January 20, 2023
Virginia Bill Seeks To Eliminate Several Current Options For Electric Choice
Virginia HB 1770 would eliminate several of the current limited mechanisms for retail electricity choice in Virginia
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January 18, 2023
Northeast Retail Supplier Seeks Texas REP Certificate
Rushmore Energy, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
January 18, 2023
Retail Supplier Reports Change In Ownership
StateWise Energy Ohio LLC reported that SFE Energy Inc. now owns 100% of StateWise Energy Ohio LLC as of December 16, 2022.
January 17, 2023
Approved Energy Enters Pennsylvania Retail Electric Markets
Approved Energy formally announced that it will enter the Pennsylvania retail electric market after recently receiving an electric supplier license from the Pennsylvania PUC ( as first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in December )
January 17, 2023
Retail Supplier Agrees To Not Advise Customers That The Utility Rate "Fluctuates", As Part Of $92,500 Settlement
Great American Power, LLC ('GAP' or 'Company') would pay $92,500, and has agreed to a one-year moratorium of telemarketing through third-party vendors, under a settlement with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s ('Commission') Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement ('I&E') to resolve…
January 13, 2023
Start-up Led By Retail Energy Vet Seeks Broker Licenses
Start-up Energy Zebra LLC applied for Ohio electric and natural gas broker licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas
January 13, 2023
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs Post New Prices To Compare
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC-Default rates with the Pennsylvania PUC for the three-month period starting March 1, 2023
January 13, 2023
PECO Files New Generation Rates
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning March 1, 2023
January 12, 2023
PUC Approves Settlement Under Which Retail Supplier Will Add Questions To Its TPVs
Corrective Measures Also Address Ensuring Sale Prospect Is Authorized To Enroll Utility Account
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement between National Gas & Electric, LLC (NG&E or the Company) and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) under which NG&E will pay $15,250 to resolve alleged instances of overbilling and slamming
January 11, 2023
PUC To Publicly Post Aggregated Revenue, Usage Data From Retail Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said that it will make public aggregated data from competitive retail electric suppliers.
January 10, 2023
ComEd Provides Roadmap To Bringing "Trust And Security" To Customer Energy Choices
As part of a "2030 Roadmap for Equitable Transition to Cleaner Energy", Commonwealth Edison said that its vision is to, "enabl[e] our customers to make carbon-free energy choices simply, easily and intuitively, bringing trust and security into low-carbon energy transactions".
January 9, 2023
Retail Energy Vet Leads New Auto-Switching Concierge Service, Registers In Texas
Start-up Arbor Energy Holdings Inc. [sic] filed a registration as a Texas electricity broker
January 9, 2023
PUC Staff Says Retail Suppliers Are Required To Record & Maintain All Sales Calls (Including Non-Sales) As Means Of Complying With Marketing Rules (No Explicit Requirement In Rules)
As part of a brief concerning a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio investigation into RPA Energy, PUCO Staff alleged that retail energy suppliers are required to maintain records of all telephonic sales calls, including those which do not result in a sale
January 6, 2023
Ohio Utility Seeks To Create Standby Charge For Governmental Aggregations
Proposed Standby Charge Part Of New Default Service Plan
AEP Ohio filed at the PUC of Ohio for approval of an electric security plan (also referred to as the 'ESP' or the 'proposed ESP' or 'ESP V') that will commence upon the expiration of the current ESP IV (June 1, 2024) and continue through May 31, 2030
January 5, 2023
Large Opt-Out Electricity Aggregator Seeks Natural Gas Municipal Aggregation Certificate
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council applied at the PUC of Ohio for certification as an opt-out governmental aggregator for natural gas
January 5, 2023
CPV Formally Announces Launch Of CPV Retail Energy Platform & "Greentailer"
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) formally announced the launch of its retail energy platform, CPV Retail Energy, which will initially serve as a retail electric provider for commercial and industrial customers in states within the PJM market, and eventually expand into New York and New England.
January 3, 2023
PUC Considering Default Service Auction Changes To "Significantly Reduce Prices"
Includes Potentially Adding Six-Month Product Terms To Supply Mix
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said that it is, "investigating whether directing the EDUs [electric distribution utilities] to implement certain SSO [standard service offer] auction modifications would help significantly reduce prices resulting from SSO auctions."
January 3, 2023
Retail Supplier Announces Re-branding, New Name
Marathon Energy (Marathon Power) has undergone a re-branding and is now known as Energo.
January 3, 2023
EnerConnex Acquires Another Broker
EnerConnex LLC announced the acquisition of Reflective Energy Solutions (RES) as of December 28, 2022.
December 30, 2022
Consumers' Counsel Seeks Postponement Of Default Service Auction, Alleging Risk Of Higher Prices
The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel has petitioned the PUC of Ohio to postpone the January 10, 2023 standard service offer auction for the FirstEnergy electric distribution utilities, as OCC said that unresolved matters concerning the certification of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council…
December 29, 2022
Retail Supplier Returns Customers To Default Service
Provision Power and Gas, LLC recently returned its natural gas customers in Pennsylvania to default service.
December 28, 2022
bp Completes Acquisition Of RNG Producer Which Includes Acquisition Of Retail Supplier
bp completed its purchase of Archaea Energy Inc., a provider of renewable natural gas (RNG)
December 28, 2022
Parent Of Retail Supplier To Acquire Renewable Natural Gas Production Assets
Establishes Partnership For Development Of Additional RNG Projects
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. ("Suburban" or the "Partnership"), the ultimate parent of Agway Energy Services, LLC, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Suburban Renewable Energy, LLC ("Suburban Renewables"), reached an agreement to acquire a platform of renewable natural gas ("RNG") assets…
December 26, 2022
Several Regulated Utilities, Outside Of RTO, Implement Rotating Outages Due To Inadequate Electricity Supply
Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) and Duke Energy Progress (DEP) announced, in a Dec. 24 news release, that, "the company is implementing load shedding steps that include interruptions in service," due to, "extreme cold temperatures and subsequent demand for power," and there not being enough electricity…
December 23, 2022
Duquesne Light Default Supply Rate Falling 51%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period March 1, 2023 through May 31, 2023