March 27, 2026
Utility's Mass Market Default Service Rates Increasing 17-22%
Delmarva Power in Delaware has filed new electricity SOS supply rates for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2026
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March 19, 2026
Pricing Updates For NOPEC & Cincinnati Aggregations
For Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) customers at Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Ohio Edison (both FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs), NOPEC’s Standard Program rate for the June 2026 to September 2026 meter read will be 9.999 cents per kWh, versus the current 8.9990 cents per kWh
March 2, 2026
Pepco Residential Volumetric SOS Generation Charge Increasing 5% For Summer, Another 4% For Winter 2026/27
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed new electricity SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2026
March 2, 2026
Regulator Denies Deferring Undercollected Supply Costs To Next Winter Season At Major Utilities, Will Be Reflected In Rates Now
The Massachusetts DPU has rejected deferrals of under-collected gas supply costs to the 2026/27 winter season at several of the state's major utilities, ordering that the under-collection be addressed in upcoming new gas supply rates for March and April
February 26, 2026
PECO Quarterly Price To Compare Increasing 27% (& 2/26/26 Briefs)
PECO Quarterly Price To Compare Increasing 27%
February 19, 2026
Pa. PUC Denies Rehearing Of Prior Decision Regarding Proposal To Require Utility To Send Letters To Choice Customers About How To Compare Rates
The Pennsylvania PUC denied rehearing, sought by consumer advocates, of the PUC's recent order in which the PUC declined to require that Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania send letters to low-income customers who are served by a competitive retail supplier at a price which exceeds the default service rate…
February 19, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC Grants Emergency Order Capping Supply Rate Change, Despite Concerns From PUC Enforcement Staff
Pennsylvania PUC Chair Stephen DeFrank granted an emergency order sought by UGI Utilities - Gas Division which will limit the otherwise normally calculated natural gas supply rate change for March 1, 2026
February 18, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility Seeks Emergency Cap On Supply Cost
UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division sought emergency relief from the Pennsylvania PUC to cap the amount of supply cost rate change scheduled for March 1, 2026
February 5, 2026
PPL: Retail Shopping "Abuses" Cost Residential Customers Over $60 Million In 2025
In a statement regarding Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's recent budget address, in which Shapiro said that PECO, Duquesne Light, FirstEnergy, and PPL are working with the governor and General Assembly to enact "commonsense" reforms that will ban deceptive contracts by retail providers (story…
February 5, 2026
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Seeks To Use Five-Year Fixed Contract For Part Of Default Service
As part of the proposed default service plan for June 1, 2027 through May 31, 2031 (DSP VII), FirstEnergy Pennsylvania is proposing certain changes in the procurement portfolio as well as the wholesale supply product
February 4, 2026
Update #1: FirstEnergy PA Seeks To Purchase ZERO Receivables From Retail Suppliers For Products With Rate Above Price To Compare
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Seeks To Mandate That Shopping Customers Return To Default Service At End Of Fixed Price Term, Unless Customer Chooses To Continue With Retail Supplier
February 3, 2026
Choice Utility Files Revised Bill Changes After Stakeholder Outreach, Would Still Inform Default Service Customers That Utility "Makes No Money" From Default Supply, Passes Charges Through To Customers "Dollar-for-Dollar"
AEP Ohio has filed with the PUC of Ohio revised proposed bill format changes that would still inform residential Standard Service Offer customers, and choice customers, that AEP Ohio is required to buy generation on behalf of SSO customers, and that, "AEP Ohio passes these charges through dollar-for…
January 21, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility Files Interim Mass Market Default Service Rate Increase Of 1.7¢/kWh (15%)
Citizens' Electric Company of Lewisburg, PA has filed for an interim adjustment to its GSSR-1 (mass market) generation supply service rate
January 16, 2026
Maryland Utility's Residential SOS Supply Rate To Increase 10% This Summer
Potomac Edison residential electric customers taking SOS (which given changes in the retail market is expected to be nearly all if not all residential customers) will see a 10% increase in the supply rate component of SOS on June 1, 2026
December 31, 2025
Aggregate Report Shows 40% Of Customers Remaining With Retail Supplier After End Of Standard Offer Program Paid 50-100% More Than Applicable Price To Compare
40% of residential customers in the standard offer customer referral program (SOP) at Duquesne Light who remained with their assigned retail supplier after the conclusion of the SOP term paid an EGS rate 50-100% higher than the applicable price to compare (PTC), according to an updated report from…
December 22, 2025
New York Governor Signs Bill Requiring Side-by-Side Comparison Of ESCO, Default Service Pricing On Bills
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed S3876 which, among other things, requires that any bill to a "customer" for ESCO service, including utility consolidated bills, shall include on the first page a "side-by-side" comparison showing both the "price" charged by the ESCO, and the default service…
December 19, 2025
Utility's Residential Price To Compare Rising Nearly 10% Outside Of Typical Major Adjustment Dates
The electricity residential RS price to compare at AEP Ohio is set to increase nearly 10% on January 1, 2026 due to a customary change in the auction cost reconciliation rider
December 16, 2025
National Grid Files New Residential, Commercial Default Service Rates
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed new electricity basic service rates for the period beginning February 1, 2026
December 15, 2025
ESCOs Seek Clarification On Recent New York Order Requiring Standard Form Renewal Notice, Price Comparison
Several ESCO parties have sought clarification or rehearing of the New York PSC's recent decision to implement revisions to General Business Law (GBL) §349-d, which, among other things, generally prohibits ESCOs from changing the rate charged to a customer (with customer having the meaning as…
December 15, 2025
PSNH Files New Default Service Rates
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed new default service electric rates for the period February 1, 2026 through July 31, 2026
November 19, 2025
More Maine Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Increasing 20-30%
The Maine PUC has established Standard Offer electricity rates for customers at Central Maine Power (CMP), and at Versant Power's Maine Public District (MPD).
November 19, 2025
PECO Residential, Small C&I Prices To Compare Increasing 5% (Official Rates Posted With Transmission Rate Update)
New electricity Prices to Compare at PECO in Pennsylvania have been posted for the period beginning December 1, 2025, now that PECO has filed its updated bypassable transmission rate
November 17, 2025
UI Residential Default Service Rate Increasing 17%, Small Commercial Increasing 14%
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning January 1, 2026
November 17, 2025
CL&P Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 30%; Small C&I Rate Increasing 23%
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Standard Service rates for the period January 2026 through June 2026, and Last Resort Service Rates for the period January 2026 through March 2026
November 14, 2025
Nstar East Small C&I Default Service Rate To Decrease 5%
NSTAR d/b/a Eversource Energy filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service electricity rates for its Eastern Massachusetts service territory, for the period beginning February 1, 2026