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September 14, 2026
The New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed implementation of a "self-correcting adder" that would be added to the current estimated proxy price used in setting default service rates for the portion of default service served under "self-supply" (in which the utility purchases directly…
September 1, 2026
In comments at the Massachusetts DPU, the NRG Energy Retail Companies said that, "for customers served by municipal aggregators and/or retail suppliers, ISO-NE should allocate transmission costs directly to those municipal aggregators and/or retail suppliers that wish to have that option, rather…
August 3, 2026
The New Hampshire PUC has established a formal process to consider ongoing issues related to electricity default service at Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities), including "discussion" of the appropriate treatment of default service reconciliation balances
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…
April 23, 2026
Retail Suppliers Seek Q1 2027 Start Of ISO Load Settlement Based On AMI, Cite EDCs' Prior Testimony As Requiring Such; Oppose Cost Assignment To Retail Suppliers
April 13, 2026
The Connecticut PURA has invited public comment on a report from Connecticut's Procurement Manager (PM) for electricity default service, and has asked for stakeholder responses to specific questions
October 15, 2025
BP Energy Retail Company LLC (BPERC) filed a complaint at FERC against ISO New England, Inc., Eversource Energy, and NSTAR Electric Company in which BPERC seeks relief from certain invoices issued by ISO-NE which are alleged to be, "based on phantom load incorrectly assigned to BPERC by Eversource…
September 26, 2025
Approves New Uncollectible Adders
The Maine PUC has approved a crediting to various Standard Offer electricity customer classes to reflect a reconciliation of prior adders related to an ISO New England fuel security charge, while also setting the Standard Offer uncollectible adders for 2026
April 16, 2025
The New Hampshire PUC approved without modification Public Service of New Hampshire's (Eversource) proposal to serve 50% of its small customer group default service load from ISO New England market purchases, on a self-serve basis, for the August 2025 to January 2026 period
April 16, 2025
About $6.5 million in under-recovered default service costs for the large customer class at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource or the "Company"), the growth of which helped jump start consideration of changes to default service reconciliations, including making such reconciliations…
February 10, 2025
Public Service of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed a proposal to serve 50% of its small customer group default service load from ISO New England market purchases, for the August 2025 to January 2026 period
December 19, 2024
Citing "positive pricing outcomes" from the current use of ISO New England market purchases for a portion of default service at…
October 24, 2024
An affiliate of a retail supplier has signed an agreement to acquire…
October 15, 2024
An EDC will begin serving 30% of mass market default energy service through purchases from…
October 7, 2024
A PUC anticipates opening…
July 5, 2024
A PUC has deferred consideration of…
June 28, 2024
Customers shopping with a competitive retail electric supplier are at risk for paying for costs related to default service, under a ruling from the state's PUC
April 15, 2024
A PUC has approved a plan filed by…
December 22, 2023
A PUC continues to question…
December 15, 2023
Mass Market SOS Rate Falling 22%
A PUC has directed…
December 8, 2023
Mass Market SOS Rates Falling 20%
A PUC had ordered…
June 30, 2023
The Maine Public Utilities Commission today approved a reduction in certain Standard Offer electric rates that will reduce rates for non-shopping residential, small, and medium-class customers at Central Maine Power and at Versant Power’s Bangor Hydro District.
June 23, 2023
As it did recently with respect the Unitil, the New Hampshire PUC encouraged Public Service Co. of New Hampshire (Eversource) to explore the use of ISO-NE market prices for a portion of small customer default service supply
June 16, 2023
In approving rates under the most recent default service procurement at Unitil (see new rates here) , the New Hampshire PUC encouraged Unitil to explore, for its next procurement, including a portion of default service supply which would be linked to ISO New England prices, for the utility's small…
April 24, 2023
SmartestEnergy US announced that it has launched in the ISO New England region, initially with service at Connecticut Light and Power, United Illuminating, and National Grid (Massachusetts), serving medium and large C&I customers on fully fixed products
