July 31, 2020
Customers On Retail Supply Paying On Average 1.7¢/kWh More Than ComEd Share Of Competitive Supply Residential Customers Served By Municipal Aggregations Grows 35% At ComEd, Nears 60%
The Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market Development has published its annual retail market report, which includes a comparison of costs paid by customers served by an alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES), including through municipal aggregation, versus the costs that would…
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July 22, 2020
DPU Rules On Whether City Is Entitled To Utility Customer Lists Showing Competitive Supply Customers, For Intended Marketing Of Aggregation To Currently Shopping Customers
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May 22, 2020
Pursuant to Senate Bill 1976, Accent Energy Texas LP, d/b/a IGS Energy, submitted at the Texas PUC a formal request for production and receipt of a list of its low income electric customers for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2020.
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May 20, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied a request from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to revise PUCO's Apples to Apples shopping site, to warn customers about potential exposure to higher costs due to switching to a retail supplier, and denied OCC's request to cease the provision of utility…
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May 19, 2020
The NRG Energy retail suppliers submitted to the Texas PUC a request for lists of low-income electric customers served by Everything Energy LLC (REP Certificate 10178), Green Mountain Energy Company (REP Certificate 10009), Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC (REP Certificate 10007), Stream SPE LTD…
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May 14, 2020
Urges PUC To Tell Customers On Shopping Website That They May Pay Significantly More By Shopping For Retail Supplier Also Asks That Utility Be Ordered To Cease Providing Customer Lists To Retail Suppliers During Pandemic
Given the economic pressures on customers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio should incorporate in its choice education materials the "bitter reality" that a "dwindling" number of offers from competitive retail…
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March 31, 2020
Report: Over 80% Of Residential Retail Supply Customers Paid Rate Higher Than Default Service In Second Half Of 2019 Regulator Notes Thousands Of Legacy Variable Rate Customers Paying Rates Above 15¢
Complaints Against Retail Suppliers Fall By Half
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March 13, 2020
Nstar (Eversource or "the Company") filed comments with the Massachusetts DPU stating that the City of Boston's latest proposed schedule for the City's municipal opt-out aggregation plan still exposes Nstar basic service customers, and shopping customers, to risk premiums, if the City does not…
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March 5, 2020
Residential Natural Gas Migration Declines
The New York PSC posted year-end electricity and natural gas migration reports for the year 2019
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February 28, 2020
Seeks To "Educate" Customers About Risks And Potential Responses To "Predatory Marketing" By Retail Suppliers City Also Presses For Aggregation Approval, Suggests Process To Minimize "Uncertainty" Premium In Default Service
The City of Boston, which is seeking approval of an opt-out municipal aggregation for electricity, has asked the Massachusetts DPU to require that Nstar provide it with a "full" list of utility customers, not only those eligible for aggregation enrollment on an opt-out basis, so that the City can…
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January 23, 2020
The Michigan PSC released its calendar year 2019 report on retail electric choice
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January 23, 2020
I&E Alleges 179 Instances Of Unauthorized Switches By Slamming Or Upon False Information I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
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January 23, 2020
I&E Alleges 179 Instances Of Unauthorized Switches By Slamming Or Upon False Information I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
I&E Alleges Several Unauthorized Switches Involved The Supplier Enrolling A Customer Who Was Deceased
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January 17, 2020
Regulator Denies Reconsideration Of Decision Requiring That All Hardship Customers Shall Be Returned To Default Service
The Connecticut PURA denied reconsideration of its previously reported decision which requires all hardship electricity customers to be returned to Standard Service no later than July 1, 2020, including those on existing contracts with retail suppliers, but did provisionally modify a schedule…
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December 18, 2019
Retail Suppliers Prohibited From Serving Hardship Customers
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision under which PURA ordered that all hardship electricity customers shall be returned to standard service (default service), and the EDCs shall implement system programming to prevent hardship customers from enrolling with an electric supplier.
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November 25, 2019
The Maryland utilities have filed responses with the PSC in response to various requests made by retail electric suppliers made in response to an RFP for load shaping pilots
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November 7, 2019
In a filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, concerning a petition from Staff of the PUCT to revoke the retail electric provider certificate of Axon Power & Gas (Axon), Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP) stated, "on September 30, 2019, representatives of TNMP had a conference call…
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October 17, 2019
PSC Requires Energy Service Entities, "Seeking Access To Customer Data Through Utility IT Systems," To Sign Modified DSA Self-Attestation Also Required
PSC Says Failure To Sign DSA Is Not A Significant Risk Or Condition That, Alone, Allows Utility To Cease Providing Service To An ESCO
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September 26, 2019
PSC Seeks Comment on Cybersecurity Requirements For Users Of Site
The Michigan PSC today ordered its staff to create a website for utilities to share, with alternative electric suppliers (AESs) and other competitors, information regarding value-added programs and services (VAPS) that a utility shares with an affiliate
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August 30, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted an order setting the specific individual amounts which will be allocated to individual retail electric providers for provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2019 (FY2020).
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August 28, 2019
PUC Adopts Retail Market Billing Enhancements, Addresses Other Retail Market Issues In Settlement Approval
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved without modification a rate case settlement at Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. (VEDO) that includes a provision requiring the study of the feasibility of providing to retail suppliers lists of customers who pay the highest rates to their retail…
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August 23, 2019
A Pennsylvania ALJ would adopt without modification a settlement among various parties in UGI Utilities - Gas Division's (the "Company") rate case that addresses various natural gas market issues
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August 22, 2019
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed the individual amounts to be allocated to individual retail electric providers for provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2019 (FY2020).
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August 7, 2019
Adjusted EBITDA Lower On Mild Weather, Customer Acquisition RCE Count Down
Spark Energy reported results for the second quarter of 2019
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August 5, 2019
Several more Texas retail electric providers have filed separate requests with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for the provision of the low-income customer identification service for the State fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2019 (FY2020).
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