April 9, 2024
Retail Supplier Reports 4.5% Savings Provided To Low-Income Customers Versus Default Service
An ESCO reported…
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April 5, 2024
Residential Retail Supplier Customers Saved $4 Million Versus Default Service In Feb. 2024 ($90 Million In Savings In Last 12 Months)
An Office of Consumer Counsel has posted…
April 4, 2024
PSC Selects Retail Supplier To Serve As Regulated Provider
A PSC has selected…
April 3, 2024
PUC Approves Settlement Setting Default Service Plan
A PUC approved, without modification to any terms relating to the retail market, a non-unanimous stipulation establishing…
April 3, 2024
AG's Report Says Retail Energy Shopping Customers Saved $30 Million In Most Recent 12 Months; AG Says Savings "Dwarfed" By "Significant" Losses In Past 7 Years
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released a new report on aggregate retail electricity costs versus basic service
April 2, 2024
PSC Rules On Amount Of SOS Load To Be Procured Under Long-Term Contract
The District of Columbia PSC has again affirmed that the long-term renewable energy PPA to be procured by Pepco for SOS customers shall not exceed 5% of SOS load
April 2, 2024
Utility Seeks To Recover More Costs From Rider That Has Trigger Which Makes It Nonbypassable
As part of its newly proposed electric security plan (covered extensively yesterday in our story here) , Duke Energy Ohio is seeking to recover additional costs through Rider SCR (Supplier Cost Reconciliation), a bypassable rider which includes a trigger under which the rider may become…
April 1, 2024
Duquesne Light Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling
Medium C&I Rate Increasing 20%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the…
April 1, 2024
Utility Proposes To Cease Use Of 36-Month Contracts In Default Service
An EDC filed for approval of a proposed…
March 28, 2024
Report Says Massachusetts Customers Could Have Saved $1.7 Billion Over Past 2 Years By Shopping For Retail Supplier
Realized Annual Savings $370 Per Choice Customer
A new report prepared on behalf of NRG Energy shows that…
March 28, 2024
Regulator Issues Draft On Implementing Change In Law Regarding Hardship Customers' Shopping Eligibility
Draft Interim Order Would Not Require Suppliers To Serve Customers Below Supplier's Cost
A retail energy regulator has issued a proposed interim decision that would…
March 27, 2024
Maryland Retail Energy Reform Bill Continues To Advance
The Maryland House Economic Matters committee moved forward…
March 21, 2024
Workgroup Recommends New CAP Customers Automatically Be Returned To Default Service If Utility Uses CAP Auto-Enrollment
Recommends Prohibition On Early Termination Fees For Such Customers
The Data Sharing Subgroup of the universal service working group (USWG) at
March 12, 2024
PPL Seeks To Move Customers Back To Default Service At End Of Customer Referral Program
As part of a newly proposed default service plan (DSP VI) filed today…
March 11, 2024
Retail Suppliers Move To Hold Proceeding On PPL Customer Shopping Communications In Abeyance
The Retail Energy Supply Association ("RESA") filed a motion at the Pennsylvania PUC to hold in abeyance…
February 27, 2024
Retail Supplier Returning Customers To Default Service & Exiting State, Cites Legislative Developments
A retail energy supplier is returning its customers in…
February 26, 2024
Regulator Adopts Policy For Failed Default Service Procurements, Addresses Utility Discretion, SOS Price Changes
A retail energy regulator has adopted several policies to govern instances in which…
February 23, 2024
Winning Retail Suppliers From Default Service Auction Revealed
A PUC has disclosed the…
February 13, 2024
PUC Issues Correction To Prior Disclosure Of Winning Retail Suppliers From Default Service Auction
A PUC has issued a correction to the prior disclosure of…
February 9, 2024
Winning Retail Suppliers From Default Service Auction Revealed
A PUC has disclosed the winning bidders from…
February 9, 2024
New Jersey BGS Default Service Rates To Increase Based On Auction Results
Basic Generation Service (BGS) electricity customers will experience a…
February 6, 2024
Default Service Price Adder At Dominion East Ohio Falls 50% For 2024-25
The Standard Choice Offer auction to set the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) at Dominion East Ohio (now d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio) for…
February 6, 2024
PECO Proposes Placing Shadow Billing Chart On First Page Of Shopping Customer Bills; Including Amount Of Negative Savings
Under a newly proposed electricity default service plan filed with…
February 1, 2024
Regulator Issues Final Report On Potential Modifications To Default Service
A retail energy regulator issued a final report outlining consideration of…
February 1, 2024
PUC Chair Encourages EDCs To Remove Barriers To Increased Bidder Participation In Default Service Procurements
During today's public meeting…