March 12, 2026
The Texas PUC has posted a webpage providing information and education for Texas customers concerning home solar
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March 6, 2026
Environ Energy announced the acquisition of Utility Rates Analysts (URA), a Pennsylvania-based firm specializing in utility bill auditing, billing error detection, and energy procurement services for commercial and industrial clients.
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March 3, 2026
A Texas ALJ has recommended approval of an alternative mechanism, which relies on existing market processes, to refund to Texas retail electric providers an over-collection of about $15 million which has been collected under the TC5 transition charge rider at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
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March 3, 2026
Gridmatic today announced a new collaboration with OBM, Inc., a provider of flexible load management solutions, to enable daily energy settlements.
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February 27, 2026
Pepco in comments to the District of Columbia PSC does not support introduction of supplier-specific purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates, as proposed by RESA
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February 27, 2026
Switch Hold, "Constitutes Ongoing Deprivation Of Essential Utility Service Necessary For Human Health & Safety", Court Says
This story has been updated based on filings from BKV Energy on March 5 in which BKV Energy stated that BKV Energy released the switch hold on complainant's account on February 24, 2026 pursuant to the Temporary Restraining Order as ordered by the Harris County District Court, which BKV said was two…
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February 17, 2026
Lubbock Power & Light said in a market notice that, due to sustained high winds and forecasted gusts creating hazardous conditions within LP&L’s service territory, field resources are being prioritized for outage response and system restoration.
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February 11, 2026
The Massachusetts DPU sent a letter to all of the state's investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities warning that emergency actions to provide rate relief to customers, such as taken this winter and last winter, are, "unsustainable".
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February 9, 2026
GETCHOICE!, a provider of end-to-end utility bill payment and energy management solutions for multi-site enterprises, announced that it has surpassed $5 billion in annual utility spend executed on behalf of clients.
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February 3, 2026
AEP Ohio has filed with the PUC of Ohio revised proposed bill format changes that would still inform residential Standard Service Offer customers, and choice customers, that AEP Ohio is required to buy generation on behalf of SSO customers, and that, "AEP Ohio passes these charges through dollar-for…
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February 3, 2026
The PUC of Ohio scheduled for March 9, 2026 a workshop in PUCO's five-year review of the standard service offer rules at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-35
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February 2, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have recommended that the PUC approved CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's alternative mechanism to refund to retail electric providers over-collections under the TC5 transition charge rider
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January 26, 2026
As of publication time, Disconnect for Non-Pay status for Texas TDUs is as follows:
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January 26, 2026
Several Massachusetts utilities have proposed providing a 10-25% discount on residential winter bills, responding to a directive from Gov. Maura Healey
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January 23, 2026
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed at the Texas PUC an alternative mechanism to refund to retail electric providers over-collections under the TC5 transition charge rider
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January 23, 2026
AEP Texas North activated its Catastrophic Estimation Process (CEP) on Friday, January 23, 2026, at 3:45 p.m. local time
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January 22, 2026
The New York PSC approved, without modification to ESCO-related issues, a joint proposal in Consolidated Edison's (the "Company") current electric and natural gas rate cases which, among other things, includes terms requiring greater communication and transparency from ConEd with respect to retail…
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January 9, 2026
The Texas REP Coalition requested that the Texas PUC direct CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC to use an alternative mechanism to distribute $14.92 million in proceeds collected under TC5 – Transition Charges back to retail electric providers
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January 6, 2026
Responding to a data request as part of the District of Columbia's investigation of the purchase of receivables (POR) programs, Pepco in Washington D.C. informed the D.C. PSC that Pepco would not be able to implement POR discount rates specific to each retail electric supplier's uncollectibles in…
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December 23, 2025
The Maryland PSC has approved tariff changes at each of the major utilities with residential electric and gas choice programs which will allow the utilities to drop residential customers to default service if the customer is not moved to dual billing upon the end of residential utility consolidated…
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December 22, 2025
Broader Law Banning "Unfair", "Abusive" Practices Also Signed (Also Extends Protections To Small Businesses)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed S3876 which, among other things, requires that any bill to a "customer" for ESCO service, including utility consolidated bills, shall include on the first page a "side-by-side" comparison showing both the "price" charged by the ESCO, and the default service…
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December 19, 2025
Pulse Power, LLC would pay $57,766 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.479(b)(1), related to the frequency and delivery of bills
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December 18, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC, in its ongoing proceeding reviewing the purchase of receivables (POR) programs, directed Pepco and Washington Gas Light to report on the feasibility and cost of implementing POR discount rates unique to each specific retail supplier
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December 16, 2025
VertexOne , a leading provider of cloud software designed to revolutionize the customer experience within the energy and utility industry, announced today that electricity and natural gas provider, Discount Power, Inc. has successfully gone live with VertexOne's leading billing and customer information system (CIS), VXretail, and electronic data interchange (EDI) solution, VXexchange.
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December 15, 2025
In a data response filed with the District of Columbia PSC, Washington Gas Light reported the number of customers billed by each retail natural gas supplier under the purchase of receivables (POR) program
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