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March 4, 2025
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced the adoption of consumer protection regulations addressing, among other things, price disclosures and auto-renewals, and it is understood that retail electric suppliers are not exempt from the new regulations
March 4, 2025
The Maryland PSC has issued an order clarifying the types of RECs which are permitted to be used to offer a green energy electricity product to residential customers in Maryland
March 3, 2025
The New York PSC's broker regulation order -- and its requirement that all persons brokering on an independent contractor (non-employee) basis must be individually registered as a broker -- has caused, "entire marketing channels to shut down completely," Diversegy, LLC and Citizens Choice Energy…
February 27, 2025
In a Feb. 27 procedural order (not an interim decision), the Connecticut PURA has directed its Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) to propose changes in retail supplier contracts in light of statutory changes allowing PURA to impose "appropriate limitations" on retail supplier…
February 25, 2025
Massachusetts' retail energy market needs a "reset", Staff of the Massachusetts DPU said in a presentation filed in advance of a workgroup meeting which will kick off a revised review of the retail energy market by the DPU
February 10, 2025
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed at the Maryland PSC to modify its electric and gas tariffs to remove the requirement that BGE make customer lists available for purchase by retail suppliers
February 6, 2025
Default Service Rates On Supplier Disclosure Summary
February 3, 2025
Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating, in a joint motion, have asked that the Connecticut PURA, in a proceeding addressing appropriate limitations on customer choice to hardship customers, issue a straw proposal and allow for a comment period prior to adopting any new limitations
February 3, 2025
Executing a directive under SB1, the Maryland PSC has opened a new proceeding to address various language to be used by retail energy suppliers in disclosures, and language which is prohibited in marketing
January 27, 2025
The New York PSC clarified that certain of its new outreach and education rules for opt-out municipal aggregations will not be applied to CCAs that were in the middle of an outreach program after having signed a supply agreement prior to the PSC's recent order adopting such changes, but the PSC held…
January 20, 2025
Several Maryland utilities have recommended that the Maryland PSC require only weekly, not daily, updates to the list of customers who do not wish to be contacted by, or switched to, a retail energy supplier
January 16, 2025
A retail energy supplier has withdrawn its petition at…
December 19, 2024
A PSC won't create an automatic approval process for generic green power offers within certain price limits
December 18, 2024
A Texas PUC Commissioner would deny a petition from retail electric providers that sought…
December 18, 2024
Consumer Advocate Had Sought $1.6 Million Forfeiture, Drop Of Customers To Default Service
A PUC approved without modification a settlement under which…
December 18, 2024
Retail Supplier Agrees Not To Compensate Employees, Vendors Based Solely On Volume Of Sales
A retail energy supplier would pay $3.5 million, and would cease marketing in a state during a stay-out period, under a consent decree with…
December 17, 2024
A PSC will impose a fingerprinting requirement to obtain an energy salesperson license, as the PSC adopted various retail energy market licensing changes
December 13, 2024
The Retail Energy Advancement League and Green Mountain Energy Company (Plaintiffs) have appealed to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a federal district court's denial of Plaintiffs' sought preliminary injunction against Maryland's new law SB1
December 9, 2024
Staff of the Maryland PSC have filed consensus proposed green power product rules to implement SB1 (RM 84)
December 6, 2024
Staff Proposes Price Reporting, SOS Comparison Obligation For Retail Suppliers
Retail electric and natural gas suppliers in…
November 6, 2024
Under an updated draft from Maryland PSC Staff to implement new green power marketing rules established by SB1…
October 25, 2024
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed…
October 23, 2024
Staff Float Requiring REPs To Offer Means For Customers To Sign Up For TDU Alerts
Citing concerns about customer privacy and exposure to litigation risk for retail electric providers and TDUs…
October 15, 2024
As a result of SB 1, Maryland electric utilities may not offer green power, as defined by SB 1, the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said in comments to the Maryland PSC
October 15, 2024
Retail energy suppliers have proposed changes to draft green power rules issued by…
