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Texas PUC Staff File Final Recommended List Of Non-Volunteer POLRs For 2027-28, With Some REPs Newly Acquiring Non-Volunteer POLR Responsibility In Certain Areas; Other Significant Changes

Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a final recommendation of retail electric providers that Staff proposes to serve as non-volunteer POLRs (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own process) for the 2027-28 term.

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Update: Virginia Bill Introduced To Enact Retail Electric Choice, Require Utility Exit From Retail & Generation

Earlier Bill Envisions Texas-Style Model (Retailer Separated From EDC Inherits All Customers, Charges Price To Beat)

Legislation will be introduced for Virginia's 2020 General Assembly session, "that would end monopoly control over Virginia’s electricity system, creating competition in the retail sector," proponents of the bill, the Virginia Energy Reform Act, announced today

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Four EGSs Propose Retail Bid Process To Assign Default Service Obligation To Retail Suppliers In Pennsylvania

EGSs Propose Winning Retail Suppliers Be Required To Pay A Per-Customer Charge Into "Social Responsibility" Fund Consumer Advocate Does Not Support PUC's Suggested Changes, Use Of PLC, NSPL Tickets For Small Customers

In comments filed in the Pennsylvania PUC's review of default service cost assignment, rate structure, and procurement issues, a coalition of retail electric suppliers proposed that the default service obligation be assigned to retail electric generation suppliers (EGSs) via a competitive bidding…

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Texas Staff File Strawman Which Would Eliminate Requirement For REPs To Offer Deferred/Level Payment Plans, Deposit Installments, And Waived Late Fees To Certain Low-Income Customers

Staff Asks Whether REPs Should Be Required To Send Bill Inserts Concerning Whether REP Does, Or Does Not, Offer Low-Income Assistance Programs

Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a strawman proposal which would eliminate several customer protections currently in the substantive rules for customers who were eligible for the prior Lite-Up Texas discount program (funded by the defunct System Benefit Fund)

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