May 25, 2023
New York Department of Public Service Staff have considered, and asked for stakeholder comment on, a new requirement for community choice aggregations (CCAs) under which the municipality would have to separately communicate to customers, apart from the opt-out letter sent from the CCA administrator…
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May 1, 2023
A report prepared by a consultant funded by the South Carolina State General Assembly under the Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee recommended the introduction of retail electric choice for large C&I customers, but recommended that policymakers "defer" consideration of retail choice…
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April 25, 2023
The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH), an opt-out aggregation Joint Powers Agency, announced Brian Callnan as the first Chief Executive Officer of CPCNH.
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April 14, 2023
New York Department of Public Service Staff have informed Calpine Community Energy, LLC that all requirements for its initial state of its eligibility determination as an ESCO have been satisfied
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April 14, 2023
The New Hampshire PUC recently approved the City of Portsmouth’s (NH) opt-out Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan
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April 13, 2023
The Maryland PSC will hold a reserve procurement for SOS supplies after several residential product bids were rejected in a recent procurement at Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), The Potomac Edison Company, and Delmarva Power and Light Company
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March 29, 2023
Includes Agreement On Cost Recovery From Suppliers
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio (DEO, Dominion or the Company) and several retail suppliers have entered into a stipulation to create a service meant to facilitate the optional purchase of "decarbonized" natural gas by customers from competitive retail energy suppliers
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March 27, 2023
NOPEC will resume service, on an opt-out basis, to those electric customers its previously dropped to the standard service offer, to the extent such customers remain eligible for opt-out enrollment, and will also begin service to any other customers eligible for opt-out enrollment
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March 23, 2023
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has requested that that Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, "should open an investigation and require Vistra/Dynegy to show cause why its acquisition of Energy Harbor will not adversely affect the Ohio retail electric market, especially including the governmental…
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March 15, 2023
In addressing several non-consensus issues related to rules to implement opt-out municipal aggregation on a pilot basis, the Maryland PSC ruled that, "the Commission finds that the intent of § 7-510.3 is that the Pilot should proceed without requiring Commission approval of supply rates or…
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March 14, 2023
Staff Proposes Broker Disclosure Requirements, Including Compensation Disclosure By ESCOs & Brokers Proposed Registration Form; Submission Of Broker Marketing Materials To PSC; Proof Of Local Door-to-Door Law Compliance
Staff of the New York Department of Public Service have proposed changes to the uniform business practices to implement New York's recently passed law which imposes new regulations on brokers and consultants, including a registration requirement, financial surety requirements, and requirements…
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March 8, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, at each of the four electric utilities with choice programs, default service minimum stay rules that are to apply when a governmental aggregator returns a threshold level of customers to default service prior to the previously established end date of…
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March 8, 2023
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the renewal of the electric governmental aggregation certificate of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC), stating that, "we are not persuaded by Dyngey, Hartree, or Buckeye Energy’s assertions that NOPEC’s unprecedented decision to drop…
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March 1, 2023
Overall Residential Count Lower On "Value-Accretive Exits" In Select Northeast Markets
In reporting earnings for the fourth quarter and full-year 2022, Vistra Corp. said that it, "held strong margins while growing Texas residential customer counts by almost 2% year-over-year."
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February 23, 2023
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that PUCO approve renewal of the electric governmental aggregation certificate of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC)
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February 9, 2023
At Current Migration, Residential Default Service Customers Will Pay $329 Million More Than Retail Supply, At Single Utility, NRG Says
Wholesale Supplier Proposes Longer Term Fixed Procurements Of Default Service (Fixed Volume Financial Block)
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January 30, 2023
In comments filed in a proceeding determining whether the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council should have its governmental aggregator certificate maintained and renewed, Vitol Inc. proposed, "implementing stricter switching rules, particularly for large commercial and industrial customers and…
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January 25, 2023
Disputed Issues Include Whether CCA Rates Are Subject To PSC Approval, Purchased Receivables, Opt-out Period
The Maryland PSC has opened a rulemaking (RM80) for the purpose of establishing regulations for the Montgomery County Community Choice Aggregation Pilot Program
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January 19, 2023
PSC Doesn't Directly Address Opt-Out Community Distributed Generation (Pending In Another Case), But Directs Proposal For Statewide Solar For All Program As Potentially Superior To Opt-Out CDG
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January 11, 2023
The New Hampshire investor-owned electric utilities have proposed new purchase of receivables programs, in response to recent state law and PUC rulemaking
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January 6, 2023
Proposed Standby Charge Part Of New Default Service Plan
AEP Ohio filed at the PUC of Ohio for approval of an electric security plan (also referred to as the 'ESP' or the 'proposed ESP' or 'ESP V') that will commence upon the expiration of the current ESP IV (June 1, 2024) and continue through May 31, 2030
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January 5, 2023
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council d/b/a Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council applied at the PUC of Ohio for certification as an opt-out governmental aggregator for natural gas
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December 30, 2022
The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel has petitioned the PUC of Ohio to postpone the January 10, 2023 standard service offer auction for the FirstEnergy electric distribution utilities, as OCC said that unresolved matters concerning the certification of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council…
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December 19, 2022
Utility Customer Lists Provided To Muni Aggregators Are Not "Mass Marketing Lists", Regulator Stresses
On rehearing, the Massachusetts DPU affirmed its prior finding that customer lists provided to municipal aggregations are limited to those customers who are eligible for opt-out aggregation, and therefore the lists shall not include competitive retail customers who are shopping.
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December 12, 2022
The Ohio electric distribution utilities have filed new minimum stay provisions, applicable to large municipal aggregation loads returning to standard offer service
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