April 8, 2026
PSC Approves Specific Utility Ownership Of Energy Storage, Including Utility Ownership Of Customer-Sited Storage
The Maryland PSC issued an order approving certain specific ownership of energy storage by Baltimore Gas & Electric
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April 8, 2026
Grid Power Direct Receives Retail Supplier License In New State (& License Briefs, 4/8/26)
Grid Power Direct Receives Delaware Retail Supplier License
April 8, 2026
Base Formally Rolls Out Texas Electricity Plans Not Tied To Home Storage Product, Guarantees Rate Below Market Average At Enrollment & Renewal
Base Says 7 in 10 Texans Are Overpaying for Electricity
Base Power in Texas formally announced a new residential electricity plan which Base says is guaranteed to be below the market average at enrollment and at the time of renewal.
April 8, 2026
PSC Prepared To Drop Prior Proposal That Would Have Required Retail Suppliers To Use Multiple Different Mechanisms To Affirmatively Notify Customers Of Rate Changes (Including Variable Rates)
In seeking to establish final retail market rule changes, the Delaware PSC is poised to omit a prior proposal that would have required retail electric suppliers to use two separate methods of communication to affirmatively notify customers of rate changes
April 7, 2026
ERCOT IMM Proposes Pay-As-Bid Compensation For Large Load Demand Reduction Reliability Service
The ERCOT reliability service which is to procure demand reductions from large load customers, required by recent legislation, should compensate providers of demand reductions on a pay-as-bid basis, ERCOT's Independent Market Monitor said in comments at the Texas PUC
April 7, 2026
CPower Announces Collaboration With Manufacturer Of Standby Generation & Storage, For PJM Market
Generac Holdings Inc. , a global designer and manufacturer of power generation and energy storage products and solutions, and CPower Energy today announced a collaboration to support commercial and industrial (C&I) customers across PJM by leveraging distributed generation to achieve greater…
April 7, 2026
Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Be Relieved Of Requirement To Inform Customers Of PUC-Developed Solar Guide
Tenaska Power Services Co. (TPS), an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider, sought a declaratory order from the Texas PUC under which the PUC would find that a requirement for REPs to provide to customers certain information developed by the PUC concerning rooftop solar does not apply to Option 2…
April 7, 2026
5 Acquires Energy Consultant
5, an energy advisory firm and broker, announced the acquisition of Engenuus Energy, a California-based energy consulting firm.
April 6, 2026
Power Markets Vet Named VP, Energy Strategy & Power Procurement At Data Center Developer
Mike Benn has been named as VP, Energy Strategy & Power Procurement at CloudHQ, LLC, a company which designs, builds and operates data centers
April 6, 2026
Two MA Retail Supplier Bills Subject To Study Order, Discharged To New Committee
Massachusetts bills H.4144 and H.15 have been made subject to a study order (Order H.5324), with Order H.5324 discharged to the committee on House Rules
April 6, 2026
PUC Staff Addresses Question Concerning Potential Minimum Stay On SOS, Choice Under Straw Default Service Changes
The Maine PUC has posted answers from PUC Staff, and the PUC's consultant, to questions from the electric utilities concerning various straw proposals for the implementation of time of use electric rates, including potentially TOU supply rates for Standard Offer (non-shopping) customers
April 6, 2026
Retail Supplier Files Complaint Against Utility, Says Other Marketers Face Similar Harm; Case Of First Impression
SCANA Energy Marketing, LLC ('SCANA' or 'Petitioner') filed a formal complaint against Atlanta Gas Light Company ('AGL' or 'Respondent') at the Georgia PSC in which SCANA seeks to be relieved of Operational Flow Order ('OFO') imbalance penalties as SCANA alleged that AGL did not provide an avenue…
April 6, 2026
Via Energy Solutions Seeks License In New State (& License Briefs, 4/6/26)
Via Energy Solutions Seeks License In New State
April 3, 2026
White Label Retail Supplier, Currently Active In Texas, Further Confirms Expansion To "Several" PJM States
Light Energy, LLC ("Light Energy") will act as a retail energy supplier in "several" states in PJM, Light Energy stated in an application for FERC electricity market-based rate authority
April 3, 2026
RESA Says PUC's Adopted Rule Text Does Not Align With PUC's Decision (Rule Says Retail Suppliers Must Obtain Customer "Signature" For ALL Enrollments, As First Noted by ECM)
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought rehearing of a recent PUC of Ohio decision which had approved new rules governing, among other things, retail supplier enrollments and verification of the customer's identity, as RESA noted that a requirement, as stated in the rules' text, mandating…