Docket SB1

August 28, 2026

Retail Suppliers Allege 9-Sentence, 165-Word Mandatory Disclosure From PSC Required On All Green Power Marketing Is "Unduly Burdensome", Fails Supreme Court Test

In a motion for partial summary judgment, the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) and Green Mountain Energy Company (the Plaintiffs) alleged that a 165-word disclosure required to conspicuously accompany all marketing materials for green power products in Maryland is "unduly burdensome", and…

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May 15, 2026

Appeals Court: Maryland Failed To Justify Restriction On Retail Suppliers' Green Power Marketing, But Failure Of That Statutory Provision Does Not Require Enjoining Entire SB1 At This Stage, Court Rules

The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that while retail suppliers are likely to show that renewable energy marketing limitations under 2024's SB1 fail the required precedential tests supporting state limits on speech, the impermissibility of the renewable energy provisions does not, at this…

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May 11, 2026

PSC Staff Propose Retail Supplier Billing Rule Changes, Limit On Supplier Fees

Staff of the Maryland PSC have proposed rule changes to, among other things, formally implement the prohibition on the purchase of retail energy supplier receivables by utilities for residential customers; to impose a limit of retail supplier late fees under dual billing; and to add rule language…

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October 9, 2025

Utilities Detail Steps To End Residential Utility Consolidated Billing

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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May 27, 2025

Retail Suppliers Ask U.S. DOJ To Support Federal Legislation Which Would Impose "Specific Limitations On The Traditional Authority Of State And Local Governments" With Respect To Retail Energy Supply, Utilities

"Support Efforts To Enact Preemptive Retail-Choice Law"

DOJ Notes, "Laws And Regulations Can Undermine Reliability And Affordability By Protecting Incumbent Electricity Providers From Competition Or Disruptive Innovation"

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May 7, 2025

PSC Directs Utilities To Address Whether Automatic Switch Block May Be Implemented

In an order adopting provisions for a statutorily required Do Not Transfer list process, the Maryland PSC has directed the utilities to provide updates concerning any implementation challenges and concerns related to adopting an automatic block (enrollment rejection) for any customer on the Do Not…

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April 28, 2025

PSC Sets Multi-Million Dollar Refund Amount For Retail Supplier Violations, Addresses Supplier's Argument That Jury Trial Needed For PSC To Impose Punitive Penalties

Payments Required By PSC Exceed Amount Supplier Had Warned Could Lead To Potential Default With Supplier's Secured Lender

The Maryland PSC has issued an order on refunds and penalties imposed on SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC ("SmartEnergy") related to a finding, affirmed by the Maryland Supreme Court, that SmartEnergy's telephonic enrollments, even though the call was inbound from a customer, were still subject to the wet…

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March 5, 2024

10 Retail Suppliers Seek Meeting With Maryland Governor, Urge Gov. To Prevent Reform Bill From Becoming Law

Ten retail energy suppliers have sent a letter to…

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September 30, 2022

Texas PUC Staff Seek Stakeholder Comment On Interconnections Between ERCOT, Other Grids; Issue Questions

Staff of the Texas PUC have issued a request for stakeholder comment on several questions related to interconnections between ERCOT and other grids

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