September 16, 2026
Texas Market Vet Forms New Broker
A start-up has registered as a Texas retail electric broker
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September 16, 2026
Former Retail Supplier VP Forms New Energy Consultant & Manager
A new energy consultant and energy manager has been formed
September 16, 2026
PUC Staff Supports Utility's Sought (Brief) Total Waiver Of Rule Which Requires Expedited Returns To Default Service; Longer Waiver For Accomplishing Such Via EDI
Staff of a PUC have recommended approval of…
September 16, 2026
High Speed Energy Group Seeks Pennsylvania License (& License Briefs, 9/16/26)
• ResidentShield Power Receives Authority To Collect Customer Deposits In Texas • Cloudshadow Energy Seeks Pennsylvania License • Nationalgrip Seeks Illinois License • Pennsylvania PUC Cancels Broker's License
September 16, 2026
NRG, Constellation Among Launch Partners Of New AI Energy Management Alliance Founded By Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA
Retail Energy Vet Named Executive Director
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance
September 15, 2026
Update: MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC Formally Files To Relinquish Texas, Illinois Retail Electric Supplier Licenses
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC on Sept. 14 formally filed to relinquish its Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
September 15, 2026
Retail Suppliers Seek Rule Waivers To Allow Digital TPVs
IDT Energy, Inc. and Residents Energy, LLC (Joint Applicants) petitioned the PUC of Ohio for certain rule waivers to allow third party verification to be conducted digitally on a customer's own device, rather than telephonically
September 15, 2026
Texas PUC Staff Propose Final Rule To Eliminate Formal Complaint Process Currently Available To Customers Of Retail Electric Providers
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption which would eliminate the current ability for customers of retail electric providers to file at the Texas PUC formal complaints against retail electric providers, in the form of a contested case docketed at the Texas PUC
September 15, 2026
PSC Requests Comments On Staff Proposal To End Authorization For Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation, Drop Remaining Customers To Default Service
The New York PSC requested stakeholder comments on…
September 15, 2026
PSC Sets Technical Conference To Consider Adoption Of Multi-Tier Purchase Of Receivables Discount Rate (PSC Previously Endorsed Use Of Multiple Discount Rates To Be Based On Each Retail Supplier's Own Uncollectibles)
A PSC has scheduled for…
September 15, 2026
In Settlement, Major Parties Agree To POR Workshop Process To Study Requiring Retail Suppliers To "Contribute" To Suppliers' Collection Costs, Or Limit POR Costs
Major parties to a rate case pending at…
September 15, 2026
PPL Electric Seeks To Make NITS, Other Transmission Costs Nonbypassable, Relieve Retail Suppliers From Cost Obligation
PPL Electric Says Change Will Reduce Market Price Risk For Retail Suppliers
As part of protecting non-large load customers from costs associated with data centers, PPL Electric in Pennsylvania has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to make Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) and certain other transmission costs nonbypassable, with PPL Electric assuming…
September 14, 2026
Pa. PUC "Doing Everything Within Our Authority" To Protect Customers & Reliability, As PUC Report Says Modeled Reliability Risk Is Nearly Six Times Worse Than PJM's Planning Standard Due To Data Center Growth
As the Pennsylvania PUC released a report from a consultant indicating that, by 2030, a modeled reliability risk is nearly six times worse than PJM's planning standard due to data center growth, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Steve DeFrank stated, "The PUC will continue doing everything within our authority…
September 14, 2026
Appeals Court Vacates Dept. Of Energy 202(c) Emergency Generation Order (Costs Of Such Orders Are Generally Allocated To LSEs)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated an order from the U.S. Department of Energy which had directed, based on DOE's assertion of emergency power, continued operation of Consumers Energy's Campbell coal-fired power plant.
September 14, 2026
Utility To Cease Requiring Signed Consent To Move Customer To New Supplier From Assigning Supplier In Cases Of Merger, Assignment
Regulator's Staff Supports Requiring Other Changes At Utility Sought By Retail Suppliers
In a rate case at the Illinois Commerce Commission, North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas in Illinois have agreed to cease the current practice of requiring that a signed consent form from a customer be provided in order for a new retail supplier to serve a customer in cases where such service by the new…