June 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter in which the PUC said that it will not propose moving forward with electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) at this time, and through which the PUC closed its current SCB investigation without further action
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June 11, 2021
PUC Commissioner Warns REPs About "Getting Loose" With Their T&Cs & Circumventing PUC Rules
The Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a news release that it set June 18, 2021 as the last day for the moratorium on electric, water and sewer service disconnections for customers with unpaid bills.
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June 7, 2021
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June 1, 2021
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams today filed a memo proposing that the PUC end the disconnection for non-pay moratorium applicable to retail electric providers, which was adopted after the February winter weather event
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May 19, 2021
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) said that it has recovered more than $9.4 million for customers, "following an investigation that found dozens of electric suppliers failed to abide by existing customer protection regulations."
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May 11, 2021
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May 3, 2021
Normal Annual Revisions Would Have Resulted In Negative POR Discount Rates
The Massachusetts DPU, at both Eversource (Nstar, East & West) and National Grid has ordered that the currently effective purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages) shall remain in effect, subject to investigation and reconciliation, unless the Department orders…
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April 16, 2021
A spokesperson at Symmetry Energy provided an additional statement concerning the matter:
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April 5, 2021
(From 4/2): At Least 18 Interested Parties Already Active In Brilliant Energy Sale Process Brilliant Trustee Seeks Approval For Post-Petition Financing Facility
Trustee Re-engages Former Employees To Resume Customer Billing, Customer Service Backlog
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April 2, 2021
(From 4/2): At Least 18 Interested Parties Already Active In Brilliant Energy Sale Process Brilliant Trustee Seeks Approval For Post-Petition Financing Facility
Trustee Re-engages Former Employees To Resume Customer Billing, Customer Service Backlog
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April 1, 2021
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (CCR) filed a pleading at the Texas PUC again urging the PUC to rescind its disconnection for non-payment (DNP) moratorium.
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March 29, 2021
Williamson County, Texas, has notified Cavallo Energy Texas LLC, its electric provider, of a good faith dispute involving what it alleged were inflated invoice charges for Transmission and Distribution Losses and UFE Fees during February 2021 weather event, and has asked for reissued invoices
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March 16, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement in response to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Griddy Energy, LLC:
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March 15, 2021
Other Bills Would Require REPs To "Waive" Bill Increases During Emergencies; Require That "Target" ERCOT Reserve Margin Be "Achieved"
Texas State Rep. Lyle Larson has introduced a bill, HB 4323, to require development of a plan for re-regulation the electric industry
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March 10, 2021
The Maryland PSC today, in a 4-1 vote, approved regulations to implement and govern supplier consolidated billing (SCB) for electricity and natural gas.
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March 8, 2021
Texas retail electric provider MidAmerican Energy Services initially informed Texas residential electric customers on fixed rate contracts that, "non-energy costs such as ancillary charges billed by ERCOT and your local utility, are not fixed and are passed through on your bill."
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March 8, 2021
Attorneys pursuing a class action claim on behalf of almost 30,000 customers of Griddy announced that they, "have filed a motion to prevent the electricity provider from tampering with any internal documentation or physical evidence stemming from the February winter storm in Texas."
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March 8, 2021
Energy Edge Consulting, LLC filed a request at the Texas PUC asking that the PUC work with the appropriate state entities and implement a cap on the amount of state sales tax, gross receipts tax ("GRT"), and the Public Utility Commission Assessment fee ("PUCA") that can be assessed to customers who…
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March 5, 2021
ERCOT issued a short payment notice related to Settlement Invoices due for payout on March 5, 2021
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March 5, 2021
A bill has been introduced in the Texas House of Representatives (HB 2828) that would provide one-time cash payments from state funds to customers of retail electric providers and other LSEs
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March 5, 2021
In response to a petition from the ERCOT TDUs, the Texas PUC issued an order directing TDUs to take certain actions to mitigate demand charges and related issues that customers would otherwise incur due to cold load pickup at the time of service restoration from the winter weather event
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March 5, 2021
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC said that the current prohibition on REPs issuing disconnect for non-pay (DNP) order will remain in place
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March 4, 2021
AEP Texas Inc.; CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC; and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (collectively, the ERCOT TDUs) filed at the Texas PUC an Emergency Request for a good cause exception with regard to demand readings and billings that cover the period of…
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March 4, 2021
Oncor in a market notice provided an update on the status of estimation and billing activities related to the winter storm event.
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March 4, 2021
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (CCR) urged the Texas PUC to rescind the disconnect for nonpayment (DNP) moratorium it recently imposed in response to the weather event
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