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April 9, 2021
The Maryland PSC has granted a stay of its recent order which had, among other things, required that SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC d/b/a SmartEnergy (“SmartEnergy” or the “Company”) return its customers enrolled through telesales to default service and which had ordered certain customer refunds
April 6, 2021
Retail energy suppliers Atlantic Energy LLC ("Atlantic Energy"), Atlantic Energy MD, LLC ("Atlantic Energy MD"), and Atlantic Energy MA LLC ("Atlantic Energy MA," and collectively with Atlantic Energy and Atlantic Energy MD, "Applicants") have entered into a transaction under which Gainline Equity…
April 1, 2021
The Maryland PSC ordered SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC to return all of its Maryland customers that were solicited and enrolled via telephone, in response to the supplier’s direct mail advertising, to utility standard offer service, as the PSC found that SmartEnergy failed to comply with the Maryland…
March 30, 2021
An organization known as Power for Tomorrow (PFT) recently launched, and is a group opposed to electricity deregulation and in favor of a, "traditionally structured utility market."
March 18, 2021
Recommends Supplier's Existing Customers Be Returned To SOS Unless "Signed" Contract Obtained
The Staff of the Public Service Commission of Maryland ('Staff') filed a complaint against StateWise Energy Maryland LLC ('StateWise' or the 'Company') and sought an order from the PSC directing that StateWise, "show cause why its license to provide electricity and electricity supply services, and…
March 18, 2021
Settlement Also Includes Customer Refunds, Changes In Sales Practices
Atlantic Energy MD, LLC (Atlantic Energy) would pay a civil penalty of $250,000 as part of a settlement with Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission (Staff) and the Maryland Office of People's Counsel (OPC) (collectively, the "Settling Parties") to resolve various alleged violations by…
March 11, 2021
Entrust Energy East disclosed in a filing with the Maryland PSC that as a result of its default at PJM, approximately 890 Maryland commercial customers have been returned from Entrust to standard offer service
March 10, 2021
The Maryland PSC today, in a 4-1 vote, approved regulations to implement and govern supplier consolidated billing (SCB) for electricity and natural gas.
March 1, 2021
Pepco has filed new electric SOS rates with the District of Columbia for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2021
February 24, 2021
Exelon To Spin-off Its Competitive Retail Supply, Generation Business Into Separate Company; Exelon Will Focus Solely On Regulated Utilities
February 22, 2021
PSC Orders That Supplier Products Be Unbundled For Purposes Of Payment Posting
During an ongoing rulemaking session today on supplier consolidated billing (SCB), the Maryland PSC formally voted on several key provisions of the rules
February 15, 2021
Staff of the Maryland PSC have updated proposed regulations for supplier consolidated billing (SCB) following direction from the Commission during a December rulemaking session for additional discussion among stakeholders on various non-consensus issues (RM70)
January 25, 2021
The Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland (the 'Division') filed an amicus brief on a proposed order in a Maryland PSC complaint case addressing alleged violations by SmartEnergy Holdings d/b/a SmartEnergy, in which the Division alleged that the findings of a…
January 22, 2021
In supplemental testimony, Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the PSC revoke the license of SunSea Energy LLC and impose a civil penalty of no less than $500,000.
January 21, 2021
Utility Washington Gas has named James Steffes as Senior Vice President, Regulatory
January 18, 2021
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC d/b/a SmartEnergy filed with the Maryland PSC a Notice of Appeal of a proposed order in a proceeding addressing alleged violations by the supplier
January 18, 2021
The District of Columbia PSC issued an order denying the Office of People's Counsel request for rehearing of the PSC's September 2020 order in which the PSC denied in part, and granted in part, OPC's request for certain billing data from Washington Gas Light related to retail supplier service to low…
January 14, 2021
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, a provider of career education and specialized technical training, has selected GREENCROWN Energy & Water to manage its entire energy portfolio, and to drive sustainability at all campuses nationwide.
January 14, 2021
Updated with further description of Ohio ACP order
January 11, 2021
The Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI) wrote to PJM's board of managers with a recommendation for "four core principles" concerning resource adequacy and the PJM markets
December 23, 2020
Taking up a proposed order on its own motion, the Maryland PSC issued an order imposing upon SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC a moratorium which prohibits SmartEnergy from adding or soliciting new customers in Maryland, as the PSC also directed further proceedings
December 17, 2020
A Maryland PSC Public Utility Law Judge has issued a proposed order in a proceeding addressing a complaint filed by Commission Staff against SmartEnergy Holdings d/b/a SmartEnergy
December 15, 2020
Freight Farms, a provider of hydroponic vertical container farming, and Arcadia, which among other services provides a monthly subscription service that connects customers across the U.S. to clean energy, have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their…
December 14, 2020
The Compliance and Enforcement Unit ('CEU') within the Consumer Affairs Division ('CAD') of the Maryland Public Service Commission has recommended that the PSC's Office of Staff Counsel initiate a complaint against StateWise Energy Maryland LLC ('StateWise') concerning alleged violations of…
November 25, 2020
Montgomery County in Maryland is again pursuing legislation in the upcoming 2021 session that would authorize it, and it alone, to conduct an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity under a program, deemed a "pilot", that would last seven years.
