May 22, 2025
R Street Releases Scorecard On Retail Electric Competition
R Street released a policy study on electric competition which included grade rankings for each state
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May 14, 2025
PUC Approves Default Service Settlement Under Which Utility Will Initiate Collaborative To Discuss "Enhancements" To SOS Procurements
Utility Will Educate Default Service Customers About Rate Increases Due To PJM Capacity Price Spikes
The PUC of Ohio has approved without modification a settlement among several major parties in Duke Energy Ohio's electric security plan proceeding, under which Duke will implement limited changes in the default service auctions in order to reduce risk premiums
May 13, 2025
NRG Reports Increase In Home Retail Energy Customer Count
In a 10-Q, NRG reported that its retail Home customer count as of March 31, 2025 was 5.897 million, up from 5.820 million as of December 31, 2024, and 5.894 million a year ago
May 2, 2025
State's Largest Municipal Aggregation Seeks Broker Licenses
Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) d/b/a Energy Vision SM applied for Ohio electric and natural gas broker and aggregator licenses (separate from its existing, distinct opt-out government aggregator authority)
March 28, 2025
Pennsylvania ALJ Would Deny Municipalities' Petition For Declaratory Order That Opt-out Aggregation Does Not Constitute Slamming, In Initial Decision
Opt-out Program Would, "Conflict With The Public Utility Code," ALJ Says
A Pennsylvania PUC ALJ in an initial decision would deny a petition from the Boroughs of Camp Hill, Carlisle, Hatboro, Lansdowne, Media, Narberth, State College, and Swarthmore which had asked the PUC to hold, via a declaratory judgment, that the opt-out nature of their proposed municipal…
March 5, 2025
NY DPS Staff Alleges Multiple Municipal Aggregations Contracted For Non-Compliant Renewable Retail Product
Staff of the New York Department Of Public Service alleged that Joule Assets, Inc., on behalf of five municipal aggregations, contracted for and marketed non-compliant renewable retail electric plans for mass market customers
February 27, 2025
NRG Reports Increase In Home Retail Customer Count
In a 10-K, NRG Energy has reported its retail home customer count
February 14, 2025
New York PSC Denies NRG's Sought Rehearing Concerning Sharing Of CCA Customer Info By ESCO With CCA Administrator
The New York PSC denied rehearing of its November 2024 order concerning municipal aggregation outreach and other requirements which, among other things, prohibited ESCOs, who supply a community choice aggregation, from sharing a CCA customer's account number with the CCA administrator absent the…
January 27, 2025
New York PSC Clarifies Applicability Of New Municipal Aggregation Outreach Rules For CCAs That Are Mid-Implementation
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 23, 2025
New York PSC Approves Two New Municipal Aggregation Administrators
The New York Public Service Commission has newly authorized two companies to serve as municipal aggregation (CCA) administrators: Mid-Hudson Energy Transition, Inc. (MHET), and PowerMarket
January 22, 2025
Retail Energy Advancement League Touts Eight Bills Introduced In Virginia To Expand Energy Choice
Bill Filed To Authorize Opt-Out Muni Aggregation
The Retail Energy Advancement League touted eight bills which have been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly
January 13, 2025
PUC Staff: Average Disconnected Shopping Customer Charged Double Default Service Rate
A discount rate needs to be added to the purchase of receivables program at…
December 23, 2024
Utility Proposes Longer Amortization For Default Service Reconciliations If "Unreasonable" Rates Result (Other EDCs Making Nonbypassable)
Mass Market Default Service Rate Falling 23%
An EDC has proposed that aPUC grant authority to amortize default service under-collections over a longer period of time
December 19, 2024
NRG Seeks Rehearing Of New York Order Banning CCA's ESCO From Sharing Customer Account Number With CCA Admin. Without Explicit Customer Consent
NRG Energy has sought rehearing of a November New York PSC order concerning municipal aggregation outreach and other requirements
December 19, 2024
PUC Cites "Positive Pricing Outcomes" From ISO Market Purchases To Supply SOS, Orders PSNH To Further Boost Use Of ISO-NE Market Purchases For Default Service
Citing "positive pricing outcomes" from the current use of ISO New England market purchases for a portion of default service at…
December 17, 2024
National Grid Mass Market Default Service Rates Falling About 10%
Fixed Offers From 11 Retail Suppliers Still Below New, Lower National Grid SOS Rate
National Grid's residential electric default service rate is set to fall by…
December 12, 2024
PUC Orders Utility To File Proposal To Serve At Least 50% Of Mass Market Default Service Under ISO Market Purchases
In a potential further expansion of the use of…
December 6, 2024
State's Third-Largest City Receives Approval To Launch Opt-out Municipal Aggregation
A regulator has approved the opt-out municipal aggregation plan filed by…
December 4, 2024
New York ESCO To Pay $1.5 Million Under Court-Approved Settlement
A New York Court has approved a settlement under which
November 27, 2024
Stipulation For Default Service Plan Drops Utility's Sought "Flexibility" To Reduce Risk Premiums & Likely Volumetric Risk Cap
Utility To Educate Default Service Customers About Rate Increases Due To PJM Capacity Price Spikes
A settlement by major parties in…
November 26, 2024
Pennsylvania Boroughs Seeking To Implement Opt-Out Muni Aggregation Say Load Encompassed By Proposal Less Than Normal Switching, Won't Impact Default Service
In response to a show cause order from the Pennsylvania PUC, the eight Pennsylvania municipalities seeking to implement an opt-out municipal aggregation argued that…
November 21, 2024
Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed a wide-ranging energy bill (S.2967) that retains individual residential electric choice, while also requiring certain retail market enhancements
November 19, 2024
1,100 Accounts Wrongly Enrolled Onto New York Municipal Aggregation Service
About 1,100 customer accounts were wrongly enrolled on an opt-out basis by a municipal aggregation in New York, the New York PSC reported in formally issuing an order to undertake a "complete evaluation" of community choice aggregation (CCA)
November 14, 2024
New York PSC Directs Evaluation Of Municipal Aggregation
PSC To Consider Whether Opt-Out CCA Serves Public Interest Of Mass Market Customers
The New York PSC said today in a news release that it has directed that an evaluation shall be conducted concerning the benefits and effectiveness of opt-out municipal aggregation, or community choice aggregation (CCA)
November 14, 2024
Massachusetts Legislature Sends To Governor Bill Which Retains Individual Residential Electric Choice, Includes Retail Market Enhancements
The Massachusetts House has adopted a conference committee report to reconcile differences in a wide-ranging energy bill, with the conference committee report striking from the comprehensive bill the Senate's originally passed prohibition on individual residential electric choice