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September 30, 2025
Washington Gas Light Company and retail supplier WGL Energy have each filed separate comments rebutting allegations from the District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel that had alleged a "disparity" between lower prices offered by competitive retail supplier WGL Energy, and the rates offered by…
September 18, 2025
Horizon Power and Light, LLC has applied for a District of Columbia natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes
September 16, 2025
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia proposed, among other things, a cap on retail supplier rates, as OPC offered comments in a District of Columbia PSC proceeding on the future of the POR programs
September 16, 2025
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia said in comments to the District of Columbia PSC, concerning the purchases of receivables programs in D.C., that OPC recommends that the PSC initiate an investigation into what OPC alleged is a "disparity" between lower prices offered…
September 2, 2025
Pepco has recommended that the District of Columbia PSC, "consider requesting increased transparency from retail suppliers around rate offerings and pricing structures."
August 15, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC, in a 2-1 decision, directed Pepco to attempt to procure a target quantity of 25% of SOS load through renewable energy power purchase agreements.
July 22, 2025
Capacity prices for the Rest of RTO region in PJM's base residual auction for the 2026-27 delivery year spiked 21% to $329.17 per MW-day, compared to the price from the 2025-26 BRA, with the latest capacity price increase coming during a time in which lawmakers in several PJM states have discussed…
July 14, 2025
Pepco in the District of Columbia has sought approval of an agreement for a bundled procurement of renewable energy and Tier One renewable energy credits from a solar facility, to serve approximately 7% of total SOS load
June 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC approved an 11% residential purchase of receivables discount rate at Pepco, as the PSC, in a separate order, also opened a generic inquiry on the future of POR (see related story today for more on the new inquiry)
June 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has formally initiated, "an inquiry into the adequacy of the," purchases of receivables programs at Pepco and Washington Gas Light
June 13, 2025
Rhythm Energy, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Inspire Clean Energy (Inspire), a provider of subscription-based, 100-percent renewable electricity plans across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
June 4, 2025
Pepco in the District of Columbia has sought clarification from the D.C. PSC concerning which Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREF) costs may be included in the bypassable SOS administrative charge
May 27, 2025
Think Home Solutions, LLC applied for a District of Columbia electric broker license to serve residential customers
May 22, 2025
R Street released a policy study on electric competition which included grade rankings for each state
May 21, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC has directed a PSC-created task force to develop and file recommendations on what improvements might be made locally to address the impacts of the PJM 2025/2026 delivery year capacity auction on District consumers
May 21, 2025
Currents Energy, Inc., a start-up which provides solar REC marketing and other services as a home electrification advisor, has launched a retail energy shopping service after recently acquiring concierge energy shopping service PowerPicker
May 20, 2025
Consumer Counsel Supports Recommendation That SOS Admin. Charge Be Tied To Or Verified Against Competitive Third-Party Supply Pricing, To Ensure Adder Does Not Undercut Competition
May 9, 2025
In a summer outlook, PJM said today that under an extreme summer 2025 planning scenario, PJM forecasts that available generation capacity may fall short of the required reserves
May 6, 2025
Horizon Power and Light, LLC applied for Ohio electric and natural gas supplier licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas
May 1, 2025
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER) and New Wave Energy, LLC (New Wave) have entered into a transaction under which NextEra Energy Resources, LLC will indirectly, through its subsidiary NextEra Energy Services New York, LLC (Buyer), acquire 100% of the membership interests in New Wave
April 25, 2025
NextVolt Energy, part of the Power 1 Energy Company (P1EC), has officially launched retail electric service in the ERCOT market in Texas
April 15, 2025
Washington Gas Light in the District of Columbia has filed updates to its purchase of receivables discount rates
April 15, 2025
A consultant retained by Pepco, at the direction of the District of Columbia PSC, to conduct an audit of the bypassable SOS Admin. Charge, has recommended that the current bypassable Adder included in the bypassable SOS Admin. Charge at Pepco should be, "tied more closely to competitive third-party…
March 17, 2025
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed its latest revision to the residential purchase of receivables (POR) discount rate, using the latest methodology directed by the D.C. PSC
March 6, 2025
New POR Discount Could Be In 10% Range, Or Higher
The District of Columbia PSC has again instructed Pepco to re-calculate an update to the residential POR discount rate (originally envisioned to take effect in July 2024), as the PSC concluded, "there is no simple way to mitigate a high POR Discount Rate without impacting non-POR ratepayers."
