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September 2, 2022
Draft Would Require Affirmative Consent For A Supplier To Keep An Existing Customer, Who Becomes An Energy Assistance Customer Mid-Contract, Under A Compliant Product
August 31, 2022
SSO Supplier Alleges NOPEC Charged Rates Consistently Higher Than SSO Despite Terms Used In Marketing, Cites Alleged "Grant" Payments To NOPEC, Inc. Totaling Almost 40% Of Revenue
August 24, 2022
Aggregation Says Most Supplier Offers That Sound Too Good To Be True Are "Deceptive"
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) will "immediately" be returning its Standard Program Price electricity customers to default service
August 22, 2022
Staff of the Maryland PSC have endorsed a change in the SOS procurement contract lengths at Pepco and Potomac Edison (PE) due to the potential launch of the Montgomery County pilot opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA)
August 18, 2022
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil (the Company) filed at the Massachusetts DPU for approval of an alternative approach to procuring and pricing basic service, "which is designed to address uncertainty relative to the Fitchburg municipal aggregation."
August 12, 2022
Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) has sought approval at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for various changes to its procurement schedule and product term lengths for Standard Service Offer (SSO) supply contracts to, "provide customers with greater protection against market volatility and more…
August 11, 2022
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a news release yesterday informing customers about default service Price to Compare increases occurring September 1 at PECO and the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities
August 9, 2022
The Westchester Power opt-out municipal aggregation in New York has, "temporarily pause[d]," service under the aggregation for customers in the Con Edison utility territory (excluding Yonkers)
August 9, 2022
A formal complaint before one regulator, as well as multiple social media and similar public posts from customers in multiple states, allege that Planet Energy, and/or its brands Value Plus Energy and RiteRate Energy, have terminated such customers' fixed rate contracts in mid-contract, and has…
August 9, 2022
Regulator Opens Investigation Of Supplier, Issues Subpoena
Columbia Utilities provided the following statement concerning the matter:
August 5, 2022
PUC OKs New Utility-Offered Time Of Use Generation Rate Option For Non-shopping Customers
August 4, 2022
The District of Columbia PSC approved a contract with a solar facility for the bundled sale of energy, renewable energy credits (RECs), and capacity, for approximately 5% of total electric SOS load (approximately 154,000 MWh per year, which equates to 73 MW, or roughly 29%, of the solar project’s…
July 19, 2022
In a recent market update, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel noted that, "In the month of May 2022, seven out of ten residential supplier customers paid less than the Standard Offer in Eversource territory, and six out of ten residential supplier customers paid less than the Standard Offer…
July 18, 2022
Several Commercial PTCs Increasing As Well
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC-Default rates with the Pennsylvania PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2022
July 18, 2022
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2022
July 12, 2022
Staff Notes Challenges In Requirement That Rate Be Lower Than SOS For Entirety of Contract
Maryland PSC Staff have filed comments concerning implementation of a 2021 law that prohibits retail electric and gas supplier service to energy assistance customers, outside of a PSC-approved plan that is less than SOS
July 11, 2022
A petition signed by more than 1,000 Bay State residents was shared with Massachusetts lawmakers today urging the protection of the competitive electric market in Massachusetts.
July 6, 2022
Public Power, LLC has agreed to pay $3 million, and it and several other Vistra-owned retail energy suppliers would return their Connecticut customers to default service and voluntarily relinquish their Connecticut licenses, under a settlement among Public Power, LLC, Viridian Energy, LLC…
July 1, 2022
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period beginning September 1, 2022
June 30, 2022
Regulator's Staff Seeks Penalty, Alleging Restitution Not Paid By Deadline
The Connecticut PURA recently adopted a final order requiring Sunwave Gas & Power CT, Inc. to provide restitution to customers dropped to default service as a result of Sunwave's previously reported suspension at ISO New England earlier this year
June 29, 2022
With electricity rates set to soar to, "record high prices," this summer, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today launched a campaign to, "educate customers across the state about the programs available to help them reduce their energy usage and lower their bills."
June 29, 2022
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel renewed its petition for the Maryland PSC to adopt regulations to implement a 2021 law [Chapter 637; amending the annotated code Section 4-308] that prohibits retail electric and gas supplier service to energy assistance customers outside of a PSC-approved…
June 29, 2022
Settlement Already Addressed Change In Fixed PTC Term, CAP Customers, & Referral Program
A Pennsylvania ALJ has issued a recommended decision that would adopt, without modification, an uncontested settlement that would establish a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities ("the Companies") to govern default service for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027…
June 29, 2022
Winning prices in a June 2022 default service auction for the Pennsylvania FirstEnergy EDCs remained at elevated levels, though they have eased a bit versus the April 2022 procurement
June 28, 2022
North American Power & Gas, LLC (NAPG), "has determined that it will no longer serve the New York market and, as such, it has begun undertaking the steps necessary to return its remaining customers to full utility service," the company said in a filing
