November 1, 2023
PPL Residential Price To Compare Falling Nearly 10%, Small C&I PTC Also Lower
PPL Electric Utilities has posted new Prices to Compare for the period December 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024
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October 26, 2023
US-Based Home Services Comparison Site Acquires UK Retail Energy Switching Platform (US Site Had Earlier Registered As Texas Broker)
A UK fintech switching platform said that it has been acquired by…
October 23, 2023
Start-up Texas Electricity Shopping Service Formed
A start-up registered as a Texas electricity broker
October 9, 2023
Report: Residential Savings Under Electric Choice Exceeded $106 Million In Last 12 Months
An Office of Consumer Counsel posted its monthly update of retail electric supplier pricing data (through August 2023)
October 4, 2023
RESA: Customers In Monopoly States See Prices Rise 40%; Electric Rates In Choice States Rose Only 10%
RESA: Customers In Monopoly States Could Have Saved $628 Billion If Their Price Trajectory Had Followed Retail Choice States The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) released its 2022 data report based on the latest figures collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
October 2, 2023
Duquesne Light Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling 10%
Medium C&I Rate Increasing 40%
Medium C&I Rate Increasing 40% Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rates for the periods beginning December 1, 2023
August 21, 2023
-- Updated with Statement from SaveOnEnergy
Texas REP Changes How Pricing Presented On Website To Include TDU Fees In Initially Presented Rate
SaveOnEnergy provided the following statement concerning the matter:
August 14, 2023
Regulator's Staff Floats "Eliminating" Incidental Residential Account (IRA) Designation
In response to a request for comments from the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) concerning a determination of the "appropriate limitations" with which all customer contracts with electric suppliers, entered into on and after a determined date, must comply, PURA's…
July 1, 2023
Regulator Opens Proceeding To Determine "Appropriate Limitations" For ALL Retail Supplier Contracts
On July 3, 2023, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) initiated Docket 18-06-02RE02 to determine the "appropriate limitations" with which all customer contracts with electric suppliers, entered into on and after a determined date, must comply.
June 16, 2023
Utility's Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling 50%
The New Hampshire PUC approved new default service rates at Unitil for the six-month period of August 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024 (all rates in this story are all-in rates and include the RPS adder, etc).
May 19, 2023
ComEd Price To Compare To Fall 30% For Residential, Small C&I Customers (Change From April Filing)
Commonwealth Edison in Illinois has filed updates to the Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs) and PJM Services Charges (PSCs) for the period beginning June 1, 2023
May 19, 2023
Nstar East Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling Nearly 40%
Offers From Multiple Retail Suppliers Still 25% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for its Eastern MA service area for the period beginning July 1, 2023
May 17, 2023
United Illuminating Residential, Small C&I Default Service Rates Falling Up To 35%
Multiple Retail Suppliers' Offers Still 20% Below New, Lower Price To Compare
United Illuminating has filed new default service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning July 1, 2023
May 15, 2023
PECO Small C&I Price To Compare Increasing 3%
The Pennsylvania PUC has posted on PA Power Switch the actual electricity price to compare for PECO General Service (GS) customers at or under 100 kW, effective June 1
May 12, 2023
Nstar Basic Service Rates Falling 30%, Still Over 15% Higher Than Multiple Current Retail Supplier Residential Offers
Nstar has filed new electricity basic service rates for its Western service area (WCMA load zone, former WMECO territory) for the period beginning July 1, 2023
May 4, 2023
RESA Statement On Massachusetts Attorney General's Report
The Retail Energy Supply Association issued the following statement in response to a recent report from the Massachusetts Attorney General Office (AGO), and the AGO's continued efforts to end individual residential electric choice
May 4, 2023
PUC Of Ohio Posts New Prices To Compare, Encourages Consumers To Explore Energy Choice Options (Rates Up Sharply At Most EDCs)
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), "is encouraging customers of Ohio’s regulated electric utilities to compare competitive offers from retail suppliers ahead of expected price increases to their utility’s default rate," PUCO said
May 3, 2023
Report: Massachusetts Customers Could Have Saved Nearly $200 Million In April Through Shopping For Retail Supplier ($1 Billion Over Winter)
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) today released an analysis, using only the offers available on the state-managed website, EnergySwitchMA.gov, which REAL said shows that if all Massachusetts customers had enrolled with the lowest available fixed-rate offer from a retail provider…
May 2, 2023
AG Report Says Massachusetts Residential Customers Paid $100 Million More On Retail Supplier Service Versus Default Service In Most Recent Year
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released a report that, as stated by the AG's office, "found that in the last six years, individual residential customers who received their electric supply from competitive suppliers paid $525 million more on their electric bills than they would…
March 31, 2023
Duquesne Light Small Commercial Electric Supply Rate Increasing 16%, Residential Rate Also Increasing
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rates for the periods beginning June 1, 2023
March 8, 2023
Draft Annual Report Says "Overpayment" [sic} To Retail Suppliers Has "Slightly Moderated" In 2022, "But Continues To Be Particularly Harmful To Communities Of Color"
The Connecticut PURA has posted a draft annual report on electric competition to the General Assembly for 2022
March 3, 2023
Retail Supplier Group Says Regulator Cannot Rely On "Skewed", "Misleading," "Irrelevant" Data Used In Staff Report Proposing Limits On Supplier Pricing, UCB
Suppliers Highlight Current, Historic Realized Savings Under Electric Choice
In exceptions to a draft Investigative Report ('IR') from the Connecticut PURA's Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement ('EOE'), which was based on a consultant’s report ('CR'), the Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) said that PURA may not rely on the IR and CR's reports data that is…
February 10, 2023
Regulator's Staff Concludes That Retail Supplier Residential Prices Are "Overpriced And Harmful"; Proposes Conditions On Choice
Proposals Include Supplier Rate Caps, Restricted Access To Utility Consolidated Billing
Products from retail electric suppliers to residential customers in Connecticut are, "both overpriced and harmful to residential customers," the Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority) said in an EOE report
February 9, 2023
NRG: Regulator's Proposed Default Service Changes Would Make "Chumps" Out Of Certain Customers
Wholesale Supplier Proposes Longer Term Fixed Procurements Of Default Service (Fixed Volume Financial Block)
January 16, 2023
REAL Report Highlights Current, Historic Savings Under Electric Choice In Connecticut As Evidence That Supplier Products Are Not Overpriced Or Harmful
Poll Shows Customer Desire For Choice
The Retail Energy Advancement League (REAL) filed in Connecticut a report, which included recent customer polling data, which REAL said, "definitively demonstrates that retail electric supplier products in Connecticut are not 'overpriced' or 'harmful'."