November 13, 2025
Bill Negatively Impacting Retail Choice Reported Favorably, Referred To New Committee
Window For Slamming Complaints Extended To Two Years From Switch
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November 11, 2025
Northeast Broker Registers In Texas (& Other License Briefs)
Single Source Energy Solutions Files Texas Broker Registration
November 10, 2025
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates
Nstar (Eversource) in Massachusetts has filed new basic service electricity rates for its western Massachusetts service area (WMA, formerly WMECO), for the period beginning February 1, 2026
October 15, 2025
Retail Supplier Files Complaint At FERC Against ISO, Utility Over Alleged "Phantom Load" Invoices
BP Energy Retail Company LLC (BPERC) filed a complaint at FERC against ISO New England, Inc., Eversource Energy, and NSTAR Electric Company in which BPERC seeks relief from certain invoices issued by ISO-NE which are alleged to be, "based on phantom load incorrectly assigned to BPERC by Eversource…
September 24, 2025
Large Group Purchasing Org Seeks Aggregator License In New State
PowerOptions, Inc. applied for a Maine electric aggregator/broker license to serve all sizes of non-residential customers at Central Maine Power Company and Versant Power - Bangor Division
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September 17, 2025
Gridwealth Energy Powers C&I Growth with VertexOne’s VXretail & VXexchange
VertexOne , a leading provider of cloud software designed to revolutionize the customer experience within the energy and utility industry, announced today that integrated distributed energy resources company, Gridwealth Energy , a full-service distributed energy resource (DER) provider, has successfully gone live with VertexOne’s leading billing and customer information system (CIS), VXretail, and electronic data interchange (EDI) solution, VXexchange.
September 15, 2025
Delegated Commissioner Seeks License Revocation, $5 Million Penalty Against Retail Supplier For Alleged Deceptive Practices
Massachusetts DPU Commissioner Cecile Fraser, in the capacity of Delegated Commissioner, has issued a Notice of Probable Violation against CleanChoice Energy, Inc.
September 2, 2025
Both Residential and Small C&I POR Discount Rates To More Than Double At Utility
Fitchburg Gas and Electric (Unitil) in Massachusetts has proposed significant increases to its Residential and Small/Regular General Service purchase of receivables discount rates, under an annual update to the rates
August 4, 2025
State Regulator Urges Passage Of Bill That Would Require $5 Million Bond From Retail Suppliers, Ban Commission Payments, & Require That All Enrollments Occur Through State Website
The Massachusetts DPU has suspended the working groups under its retail energy market reset proceeding, as the DPU said that, "Absent legislative reform, the Commonwealth’s residents will remain exposed to teaser rates, deceptive and high-pressure sales tactics, and vague and excessive greenwashing…
July 29, 2025
Attorney General Issues Further Guidance On New Rules Governing Price Disclosures, Auto-Renewals (Retail Suppliers Not Exempt)
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has released updated guidance concerning newly adopted consumer protection regulations addressing, among other things, price disclosures and auto-renewals
July 29, 2025
Hearing Officers Reject Extension For Stakeholder Proposals In Response To Latest Staff Retail Market Reset Proposal (Retail Suppliers Had Sought Extension)
Two Massachusetts DPU hearing officers rejected a request from the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) and the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) for an extension of the deadline for the submission of proposals in response to DPU Staff's latest proposal for a retail electric market reset
July 28, 2025
Powervine Energy Seeks License In New State
Powervine Energy, LLC applied for a retail electric competitive supplier license in Massachusetts.
July 21, 2025
Fuse Energy, LLC Registers As New York Broker/Consultant
Fuse Energy, LLC filed a registration as a New York energy broker and energy consultant, to serve small commercial customers and large C&I customers.
July 17, 2025
Regulator's Staff Issues New Market Reset Proposal That Requires Affirmative Response From Customer During Recission Period, For Supplier-Initiated Enrollments
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU have proposed a revised retail electric market reset proposal that, for supplier-initiated enrollments, would require an affirmative response from the customer during the recission period in order for the enrollment to be completed
June 24, 2025
National Grid Mass Market Default Service Rates To Increase 5-7%
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed proposed electric basic service rates for the period starting August 1, 2025.
June 13, 2025
Rhythm Formally Announces Acquisition Of Inspire Clean Energy, "Forming One Of The Nation's Largest Independent Green Energy Retailers"
Rhythm Energy, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Inspire Clean Energy (Inspire), a provider of subscription-based, 100-percent renewable electricity plans across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
June 11, 2025
Recission Period Would Function As "Opt-in" Period, Requiring Affirmative Action To Complete Switch, Under Regulator's Staff's Proposal
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU have developed a revised proposal which would require that all retail electric enrollments must occur through the Energy Switch MA website.
June 5, 2025
NRG Says That Its Massachusetts Residential Customers Saved $167 Million In 2023-24
Across All MA Retail Suppliers, Residential Savings Were $600 Million In 2023, Study Says
NRG Energy said that a new analysis shows that its Massachusetts residential retail electric customers collectively saved $167 million in 2023 and 2024.
June 5, 2025
ESCO-Broker Receives License In New State
The Pennsylvania PUC granted M&R Energy Resources Corp. a natural gas broker/marketer license to serve customers at Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc., National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, PECO Energy Company, and UGI Utilities, Inc.
May 22, 2025
R Street Releases Scorecard On Retail Electric Competition
R Street released a policy study on electric competition which included grade rankings for each state
May 20, 2025
Sunnova Moved To Apply For Retail Energy Broker Licenses In Three States Prior To Recent Financial Troubles
In an application dated March 19, 2025 (prior to several recent corporate leadership changes and the announcement of discussions to reduce its debt), Sunnova Energy Corporation applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve residential and small commercial (under 25 kW)…
May 16, 2025
Nstar Residential Default Service Rate Increasing 12%; Small C&I Rate Increasing 16%
NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electricity rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory, for the period August 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026 for mass market customers, and for the period August 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025 for large customers
May 14, 2025
Regulator's Staff Further Details Proposed Limits On Auto-Renewals
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU has shared further details concerning certain aspects of Staff's proposed new customer protections governing auto-renewals
May 8, 2025
Regulator's Staff Revises Proposed Automatic Renewal Protections, Initially Had Proposed Auto-Renewal Ban
Staff of the Massachusetts DPU recently presented a revised proposal to protect retail energy customers under contract renewals
May 1, 2025
Regulator Approves New POR Discount Rates At Two Large Utilities, 3.4% Commercial Discount
The Massachusetts DPU has approved without modification new standard complete billing percentages (SCBPs), or purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates, to be effective May 1, 2025, at National Grid and Nstar (Eversource)