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October 5, 2026
Does Not Recommend Capacity Procurement On Behalf Of Retail Suppliers Under New Law
The Illinois Power Agency has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a proposed electricity default service procurement plan that, at Commonwealth Edison, returns to 100% hedging for energy needs
October 2, 2026
Encourages "Restraint" By PUC In Evaluating Actions Which Are Beyond Existing Law
Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw has said in a letter to Pa. PUC Chair Steven DeFrank and other PUC Commissioners that various proposed retail market limits proposed in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania are policies that are properly addressed before the state legislature, not a PUC default service proceeding
September 30, 2026
The PUC of Ohio approved without modification a request from Dayton Power and Light Company d/b/a AES Ohio for approval to conduct an additional standard service offer (SSO) procurement under DP&L's legacy electric security plan in order to avoid the need to procure about 60% of default service supplies, for the delivery period starting June 1, 2027, in an anticipated spring 2027 auction which would be under DP&L's new market rate offer
September 30, 2026
Pursuant to recent legislation, Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois have each filed tariffs with the Illinois Commerce Commission to implement new time of use default service electricity rate options
September 30, 2026
September 21, 2026
As part of creating a specific default service for data centers…
September 18, 2026
In implementing a new law authorizing opt-out municipal electricity aggregation…
September 17, 2026
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the Illinois Power Agency's fall 2026 default service energy procurement
September 17, 2026
A PUC granted a limited waiver to…
September 16, 2026
Staff of a PUC have recommended approval of…
September 15, 2026
The New York PSC requested stakeholder comments on…
September 14, 2026
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed implementation of a "self-correcting adder" that would be added to the current estimated proxy price used in setting default service rates for the portion of default service served under "self-supply" (in which the utility purchases directly…
September 11, 2026
Nstar, National Grid, and Unitil in Massachusetts have requested that the Massachusetts DPU use an evidentiary process, including discovery, testimony, and hearings, to adjudicate proposals for implementation of time-varying default service electric rates
September 11, 2026
A retail energy regulator has issued a draft order which would adopt major changes to the state's procurement plan for electricity standard service…
September 9, 2026
Major parties to a Maine PUC investigation into time of use rates, including whether TOU rates should be adopted for default service, have proposed shelving the investigation, with the near-term focus instead shifting to (among other things) consideration of other changes to default service to…
September 8, 2026
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania PUC has denied a late filed petition from Spark Energy, LLC to intervene in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, which is addressing proposed retail market reforms such as a ban on auto renewals and a price cap for purchase of receivables…
September 8, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC has consolidated consideration of certain common electricity default service policy questions at Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Granite State Electric (Liberty), and Unitil
September 8, 2026
Retail suppliers have alleged that, in a recent order addressing default service for data centers at AEP Ohio, the PUC of Ohio unlawfully delegated PUC authority to AEP Ohio for designing the specific provisions governing a Standard Service Offer for data centers
September 8, 2026
The Maryland and Delaware PSCs have each approved changes to the electricity SOS procurements under which the states' investor-owned electric utilities, including BGE, Pepco, Delmarva (both states), and Potomac Edison, will, under their full requirements contracts for SOS, transfer responsibility…
September 2, 2026
Various retail energy suppliers have filed briefs in opposition to a proposed decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs that would adopt major reforms to the retail electric market at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, including excluding from the purchase of receivables program any product whose rate exceeds…
September 2, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio at the PUC of Ohio has sought a brief waiver of the new requirement -- regardless of mechanism -- to complete an expedited return of a mercantile customer to electricity default service
September 2, 2026
In Maryland, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), Delmarva Power & Light Company (Delmarva Power) and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEUs”) jointly said that the JMEUs are "considering" creating a new Standard Offer Service (SOS) Hourly…
August 28, 2026
Baltimore Gas and Electric in Maryland has filed updates to its bypassable SOS Admin. Charge to be effective October 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027
August 28, 2026
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities reiterated that the utilities plan to file a proposal to address default service for data centers in "due course," and said that default service for data centers should not be addressed in a proceeding in which the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs have proposed other tariff…
August 26, 2026
Staff Reports CCA Average Rates Up To 40% Higher Than Default Service
Staff of the New York Dept. of Public Service have recommended that the PSC terminate the authorization which allows municipal aggregations to enroll retail electric and gas customers on an opt-out basis, with Staff citing higher rates paid by Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers and what…
