July 8, 2026
Start-up Broker Seeks To Use Names "Electric Plan Harbor" & "EP Harbor" (& License Briefs, 7/8/26)
Start-up Broker Seeks To Use Names "Electric Plan Harbor" & "EP Harbor"
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July 8, 2026
Updated With Statement From Palmco: PUC Says Applicant, Which Formerly Held Retail Supplier License, Is "Not Managerially Fit" To Hold License, In Addressing Re-application
Palmco Power provided the following statement concerning the matter:
July 7, 2026
D.C. Council Strikes, From Budget-Related Bill, Entire Retail Energy Section, Which Would Have Capped Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Have Made Existing Contracts "Void"
The Council of the District of Columbia has passed on final reading an amended version of the Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), with the amended, passed bill striking in its entirety a section (Subtitle E) which would have imposed various restrictions on retail energy choice, including price…
July 7, 2026
PUC Sets Effective Date For Recently Approved Rules Requiring Retail Suppliers To Provide Advance Notice For Expedited Return Of Mercantile Customers To Default Service; Request Form Updated
A PUC of Ohio ALJ has established July 17, 2026 as the effective date for new rules governing the return of mercantile customers to default service, including expedited returns to the SSO, at OAC 4901:1-10-36 and 4901:1-21-21
July 7, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility, Major Parties Enter Settlement Which Would Exclude From POR Program Any Plan With Rate In Excess Of Default Service
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company ('FE PA', 'FirstEnergy Pennsylvania", or the 'Company'); the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate ('OCA'); the Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate ('OSBA'); the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania…
July 7, 2026
Base Retail Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Base Retail, LLC applied for a New Jersey third party electric supplier license
July 6, 2026
Energy Consultant Backed By PE Acquires Retail Energy Broker
Ohio-based broker-consultant Sustainable Energy Services, LLC (SES, recently converted to an LLC from a corporation) has been acquired by Pilot Energy (or an affiliate of Pilot Energy)
July 6, 2026
People's Counsel Seeks To Make More Retail Supplier Data Public
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has sought rehearing of a recent Maryland PSC order which requires the public disclosure of various retail energy supplier data, including customer counts, as OPC said that supplier volumes should not be afforded confidential protection, or, alternatively…
July 6, 2026
VC Firm To Increase Stake In Retail Supplier, Get Board Seat
Matrix Partners XII, LP and Weston & Co. XII LLC (together, "Matrix") have entered into a transaction to acquire up to an additional 8.5% of the outstanding equity of Light Technology, LLC (Light Technology), which indirectly wholly owns retail energy supplier Light Energy
July 6, 2026
PUC Staff Seek Limits On Receivables Eligible For POR (Caps); Or "Wind Down" Of POR Program
Staff of the PUC of Ohio have again proposed that East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Enbridge Gas Ohio (EOG, formerly Dominion East Ohio) should impose a cap or other limit on purchased receivables in EOG's purchase of receivables program, or alternatively should "wind down" the POR program
July 6, 2026
All Retail Suppliers Will Need To Provide "Credit History" To PPL Electric To Continue Service Past 2027
All retail electric suppliers currently operating in the PPL Electric Utilities service area in Pennsylvania will need to provide to PPL Electric a "credit history" to continue operating in the PPL Electric territory beyond December 31, 2027
July 2, 2026
Retail Energy Advancement League Issues Statement On Massachusetts Senate Passing Bill Allowing Municipalities To Eliminate Residential Choice
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) issued the following statement after the Massachusetts Senate voted to advance legislation allowing municipalities to eliminate residents' ability to shop for their own electricity supplier (Senate Bill 3143, Section 35), which was first reported by…
July 2, 2026
Duquesne Light Files New Medium C&I Default Supply Rate
Duquesne Light has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update to the default service supply rate, or supply charge, for medium C&I customers (including Rates GS/GM and GMH between 25 and 200 kW), to be effective September 1, 2026 through November 30, 2026
July 2, 2026
PUC Reports Winning Bidders From Default Service Auction
The PUC of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the June 9, 2026 default service auction at the FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities
July 2, 2026
Maryland PSC Staff Says "Routing" Storage Purchase Obligation Currently Imposed On Retail Suppliers Through Utilities Would Be "Optimal"; Utilities Suggest That "Ideal" Outcome To Accomplish Such Would Be Change In Statutory Language
In comments on implementation of an energy storage procurement obligation on retail suppliers and SOS suppliers, Staff of the Maryland PSC said that accomplishing such procurement through the electric utilities via a nonbypassable "utility" charge would be "optimal[]", though Staff said that…
July 2, 2026
Retail Suppliers Seek Rule Barring Utilities From Using Nonpublic Utility Data In "Affiliate" Services (Definition Includes Non-utility Services From EDC Itself), Unless Such Data Made Available On Nondiscriminatory Basis
In a PUC of Ohio proceeding governing electric utility corporate separation rules, the Retail Energy Supply Association and Interstate Gas Supply said in joint comments that PUCO, "should adopt rules that prohibit affiliate preferences arising from nonpublic utility data unless there is…
July 2, 2026
Power Synch Seeking Licenses In New States
Power Synch, LLC applied for an Ohio electric broker license to serve commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers in all service areas.
July 2, 2026
REAL President Seeks To Strike, From D.C. Budget-Related Bill, Section Which Would Cap Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Make Existing Contracts "Void"
As a resident of the District of Columbia, Christopher Ercoli, President & CEO of the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL), urged the Council of the District of Columbia to strike, from the proposed Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), a section (Subtitle E) which would impose various…
July 2, 2026
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker (& License Briefs, 7/2/26)
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker
July 1, 2026
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group (& License Briefs, 7/1/26)
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group
July 1, 2026
Utility Files Update To Uncollectibles Rider Which Is Bypassable For Non-POR Customers
Duke Energy Ohio has filed updates to bypassable electricity Rider UE-GEN, which recovers uncollectibles related to generation supply, including competitive supply-related uncollectibles for purchase of receivables customers
July 1, 2026
Talen Energy Marketing Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Talen Energy Marketing, LLC applied for an Ohio retail electric supplier license to serve commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers in all service areas
June 30, 2026
Illinois Approves Revised Design For ComEd's Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction Program; ComEd Also Receives Approval For Scheduled Dispatch Virtual Power Plant Program
The Illinois Commence Commission recently approved, subject to a further analysis on cost effectiveness, the design of ComEd's revised Rider BYODLR - Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction Program
June 30, 2026
Choice State PSC Approves VPP, DER Aggregation Pilots
The Maryland PSC has approved several electric distribution system support services (EDSSS) pilot program offerings, such as VPPs, at the electric utilities (the DRIVE Act programs), while rejecting other proposals, as the PSC also addressed the interaction of various statutes governing funding and…
June 29, 2026
Delmarva Files New Transmission Rate
Delmarva Power & Light in Delaware has filed with the Delaware PSC an updated bypassable transmission rate