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June 10, 2016
Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Donna Nelson yesterday tasked Staff with reviewing ultra-low priced offers in the market, such as rates listed at an average of 1.5¢/kWh at 1,000 kWh consumption, as Nelson stated, "I think they're deceptive on the face."
June 8, 2016
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the proposed merger of AGL, parent of Nicor Gas, with Southern Company.
June 7, 2016
The New York PSC would be "remiss" to not address the "larger and larger" share of the customer's electricity price made up of broker fees, Big Apple Energy said in comments to the PSC on a price benchmarking whitepaper
May 25, 2016
The New York PSC scheduled for May 31, 2016 a technical conference on several whitepapers issued by Staff concerning the PSC's ongoing implementation of the retail market reset order
May 19, 2016
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order clarifying a 2014 finding on rehearing that requires the, "disclosure of all fees including those by brokers, governmental aggregators, etc."
May 16, 2016
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would impose a $140,000 civil penalty on Blue Pilot Energy, LLC, and suspend the supplier's license for what the PULJ would find are violations of Maryland marketing and solicitation regulations.
May 16, 2016
In a proposed order concerning an investigation of Blue Pilot Energy, LLC (click here for related story today) , a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge made a conclusion with broader market implications, concerning how retail suppliers charging variable rates set and market their rates.
May 6, 2016
Nicor Advanced Energy has agreed to cease use of the Nicor brand name under a settlement with the Illinois Attorney General and consumer advocates in the Illinois proceeding reviewing their parent AGL's proposed merger with Southern Company.
May 5, 2016
The New York PSC Staff have issued a whitepaper for an alternative to the requirement to obtain express customer consent for material contract changes and contract renewal.
April 29, 2016
The Maryland PSC granted retail electric and natural gas suppliers a waiver from recently adopted sales agent background check requirements, contingent on suppliers complying with a consensus interim proposal for changes in the process during an interim period while the PSC considers changes to the…
April 29, 2016
The Maryland PSC has directed the RM 54 working group to meet on the issue of whether recently adopted electric and natural gas customer protections under COMAR 20.53.08 and COMAR 20.59.08 apply to non-residential customers
April 27, 2016
Respond Power LLC would issue $4.1 million in customer refunds under a global settlement with the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Attorney General, and the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement concerning a complaint filed by the OCA and AG regarding Respond Power's…
April 26, 2016
Consumer advocates sought to redefine the definition of a fixed price product, and to create a voluntary standard electricity offer, in making recommendations concerning the Texas Power to Choose site
April 26, 2016
The offer-based shopping function on the Texas Power to Choose site distorts the market, TXU Energy said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, while Direct Energy said that the shopping function encourages bad behavior and stifles innovation, and both REPs recommended, in separately…
April 25, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should not eliminate the telephonic verification requirement applicable to door-to-door electricity sales for small volume customers, the Alliance for Retail Markets said in comments to the PUCT concerning a rulemaking examining enrollments via hand-held…
April 22, 2016
United Energy Trading, LLC d/b/a Kratos Gas and Power petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a waiver of certain audio recording requirements set forth in Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 4901:1-29-06(E)(1) with respect to third party verifications for door-to-door sales, so that it…
April 22, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final rulemaking order concerning natural gas marketing disclosure rules which, among other things, require a natural gas supplier (NGS) to provide the customer with notice of a change in a variable rate 30 days in advance in situations where the customer has rolled…
April 21, 2016
The Office of Public Utility Counsel has suggested that the Texas Power to Choose website could sort offers based on a retail electric provider's complaint score
April 21, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association has recommended that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio open a rulemaking, "with the goal of establishing disclosure requirements applicable to parties in a fiduciary relationship with a customer."
April 19, 2016
Stakeholders in Maryland have reached consensus changes to recently adopted rules requiring retail suppliers to conduct background checks on door-to-door agents, with the consensus changes addressing concerns that the adopted proposal's sources through which background checks were to be conducted…
April 15, 2016
Retail energy suppliers need to stop whining and accept the "reality" of the unfair advantages gifted to incumbent distribution companies, Wayne Gardner, former Pennsylvania PUC Commissioner, told the National Energy Marketers Association's 19th Annual National Restructuring Conference
April 15, 2016
If New York is successful in shutting down the retail energy market, other states will soon follow New York's action, Phil Van Horne, CEO of BlueRock Energy, warned ESCOs during the National Energy Marketers Association's 19th Annual National Restructuring Conference
April 14, 2016
Respond Power LLC has reached a global settlement in principle with the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate and Attorney General concerning a complaint filed by the OCA and AG regarding Respond Power's marketing practices
April 13, 2016
Several bills have recently been introduced in the New York Assembly addressing ESCOs.
April 7, 2016
The New York Supreme Court for the County of Albany has extended the temporary restraining order applicable to certain orders contained in the New York PSC's "full stop" retail market order until April 25th, Feller Energy Law Group's Energy Law Tribune reported
