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April 1, 2019
PECO and several consumer advocates have reached a settlement to defer issues relating to shopping for electricity Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers until PECO's next default service proceeding
March 29, 2019
Does Grant More Time For Interrogatories
The Connecticut PURA has declined a request from Direct Energy to suspend the procedural schedule and hold a status conference in PURA's proceeding reviewing whether to transfer all hardship customers to standard service
March 22, 2019
Counsel for Direct Energy Business, LLC and Direct Energy Services, LLC ('Direct Energy') requested that the Connecticut PURA suspend the current procedural schedule, pending a Status Conference, in the proceeding reviewing whether to place all hardship customers on standard service
March 21, 2019
Groups Says Allowing Only Suppliers To Use UCB Is Anti-Competitive
The Climate Access Fund (CAF) and Solar United Neighbors of Maryland have petitioned the Maryland Public Service Commission to direct the utilities that are participating in Maryland’s community solar pilot to offer consolidated billing to Subscriber Organizations or Solar Developers, similar to…
March 14, 2019
Would Require Brokers To Disclose To Customer Amount Of Compensation Received
March 13, 2019
An RFP for a retail supplier to serve 100% of the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer load at Duke Energy Ohio for the term June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 resulted in at least one conforming bid, according to an auction report
March 12, 2019
In comments to the Massachusetts DPU, Nstar (Eversource) said that the DPU should require retail electric suppliers to provide the EDCs with customers' product information, including the next cycle rate, for inclusion on utility bills
March 11, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has ruled that examining the components that constitute the electricity Standard Service rate is irrelevant to a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default service.
March 11, 2019
Proposes Additional Financial Assurance Requirements For Suppliers Engaged In Door-to-Door Marketing
March 11, 2019
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) said in comments to the DPU that the AG has analyzed an additional year (July 2017 – June 2018) of data and found that, in this third year, Massachusetts residential customers on competitive supply suffered consumer losses of $76.2 million…
March 6, 2019
New York saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply decline by over 271,000 during 2018, versus the December 2017 total, with about 110,000 of the decline coming from electricity customers, and over 160,000 from natural gas customers.
February 28, 2019
The Pennsylvania PUC today issued a proposed policy statement to implement, on a statewide basis, a price cap on retail supplier service to Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers
February 28, 2019
Warns Suppliers On "Fixed Means Fixed" For Any Supplier Seeking To Revise Contract
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order addressing various terms of the Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (CAP, or PCAP) shopping program at the FirstEnergy EDCs which, effective June 1, 2019, shall be the only means for a CAP customer to take service from a competitive retail supplier
February 27, 2019
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel has filed testimony in which OCC says that, from October 2016 through September 2018, hardship customers on competitive retail supply paid $7.2 million more than they would have under default service, as OCC said that retail suppliers should be prohibited…
February 19, 2019
Direct Energy Business, LLC and Direct Energy Services, LLC submitted comments concerning the schedule and process for the Connecticut PURA proceeding in which PURA is considering the transfer of all hardship electric customers to default service
February 6, 2019
Earlier: Retail Supplier Wins Ability To Serve 100% Of Certain Low-Income Customer Load
Update: The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the auction results described below. While no further specific information was publicly released at this time (as such information will only be released once PIPP auctions are conducted at all the EDCs), PUCO's order did describe that…
January 11, 2019
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication that would amend 16 TAC 25.45 to codify the process by which a retail electric provider requests and agrees to reimburse the Commission for the customer identification service from the low-income list…
January 7, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has rescheduled a technical meeting in Docket 18-06-02, which is reviewing whether to place all vulnerable and similar customers on standard service, per Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-245o(m)
December 26, 2018
A report published by The Abell Foundation said that, "from 2014 to 2017, Maryland households have been paying tens of millions of dollars more per year in aggregate to third-party electricity suppliers -- about $255 million more in all than if they had stayed with their utility’s supply offer."
December 20, 2018
PUC Proposes Changes To Customer Referral Program Scripts
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a tentative order addressing various terms of the Customer Assistance Plan (CAP) shopping program at the FirstEnergy EDCs which, effective June 1, 2019, shall be the only means for a CAP customer to take service from a competitive retail supplier
December 20, 2018
Note: This story was exclusively first published the morning of Dec. 20 with an alert to our email subscribers
December 13, 2018
Schedules Technical Conference
The Connecticut PURA scheduled for January 15, 2019 a technical meeting Docket No. 18-06-02, Review Of Feasibility, Costs And Benefits Of Placing Certain Customers On Standard Service Pursuant To Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 16-245o(m)
November 27, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has denied a protective order, sought by retail suppliers, concerning responses to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default…
November 26, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has dismissed objections, raised by retail suppliers, to various interrogatories expounded on the electric distribution companies by the Office of Consumer Counsel in a proceeding reviewing whether all hardship customers should be returned to default service.
November 26, 2018
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. presented an update on its retail energy supply business, Agway Energy Services, LLC, in a 10-K filing.
