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February 28, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will be hosting a Natural Gas Technical Conference on Thursday, March 29, 2018, intended for Natural Gas Suppliers (NGSs) and Natural Gas Distribution Companies (NGDCs) and any parties interested in the proceedings at Docket Nos. L-2016-2577413…
February 8, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order declining to adopt most recent market enhancements studied in a working group, but did order the filing of a plan to implement seamless moves
February 5, 2018
The working group leader has filed a report in PC44, addressing several retail market enhancements and issues, including instant connects, seamless moves, and third-party access to customer usage history, among other issues.
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.
July 19, 2017
Utility Proposes Changes In Enrollment Timeline, Procedures
Washington Gas Light has filed with the District of Columbia PSC a proposed plan for implementing purchase of receivables.
July 5, 2017
The District of Columbia PSC has issued proposed revisions to various retail electric and natural gas rules
June 1, 2017
The Massachusetts DPU has denied a tariff change sought by National Grid under which the utility had sought to extend the number of days that a competitive electric supplier must submit a switch, from two to four days prior to the scheduled meter read date, for the switch to occur at the next meter…
May 25, 2017
PUC Adopts Billing Changes To Facilitate Prepay Service For Retail Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved a revised program at Columbia Gas of Ohio to implement day-one choice service.
April 21, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a request for additional comments regarding its proposal for accelerating natural gas switching, under which the PUC is proposing that natural gas supplier switches be completed within 3 business days from submission of the switch
April 21, 2017
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
March 21, 2017
Choice Energy, LLC objected to the, "unprecedented," application of National Grid in Massachusetts to extend the number of days that a competitive electric supplier must submit a switch, from two to four days prior to the scheduled meter read date, for the switch to occur at the next meter read
February 21, 2017
HB 1475 has been filed with the Texas legislature which would make the unauthorized initiation of service with a different retail electric provider a criminal offense
February 2, 2017
The Maryland PSC has sent to legislators a final report concerning an opt-in electricity affordability program for residential and small commercial customers (PC 47).
February 2, 2017
Columbia Gas of Ohio has modified proposed tariff revisions that would implement day-one choice service with what originally would have also served as a form of customer referral program, but which now omits a random referral process and would only allow customers selecting a specific retail…
February 1, 2017
The Maryland PSC has expanded the scope of issues to be reviewed under its electric grid transformation proceeding (PC44) to include, "competitive markets and customer choice," issues, particularly re-examining current administrative processes that discourage customers from selecting a retail…
January 25, 2017
PECO has spent $31 million on various retail market enchantments, and the Pennsylvania PUC should give such enhancements time to be evaluated prior to determining whether to implement supplier consolidated billing, PECO said in comments.
January 24, 2017
A provision proposed by NRG Energy as part of its request to institute supplier consolidated billing for electricity in Pennsylvania could "trap" customers on higher retail supplier rates, PPL Electric said in comments to the PUC
January 23, 2017
The Fuel Fund of Maryland (FFM) is negotiating a "preferred rate" from an electricity supplier in the form of a long-term fixed-price electricity supply contract for its bill assistance clients who complete the Watt Watchers of Maryland program.
December 27, 2016
Columbia Gas of Ohio has filed tariff revisions to implement a type of customer referral program and a bill ready solution meant to allow retail suppliers to offer customers the opportunity to prepay the commodity portion of the bill.
December 23, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to implement accelerated switching for natural gas supply service
December 13, 2016
A proposed Texas process for door-to-door customers enrolled via portable electronic device (PED) described as a, "three-step enrollment process," by retail electric providers would be confusing to customers, the Retail Electric Provider Coalition said.
September 21, 2016
Texas REP To Delete Trade Names From Certificate
September 15, 2016
In compliance with a Pennsylvania PUC directive, Philadelphia Gas Works has filed an updated plan to implement a remote account number look-up mechanism which does not recover costs through its purchase of receivables discount rate, as PGW proposed to recover implementation costs through a delivery…
September 13, 2016
The New Hampshire PUC has adjudicated several legal questions transferred to it by a Superior Court, concerning a complaint brought by PNE Energy Supply and Resident Power against Public Service of New Hampshire concerning PSNH's transfer of certain customers to default service in 2013 when PNE…
August 30, 2016
Two retail electric market veterans have launched what is described as a first-of-its-kind electric shopping concierge service in Texas which, for no customer fee, automatically finds for customers the best rate plan based on their usage and other factors unique to the customer
