September 25, 2026
New Authority For Utilities To Impose Financial Standards On Retail Suppliers
The PUC of Ohio has established October 5, 2026 as the effective date for several recently adopted retail market rule changes, including a form of enroll by wallet
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June 24, 2026
The PUC of Ohio denied a rehearing request from the Retail Energy Supply Association which had objected to what RESA argued was a misalignment in the applicability of new customer signature requirement rules for electric enrollments and natural gas enrollments
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April 29, 2026
Granting in part a rehearing request from the Retail Energy Supply Association, the PUC of Ohio has revised recently approved rule language which would have required all enrollments, regardless of enrollment method (including telesales) and regardless of customer type (including large C&Is), to…
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April 3, 2026
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought rehearing of a recent PUC of Ohio decision which had approved new rules governing, among other things, retail supplier enrollments and verification of the customer's identity, as RESA noted that a requirement, as stated in the rules' text, mandating…
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March 4, 2026
PUC Clarifies That Customer Must Only Provide Account Number During TPV "If Applicable", Not Required If Customer Identity Verified Though Alternative Means New Authority For Utilities To Impose Financial Standards On Retail Suppliers
The PUC of Ohio has adopted new rules governing, among other things, retail supplier enrollments, including verification of the customer's identity, with the revised rules, as stated in the adopted rule language notwithstanding PUCO's apparent intent articulated in its narrative order, now requiring…
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November 26, 2025
Retail Suppliers Oppose Language That Broadly Implements New Financial Assurance Standard Which Utilities May Impose On Suppliers, Seek Identification Of "Reasonable"
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November 5, 2025
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed changes to its retail electricity and retail natural gas rules to implement several recent requirements of HB 15, concerning the posting of financial security by retail suppliers, and the adoption of enroll-by-wallet
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July 10, 2025
Will Also Address Law's Enroll By Wallet Requirement
The PUC of Ohio has initiated a rulemaking related to several retail energy market aspects of HB 15, with PUCO Staff to hold an initial workshop, prior to the drafting of any proposed rules, on August 5, 2025
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January 8, 2021
During a technical session, the Massachusetts electric distribution companies offered several proposed alternatives that would allow customers to enroll "on the go" while still relying on use of the account number for enrollments, instead of personal data contemplated under "enroll by wallet"…
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October 29, 2020
Would Implement Enroll-by-Wallet Would Require Suppliers To Undergo Training Conducted by PUC, Pass Exam For License
Pennsylvania State Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) has introduced legislation (Senate Bill 1365) that would require the full unbundling of utility electric and gas supply costs, and would also require the adoption of enroll-by-wallet
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September 22, 2020
The NRG Retail Companies recently submitted to the Massachusetts DPU a motion for clarification requesting that the DPU clarify that the in-person enrollment contract summary form obligations set forth in the Department’s May 22, 2020 Order on Tier One Initiatives -- which include a component of…
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February 6, 2020
Regulator Seeks Comment On Staff Marketing Rules Staff Proposes That Suppliers Must Record Entirety Of Telemarketing Call Comments Sought On Changing TPV Process To Interactive Discussion, Requiring Customer To Recite Price & Other Info
Proposal Would Bar Use Of Terms 'Action Requested', 'Urgent Notice About Your Utility Bill/Account' In Marketing
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September 26, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association has renewed its request for the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to schedule a Supplier Working Group meeting and establish a regular schedule for future meetings.
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April 12, 2019
Delaware To Open SCB Docket In "Near Future"
During the National Energy Marketers Association's 22nd Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference, Maryland PSC Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton said that, "there's going to be some action," on the PSC's current case reviewing supplier consolidated billing (SCB) in the, "near future".
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February 13, 2019
With the Connecticut OCC recently proposing legislation to end residential electric choice in Connecticut , EnergyChoiceMatters.com (ECM) spoke with Chris Kallaher, Sr. Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs at Direct Energy, to discuss measures that could be undertaken to improve the state's…
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October 18, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed a request with the Connecticut Utilities Regulatory Authority asking that PURA establish a quarterly meeting schedule of the Supplier Working Group to discuss one or more of the following topics:
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August 27, 2018
PSC Directs Stakeholders To Further Explore Requiring Retail Suppliers To Notify Customers Of Rate Change Via Email PSC Directs Workgroup To Consider Additional Consumer Protections For Non-Residential Customers
PSC Skeptical It Has Authority Over Energy "Consultants"
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August 21, 2018
Orders That Docket Be Opened On Supplier Consolidated Billing
This story was first published on August 21, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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June 8, 2018
Staff of the Maryland PSC has issued a response to a data request from the PSC in which Staff was asked to provide a list of topics to be included in Phase III of the working group considering issues related to competitive markets and retail gas and electric choice (RM 62)
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October 10, 2017
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently filed a proposal for implementing various retail market enhancements in Delaware
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August 28, 2017
Expand Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot Launch Enroll-By-Wallet Program
A settlement signed by numerous parties in AEP Ohio's electric security plan proceeding would institute and set the level for a new bypassable charge, the Competition Incentive Rider (CIR)
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April 28, 2017
The Delaware PSC needs to take a "fresh look" at the structure of its electric SOS procurement auctions, Delaware PSC Chair Dallas Winslow told attendees at the National Energy Marketers Association's 20th Annual National Energy Restructuring Conference
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January 23, 2017
Staff of the Maryland PSC have advised against introduction of a state-endorsed opt-in retail electric supply program, where a single supplier would be selected by the state
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January 20, 2016
The Delaware PSC yesterday adopted an order to formally open an investigation to consider a petition from the Delaware Electricity Affordability Committee for the PSC to consider recommended retail electric market enhancements, including purchase of receivables, proposed by the Committee
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January 12, 2016
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. is the latest Pennsylvania utility seeking to charge retail suppliers for the costs of implementing a remote account number access mechanism, which would allow retail suppliers to obtain a customer's account number in situations where the customer does not have…
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