September 28, 2026
TLG Receives Ohio Retail Supplier License; ESCO-Broker Seeks License In New State (& License Briefs, 9/28/26)
The PUC of Ohio granted TLG Commodities LLC a…
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September 18, 2026
Constellation: PUC Should Consider Allowing Enrollment Of Larger C&I Customers Onto Municipal Aggregation, Proposes Consideration Of Large C&I CCA Minimum Stay
In implementing a new law authorizing opt-out municipal electricity aggregation…
September 9, 2026
Major Parties Propose Considering Alternative Measures To Reduce Default Service Rates & Risk Premiums, In Seeking To Shelve Consideration Of Time Of Use Rates For Default Service
Major parties to a Maine PUC investigation into time of use rates, including whether TOU rates should be adopted for default service, have proposed shelving the investigation, with the near-term focus instead shifting to (among other things) consideration of other changes to default service to…
August 26, 2026
TLG Commodities Seeks Ohio Retail Supplier License (& License Briefs, 8/26/26)
TLG Commodities Seeks Ohio Retail Supplier License
August 21, 2026
National Gas & Electric Receives License In New State; Dragon Fire Solutions Registers As Texas Broker (& License Briefs, 8/21/26)
National Gas & Electric Receives Maine License
August 19, 2026
License Briefs, 8/19/26
Start-up Power Made Clear Registers As Texas Broker
August 13, 2026
Catalyst Power & Gas Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Catalyst Power & Gas LLC applied for a Maine retail electric supplier license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers at Central Maine Power and Versant Power - Bangor Division
August 13, 2026
Stay Extended In Proceeding Reviewing Time of Use Rates For Default Service
The presiding officers of a Maine PUC proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service have extended a current stay in the proceeding such that the stay is extended to September 14, 2026
August 12, 2026
Consumer Advocate Seeks Further Stay of Proceeding Reviewing Time of Use Rates For Default Service
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) asked the Maine PUC for an extension of a stay in a proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service
August 7, 2026
PUC Extends Deadline To File Comments On Questions To Implement New Opt-Out Aggregation Law
The Maine PUC has extended the comment deadline as requested to September 18, 2026
July 31, 2026
PUC Initiates Process To Implement New Opt-Out Municipal Aggregation Law, Seeks Comments On Customer Protection, Other Issues
The Maine PUC has opened a proceeding to implement a previously reported new law (P.L. 2025, c. 665) which authorizes opt-out municipal electricity aggregation
July 21, 2026
PUC Schedules Parties' Settlement Conference In Time Of Use Default Service Investigation
The Maine PUC has scheduled, for parties to the proceeding, a settlement conference in the PUC's examination of the implementation of time of use rates for electricity standard offer service.
July 17, 2026
Multiple Start-ups Register As Texas Electric Brokers (& License Briefs, 7/17/26)
Genesis X Power Registers As Texas Broker
July 6, 2026
Utility Seeks Further Waiver To Accelerate Load Aggregation For Default Service
Kennebunk Light & Power District (KLPD) has sought a further waiver at the Maine PUC to accelerate implementation of its load aggregation for electricity Standard Offer service (default service)
June 26, 2026
PUC Staff Provide More Details On Straw Proposal's Switching Restriction
Staff of the Maine PUC, in conjunction with Staff's consultant, have provided a further response to the utilities' questions concerning a minimum stay, or switching restriction, that would apply in certain straw proposals for time of use default service rates
June 23, 2026
State's Consumer Advocate Questions How Customers Will Benefit Under Time of Use Rates If Default Service Contracts Remain Non-TOU Full Requirements Power; Says Load Shifting May Lead To Supplier Windfalls
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has expressed concern regarding if, and when, customers would receive benefits from Time of Use electric rates (including potentially TOU default service rates) in Maine, given that straw proposals under consideration would not change the wholesale default…
June 10, 2026
Former Consumer Counsel Joins Utility Holding Co., Which Owns Several Utilities With Choice Programs, As Vice President of Energy Policy
Avangrid, Inc. today announced that Elin Swanson Katz has been appointed Vice President of Energy Policy.
June 10, 2026
PUC Staff Clarifies Envisioned Minimum Stay Requirement, Applicability To Shopping Customers
Addresses Timeline For Reconciliation Of SOS Rates
Staff of the Maine PUC, in answers provided in conjunction with a PUC consultant, have answered further questions concerning straw proposals for the implementation of time of use rates, including TOU default service rates.
June 8, 2026
National Gas & Electric Seeks License In New State (& License Briefs, 6/8/26)
National Gas & Electric Seeks License In New State
June 8, 2026
Report: Residential Electric Choice Customers Paid $48 Billion More Than Default Service Since 2003; $4 Billion More In 2024
Retail Energy Revealed released a report stating that, "Since 2003, American households have paid at least more than $48 billion extra for electricity by switching from regulated utilities to competitive retail energy suppliers," for residential electricity
June 3, 2026
Digital Power; TLG Commodities Seek Licenses In New States (& License Briefs, 6/3/26)
Digital Power Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
June 1, 2026
PUC Staff Removes One Service Area From Consideration Of Implementing Straw Proposals For Time Of Use Default Service Rates
The Maine PUC Staff have informed stakeholders that, at this time, Versant Power’s Maine Public District (formerly Maine Public Service) is being removed from consideration in connection with various straw proposals for implementing time of use default service rates
May 26, 2026
PUC Denies Stay of Proceeding Reviewing Time of Use Rates For Default Service
The presiding officers of a Maine PUC proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service have declined to stay the proceeding
May 14, 2026
Consumer, Green Groups Seek Stay of Proceeding Reviewing Time of Use Rates For Default Service
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) asked the Maine PUC to stay a proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service
April 22, 2026
PUC Approves Utility's Load Aggregation Program, Which Authorizes Restrictions On Customer Shopping
The Maine PUC approved, as proposed, the application of Kennebunk Light & Power District (KLPD) to use a load aggregation for KLPD's electricity Standard Offer service (default service)