July 31, 2026
Utility Reports Update On Residential Purchase of Receivables Balance
Potomac Edison reported to the Maryland PSC that, as of June 30, 2026, the cumulative Residential POR balance is in an over-recovered position of $372,385.53.
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July 29, 2026
Hanwha Energy Retail Supplier Formally Announces Powervine Acquisition, Marks Retail Expansion To PJM, Will Continue To Evaluate M&A Opportunities In PJM, ERCOT
174 Power Global Retail Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha Energy USA Holdings Corporation, formally announced its entry into competitive retail electricity markets within the PJM region.
July 28, 2026
PSC Schedules Workgroup Meeting On Potential Changes To Default Service Procurement, Product, & Rate Design; Adder
The District of Columbia PSC scheduled for August 18, 2026 a working group to discuss various design elements of electricity standard offer service (SOS), including procurement timing and product type, rate design, and the bypassable SOS adder
July 22, 2026
PSC Staff Seeks To Pause Supplier Consolidated Billing Workgroup, Staff Will Develop Strawman
Staff of the Maryland PSC have requested PSC authorization for a temporary pause in the supplier consolidated billing (SCB) working group, citing what Staff alleged was the lack of formal expressions of interest or commitments from retail suppliers to resume active participation in the work group.
July 21, 2026
Texas Market Consultant Registers As Texas Electric Broker (& License Briefs, 7/21/26)
Texas Market Consultant Registers As Texas Electric Broker
July 17, 2026
Choice PSC Adopts 7-Day Termination Moratorium
Citing unhealthy air quality and conditions due to Canadian wildfires, and direction from the state that residents should stay indoors with air conditioning in light of such conditions, the Maryland PSC, as an, "emergency action incidental to its supervisory authority to ensure the public interest…
July 17, 2026
Multiple Start-ups Register As Texas Electric Brokers (& License Briefs, 7/17/26)
Genesis X Power Registers As Texas Broker
July 16, 2026
Maryland Utilities Report June Number Of Customers Served Under Dual Billing By Each Retail Supplier
The Maryland utilities have reported the number of residential customers served under dual billing by each retail energy supplier during June 2026
July 16, 2026
PSC Schedules Technical Conference To Examine Adding Administrative Adder To Purchase of Receivables Discount Rates
The District of Columbia PSC has scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2026 a virtual technical conference in cases PEPPOR-2026-01 and WGPOR-2026-0 to address the feasibility of including an administrative adder as part of the Purchase of Receivables (POR) discount rate at Pepco and Washington Gas Light
July 14, 2026
Choice PSC Seeks Comments On How PJM Backstop Capacity Will Be Paid For, Cost Allocation
The Maryland PSC has sought comment on issues related to cost recovery of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement [RBP] proposal
July 13, 2026
Pepco, Delmarva File New Bypassable Transmission Rates
Pepco, in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and Delmarva in Maryland, have filed new bypassable transmission rates
July 13, 2026
Choice Utilities File New Line Losses In Tariff Update
Pepco and Delmarva Power in Maryland have each filed tariff changes reflecting new line loss factors
July 7, 2026
D.C. Council Strikes, From Budget-Related Bill, Entire Retail Energy Section, Which Would Have Capped Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Have Made Existing Contracts "Void"
The Council of the District of Columbia has passed on final reading an amended version of the Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), with the amended, passed bill striking in its entirety a section (Subtitle E) which would have imposed various restrictions on retail energy choice, including price…
July 6, 2026
People's Counsel Seeks To Make More Retail Supplier Data Public
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has sought rehearing of a recent Maryland PSC order which requires the public disclosure of various retail energy supplier data, including customer counts, as OPC said that supplier volumes should not be afforded confidential protection, or, alternatively…
July 2, 2026
Retail Energy Advancement League Issues Statement On Massachusetts Senate Passing Bill Allowing Municipalities To Eliminate Residential Choice
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) issued the following statement after the Massachusetts Senate voted to advance legislation allowing municipalities to eliminate residents' ability to shop for their own electricity supplier (Senate Bill 3143, Section 35), which was first reported by…
July 2, 2026
Maryland PSC Staff Says "Routing" Storage Purchase Obligation Currently Imposed On Retail Suppliers Through Utilities Would Be "Optimal"; Utilities Suggest That "Ideal" Outcome To Accomplish Such Would Be Change In Statutory Language
In comments on implementation of an energy storage procurement obligation on retail suppliers and SOS suppliers, Staff of the Maryland PSC said that accomplishing such procurement through the electric utilities via a nonbypassable "utility" charge would be "optimal[]", though Staff said that…
July 2, 2026
REAL President Seeks To Strike, From D.C. Budget-Related Bill, Section Which Would Cap Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Make Existing Contracts "Void"
As a resident of the District of Columbia, Christopher Ercoli, President & CEO of the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL), urged the Council of the District of Columbia to strike, from the proposed Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), a section (Subtitle E) which would impose various…
July 2, 2026
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker (& License Briefs, 7/2/26)
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker
July 1, 2026
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group (& License Briefs, 7/1/26)
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group
July 1, 2026
Talen Energy Marketing Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Talen Energy Marketing, LLC applied for an Ohio retail electric supplier license to serve commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers in all service areas
June 30, 2026
Choice State PSC Approves VPP, DER Aggregation Pilots
The Maryland PSC has approved several electric distribution system support services (EDSSS) pilot program offerings, such as VPPs, at the electric utilities (the DRIVE Act programs), while rejecting other proposals, as the PSC also addressed the interaction of various statutes governing funding and…
June 29, 2026
Entity Led By Energy Market Vet Registers As Texas Broker (& License Briefs, 6/29/26)
Entity Led By Energy Market Vet Registers As Texas Broker
June 26, 2026
RESA Seeks Re-introduction Of Residential Utility Consolidated Billing In Maryland After Dec. 31, 2027
In comments filed in a rulemaking to update Maryland PSC retail energy billing requirements, the Retail Energy Supply Association has sought to require that utilities offer residential utility consolidated billing after December 31, 2027
June 23, 2026
District Court Formally Issues Order Preliminarily Enjoining Maryland From Enforcing Statute Governing Green Power Pricing, Marketing Language
The U.S. District Court for the District Of Maryland, Northern Division has formally issued an order preliminarily enjoining the state and relevant agencies, including the PSC and Attorney General, from, "implementing, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out," Section 7-707(c) of the Maryland Public…
June 22, 2026
Regulatory Caption Indicates PSEG Energy Solutions LLC Seeking Electric Supplier License In New State
A caption for a regulatory filing at the Maryland PSC is labeled as follows: "PSEG Energy Solutions LLC filed, on June 18, 2026, its Application for License to Supply Electricity or Electric Supply to the Public in the State of Maryland (Confidential)."