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October 11, 2021
The Texas PUC at its meeting last week agreed on a process to prevent retail electric providers from gaming the opt-out mechanism under the uplift securitization program
October 8, 2021
ERCOT said in a market notice today that, due to the resolution of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings between ERCOT and Tenaska Power Services Co., retail electric providers, other than those at-issue in the ADR, will see an increase in their RPS allocation
September 30, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued written orders allowing the resumption of all forms of in-person retail energy marketing, including door to door marketing to residential customers, subject to several conditions
September 29, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) announced today that it ordered its third-party auditor to examine utility rates paid by customers of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities to ensure that such rates do not include charges for stadium naming rights.
September 13, 2021
Consultant Suggests FE Ohio Utilities "Explore" Allowing Retail Suppliers To Use Utility Billing For Non-commodity Services, As Affiliates May Do
September 9, 2021
The Michigan PSC said today in a news release that it, "ordered Consumers Energy Co. to show cause why it should not be found in violation of state laws and Commission orders and regulations regarding sharing of customer-specific consumption or billing data with affiliates offering unregulated value…
September 9, 2021
Alleging an, "apparent misrepresentations with respect to certain information provided by SmartEnergy Holdings LLC (SmartEnergy) as part of its ESCO eligibility [re-]application to serve customers in the State of New York," the New York PSC directed SmartEnergy to show cause why the Commission…
September 2, 2021
Star Energy Partners, LLC has agreed to a two-year marketing and enrollment "stand-down period" in Illinois as part of a settlement with Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and the Citizens Utility Board
August 27, 2021
The following is a news release from the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. Of note, the group seeks a moratorium on new municipal aggregations until CCAs are formally subject to a California PUC general order on supplier diversity
August 27, 2021
Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) and AARP Texas alleged that several retail electric providers are offering non-compliant fixed rate products, while alleging others are using terms of service documents to circumvent customer protections in PURA or the PUC rules, in comments filed with the Texas…
August 13, 2021
Deletions In Proposed List Indicate REPs' Customer Count Decline From 250,000 Threshold
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2022.
August 6, 2021
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) announced upcoming online training in the door-to-door marketing regulations at 52 Pa. Code Chapter 111.
August 5, 2021
Citing recent court precedent concerning the Arizona Corporation Commission's lack of plenary authority outside of ratemaking, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson in a memo urged the ACC to comply with "paramount" state law, which requires that the ACC direct the electric utilities to open…
August 2, 2021
The U.S. Senate "infrastructure" bill (H.R.3684, S.Amdt.2137) would empower the Energy Information Administration to compel LSEs to report to the EIA financial or contractual agreements for power and generation resource type attributes
August 2, 2021
Several Texas retail electric providers have filed comments with the Texas PUC stating that a proposal from PUC Staff to implement an opt-out process for transmission-voltage customers from the winter event uplift financing program impermissibly changes the process to an opt-in process
July 30, 2021
Regulator Rules On Which Customer Rate The Revised 25% Increase Notice Applies To
The Connecticut PURA has issued deadlines for retail electric suppliers to comply with various new provisions under adopted HB 6526
July 28, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed that retail electric providers be obligated to provide notice to eligible customers of their ability to opt-out of the program to finance Reliability Deployment Price Adder ("RDPA") charges and Ancillary Service costs above the Commission's system-wide offer cap…
July 22, 2021
Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones issued the following statement on July 23, following FirstEnergy's deferred prosecution agreement with Justice Department announced on July 22
July 22, 2021
Former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones issued the following statement on July 23, following FirstEnergy's deferred prosecution agreement with Justice Department announced on July 22
July 15, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a written order lifting the moratorium on door-to-door, public event, and in-person sales and marketing activities by retail energy suppliers
July 12, 2021
The Connecticut PURA issued a ruling stating that the 25% rate increase notice ("Form 4") which must be sent by retail electric suppliers to residential customers applies to all contracts, both fixed and variable
July 9, 2021
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (hereafter "Petitioners" or "CCR") have filed modified language for their petition requesting that the Texas PUC amend PUC Subst. R. §§25.29 and 25.483 concerning disconnection moratorium triggers
July 1, 2021
Lone Star Transmission, LLC, a unit of NextEra Energy, informed the Texas PUC that the following is now a competitive affiliate of Lone Star: Sighten, Inc.
June 29, 2021
Raises HIPAA Compliance Issues
Energy Harbor LLC opposed a proposal from Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission that would allow all forms of in-person marketing to resume, but with the condition that all sales agents be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus
June 18, 2021
PJM on June 17 issued a market notice stating that, "Please be advised that Power Up Energy, LLC defaulted on its obligations on June 16, 2021. Shortly after the payment was due, Power Up Energy, LLC remediated the default."
