September 16, 2026
PUC Staff Supports Utility's Sought (Brief) Total Waiver Of Rule Which Requires Expedited Returns To Default Service; Longer Waiver For Accomplishing Such Via EDI
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September 2, 2026
Utility Seeks (Brief) Total Waiver Of Rule Which Requires Expedited Returns To Default Service; Longer Waiver For Accomplishing Such Via EDI
Duke Energy Ohio at the PUC of Ohio has sought a brief waiver of the new requirement -- regardless of mechanism -- to complete an expedited return of a mercantile customer to electricity default service
July 15, 2026
Atlantic Energy Acquires Retail Energy Customer Book
Atlantic Energy Group LLC announced the acquisition of a portfolio of commercial electricity customers from Summer Energy across Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
July 7, 2026
PUC Sets Effective Date For Recently Approved Rules Requiring Retail Suppliers To Provide Advance Notice For Expedited Return Of Mercantile Customers To Default Service; Request Form Updated
A PUC of Ohio ALJ has established July 17, 2026 as the effective date for new rules governing the return of mercantile customers to default service, including expedited returns to the SSO, at OAC 4901:1-10-36 and 4901:1-21-21
June 18, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Chair Seeks Clarity On If Utility Will Obtain "Affirmative Consent" To Transition Currently Shopping, CAP-Eligible Customers To Default Service, Also Concerned That Customers Auto-Enrolled Into CAP May Not Be Aware Of Protections Against Retail Supplier Fees
In a statement concerning the PUC's decision to defer action on a proposal from Duquesne Light to implement the automatic enrollment of certain customers into the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) based on the customer's LIHEAP status, PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank expressed concern with various…
June 16, 2026
PUC Posts Draft Form To Allow Customers To Elect Expedited Return To Default Service, Seeks Comments
The PUC of Ohio has posted a draft certified-request form which retail electric suppliers would use to effect an expedited return to default service for a mercantile customer
March 18, 2026
PUC Requires Retail Suppliers To Provide Advance Notice For Expedited Return Of Mercantile Customers To Default Service, Addresses Costs Assigned To Retail Suppliers
The PUC of Ohio has approved final rule language to implement recently adopted statutory language governing the expedited return of mercantile customers to electricity default service
December 4, 2025
Updates On Several Massachusetts Retail Energy Bills
The reporting date for Massachusetts bill H.4144, which is Gov. Maura Healey's bill which includes various retail energy market reforms, was extended to March 18, 2026
November 19, 2025
PUC Proposes New Rules Concerning Mercantile Customers, Including Return To SSO, Retail Supplier Fees
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed new rules relating to mercantile customers, with the rules generally implementing and tracking recent law changes under HB 15
August 1, 2025
Retail Supplier Acquires Book Of Texas Electric Customers
Atlantic Energy Group LLC announced the acquisition of "most" of Summer Energy’s commercial customers in Texas.
March 27, 2025
Retail Supplier's Newly Formed Home Solutions Arm Registers As Texas Electric Broker
Think Home Solutions, LLC registered as a Texas retail electric broker
March 21, 2025
Retail Supplier Parent Forms Home Solutions Arm
Energywell recently formed a new entity, Think Home Solutions, LLC, which is seeking an electric broker and/or aggregator license in Ohio
January 9, 2025
PUC Adopts Further Waiver To Allow For Shorter Waiting Period For Retail Supplier Switches
A PUC has tentatively adopted further waivers of its existing…
November 21, 2024
Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed a wide-ranging energy bill (S.2967) that retains individual residential electric choice, while also requiring certain retail market enhancements
November 14, 2024
Massachusetts Legislature Sends To Governor Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
The Massachusetts House has adopted a conference committee report to reconcile differences in a wide-ranging energy bill, with the conference committee report striking from the comprehensive bill the Senate's originally passed prohibition on individual residential electric choice
October 28, 2024
Massachusetts Senate Approves Conference Report Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Adopts House's Retail Market Enhancements
The Massachusetts Senate has adopted a conference committee report to…
July 18, 2024
Massachusetts Senate Rejects House Amendments Which Preserve Residential Electric Choice, Conference Committee Established
The Massachusetts Senate has rejected House-passed amendments to S.2838
July 17, 2024
Massachusetts House Passes Bill To Strip Senate's Prohibition On Individual Residential Electric Choice
Bill Includes Various Retail Market Enhancements, But Not Supplier Consolidated Billing
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed…
July 2, 2024
PSC Approves Stipulation For Utility To Maintain Real-Time Website For Retail Suppliers To Streamline Customer Turn-On, Other Appointments Requested Through Retail Suppliers
Retail energy suppliers in…
October 20, 2023
Large Pennsylvania Utility To Institute New Choice ID For Enrollments (Cease Use Of Account Number), End Billing On Supplier Switch
An EDC has filed tariff changes in Pennsylvania as part of implementing new customer information and billing systems
September 6, 2023
Proposed Government Aggregation Standby Rider Removed, Capacity Proxy Price Added As Part Of Default Service Plan Settlement
Major parties to the electric security plan (ESP) proceeding of AEP Ohio have entered into a stipulation would approve an ESP (ESP V) for a term of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2028…
January 9, 2023
Retail Energy Vet Leads New Auto-Switching Concierge Service, Registers In Texas
Start-up Arbor Energy Holdings Inc. [sic] filed a registration as a Texas electricity broker
December 28, 2022
Proposed Decision In Oncor Rate Case Addresses Inadvertent Gain Charge Applicable To Retail Providers
PFD Would Raise Flat Monthly Charges For Residential Customers Of REPs By 50¢
Four ALJs from the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings have issued a proposal for decision in Oncor's rate case that addresses retail electric providers' recommendation to eliminate Charge No. DD24 Inadvertent Gain (IAG) from Oncor’s Tariff for Retail Delivery Service
August 26, 2021
Pa. PUC Proposes To Extend Five-Day Waiting Period For Natural Gas Switches
The Pennsylvania PUC has proposed in a tentative order to continue, for another three years, a waiver which provides for a shortened five-day waiting period related to natural gas switches, as the issue continues to be addressed in a pending rulemaking
March 3, 2021
Update: PUC Orders Waiver Of Utility Switching Fee For Customers Dropped To Default Service, Due To Retail Supplier's Default, Who Wish To Choose New Supplier
More Data On Number Of Customers Impacted Disclosed
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Attorney Examiner ordered that the utility switching fee be waived for customers who are dropped to the Standard Service Offer, due to the previously reported default of Entrust Energy East Inc. at PJM, and who wish to choose a new competitive retail supplier