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February 22, 2017
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel has submitted a petition to the PSC to initiate a rulemaking to modify the utility consumer bills of rights (CBOR)
February 20, 2017
The Connecticut PURA has scheduled for March 8 a status conference concerning the Office of Consumer Counsel's petition for PURA, "open a proceeding investigating the effects of abusive electric supplier marketing practices on vulnerable populations."
February 15, 2017
AEP Texas North Division reported that, as of February 14, it has received invoices from retail electric providers that exhaust 75% and 90% of the funds made available to REPs for reimbursement under a program under which REPs provide no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home…
February 13, 2017
Duke Energy Ohio has sought approval from the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to enter into an agreement with LE Energy LLC d/b/a Utility Gas and Power LE Energy LLC to provide competitive natural gas supply to Duke Energy Ohio's Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers.
February 8, 2017
The FirstEnergy EDCs' RFP to procure 100% of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customer load saw at least one bidder submit a conforming bid in the RFP process during the bid window February 6, 2017, and the RFP process would procure 100% of PIPP customer load contingent on PUCO approval of…
February 2, 2017
The Maryland PSC has sent to legislators a final report concerning an opt-in electricity affordability program for residential and small commercial customers (PC 47).
February 1, 2017
In the wake of a petition from the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel to open an investigation into alleged "abusive" practices of retail suppliers, including the potential for a prohibition on shopping for hardship customers (see story here) , the Retail Energy Supply Association noted retail…
February 1, 2017
Several more ESCOs have filed requests for waivers with the New York PSC in order to continue to serve assistance program participant (APP) customers.
January 31, 2017
The Connecticut Office of the Consumer Counsel petitioned PURA to, "open a proceeding investigating the effects of abusive electric supplier marketing practices on vulnerable populations."
January 30, 2017
Stream Energy New York, LLC filed a petition with the New York PSC for waiver of the PSC's prohibition on service to Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers so that Stream may continue to offer such customers its cash back program
January 27, 2017
Commissioner Asks "Where Will It End?" In Regards To Shopping Restrictions
January 25, 2017
Natara Feller, Esq., Managing Member at Feller Law Group and counsel to the Impacted ESCO Coalition, responded favorably to the news, “We are encouraged by the Commission’s decision as the extension provides additional time for ESCOs, industry groups, and the Commission to collaborate on the best…
January 25, 2017
AEP Texas North Division filed a further update with the Texas PUC concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
January 23, 2017
The Fuel Fund of Maryland (FFM) is negotiating a "preferred rate" from an electricity supplier in the form of a long-term fixed-price electricity supply contract for its bill assistance clients who complete the Watt Watchers of Maryland program.
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
January 23, 2017
The Maryland PSC should gather data on the electric rates paid by low-income customers to determine if a prohibition or other restrictions should be placed on shopping for an electricity supplier by low-income customers, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments filed with the PSC
January 16, 2017
The New York PSC has extended the deadline by which ESCOs must file for a request for a waiver of the PSC's prohibition on service to low-income customers, under which ESCOs must offer a guaranteed savings product to such customers.
January 16, 2017
Three New York ESCOs -- Ambit New York, LLC; Zone One Energy LLC; and National Fuel Resources, Inc. -- have filed separate petitions with the New York PSC for a waiver of the PSC's prohibition on ESCO service to assistance program participant (APP) customers in order to be able to offer a guaranteed…
January 12, 2017
With funding exhausted, Oncor reported the total number of in-home devices provided to customers by REPs under the program which reimbursed retail electric providers for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers
January 9, 2017
Gabel Associates, which was retained by the Maryland PSC to review the potential for an opt-in electricity affordability program (state-endorsed opt-in aggregation similar to the program in Delaware, see Delaware program details here ) told the PSC that such a program would be inappropriate for…
January 9, 2017
Gabel Associates, which was retained by the Maryland PSC to review the potential for an opt-in electricity affordability program (state-endorsed opt-in aggregation similar to the program in Delaware, see Delaware program details here ) told the PSC that such a program would be inappropriate for…
January 4, 2017
Oncor reported that all of the funds have been exhausted under the program through which retail electric providers were reimbursed for providing free programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays (collectively, in-home devices) to low-income customers
January 4, 2017
NEM Meeting Will Include Strategy To Preserve NY Retail Choice, All ESCOs Welcome
Due to the gravity of the current state of affairs in New York, the National Energy Marketers Association has opened its annual winter executive committee and policy development meeting to all members and prospective members, and all ESCOs are invited to attend.
January 3, 2017
Oncor reported that as of 4 pm CST on January 1, 2017, it had received $991,000 in reimbursement requests for December device distributions, leaving only $25,000 in funding remaining, pursuant to the program under which retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing free programmable…
December 19, 2016
As noted in our related story today, the PSC is permitting ESCOs to seek a waiver of the low-income prohibition for guaranteed savings products, and the PSC said in such order that it would potentially reconsider any other products identified in the larger mass market review that are found to offer…
