October 5, 2026
Pennsylvania PUC ALJ Recommends Limit On Purchase Of Receivables At Another Utility (Maybe)
An ALJ appears to recommend that a limit be placed on the retail supplier plans eligible for purchase of receivables at…
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October 5, 2026
Utility Reports Estimated Costs, Timeline For Implementing Tiered Purchase Of Receivables Discount Rates, Cost Assignment To Retail Suppliers
A utility provided an estimate of the costs and timelines to implement tiered purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates
October 2, 2026
Pennsylvania Senate Energy Committee Chair Says Retail Market Limits Proposed In PUC Default Service Case Are Matters For Legislature, Not PUC
Encourages "Restraint" By PUC In Evaluating Actions Which Are Beyond Existing Law
Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw has said in a letter to Pa. PUC Chair Steven DeFrank and other PUC Commissioners that various proposed retail market limits proposed in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania are policies that are properly addressed before the state legislature, not a PUC default service proceeding
October 1, 2026
PUC Approves Rate Case Settlement That Requires Reporting On Purchase of Receivables Program, In Light Of "Affordability" Concerns
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification…
October 1, 2026
New York Utility's Charge To ESCOs For Billing Modifications Increases By Nearly 5x, Nearly $10 per Customer
Additional Utilities Report Higher Fees For ESCOs
Orange and Rockland has filed an updated cost to be charged to ESCOs to implement shadow billing information, to be included in utility bills, and other aspects of General Business Law sections 349-d(9) and (10)
October 1, 2026
Retail Supplier Says Some Suppliers Have 30% Arrears Rate; Seeks POR Changes To End "Subsidization" Of "High-Risk" Portfolios
WGL Energy said in a presentation concerning a proposed tiered discount rate structure for the purchase of receivables programs in the District of Columbia that certain retail suppliers have an Arrears Rate above 30%
September 21, 2026
At Another Utility With Zero-Discount POR Program, PUC Staff Recommend Consideration Of Recovering POR Collection Costs From Retail Suppliers, If Proportion Of Choice Charge-offs Increases
Staff of a PUC have recommended that another utility…
September 18, 2026
Constellation: PUC Should Consider Allowing Enrollment Of Larger C&I Customers Onto Municipal Aggregation, Proposes Consideration Of Large C&I CCA Minimum Stay
In implementing a new law authorizing opt-out municipal electricity aggregation…
September 15, 2026
PSC Sets Technical Conference To Consider Adoption Of Multi-Tier Purchase Of Receivables Discount Rate (PSC Previously Endorsed Use Of Multiple Discount Rates To Be Based On Each Retail Supplier's Own Uncollectibles)
A PSC has scheduled for…
September 15, 2026
In Settlement, Major Parties Agree To POR Workshop Process To Study Requiring Retail Suppliers To "Contribute" To Suppliers' Collection Costs, Or Limit POR Costs
Major parties to a rate case pending at…
September 8, 2026
Pa. PUC Denies Retail Supplier's Late-Filed Intervention In Default Service Case Addressing Major Retail Market Reforms
The Secretary of the Pennsylvania PUC has denied a late filed petition from Spark Energy, LLC to intervene in the default service proceeding of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, which is addressing proposed retail market reforms such as a ban on auto renewals and a price cap for purchase of receivables…
September 2, 2026
Retail Supplier Says Proposed Pennsylvania Order Banning Auto-Renewals Is Inconsistent With PUC Precedent
Various retail energy suppliers have filed briefs in opposition to a proposed decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs that would adopt major reforms to the retail electric market at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, including excluding from the purchase of receivables program any product whose rate exceeds…
September 2, 2026
Utility Files To Double Purchase Of Receivables (POR) Discount Rate to 10%
Fitchburg Gas and Electric (Unitil) in Massachusetts has proposed a significant increase to its Residential purchase of receivables discount rate, under an annual update to the discount rates
August 31, 2026
Young College Entrepreneurs Launch Pennsylvania Retail Energy Comparison, Auto-Switching Service, Using AI Bots
Worp Energy, a start-up formed by several young tech-focused entrepreneurs, has begun offering retail electric plan comparisons in Pennsylvania, using "AI bots" to find the best plans (and will eventually offer an auto-switching service)
August 28, 2026
Pennsylvania Utility Says "Not Clear" That POR, With "Unrestricted" Retail Supplier Pricing, Has Benefited Customers
Addressing a consumer advocate proposal to cap retail supplier rates in order for supplier receivables to be included in the purchase of receivables program, Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in a rate case brief at the Pennsylvania PUC stated, "it is not clear that the POR program, when coupled with…
August 26, 2026
Consumer Advocates Seek Cap On Retail Supplier Rates Under POR At Another Utility
In a rate case at Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC in Pennsylvania, the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA) has recommended that the PUC impose a rate cap on retail supplier plans in order for the receivables from such plans to be eligible for…
August 24, 2026
Pennsylvania ALJs Recommend Adoption Of Proposal To Exclude From POR Program Any Plan With Rate In Excess Of Default Service
Proposed Order Would Mandate That Shopping Customers Return To Default Service At End Of Fixed Price Term, Unless Customer Chooses To Continue With Retail Supplier
August 7, 2026
Utility Proposes Working Group On Future Of Purchase Of Receivables Program
Enbridge Gas Ohio (aka East Ohio Gas or EOG) has proposed that a working group be established, after the conclusion of its current Ohio rate case, to consider potential changes to EOG's purchase of receivables (POR) program
August 4, 2026
PUC Approves Significant Decrease To Purchase of Receivables Discount Rate
The New Hampshire PUC has approved decreases in the residential purchase of receivables discount rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH or Eversource) and at Unitil.
August 3, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Opposes Utility Rate Case Settlement, Which Addresses Retail Market Issues
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has opposed a settlement, which did not appear to be opposed be any active party to the case, which has been proposed in the natural gas rate case of UGI Utilities, Inc. – Gas Division, with the Governor's office stating that the settlement, "is inconsistent with…
July 31, 2026
Utility Reports Update On Residential Purchase of Receivables Balance
Potomac Edison reported to the Maryland PSC that, as of June 30, 2026, the cumulative Residential POR balance is in an over-recovered position of $372,385.53.
July 27, 2026
Utility Files To Cut POR Discount Rate In Half, But Resulting Rate Is Still Nearly 6%
Pepco in the District of Columbia has filed updates to its electric purchase of receivables discount rates
July 23, 2026
Utility Considers Two Mechanisms To Collect Proposed Administrative Adder For Purchase of Receivables Program
During a District of Columbia PSC technical conference concerning the consideration of adding an administrative adder to the purchase of receivables program in D.C., Pepco reported that it has considered two mechanisms for the collection of administrative costs which would be recovered under the…
July 17, 2026
Choice PSC Adopts 7-Day Termination Moratorium
Citing unhealthy air quality and conditions due to Canadian wildfires, and direction from the state that residents should stay indoors with air conditioning in light of such conditions, the Maryland PSC, as an, "emergency action incidental to its supervisory authority to ensure the public interest…
July 16, 2026
PSC Schedules Technical Conference To Examine Adding Administrative Adder To Purchase of Receivables Discount Rates
The District of Columbia PSC has scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2026 a virtual technical conference in cases PEPPOR-2026-01 and WGPOR-2026-0 to address the feasibility of including an administrative adder as part of the Purchase of Receivables (POR) discount rate at Pepco and Washington Gas Light