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July 22, 2020
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC would pay $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.474, concerning Reliant's alleged failure to maintain and produce authorization of verification, as…
July 15, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio directed SFE Energy Ohio, Inc. and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC, to cease (1) all residential marketing and new enrollments of residential gas and electric customers, and (2) all door-to-door marketing to small commercial and mercantile gas and electric…
July 14, 2020
The Secretary of the New York PSC has granted ESCOs a further extension to comply with various ordering clauses under the New York PSC's retail energy market reset order
July 13, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested from the New York PSC an extension of time to comply with Ordering Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 of the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order (Reset II Order).
July 9, 2020
Kiwi Energy NY LLC ('Kiwi Energy') sought from the New York PSC a declaratory ruling that recognizes Kiwi Energy’s home warranty and maintenance product, hereinafter referred to as 'Kiwi Guard,' as a permissible energy-related value-added product and service (ERVAS) under the PSC's second retail…
July 9, 2020
The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold a public conference over the course of two days to gauge the impact that COVID-19 has had on, among other things, "consumer protections," in the electric and other utility industries.
July 8, 2020
Kiwi Energy NY LLC ('Kiwi Energy') sought from the New York PSC a declaratory ruling that recognizes Kiwi Energy’s home warranty and maintenance product, hereinafter referred to as 'Kiwi Guard,' as a permissible energy-related value-added product and service (ERVAS) under the PSC's second retail…
June 29, 2020
PECO Energy Company petitioned the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for expedited approval of several temporary universal service measures, "designed to address the current economic hardships faced by low-income customers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and provide additional…
June 26, 2020
Family Energy, Inc. has sought a further extension of the compliance deadlines in the New York PSC's December 12, 2019 retail energy market reset order
June 25, 2020
6/25: Texas Retail Electric Provider To Pay $30,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
The Texas PUC on Aug. 27 approved the settlement discussed below without modification
June 17, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied the applications for rehearing filed by Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, the Retail Energy Supply Association, and Ohio Consumers’ Counsel concerning PUCO's prior order which granted an electric broker and aggregator license to Suvon, LLC, d/b/a…
June 17, 2020
PUC Maintains Rule Obligating Utilities To Report "Unreasonable Sales Practices"
As part of a periodic review, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio re-adopted, without substantive changes, certain rules relating to utility corporate separation (Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-37)
June 17, 2020
PUC Ends Prohibition On Door-to-Door Marketing By Retail Energy Suppliers, Brokers
June 17, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's written order allowing door-to-door marketing to resume provides that, "we find that door-to-door solicitation of CRES [competitive retail electric service] and CRNGS [competitive retail natural gas service] may resume, subject to all relevant requirements…
June 16, 2020
Citing, in part, Consolidated Edison's recent action to defer certain electricity default service capacity supply costs for future recovery, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) petitioned the New York PSC for a further extension and reconsideration of the Commission’s December 12, 2019…
June 16, 2020
Retail Supplier Details Marketing, Compliance Changes
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed comments recommending that PUCO approve the renewal of Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC's (Verde) electricity and gas supplier licenses in Ohio.
June 12, 2020
The New York PSC issued an order to Northeastern Energy Corporation ("Northeastern") directing Northeastern to show cause why its eligibility to act as an ESCO in New York State should not be revoked, or, alternatively, why other consequences should not be imposed, as a result of a Notice of…
June 8, 2020
In May 29 comments to the New York PSC, Direct Energy Services, LLC and Gateway Energy Services Corporation urged the Commission to act expeditiously on Direct Energy’s publicly disclosed green gas proposals, "while leaving to another day the complex issue of how to obtain meaningful public comments…
June 8, 2020
The Connecticut PURA issued a notice of proceeding concerning retail supplier and EDC compliance with the RPS for 2019 (Docket 20-06-01) that includes guidance given recent changes in compliance regulations
May 27, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a proposal that would impose a new, separate bond requirement on retail electric suppliers, to address RPS obligations, in lieu of proposals for more frequent RPS compliance showings
May 27, 2020
The New Hampshire PUC, on procedural ground, dismissed a petition for rehearing, filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association, of the PUC's prior order which applied, to competitive electric and natural gas suppliers, an earlier order which prohibits providers of electric and gas service from…
May 27, 2020
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have filed comments concerning a petition from several retail energy suppliers and brokers, who have asked that PUCO modify its prior order suspending in-person sales, and who have sought authorization for door-to-door marketing with social distancing…
May 26, 2020
Agera Energy, LLC and energy.me midwest llc d/b/a energy.me submitted separate, but substantially similar, petitions to the Maryland PSC for waiver of the RPS compliance fee due to, "extreme economic hardship."
May 26, 2020
UtiliSave, L.L.C. ('UtiliSave') submitted a petition for a declaratory ruling to the New York PSC seeking affirmation the ESCOs may not pass-through ZEC costs to customers on fixed rate contracts unless, among other things, the customer disclosure statement indicated the potential of an exercise of…
May 22, 2020
Several additional ESCOs have petitioned the New York PSC for waivers, or in the alternative declaratory orders, allowing such ESCOs to offer green gas natural gas products notwithstanding the product prohibitions contained in the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order
