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July 13, 2026
At the direction of the New Hampshire PUC, Public Service of New Hampshire has provided counter-factual estimates of savings which would have occurred under small customer default service if 50% of small customer SOS had been served by direct ISO New England market purchases (self-supply) in the…
July 10, 2026
In response to direction from the Pennsylvania PUC, Duquesne Light has filed justification for its proposed auto-enrollment, into the customer assistance program (CAP), of LIHEAP customers who are eligible for CAP
July 8, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio has sought from the PUC of Ohio approval of a reasonable arrangement with Amazon Data Services, Inc. that, while requiring Amazon to be supplied by a competitive retail electric supplier, would also require that, if Amazon's related load is included in default service, Amazon shall…
July 7, 2026
A PUC of Ohio ALJ has established July 17, 2026 as the effective date for new rules governing the return of mercantile customers to default service, including expedited returns to the SSO, at OAC 4901:1-10-36 and 4901:1-21-21
July 7, 2026
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company ('FE PA', 'FirstEnergy Pennsylvania", or the 'Company'); the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate ('OCA'); the Pennsylvania Office of Small Business Advocate ('OSBA'); the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania…
July 6, 2026
Kennebunk Light & Power District (KLPD) has sought a further waiver at the Maine PUC to accelerate implementation of its load aggregation for electricity Standard Offer service (default service)
July 3, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC issued an order stating that it will "abide" by the conclusion made by Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) concerning interpretation of the PUC's recent order implementing mitigated interim default service reconciliation factors, and the resulting amount of the…
July 2, 2026
Duquesne Light has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC an update to the default service supply rate, or supply charge, for medium C&I customers (including Rates GS/GM and GMH between 25 and 200 kW), to be effective September 1, 2026 through November 30, 2026
July 2, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from the June 9, 2026 default service auction at the FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities
July 2, 2026
In comments on implementation of an energy storage procurement obligation on retail suppliers and SOS suppliers, Staff of the Maryland PSC said that accomplishing such procurement through the electric utilities via a nonbypassable "utility" charge would be "optimal[]", though Staff said that…
July 2, 2026
As a resident of the District of Columbia, Christopher Ercoli, President & CEO of the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL), urged the Council of the District of Columbia to strike, from the proposed Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), a section (Subtitle E) which would impose various…
June 30, 2026
In a procedural update in a docket that has included a broad energy affordability review, the Massachusetts DPU said that, with regards to the feasibility of creating a maximum threshold for the amount that charges assessed to customers may change from one month to another, the DPU, "intends to…
June 30, 2026
Following a petition from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com here) , the Massachusetts DPU has opened an inquiry into the design and implementation of time-varying rates (TVR) for default service (aka basic service)
June 29, 2026
Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) has asked the New Hampshire PUC for clarification of several aspects of the PUC's recent order to mitigate the default service rate increase that would have occurred under the existing GSE default service reconciliation mechanism
June 26, 2026
Staff of the Maine PUC, in conjunction with Staff's consultant, have provided a further response to the utilities' questions concerning a minimum stay, or switching restriction, that would apply in certain straw proposals for time of use default service rates
June 26, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC approved, as filed, new energy service (default service) rates for electric service at Public Service of New Hampshire, effective August 1, 2026
June 25, 2026
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed the Substitute version of HB 173, governing submetering and submetered electric rates, that had passed the Ohio House and Senate
June 25, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a request from UGI Utilities, Inc. – Electric Division for approval to change its Supplier Master Agreement (SMA) governing electricity default service supply, with the change having been proposed in order to increase the pool of suppliers who may…
June 23, 2026
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has expressed concern regarding if, and when, customers would receive benefits from Time of Use electric rates (including potentially TOU default service rates) in Maine, given that straw proposals under consideration would not change the wholesale default…
June 23, 2026
PECO reported to the Pennsylvania PUC that PECO will continue to rely on spot purchases of electricity to serve the portion of residential default service load that was designed to be served under long-term contracts for up to 25 megawatts of energy, capacity, and alternative energy credits from new…
June 23, 2026
The Ohio Senate and House have both agreed on a Substitute version of HB 173, governing submetering and submetered electric rates, and the bill has been sent to the governor
June 22, 2026
Public Service of New Hampshire has filed to increase its energy service (default service) rate for the small customer group by 24%, effective August 1, 2026
June 19, 2026
In response to a PUC of Ohio Staff report in Dayton Power & Light's proposed multi-year reliability plan filed at the PUC of Ohio (a proceeding similar to a rate case), Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) has proposed to remove data center load from its regular default service, with a new data…
June 19, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC has mitigated the 21¢ per kWh small customer electric default service rate which had been calculated at Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) due to a reconciliation factor of about 7 cents per kWh
June 18, 2026
In a statement concerning the PUC's decision to defer action on a proposal from Duquesne Light to implement the automatic enrollment of certain customers into the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) based on the customer's LIHEAP status, PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank expressed concern with various…
