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December 12, 2025
Another Utility Makes Modification To Calculation Residential, SCI SOS Rate Increasing 10%
The New Hampshire PUC has made several changes to how electricity default service rates are established at Unitil
December 4, 2025
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed rules governing the procurement of electricity supply for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers, implementing Amended Substitute House Bill 96
December 1, 2025
The Illinois Attorney General announced that some default service customers at Ameren Illinois will receive on their electric bill beginning in December a one-time credit reflecting proceeds from a previously reported $33 million settlement with Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC and Illinois Power…
December 1, 2025
Staff of the Maryland PSC recommended that the PSC issue an order authorizing the state's utilities to drop residential shopping customers to default service if the customer's supplier has not transitioned the customer to dual billing upon the end of utility consolidated billing with purchase of…
November 20, 2025
A hearing examiner at the PUC of Ohio suspended the automatic approval process for AEP Ohio's proposed new bill format which, among other things, would inform residential Standard Service Offer customers that AEP Ohio is required to buy generation on behalf of SSO customers and that, "AEP Ohio…
November 19, 2025
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed new rules relating to mercantile customers, with the rules generally implementing and tracking recent law changes under HB 15
November 19, 2025
The District of Columbia PSC approved, with modifications, an RFP to be issued by Pepco to obtain up to an additional 20% of electricity SOS supplies through long-term contracts (which, if resulting in successful bids, could bring the total amount of SOS under long-term contracts to 25%)
November 19, 2025
The Maine PUC has established Standard Offer electricity rates for customers at Central Maine Power (CMP), and at Versant Power's Maine Public District (MPD).
November 19, 2025
New electricity Prices to Compare at PECO in Pennsylvania have been posted for the period beginning December 1, 2025, now that PECO has filed its updated bypassable transmission rate
November 18, 2025
The small customer class Standard Offer rate at Versant Power’s Bangor Hydro District (BHD) will increase 23% starting January 1, 2026, as the Maine PUC approved Standard Offer bids for the 2026 term
November 17, 2025
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2026
November 17, 2025
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2026 through June 2026, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2026 through March 2026
November 14, 2025
NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electricity rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory, for the period beginning February 1, 2026
November 14, 2025
The Maryland Energy Advocates Coalition (MEAC), a key driver in passing 2024's SB1 in Maryland which contained various provisions which effectively ended viable residential electric choice, has raised concerns that abuses similar to those alleged in the residential market are allegedly occurring in…
November 13, 2025
Window For Slamming Complaints Extended To Two Years From Switch
November 12, 2025
The electricity opt-out Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) for the Town of Penfield, NY will expire in December 2025, and CCA customers will be returned to utility default service on the December meter read cycle
November 10, 2025
Nstar (Eversource) in Massachusetts has filed new basic service electricity rates for its western Massachusetts service area (WMA, formerly WMECO), for the period beginning February 1, 2026
November 6, 2025
Westchester Power (Sustainable Westchester) reported that the following municipalities, which currently participate in the Westchester Power opt-out municipal aggregation program, will be returned to utility default service at the completion of their current electric supply contracts, the terms of…
November 1, 2025
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Company or "the Company") has filed at the PUC of Ohio to transfer its interests in Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) to an affiliate
November 1, 2025
PPL Electric has posted new prices to compare for the period December 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026
October 31, 2025
Pepco and Delmarva in Maryland have filed SOS rates for the summer of 2026 for residential and Type I customers
October 28, 2025
The Connecticut PURA has issued additional questions for comment in its review of standard service (customers under 500 kW) procurements due to recent legislation
October 28, 2025
AEP Ohio requested that the PUC of Ohio suspend the automatic approval process for AEP Ohio's proposed new bill format which, among other things, would inform residential Standard Service Offer customers that AEP Ohio is required to buy generation on behalf of SSO customers and that, "AEP Ohio…
October 16, 2025
"[T]he issue of exposing SOS customers to PJM capacity prices -- without hedging at least part of that exposure -- warrants further inquiry," the District of Columbia Government (DCG or the District), through the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), said in…
October 16, 2025
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new PTC Default rates to be in effect for the six-month period December 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026 [note that the FE filed tariff lists the end date as "May 30, 2026" which is understood to be a scrivener's error)
