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May 15, 2026
Retail Energy Advancement League provided the following statement concerning the court's decision:
May 15, 2026
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that while retail suppliers are likely to show that renewable energy marketing limitations under 2024's SB1 fail the required precedential tests supporting state limits on speech, the impermissibility of the renewable energy provisions does not, at this…
May 14, 2026
The PUC of Ohio approved an amended corporate separation plan (CSP) filed by the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, with such amended plan broadly prohibiting the EDCs from engaging in joint advertising or joint marketing with a competitive affiliate, but which does not explicitly state that the shared use…
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…
April 28, 2026
Staff of the PUC of Ohio have recommended approval of an amended corporate separation plan (CSP) filed by the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, with such amended plan broadly prohibiting the EDCs from engaging in joint advertising or joint marketing with a competitive affiliate, but which does not…
April 9, 2026
Gridwealth Electric, a retail electric supplier whose focus includes serving C&I customers through brokers, is seeking amendments to certain provisions of Massachusetts bill H.5175, and has called on its stakeholders (brokers and brokers' individual non-residential customers) to make their voices…
April 8, 2026
In seeking to establish final retail market rule changes, the Delaware PSC is poised to omit a prior proposal that would have required retail electric suppliers to use two separate methods of communication to affirmatively notify customers of rate changes
April 6, 2026
Massachusetts bills H.4144 and H.15 have been made subject to a study order (Order H.5324), with Order H.5324 discharged to the committee on House Rules
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…
March 23, 2026
Texas PUC ALJs have recently begun informing complainants filing formal complaints at the Texas PUC, including complaints against retail electric providers, of the option to request that the alleged behavior be investigated by the PUC's Division of Compliance and Enforcement (DICE), rather than the…
March 20, 2026
A formal complaint has been filed at the Texas PUC by a customer against Tesla Energy Ventures, LLC d/b/a Tesla Electric ("Tesla") concerning Tesla Electric's control over, and decision-making concerning the level of charge for, the customer's Powerwall
March 11, 2026
The Delaware PSC held a hearing today concerning proposed updates to the retail electric market rules
March 4, 2026
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…
February 24, 2026
The Supreme Court of Ohio has found that the PUC of Ohio failed to support PUCO's forfeiture decision which had directed that RPA Energy pay a $1.44 million forfeiture related to various marketing violations
February 5, 2026
In a statement regarding Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's recent budget address, in which Shapiro said that PECO, Duquesne Light, FirstEnergy, and PPL are working with the governor and General Assembly to enact "commonsense" reforms that will ban deceptive contracts by retail providers (story…
February 3, 2026
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said in prepared remarks for a budget address today that, "PECO, Duquesne Light, First Energy, and PPL, all of whom join us here today, have agreed to take four important initial steps to rein in costs, starting today[.]"
January 26, 2026
The New York PSC issued an order to show cause to Verde Energy USA New York, LLC (Verde) directing Verde to demonstrate why the PSC should not revoke Verde's eligibility to operate as an ESCO, or impose other consequences, as a result of alleged violations, as alleged by Department of Public Service…
December 22, 2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed S3876 which, among other things, requires that any bill to a "customer" for ESCO service, including utility consolidated bills, shall include on the first page a "side-by-side" comparison showing both the "price" charged by the ESCO, and the default service…
November 13, 2025
The New York PSC adopted changes to the Uniform Business Practices to implement revisions to General Business Law (GBL) §349-d, which, among other things, generally prohibits ESCOs from changing the rate charged to a customer (with customer having the meaning as defined by law) without the…
November 7, 2025
A complaint from a Pennsylvania customer against SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC ("SmartEnergy") at the Pennsylvania PUC could impact all fixed rate retail energy contracts in Pennsylvania, with the complainant also seeking additional market-wide reforms
October 20, 2025
Genesis For Investigation Was Sales Call To PUC Staffer
Eligo Energy OH, LLC (Eligo) would make a $300,000 donation to an energy bill payment assistance fund as part of a stipulation with Staff of the PUC of Ohio and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel to resolve "numerous" alleged issues with Eligo’s sales calls and enrollments.
September 23, 2025
The New York PSC has issued a show cause order to multiple NRG Energy retail suppliers directing the suppliers to respond to allegations from Department of Public Service Staff that the suppliers, among other things, allegedly served customers on non-compliant products and allegedly provided to…
September 19, 2025
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council and NextEra Energy Services Ohio (the "Joint Applicants") sought rehearing of the PUC of Ohio's recent order adopting new rules setting forth retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of an "introductory" fixed rate, as NOPEC and NextEra argued that the…
September 11, 2025
Settlement Addresses Various Operational Issues Raised By Retail Suppliers
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a natural gas rate case settlement at UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division ("UGI Gas" or the "Company") which addresses various retail market issues
September 2, 2025
Pepco has recommended that the District of Columbia PSC, "consider requesting increased transparency from retail suppliers around rate offerings and pricing structures."
