April 14, 2025
PJM CEO To Step Down At End Of 2025, Transition Planning Underway
PJM Interconnection announced today that President & CEO Manu Asthana, "has decided to step down from his role at the end of 2025."
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April 14, 2025
Texas PUC Staff Seek Feedback On Changes To REP Emergency Operations Plan Requirements
In advance of a potential forthcoming rulemaking, Texas PUC Staff have sought feedback from various entities, including retail electric providers, concerning potential changes to the required emergency operations plans which entities must develop and file
April 14, 2025
Pa. PUC Releases Agenda For Hearing Reviewing Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth (No Retail Suppliers Listed As Providing Testimony)
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today released the agenda and additional information regarding its upcoming April 24, 2025 public hearing to explore the impact of data centers and other large load customers on the state’s electric grid
April 14, 2025
PSC Staff Proposes Compliance Mechanism For New Statutory Disclosures Required From Retail Suppliers
Staff of the Maryland PSC have proposed recommended mechanisms for retail energy suppliers to comply with various new disclosure and posting requirements under 2024's SB1
April 14, 2025
Affiliate Of Qualified Opportunity Zone Investment Firm Registers As Texas Electric Broker
OZ Data Services LLC registered as a Texas retail electric broker
April 11, 2025
BP Energy Retail Company Receives Pennsylvania Retail Gas Supplier License
BP Energy Retail Company LLC was granted a Pennsylvania retail natural gas supplier license to serve large commercial (6,000 Mcf or more annually), industrial, and governmental customers in all service areas
April 11, 2025
Text Posted For Texas Committee Substitute Bill On Low-Income Bill Payment Assistance Program, REP Reimbursements
Text has been posted for the committee substitute for Texas bill HB 1359, which was reported favorably out of the House State Affairs committee earlier this month
April 11, 2025
ERCOT To License Patents From Affiliate Of Texas REP To Facilitate Controllable Load Resources
On April 10, 2025, ERCOT entered into an agreement with Lancium LLC to license certain of Lancium's patents at no cost.
April 11, 2025
PUC Approves Increasing Amount Of Mass Market Default Service Supplies Sourced From ISO Spot Market To 50%
At Unitil, the New Hampshire PUC approved increasing the amount of default service electricity supplies self-served from the ISO New England real-time market to 50% for Non-G1 (mass market) customers, for the period August 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026
April 11, 2025
Start Date Confirmed For Co-op's New Purchase Of Receivables Program, Discounts Posted
The New Hampshire PUC approved a revised tariff from the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative implementing NHEC's new purchase of receivables (POR) program, with a tariff effective date of June 1, 2025
April 10, 2025
CenterPoint-TDU Files Amounts To Be Refunded To Customers Via Retail Electric Providers
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed a proposed tariff for new Rider RRC, Rate Reduction Credit, for a customer refund to be provided through retail electric providers, showing the amount to be refunded to each customer per kWh or per kVA, as applicable
April 10, 2025
Pa PUC Chair Encourages Exploration Of "Any And All Options" To Protect Consumers From Rising Energy Prices
PUC Approves New Utility Time Of Use Generation Rate Option For Non-Shopping Customers
As the Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a generally available new Time of Use generation rate offering from Duquesne Light, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank stated, "I think we should explore any and all options to help customers protect themselves from rising energy prices."
April 10, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Raises $200M In Series B Round, Preps National Expansion
Base Power announced that it has raised $200 million in Series B funding, co-led by Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Valor Equity Partners with participation from existing investors Thrive Capital, Altimeter, Terrain, Trust and others.
April 10, 2025
Gridmatic Seeks Retail Supplier Licenses In Several New Markets, Retail Energy Vet Joins As VP, Retail Operations
Gridmatic Panicum LLC d/b/a Gridmatic Retail applied for an Ohio retail electric supplier license to serve all types of non-residential customers in all service areas
April 9, 2025
Mid-Atlantic Retail Supplier Expanding To New York
Spartacus Energy of New York LLC filed a retail access application form with the New York PSC, to be registered as an ESCO