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August 22, 2016
NYSERDA's toolkit for opt-out aggregations in New York includes an opt-out letter template that touts the purely theoretical customer savings verses a fictitious average of default service rates -- which obviously has no bearing on whether the customer will save money with the aggregation.
August 16, 2016
Includes Advance Notice of Variable Rate Change
August 15, 2016
Energy Marketing Conferences announced that Audrey Zibelman, Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission, will give a second keynote speech at the 6th Energy Marketing Conference on September 20th in New York City .
August 12, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved as filed a settlement under which Respond Power LLC will issue $4.1 million in customer refunds to resolve a complaint filed by the Office of Consumer Advocate and Attorney General regarding Respond Power's marketing practices
August 12, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU has issued a revised proposal for changes to the retail electric supplier Contract Summary Label for fixed price offers.
August 10, 2016
Maryland Office of People's Counsel has asked the Maryland PSC to require the utilities to file information regarding retail supplier pricing applicable to customers participating in the Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP), citing New York's recent moratorium on low-income assistance program…
August 1, 2016
BlueRock Energy Applauds The Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Regulatory Exploitation
July 28, 2016
Says Initial Decision Ignores Statute, PUC Regulations; Would Harm Customers
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed exceptions to an initial decision in a complaint case against Blue Pilot Energy which is before the Pennsylvania PUC, as RESA opposed an initial decision's finding that failing to obtain a customer signature on a written contract after a cold call telesale…
July 27, 2016
New York Public Service Commission Chair Audrey Zibelman issued the following statement yesterday concerning a court's decision to vacate Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's February retail market "reset" order.
July 25, 2016
The Michigan PSC directed that the Michigan Agency for Energy Staff, on behalf of the Commission, shall conduct an investigation into the alleged unauthorized switching of natural gas customers by Direct Energy Services, LLC, to ensure that customers are not switched without the proper authorization…
July 25, 2016
Texas consumer advocates have pressed for greater disclosure of fees charged by retail electric providers, in submitting comments on strawman proposals concerning door-to-door enrollments completed via electronic device.
July 25, 2016
TXU Energy has proposed a "two-step" or "dual validation" process for door-to-door enrollments completed through electronic devices.
July 25, 2016
Texas retail electric providers have opposed a proposal contained in a strawman filed by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would require retail electric providers to obtain a second data point for account access verification for door-to-door enrollments conducted via electronic…
July 20, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association issued the following statement in response to the New York PSC's moratorium on service to Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers:
July 20, 2016
The New York PSC's written order adopting a moratorium which prohibits ESCOs from serving Assistance Program Participant (APP) customers cited Direct Energy as proposing a moratorium, but in adopting a moratorium, the PSC departed significantly from Direct Energy's proposal, which was an alternative…
July 8, 2016
An initial decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs in a complaint brought by state consumer agencies against Blue Pilot Energy, LLC would conclude that Blue Pilot Energy, "violated numerous provisions of the Public Utility Code, Chapters 54, 56, and 111 of Title 52, Pa.Code, as well as Pennsylvania…
July 8, 2016
Use of Exception to Wet Signature Requirement Denied
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July 7, 2016
Texas stakeholders have submitted a strawman concerning retail electric providers' enrollment of customers solicited through door-to-door marketing via an electronic device, without a requirement for verification via TPV or telephonic recording
July 7, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC's Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) issued a secretarial letter directing all retail natural gas suppliers serving residential and small business customers to submit to the PUC draft sample contract summaries they intend to use to comply with the PUC's recent order…
July 1, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order proposing to adopt a settlement among IDT Energy and the Pennsylvania Attorney General, the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA), and the Office of Small Business Advocate, under which IDT Energy would provide certain Pennsylvania customers with an…
June 30, 2016
In an initial step, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has changed the default view of the Power to Choose website such that products with minimum usage fees or credits do not appear in the product list.
June 28, 2016
Palmco Power NJ, LLC and Palmco Energy NJ, LLC have agreed to pay $5.28 million, including up to $4.5 million in consumer restitution, and to significantly revise its business practices, in order to resolve allegations from the New Jersey Attorney General, BPU, and Division of Consumer Affairs that…
June 21, 2016
Staff of the New York PSC recently issued an email to all ESCOs warning ESCOs that, to the extent ESCOs are charging a pass-through not listed in the customer disclosure statement, then Staff will insist such customers be, "rerated."
June 17, 2016
Note: The date of the workshop has been modified to now be held on August 8
June 16, 2016
The New York PSC adopted a joint proposal in NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric's current rate cases which, among other things, includes revisions to the utilities' code of conduct with respect to the use of the utilities' names by non-affiliates.
