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January 23, 2020
A bill prohibiting residential door-to-door electricity sales in Maine has been offered as an alternative to a complete end of retail electric choice for residential customers
January 22, 2020
Agway Energy Services, LLC filed comments with the New York PSC in response to various petitions for rehearing, clarification, and stay of the PSC's December retail energy market reset order, stating that any open issues arising from the order should be addressed in the collaborative process, rather…
January 22, 2020
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved without modification a settlement among PALMco Power OH, LLC d/b/a Indra Energy (PALMco Power) and PALMco Energy Ohio, LLC d/b/a Indra Energy (PALMco Energy) (collectively PALMco) and PUCO Staff under which PALMco is to sell its Ohio book of customers…
January 22, 2020
The Connecticut PURA will hold a hearing on its previously reported proposed decision concerning new retail electric supplier marketing rules in Docket 14-07-20RE01
January 22, 2020
The Connecticut PURA has issued a series of interrogatories to Town Square Energy, LLC, one of which directs the supplier to explain its description of itself as, "One of Connecticut’s Top Suppliers," on its website
January 10, 2020
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed in project 50406 a draft proposal for publication of rule amendments to 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) §25.471, relating to general provisions of customer protection rules in the retail electric market
January 7, 2020
In comments to the Texas PUC on a proposal for publication concerning electric broker regulation, The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA) said that affiliate relationships between brokers and retail electric providers should be disclosed to customers, as well as to the Commission in the broker…
January 7, 2020
In comments to the Texas PUC on a proposal for publication on rules for the regulation of electric brokers, the Alliance for Retail Markets sought a rule which would prohibit the use of duplicative (of existing market participants, such as REPs) or deceptive names by brokers
January 7, 2020
Power Wizard Warns Of REP Abuse Of Provision Allowing REPs Request Verification Of Broker's Agency Relationship With Customer
January 7, 2020
Suppliers Would Be Required To Disclose Default Service Rate In Sales Process & TPV
Suppliers Would Be Required To Seek Regulator's Approval For Contract Assignments (Book Sales, etc.)
January 2, 2020
New Federal Anti-Robocall Measures Signed Into Law
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced as part of his 2020 State of the State Agenda, "a comprehensive proposal to fight incessant robocalls or nuisance calls."
December 30, 2019
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc. has filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio revisions to its Supplier Coordination Tariff to require additional record keeping and reporting for certain calls from Standard Choice Offer (SCO) Customers that are transferred to SCO Suppliers, consistent…
December 30, 2019
Starion Energy, Inc., certain of its principals, and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (AGO) have entered into a settlement agreement, based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which Starion would pay up to $10 million and undertake various changes to its marketing and pricing…
December 26, 2019
The New York Department of Public Service will hold a technical conference on January 22, 2020, "to discuss questions regarding compliance with the Commission’s Order Adopting Changes to the Retail Access Energy Market and Establishing Further Process, issued December 12, 2019[.]"
December 12, 2019
The New York PSC revoked the ESCO eligibility of Atlantic Power & Gas, LLC for what the PSC said was Atlantic Power & Gas, LLC's failure to obtain verifiable consent for re-enrollment of customers during a winback process
December 12, 2019
ESCOs Prohibited From Offering One-Time Promotional Items As Inducement For Customer Enrollment
December 11, 2019
The Connecticut PURA opened what it termed two separate "investigation[s]" of alleged non-compliance by Public Power, LLC and GDF Suez Retail Energy Solutions, LLC d/b/a Think Energy, and assigned Prosecutorial Staff for the investigation
December 6, 2019
The District of Columbia PSC has adopted final rules clarifying the start of the rescission period for electric and natural gas contracts
December 4, 2019
Interstate Gas Supply has filed a brief opposing a stipulation between 2019, Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC and Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
December 3, 2019
The Retail Energy Supply Association recently requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority take further action in a pending proceeding which had been opened to address implementation of marketing standards and sales practices by electric suppliers (Docket 14-07-20RE01)
December 2, 2019
In a recently filed Ohio natural gas license renewal application, Verde Energy USA Ohio, LLC disclosed several investigations into the supplier that had not previously been publicly disclosed.
December 2, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has approved formalizing a settlement agreement with Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ("Liberty"), under which Liberty would pay $750,000 in lieu of an earlier civil penalty of $1.5 million assessed against the supplier
November 26, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has approved formalizing a settlement agreement with Spark Energy, LLC, under which Spark would pay $500,000 in lieu of an earlier civil penalty of $750,000 assessed against the supplier
November 22, 2019
The Connecticut PURA has issued proposed revisions to the electric supplier licensing rules
November 18, 2019
Atlantic Power & Gas, LLC ('APG' or 'Complainant') has filed a complaint at the New York Public Service Commission against Median Energy Corporation ('Median') alleging violations of the Uniform Business Practices ('UBP') and New York State General Business Law ('GBL')
