October 5, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC ALJ Recommends Limit On Purchase Of Receivables At Another Utility (Maybe)
An ALJ appears to recommend that a limit be placed on the retail supplier plans eligible for purchase of receivables at…
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October 2, 2026
Pennsylvania Senate Energy Committee Chair Says Retail Market Limits Proposed In PUC Default Service Case Are Matters For Legislature, Not PUC
Encourages "Restraint" By PUC In Evaluating Actions Which Are Beyond Existing Law
Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw has said in a letter to Pa. PUC Chair Steven DeFrank and other PUC Commissioners that various proposed retail market limits proposed in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania are policies that are properly addressed before the state legislature, not a PUC default service proceeding
October 1, 2026
PUC Approves Rate Case Settlement That Requires Reporting On Purchase of Receivables Program, In Light Of "Affordability" Concerns
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification…
September 23, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Sets Date For Technical Conference On Cost Allocation For Capacity Costs From PJM Backstop Auction, & Other Large Load Cost Allocation Issues
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled for November 17, 2026 a technical conference concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
September 18, 2026
Constellation: PUC Should Consider Allowing Enrollment Of Larger C&I Customers Onto Municipal Aggregation, Proposes Consideration Of Large C&I CCA Minimum Stay
In implementing a new law authorizing opt-out municipal electricity aggregation…
September 16, 2026
High Speed Energy Group Seeks Pennsylvania License (& License Briefs, 9/16/26)
• ResidentShield Power Receives Authority To Collect Customer Deposits In Texas • Cloudshadow Energy Seeks Pennsylvania License • Nationalgrip Seeks Illinois License • Pennsylvania PUC Cancels Broker's License
September 15, 2026
PPL Electric Seeks To Make NITS, Other Transmission Costs Nonbypassable, Relieve Retail Suppliers From Cost Obligation
PPL Electric Says Change Will Reduce Market Price Risk For Retail Suppliers
As part of protecting non-large load customers from costs associated with data centers, PPL Electric in Pennsylvania has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to make Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) and certain other transmission costs nonbypassable, with PPL Electric assuming…
September 14, 2026
Pa. PUC "Doing Everything Within Our Authority" To Protect Customers & Reliability, As PUC Report Says Modeled Reliability Risk Is Nearly Six Times Worse Than PJM's Planning Standard Due To Data Center Growth
As the Pennsylvania PUC released a report from a consultant indicating that, by 2030, a modeled reliability risk is nearly six times worse than PJM's planning standard due to data center growth, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Steve DeFrank stated, "The PUC will continue doing everything within our authority…
September 11, 2026
License Briefs (9/11/26)
SoSo Energy Receives Pennsylvania License
September 11, 2026
Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Newly Seeks Adoption Of Utility Communications Alerting Customers If They Pay More Than Price To Compare; Shadow Billed Data
In an electric rate case at UGI Utilities in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate is seeking changes to various information provided to customers concerning electricity shopping, including the implementation of targeted communications to shopping customers with rates above the…
September 11, 2026
Constellation To Acquire 609 MW Power Plant In ISO-NE; Shell To Acquire 169 MW Of Gas-Fired Generation Capacity In PJM
Constellation announced an agreement to acquire 100% of RISEC Holdings, LLC (RISEC), owner of the Rhode Island State Energy Center, from Shell Energy North America, (US), L.P. (SENA), a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), for $715 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
September 10, 2026
PUC Proposes To Revoke Licenses Of Five Brokers
The Pennsylvania PUC on Sept. 10 issued a tentative order proposing to revoke the licenses of 5 electric brokers for alleged failure to file proof of security in the format approved by the PUC.
September 10, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Will Hold Technical Conference On Cost Allocation For Capacity Costs From PJM Backstop Auction, & Other Large Load Cost Allocation Issues
PUC Chair Notes Cost Allocation Will Be, "Challenging"
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a motion from Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow to hold a technical conference this fall concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
September 8, 2026
Pa. PUC Denies Retail Supplier's Late-Filed Intervention In Default Service Case Addressing Major Retail Market Reforms
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania PUC has denied a late filed petition from Spark Energy, LLC to intervene in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, which is addressing proposed retail market reforms such as a ban on auto renewals and a price cap for purchase of receivables…
September 3, 2026
Enspire Energy Seeks D.C. Retail Supplier License (& License Briefs, 9/3/26)
Enspire Energy Seeks D.C. Retail Supplier License
September 3, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Cancels Licenses Of Four Brokers
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission through a final order has canceled the natural gas broker/marketer licenses of 4 brokers for what the PUC determined was: (1) failing to pay either their annual or supplemental PUC fees through 2025, or (2) failing to file an annual report.
September 3, 2026
Broker Seeks To Use Trade Name "$0.00 Cancellation Fee Plans"
0 Commit Energy, LLC applied at the Pennsylvania PUC for an amended electric broker/marketer license to add the following trade names to the certificate:
September 2, 2026
Retail Supplier Says Proposed Pennsylvania Order Banning Auto-Renewals Is Inconsistent With PUC Precedent
Various retail energy suppliers have filed briefs in opposition to a proposed decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs that would adopt major reforms to the retail electric market at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, including excluding from the purchase of receivables program any product whose rate exceeds…
September 2, 2026
Retail Supplier To Pay $28,000 Under Pennsylvania Settlement To Resolve Alleged Slamming
A retail energy supplier would pay $28,000 under a settlement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement to resolve alleged instances of slamming
September 1, 2026
Retail Supplier Raises $46 Million to Scale the "Power Company for Embedded Electricity", Expand Beyond Texas
Light, the retail energy supplier which describes itself as, "the power company enabling embedded electricity products for businesses," today announced $46 million in Series A funding led by Matrix and joined by Activate Capital and existing investors including Spark Capital, Mischief, Gigascale…
August 31, 2026
Young College Entrepreneurs Launch Pennsylvania Retail Energy Comparison, Auto-Switching Service, Using AI Bots
Worp Energy, a start-up formed by several young tech-focused entrepreneurs, has begun offering retail electric plan comparisons in Pennsylvania, using "AI bots" to find the best plans (and will eventually offer an auto-switching service)
August 28, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility Says "Not Clear" That POR, With "Unrestricted" Retail Supplier Pricing, Has Benefited Customers
Addressing a consumer advocate proposal to cap retail supplier rates in order for supplier receivables to be included in the purchase of receivables program, Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in a rate case brief at the Pennsylvania PUC stated, "it is not clear that the POR program, when coupled with…
August 28, 2026
New Retail Energy Broker Seeking To Provide Residential Resiliency Services In Pennsylvania Receives License (& License Briefs, 8/28/26)
New Retail Energy Broker Seeking To Provide Residential Resiliency Services In Pennsylvania Receives License
August 26, 2026
Consumer Advocates Seek Cap On Retail Supplier Rates Under POR At Another Utility
In a rate case at Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in Pennsylvania, the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA) has recommended that the PUC impose a rate cap on retail supplier plans in order for the receivables from such plans to be eligible for…
August 25, 2026
Operator Of Texas Power Compare Registers As Broker; Digital Power Seeks Retail Supplier License In D.C. (& License Briefs, 8/25/26)
Operator Of Texas Power Compare Registers As Broker