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August 2, 2019
The Maryland PSC has again denied a request from the Office of People's Counsel for the utilities to provide OPC with the total aggregate amounts that shopping customers paid in retail supply charges and the total aggregate amount such customers would have paid for default service from the utility.
August 1, 2019
Says Shopping Low-Income Customers Pay 25% Higher Rates
A report released today by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says that Massachusetts individual residential electric customers who switched to a competitive electric supplier paid $76.2 million more than if they would have remained with default service during the one-year period from July…
July 29, 2019
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has denied an appeal of a lower court ruling which had dismissed a putative class action suit against Direct Energy Services, LLC, as the Seventh Circuit found that neither the wholesale electric price nor the utility price to compare is an…
July 26, 2019
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended denying a petition from Astral Energy, LLC for a waiver of a rule requiring the specific listing of the rate to be charged per month in marketing materials that accompany a contract, for its flat bill product
July 26, 2019
Proposed Order Would Change Priority For Retail Supplier Charges In Partial Payment Situations
A proposed order from three Illinois ALJs in Nicor's natural gas rate case would reject a proposal from the Illinois Attorney General to increase the Nicor billing charge applicable to third party providers, including retail suppliers
July 22, 2019
Announces Partnership With Multi-family Dwelling Service Providers
WattBuy today announced that it has closed a $1.2M seed round with Powerhouse Ventures, as well as funding from Schmidt Futures, "focused on expanding market access and deepening its data science capabilities."
July 17, 2019
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2019
July 15, 2019
The "Energy Switch" working group in the Massachusetts DPU's retail market investigation proceeding (19-07) will hold a meeting on July 31, 2019
July 9, 2019
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period beginning September 1, 2019
July 3, 2019
EnergyMark, LLC filed with the New York PSC, in Case 12-M-0476, one of the PSC's proceedings assessing the mass market (and consolidated with the retail market review), "a summary of performance, that is, savings vs the LDC, comparing LDC bundled bill of supply and delivery costs."
July 1, 2019
Yearly Cost Under Retail Supply Versus SOS Is $124 Million Higher At ComEd; $122 Million At Ameren
June 21, 2019
In comments on an FY 2020 plan concerning the electric universal service program (EUSP) in Maryland, the Office of People’s Counsel said that low-income customers on competitive retail electric supply at the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) have incurred, "massive net losses" versus…
June 12, 2019
The National Energy Marketers Association and several ESCOs have sought reargument of the State of New York Court of Appeals's recent decision which held that the New York PSC may impose a cap on ESCO pricing because the PSC has the authority to determine the terms and conditions by which ESCOs may…
June 12, 2019
The residential and small commercial default service rate at Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH or Eversource) will decrease 11% on August 1
June 5, 2019
In a newly filed rate case at the Nevada PUC, Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy has proposed changes to the recovery of transmission costs from unbundled distribution-only service customers (customers on competitive supply) to eliminate what the utility called an "unreasonable incentive"…
May 31, 2019
Addresses Access To Customer Data, Security Requirements For Such Access
May 30, 2019
TCAP: Areas With Electric Choice Have Lower Prices Than Monopoly, Non-ERCOT Areas Of State
The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power said that while, "Texans buying electricity from competitive providers historically have paid higher prices, on average, than Texans receiving power from providers exempt from competition," a new snapshot analysis shows that, "the persistent price gap has…
May 28, 2019
Recommend Re-introduction Of ConEd Gas Storage Program For ESCOs Seek Tighter Balancing Rules
In testimony in Consolidated Edison's current electric and natural gas rate cases, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service proposed an increase to ConEd's Billing and Payment Processing (BPP) charge, and re-introduction of a natural gas storage program for ESCOs
May 28, 2019
In testimony in Consolidated Edison's current electric and natural gas rate cases, the New York Retail Choice Coalition (NYRCC) sought an independent study of costs included in the utility's merchant function charge
May 28, 2019
Subscription-Based Service Guarantees Savings
NextEra Energy has launched a retail electric concierge shopping service in Texas, called Power Wizard, which relies on artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor rate plans and select the best plans for each customer's unique situation
May 21, 2019
In a Connecticut PURA proceeding examining whether all hardship customers should be placed on Standard Service, the Retail Energy Supply Association proffered several alternatives to the extent PURA reaches a conclusion that hardship customers are not sufficiently benefiting from competitive retail…
May 10, 2019
The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a preliminary order in CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE, or CenterPoint), LLC's newly filed rate case.
May 2, 2019
Small Commercial PTC Declining 14%
PPL Electric has posted Prices to Compare for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2019
May 2, 2019
Proposes To Refund Tax Savings To REPs Via Percent Discount Rather Than Per-Unit Refund
April 12, 2019
Includes Revised Mandate For Participation
The Maryland House and Senate have passed HB0689, which requires the PSC to offer improved versions of retail electricity and natural gas shopping websites which list offers from retail suppliers
