May 12, 2017
License Briefs
BlueRock Energy, Inc. has received a registration as a Connecticut natural gas supplier.
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May 3, 2017
PSC Staff Recommends Utilities Be Directed To Present Cost of Service Study In Next Rate Case To Allow Precise Allocation of Costs Between Distribution, Commodity Rates
Staff Proposes Levels For Bypassable Adders to SOS
Maryland PSC Staff have proposed levels for the bypassable SOS administrative charge at Pepco and Delmarva
May 3, 2017
Potomac Edison Small Commercial SOS Rates To Increase Over 8%
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for Type I customers for the period beginning June 1, 2017
May 3, 2017
U.S. Retail Supplier Entering Japan, Said To Be Second U.S. Supplier Licensed In Market
PALMco Energy announced its first international expansion with the introduction of electricity supply services into the Japanese energy market. The service will be provided by Family Energy, GK, an affiliate of PALMco Energy.
May 2, 2017
Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2017
May 2, 2017
Delmarva Mass Market SOS Rates To Fall (Residential Rate Declining 11%)
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2017, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2017.
May 2, 2017
Pepco Mass Market SOS Rates To Fall (Residential Rate Declining 12%)
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2017, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2017
May 2, 2017
Utility To Set Residential POR Discount To Zero (Currently Nearly 1%)
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new purchase of receivables discount rates for the period beginning June 1, 2017.
May 2, 2017
BGE Residential Electric POR Discount To Increase; Gas Discount To Decrease
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new purchase of receivables discount rates for the period beginning June 1, 2017.
May 1, 2017
BGE SOS Mass Market Rates To Fall
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2017, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2017, as well as updates to various SOS rate components
April 27, 2017
Direct Energy Asks PSC To Clarify That Required Environmental Disclosure Labels Can be Sent Via Email
Direct Energy Business Marketing LLC petitioned the Maryland PSC to clarify the PSC's June 15, 2000 Order regarding the disclosure of the fuel sources of electricity that is sold, and the environmental characteristics of such electricity, to Maryland consumers.
April 25, 2017
Retail Supplier To Be Acquired By Publicly Traded Firm
MVC Capital, Inc. announced that Equus Total Return, Inc., a publicly-traded business development company that previously announced its intention to become an operating company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MVC’s largest portfolio holding, U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc.
April 24, 2017
Baltimore Gas & Electric Seeks Authorization To Offer Prepay Pilot
Baltimore Gas & Electric has petitioned the Maryland PSC to offer a prepaid pilot to 1,000 residential dual fuel and electricity-only customers.
April 21, 2017
New POR Rates To Jump To 2% and 6%
Utilities Seeking To Recover Accelerated Switching Costs In Purchase of Receivables Discount
Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland are seeking to recover the costs of implementing accelerated switching in their purchase of receivables discount rates, and have filed proposed new rates to be effective June 1, 2017
April 13, 2017
Direct Energy Launches Energy Offers Bundled With Own Brand (Hive) Smart Thermostat In Texas, Five Other States
Direct Energy has begun offering retail electricity and natural gas plans in six states bundled with a Hive Active Thermostat, the connected home brand of its parent Centrica
April 10, 2017
Mint Energy Expands To New State
Mint Energy has begun offering electricity supply in Maryland, at Baltimore Gas & Electric
April 4, 2017
PSC Commissioners, Retail Energy Thought Leaders To Address Changing Retail Energy Landscape At NEM 20th Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference
The National Energy Marketers Association has released a preliminary list of confirmed speakers and roundtable participants for its 20th Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference to be held April 26 - April 28 in Washington, DC
March 27, 2017
License Briefs
Biofuels Marketer Seeks Retail Supplier License
March 27, 2017
Parent Re-branding One Of Its Retail Suppliers
Effective April 1st, Just Energy is re-branding its Commerce Energy subsidiary as Just Energy
March 22, 2017
LifeEnergy (LS Power) Affiliate Launches Service In Four New States
LifeEnergy, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power, announced that it has expanded its electricity offerings to Maryland, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and Delaware.
March 22, 2017
Group Purchasing Organization With 10,000+ Member Locations Selects Retail Supplier
CHAMPS Group Purchasing, a group purchasing organization originally focused on various health care institutions but which has expanded to non-health members, announced that it signed an expanded contract with IGS Energy to offer IGS services to its members under an agreement that runs through Oct.…
March 16, 2017
License Briefs
Source Power & Gas Seeks To Serve New Service Area
March 15, 2017
Utilities Update Proposed Changes To Bypassable Default Service Adders Based On Rate Case
Pepco and Delmarva Power in Maryland recently filed updates to the proposed levels for a revised SOS Administrative Charge, based on updated underlying costs as established in recently adjudicated rate cases at each company.
March 7, 2017
PSC Fixes Amount For Retail Supplier Fine, Refers Unpaid Fine To State Collection Unit
The Maryland PSC has referred an unpaid civil penalty imposed on Blue Pilot Energy LLC to the Maryland State Central Collection Unit.
March 3, 2017
Utility Provides Update For Cost of Purchase of Receivables Implementation
Washington Gas Light has filed with the District of Columbia PSC an updated estimate for the cost to implement purchase of receivables