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PSC Law Judge Rules Choice Utility's Bill Message Was Misleading

Judge Says Utilities Can't Have, "Unchecked Ability To Provide Potentially Inaccurate ... Information" Utilities Must Provide Accurate & Not Misleading Information, Judge Says

The Chief Public Utility Law Judge (PULJ) of the Maryland PSC has issued a ruling, on motions for summary judgment, finding that a bill message from the utility Washington Gas Light (WGL) which addressed the cleanliness and environmental benefits of natural gas was, "misleading based upon the lack…

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No Party Files Any New "Comprehensive Proposals" Allowing UCB To Continue Without POR In Maryland

Implementing Non-POR UCB, "Will Not Be Fast [&] ... Certainly Will Not Be Cheap," Utilities Say, Arguing That Ratepayers Should Not Bear Significant Cost Risk

Neither the Maryland utilities nor retail suppliers filed any new "comprehensive proposals" that were to detail how retail energy suppliers could serve new or renewed residential customers under utility consolidated billing in Maryland without purchase of receivables (POR)

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PSC To Seek Comments On Future Of POR Program As Commission Concedes "No Simple Way" To Mitigate High Residential POR Discount Without Risk To SOS Customers

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."

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Given New Dual Billing Mandate, Retail Suppliers Propose Compliance Mechanism To Allow UCB, Without POR, To Continue

Suppliers Seek Stay Of Dual Billing Requirement, Attendant Drop Of Customers To SOS If Supplier Can't Dual Bill

The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) and CleanChoice Energy Inc. (the supplier coalition) have proposed at the Maryland PSC a mechanism under which utility consolidated billing could continue for new and renewed customers, while also ensuring that receivables for such customers are not…

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