February 18, 2022
New York PSC Issues Show Cause Orders To Two ESCOs
The New York PSC issued separate show cause orders to…
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February 16, 2022
Retail Supplier Would Pay $20,000 Under Settlement Related To Enrollments
Has Returned A Handful Of Customers To Default Service After Audit Of Enrollments
A retail energy supplier would agree to a forfeiture of $20,000 under a settlement with…
February 3, 2022
Retail Supplier Defaults At PJM, Remedies Default
PJM issued a market notice stating that, "Standard Gas & Electric, LLC defaulted on their collateral obligations on February 2, 2022 and remedied the default on February 3, 2022."
January 31, 2022
Regulator's Staff Proposes Schedule, Decision Date For Investigation Of Retail Supplier Offers, May Condition Access To Utilities' Systems Based On Such Findings
Investigation To Consider Whether Retail Supplier Offers Are Overpriced Or Harmful
Staff of the Connecticut PURA have proposed a schedule for PURA's review of retail electric supplier offers under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245(a), to be followed by the periodic review of the placement of all utility hardship customers on default service
January 25, 2022
New York PSC Informs Nine ESCOs Of Limited, Conditional Enforcement Discretion Allowing Interim Continuation Of Green Gas Products Not Subject To Pricing Limits
The General Counsel of the New York PSC issued letters to 9 ESCOs informing such ESCOs that the Department of Public Service will exercise enforcement discretion, limited to 120 days and subject to other conditions, concerning the end of the current waiver that had allowed the nine ESCOs to provide…
January 21, 2022
New York PSC Grants Continued Waivers To Three ESCOs To Serve Low-Income Customers
In separate orders, the New York PSC granted New Wave Energy Corp.; Zone One Energy, LLC; and Ambit New York, LLC an extension of the waiver which allows each ESCO to serve assistance program participant customers with a guaranteed savings product
January 14, 2022
Texas Customer Alleges Latest "Ploy" By Retail Electric Provider To Make Rates Appear More Favorable In Power To Choose Listings
A Texas customer filed comments with the Texas PUC concerned about a "ploy" by an unnamed retail electric provider for its rates to appear more favorable on the Power to Choose website, but the cited situation is already addressed by PUC rules, and the customer may have encountered a potential…
January 13, 2022
New York ESCO Seeks One-Year Extension Of Deadline For PSC's Retail Reset Order's Renewable Delivery Requirement, For Specific Compliance Mechanism
CleanChoice Energy, Inc. ('CleanChoice' or the 'Company') filed a petition with the New York PSC seeking a one-year extension of the implementation date for compliance with the retail market reset order that adopted modifications to the renewable energy products that can be offered to mass-market…
January 6, 2022
Additional Texas TDUs Notify Retail Providers Of New Websites to Access Involuntary Load Shed Procedures
Additional Texas TDUs have notified Texas retail electric providers of new web addresses available to REPs regarding each TDU's procedures for implementing involuntary load shedding initiated by ERCOT, in compliance with recently adopted Subst. R. §25.475(h)(4)
January 5, 2022
Oncor Notifies Retail Providers Of New Website to Access Involuntary Load Shed Procedures
Oncor has notified Texas retail electric providers of a new web address available to REPs regarding the TDU's procedures for implementing involuntary load shedding initiated by ERCOT, in compliance with recently adopted Subst. R. §25.475(h)(4)
December 30, 2021
Texas QSE To Pay $500,000 Under Settlement Related To Alleged Instance Of Inaccurate Telemetry That Contributed To May 2019 ERCOT Price Spike
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("Staff") and Calpine Power Management LLC ("QCALP") (together, "Parties") have entered into a Settlement Agreement to resolve and conclude Commission Staff's investigation of QCALP for alleged violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Act § 39.151(j…
December 15, 2021
PUC Proposes Changes To Retail Market Monitoring Rules
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued proposed changes to Ohio Adm.Code 4901:1-25, regarding electric service generation market monitoring reporting requirements.
December 13, 2021
PUC Staff Recommend Granting Temporary Waiver To Allow Utility To Continue To Bill Non-commodity Services On Utility Bill, Though Under Shorter Waiver Period Than Utility Requested
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended granting a waiver that would allow Duke Energy Ohio to continue billing an affiliate's non-commodity services on the utility bill, though Staff recommended a shorter waiver period than sought by Duke.
