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June 16, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has posted a draft certified-request form which retail electric suppliers would use to effect an expedited return to default service for a mercantile customer
June 16, 2026
PPL Electric is changing its price to compare on July 1 due to an updated transmission rate as well as a change in the merchant function charge resulting from the adjudication of PPL Electric's recent delivery rate case
June 15, 2026
Unitil in New Hampshire has filed new electric default service rates reflecting recent calculation changes directed by the New Hampshire PUC
June 12, 2026
Baltimore Gas & Electric and Potomac Edison have each filed new Type II SOS rates for the 3-month period beginning Sept. 1, 2026
June 12, 2026
Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) in New Hampshire has proposed a 53% increase in its small customer electricity default service rate
June 12, 2026
Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) in New Hampshire has proposed a 53% increase in its small customer (Residential and Small Commercial and Industrial) electricity default service rate
June 11, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has posted the winning prices from the June 2026 auction for a portion of default service electricity supplies at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities
June 11, 2026
UGI Utilities, Inc. – Electric Division requested approval from the Pennsylvania PUC to change its Supplier Master Agreement (SMA) governing electricity default service supply to increase the pool of suppliers who may bid in UGI's default service procurements
June 10, 2026
Addresses Timeline For Reconciliation Of SOS Rates
Staff of the Maine PUC, in answers provided in conjunction with a PUC consultant, have answered further questions concerning straw proposals for the implementation of time of use rates, including TOU default service rates.
June 8, 2026
PUC Orders Changes In SOS Calculation At Multiple Utilities
Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) has filed in its New Hampshire PUC default service proceeding a preliminary calculation of its default service reconciliation balance for the most recent 12-month term, with such balance being an under-recovery of SOS costs in the amount of approximately $9…
June 8, 2026
Retail Energy Revealed released a report stating that, "Since 2003, American households have paid at least more than $48 billion extra for electricity by switching from regulated utilities to competitive retail energy suppliers," for residential electricity
June 5, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a petition from Pike County Light & Power to modify Pike's current electricity default service plan due to what Pike called the "refus[al]" of Orange and Rockland Utilities to continue to supply power to Pike.
June 5, 2026
The Pennsylvania House Republicans (state legislature) have rolled out a bill, HB 2372, which Republicans say, "requires Pennsylvania electric utilities to enter long-term power purchase agreements on behalf of ratepayers, thereby giving Pennsylvania ratepayers the competitive, economic benefits…
June 3, 2026
The New Jersey natural gas utilities have filed proposed annual updates to the basic gas supply service rate applicable to residential and other small customers
June 3, 2026
During a District of Columbia PSC hearing concerning default service and affordability, Mason Emnett, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at Constellation, noted that longer-term SOS contracts would give more protection to customers during periods of market volatility
June 3, 2026
Two Pennsylvania ALJs have directed Constellation Energy Generation, LLC and Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. (collectively, "Constellation") to provide the number of retail residential customers served on a Constellation renewable energy plan at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, in granting, in part, a…
June 3, 2026
The Maryland PSC said that, in a recent EIA report, the EIA posted inaccurate electricity price data for Maryland, showing a much higher rate and a much more dramatic increase in rates
June 2, 2026
Pike County Light & Power Company has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of a new electricity default service plan (DSP) for the period June 1, 2027 through May 31, 2030 that would, among other things, include more frequent updates to the default service rate
June 1, 2026
The Maine PUC Staff have informed stakeholders that, at this time, Versant Power’s Maine Public District (formerly Maine Public Service) is being removed from consideration in connection with various straw proposals for implementing time of use default service rates
May 28, 2026
AEP Ohio default service electric rates will increase by nearly 1¢/kWh on July 1, due to an update in the bypassable reconciliation factor
May 26, 2026
The Illinois Power Agency has posted winning prices from the spring 2026 capacity procurement for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
May 26, 2026
The presiding officers of a Maine PUC proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service have declined to stay the proceeding
May 21, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC formally posted a comprehensive list of new residential electric prices to compare for June 1, 2026 at all EDCs
May 21, 2026
The District of Columbia PSC has directed that an SOS working group shall be convened to discuss recommendations from a PSC-retained consultant concerning the bypassable electricity SOS adder currently used in Pecpo's electricity default service rate
May 20, 2026
The New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate has sought acceptance of testimony in a Public Service of New Hampshire semi-annual default service rate proceeding at the NH PUC in order to seek changes to the carrying charges applicable to default service over and under-collections, which would…
