December 4, 2017
AltaGas-WGL Settlement Calls For Development of Storage, Other Resources
A settlement agreement among AltaGas, Washington Gas Light, the Maryland Energy Administration, and several counties that recommends approval of AltaGas's acquisition of Washington Gas Light would see AltaGas relocate its U.S. power business
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November 29, 2017
Will Permit 2 Retail Suppliers (Rather Than 1) To Offer TOU Pilot Per Service Area
The Maryland PSC has directed the creation of supply rate time of use pilots offered via utilities to non-shopping customers, and through up to two retail suppliers per each of the three service areas with AMI (BGE, Pepco, an Delmarva).
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November 16, 2017
Staff Suggests Collaborative To Address SCB, Says Schedule For SCB Adoption Premature
Staff of the Maryland PSC have opposed the relief sought from several retail suppliers, who have asked that the PSC implement supplier-consolidated billing (SCB) for electricity and natural gas by June 30, 2019, as Staff proposed that SCB be addressed in a collaborative process
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November 1, 2017
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed indicative (or what it terms "projected") mass market SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018
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October 30, 2017
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017
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October 27, 2017
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2017
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October 26, 2017
PSC Rules On Retail Supplier Concerns
The Maryland PSC adopted an order authorizing Baltimore Gas & Electric to conduct a prepay pilot for electric and dual-fuel customers, with the PSC requiring several modifications from BGE's proposal, but generally not adopting changes sought by retail suppliers
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October 25, 2017
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017.
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October 25, 2017
Vista Energy Marketing, L.P. applied for Maryland electric and natural gas supplier licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
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October 25, 2017
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2018, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning December 1, 2017.
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October 16, 2017
Freedom Energy Seeks Licenses In New State
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October 16, 2017
South Jersey Industries today announced it has entered into agreements to acquire the assets of New Jersey-based Elizabethtown Gas and Maryland-based Elkton Gas from Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Southern Company Gas.
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October 12, 2017
Tenaska Retail Supplier Seeks Authority To Serve New Service Areas
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October 11, 2017
Spring Power & Gas announced that it intends to launch in Pennsylvania in 2018.
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October 4, 2017
Agway Energy Services Receives Licenses In New State
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September 27, 2017
The Maryland PSC granted a petition filed by Direct Energy Business Marketing LLC and clarified that environmental notice disclosure reports that are required to be provided to customers under Commission Order No. 76241 in Case No. 87381 can be satisfied by use of electronic mail.
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September 25, 2017
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) moved to stay the Maryland PSC's consideration of a proposed prepay pilot program at Baltimore Gas & Electric pending a review of a petition from several suppliers to implement supplier consolidated billing (SCB)
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September 20, 2017
The Maryland PSC is seeking comments on a petition from NRG Energy, Inc., Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Just Energy Group, Inc., Direct Energy Services, LLC, and ENGIE Resources LLC to institute supplier consolidated billing for electricity and natural gas
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September 14, 2017
The Maryland PSC approved new purchase of receivables discount rates at Baltimore Gas & Electric (electricity), Pepco, and Delmarva.
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September 8, 2017
Propose Qualifications For Suppliers To Offer SCB, Including Threshold Level Of Experience in Terms Of Years, Number of Customers Served
A group of retail suppliers have petitioned the Maryland PSC to issue an order that mandates: (1) the implementation of Supplier Consolidated Billing (SCB) as a billing option available to customers of competitive licensed retail electricity and natural gas suppliers by June 30, 2019 at the latest…
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September 6, 2017
Addresses Components To Be Included In SOS Admin. Charge
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would determine the components for the bypassable SOS admin. charge at Pepco and Delmarva, and would result in a reduction in the charge versus the current charge.
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August 24, 2017
The workgroup leaders in a Maryland PSC rate design proceeding (PC44) have filed proposals for two pilot programs to offer customers Time of Use rates -- one of which relies on a retail supplier to offer dynamic supply prices, and another designed for SOS customers that would offer TOU rates for…
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August 16, 2017
Baltimore Gas & Electric earlier this month filed revised proposed updates to its electricity purchase of receivables discount rates as a result of a recent Maryland PSC letter order rejecting certain costs BGE had sought to include in the discounts.
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August 16, 2017
PSC Excluded Implementation Costs For Market Changes From POR Discounts Addressed Spike In Uncollectibles, Impact on POR Rates
Pepco and Delmarva have filed with the Maryland PSC compliance filings containing new purchase of receivables discount rates in compliance with recent letter orders from the PSC
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August 15, 2017
Retail supplier CleanChoice Energy announced that it is now offering residential customers a 100% solar electricity supply plan in eight states and the District of Columbia
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