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 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 2, 2026
Update: Delaware Gov. Says, "Delawareans Should Not Have To Choose Between Consumer Protection And Consumer Choice," In Vetoing Rate Cap Bill
Gov. Instead Urges "Crack Down" On Deceptive & Predatory Suppliers
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer issued the following statement in vetoing HB 393, which included limitations on retail electric supplier rates to residential customers (original story with full details below)
October 1, 2026
Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Capped Retail Supplier Rates, & Required All Renewals To Be In Writing
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer has vetoed HB 393 which included limitations on retail electric supplier rates to residential customers, but notably included an ambiguous qualifier
September 25, 2026
DC Council Sets Hearing To Consider Legislation To Cap Retail Supplier Rates, "Void" Existing Contracts
The District of Columbia City Council will on October 1, 2026 hold a hearing on a stand-alone bill (26-750, B26-0750) to impose various restrictions on retail energy choice, including price caps
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 14, 2026
D.C. Budget-Related Bill Enacted Without Retail Energy Price Caps, Other Retail Market Provisions
The enrolled version of the District of Columbia Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661) has been enacted, without the Mayor's signature, as Act Number A26-0418
July 7, 2026
D.C. Council Strikes, From Budget-Related Bill, Entire Retail Energy Section, Which Would Have Capped Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Have Made Existing Contracts "Void"
The Council of the District of Columbia has passed on final reading an amended version of the Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), with the amended, passed bill striking in its entirety a section (Subtitle E) which would have imposed various restrictions on retail energy choice, including price…
July 2, 2026
REAL President Seeks To Strike, From D.C. Budget-Related Bill, Section Which Would Cap Residential Retail Supplier Rates & Which Would Make Existing Contracts "Void"
As a resident of the District of Columbia, Christopher Ercoli, President & CEO of the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL), urged the Council of the District of Columbia to strike, from the proposed Budget Support Act (D.C. Bill 26-661), a section (Subtitle E) which would impose various…
June 30, 2026
Retail Energy Regulator To Further Study Potential For Maximum Threshold On Monthly Rate Changes
In a procedural update in a docket that has included a broad energy affordability review, the Massachusetts DPU said that, with regards to the feasibility of creating a maximum threshold for the amount that charges assessed to customers may change from one month to another, the DPU, "intends to…
June 25, 2026
Governor Vetoes Bill Which Includes Price Cap For Certain Electric Customers
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed the Substitute version of HB 173, governing submetering and submetered electric rates, that had passed the Ohio House and Senate
June 23, 2026
Bill Which Includes Price Cap For Certain Electric Customers Sent To Governor
The Ohio Senate and House have both agreed on a Substitute version of HB 173, governing submetering and submetered electric rates, and the bill has been sent to the governor
June 23, 2026
District Court Formally Issues Order Preliminarily Enjoining Maryland From Enforcing Statute Governing Green Power Pricing, Marketing Language
The U.S. District Court for the District Of Maryland, Northern Division has formally issued an order preliminarily enjoining the state and relevant agencies, including the PSC and Attorney General, from, "implementing, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out," Section 7-707(c) of the Maryland Public…
May 13, 2026
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Maryland Gov. Formally Signs Bill Changing Level For Residential Rate Caps Applicable To Retail Electric Suppliers
May 8, 2026
Maryland Gov. Schedules Signing Of Bill Changing Level For Residential Rate Caps Applicable To Retail Electric Suppliers
The Office of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has scheduled for May 12 the signing of several bills, including the signing of HB 1532 by the Governor, a bill which, among other things, modifies the current rate caps for residential retail electric service for non-green products
April 22, 2026
Ohio Supreme Court Finds Submetering Company Is A "Public Utility"
The Ohio Supreme Court found that Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C. (NEP), which provides electric submetering services, is a "public utility" under the definition in statute, and that the PUC of Ohio erred in finding that Nationwide Energy Partners was not a public utility
April 14, 2026
Maryland Legislature Sends To Governor Bill Changing Level For Residential Rate Caps Applicable To Retail Electric Suppliers
Both the Maryland House and Senate have passed a conference committee version of HB 1532 which, among other things, modifies the current rate caps for residential retail electric service for non-green products
April 3, 2026
State's House Passes Bill Which Includes Price Cap For Certain Electric Customers
The Ohio House of Representatives recently passed HB 173 which relates to the provision of submetered electricity service, and which includes a price cap for such service
March 12, 2026
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Pa. PUC Ratifies Prior Ex Parte Price Cap Order
February 23, 2026
RESA "Very Concerned" About Pennsylvania Emergency Order That Capped Price Increases For Default Service
The Retail Energy Supply Association said in a motion to intervene that it is, "very concerned," with the recent Pennsylvania PUC ex parte Emergency Order that instituted a lower price cap on quarterly supply rate changes at UGI Utilities - Gas Division (lowering the permissible supply rate change…
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 16, 2026
PJM To Seek Extension Of Current Capacity Market Price Collar
PJM's Board announced that PJM would, "seek an extension of the current price collar for the 2028/2029 and 2029/2030 capacity auctions applied to the VRR Curve parameters recently approved by the FERC following the Quadrennial Review."
February 2, 2026
PSC Reports Load, Customer Count Of Each Retail Supplier By Service Area
The Michigan PSC released its calendar year 2025 report on retail electric choice