimore Gas & Electric to resume testing natural gas suppliers for entry onto BGE's system on March 1.
July 5, 2011
Cincinnati Bell Reports 1,400 Customers Sign with Cincinnati Bell Energy
June 24, 2011
Retail suppliers and Columbia Gas of Maryland were not able to reach consensus on cost recovery issues which could lead to the elimination of the small volume choice program.
December 24, 2010
Maryland PSC Staff were unable to file a schedule for briefing outstanding issues related to Columbia Gas' Purchase of Receivables program, citing a lack of data from the company.
December 2, 2010
Md. PSC to Further Examine Columbia RM 35 Costs, Implementation The Maryland PSC directed Columbia Gas to present additional details regarding various costs of implementing several provisions of RM 35, including purchase of receivables and a 12-day enrollment timeline, after Columbia reported that…
October 27, 2010
Although a working group report has suggested that the Maryland PSC allow natural gas distribution companies to use proposed new standard electronic transactions effective December 1 ( see Matters, 10/25 ), Baltimore Gas & Electric reiterated in a filing with the PSC that it needs the effective date…
October 25, 2010
A Maryland working group has submitted a Maryland Gas Standard manual to implement standard electronic transactions for the retail gas market required by RM 35.