December 9, 2021
PPL Files Comments At PUC Seeking To Require Two Retail Suppliers To Record All Telemarketing Calls, Impose New Agent Training Requirements, As Part Of Settlements Of PUC Investigations
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation ("PPL Electric" or "the Company") filed comments at the Pennsylvania PUC recommending that the PUC modify two separate settlements between retail suppliers (EGS) and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) to add terms to the settlements requiring…
December 8, 2021
Texas PUC Issues Notices Of Violations, With Sought Penalties Over $7.6 Million, To Eight Generators Concerning Weather Readiness Reports
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed separate Notices of Violations (NOV) against eight power generation companies for their alleged failure to file winter weather readiness reports by the December 1, 2021 deadline
December 7, 2021
Regulator Directs Retail Suppliers To Report On Customers Served, Pricing By Zip Code
In an interrogatory filed in a proceeding concerning an annual report to the state legislature on the status of electric choice, the Connecticut PURA Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) directed all retail electric suppliers to report on the number of residential customers served…
December 1, 2021
Utility To Ostensibly Allow Retail Suppliers To Bill Non-Commodity Services On Utility Bills, But Seeks 18-Month Waiver For Implementation
Waiver Request Suggests Differing Treatment Will Continue In Interim Period
AEP Ohio has filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking a "limited" 18-month waiver of Ohio Adm. Code 4901:1-10-33(A), which now requires that utilities not discriminate in the billing of non-commodity and other non-jurisdictional services.
November 30, 2021
Texas PUC Staff Proposes New Emergency Communication, Preparedness Requirements For Retail Electric Providers
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to adopt new 16 TAC §25.53, relating to emergency operations plans and the implementation of SB 3
November 23, 2021
New York PSC Issues Declaratory Ruling Regarding Pass-Through Of ZEC Costs By ESCOs
In response to a petition from UtiliSave, LLC, the New York PSC has issued a declaratory ruling concerning the pass-through of Zero-Emissions Credits (ZECs) costs by ESCOs to customers
November 19, 2021
PUCO Audit Finds No Stadium Naming Rights Costs Have Been Charged To FirstEnergy Utility Customers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) released a third-party audit report finding that no costs for stadium naming rights have been charged to customers of FirstEnergy’s three Ohio electric distribution utilities.
November 18, 2021
New York PSC Denies Mass Market Eligibility Of Four Existing ESCOs
Issues Show Cause Orders To Two Additional ESCOs
The New York PSC announced in a news release today that the PSC, "Denied SunSea Energy LLC, Starion Energy NY, Inc., Smart One Energy, LLC, and Josco Energy Corp.’s application for eligibility to serve mass-market customers in New York State after Commission staff found that each of the four ESCOs…
November 3, 2021
PUCO Withdraws Certification Of FirstEnergy Advisors As Broker, Denies Company's Request To Continue Advising Existing Customers Until Contracts Expire
In response to a matter on remand from the Ohio Supreme Court, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio today vacated its prior order granting Suvon, LLC d/b/a FirstEnergy Advisors certification as an electric broker/aggregator
November 2, 2021
Utilities Seek Waiver To Keep Billing, Temporarily, Non-Regulated Services Of Only Certain Providers On Utility Bills, As New Non-Discrimination Rule Takes Effect
Several Ohio electric utilities (EDUs) have applied for rule waivers at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to, temporarily, continue to bill their own, or an affiliate's, non-jurisdictional services on utility bills, as a new rule takes effect, which prohibits such billing, unless the utility…
November 1, 2021
Utility Seeks To Terminate Retail Supplier's Participation In Choice Program
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO or the Company) filed an application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio requesting authority to terminate or suspend Gasearch, LLC (Gasearch) from participation in DEO’s supplier program
October 20, 2021
PUC Rejects Proposed Rule Change Which Would Have Supported The Unbundling Of Utility Rates
In adopting final rules relating to standard filing requirements for rate cases for electric and natural gas utilities, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio declined to adopt certain proposed language from Staff concerning the filing by utilities of information related to the utilities' provision…