December 23, 2022
Duquesne Light Default Supply Rate Falling 51%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period March 1, 2023 through May 31, 2023
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December 23, 2022
Pennsylvania Utility: 85% Of Residential Customers Placed Onto New Rate With Their SOP EGS At End Of Supplier Referral Program Paid More Than Price To Compare
Customers Not Switching EGSs At SOP Term End Paid 40% More Than Default Service
Duquesne Light (the Company) filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a report on its Standard Offer customer referral program (SOP), including actions taken by residential customers at the end of the initial 12-month SOP term, and rates paid by customers after the end of the term
December 8, 2022
Pa. PUC Approves PECO Petition To Delay Obligation To File Shopping Plan For CAP Customers, Notes Customers Could Suffer "Potential Harms" From Shopping
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a petition from PECO for PECO to continue to restrict customers enrolled in its Customer Assistance Program (CAP) from shopping for retail electric generation supply until after the Commission issues its final Policy Statement on Electric Customer Assistance Program…
December 1, 2022
Citing Default Service Price Spikes & Recent Shopping Savings, Retail Suppliers Seek Close Of Regulator's Review On Whether Retail Supplier Rates Are Just & Reasonable
The Retail Energy Advancement League ('REAL') requested that the Connecticut PURA Authority close PURA's current investigation into whether retail supplier offers are just and reasonable, "as the current market confirms that there can be no proof that electric supplier products are overpriced or…
November 11, 2022
PUC Dismisses Petition To Determine Whether Residential Customers Benefited From Electricity Deregulation, Without Prejudice
The New Hampshire PUC dismissed, without prejudice, a petition for a, "Determination of Whether New Hampshire Residential Customers Benefited From Electricity Deregulation."
November 1, 2022
Texas Staff Agree With REPs' Sought Change To Cap Imposed On Changes In POLR Rates
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption for revisions to the Provider of Last Resort pricing formula for non-volunteer POLRs (Large Service Providers or LSPs)
November 1, 2022
PPL Residential Price To Compare Increasing 18%; Small C&I PTC Increasing 26%
PPL Electric Utilities has posted new Prices to Compare for the period December 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023
October 26, 2022
Regulator's Staff Reports Rates Charged By Retail Suppliers
The Office of Retail Market Development of the Illinois Commerce Commission ("Staff") has posted its Annual Report on the Development of Natural Gas Markets in Illinois
October 6, 2022
Texas Retail Providers Say Proposed Ceiling On POLR Rates Would Have Resulted In POLRs, Prepaid Providers Facing Below-Market Rate 40% Of The Year In Past 12 Months
Texas retail electric providers raised concerns with the proposed level of a price ceiling on rates for non-volunteer POLRs (Large Service Providers, or LSPs) contained in a proposal for publication
September 30, 2022
Duquesne Light Residential, Small C&I Default Supply Rates Increasing 27-36%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rates for the periods beginning December 1, 2022
September 21, 2022
RESA Reports Prices In Monopoly States Rising Faster Than Retail Choice States
Says 15.5 Million Residential Customers Now Use Competitive Retail Suppliers For Their Power
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) released its 2021 data report based on the latest figures collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
September 19, 2022
Petition Filed With PUC To Determine Whether Residential Customers Benefited From Electricity Deregulation
A New Hampshire resident, described in a filing as, "an acknowledged leader in the movement toward retail competition and deregulation of the electric utility industry," has filed a petition with the state's PUC for a, "Determination of Whether New Hampshire Residential Customers Benefited From…
September 12, 2022
Texas PUC Staff Propose New Pricing For Non-Volunteer POLR Service, Including New Cap On Monthly Increases
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication for revisions to the formula used to set provider of last resort (POLR) rates for non-volunteer POLR service (service from Large Service Providers, or LSPs)
September 8, 2022
Witness Alleges Former Supplier Employer Decided Company Could "Ignore" Do Not Call Registry For Customers Served Under Default Service Retail Auction Process
A witness for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, who formerly worked for several retail energy suppliers, alleged in testimony before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that a former supplier employer had decided that it could "ignore" the national do-not-call registry for those customers the…
August 11, 2022
Pennsylvania PUC Informs Customers About September 1 Price Increases
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a news release yesterday informing customers about default service Price to Compare increases occurring September 1 at PECO and the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities
July 28, 2022
Illinois Report: ComEd Residential Shopping Customers Paid On Average 1.5¢/kWh More Than Default Service During Past Year
Complaints Against Retail Suppliers Down "Significantly"
Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Retail Market development have filed an annual report on the retail electric market, covering the 12 months ending May 2022.
July 19, 2022
Consumer Counsel Notes Most Residential Retail Supplier Customers Paid Less Than SOS In May, Warns Customers To Be "Vigilant" About Retail Suppliers
In a recent market update, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel noted that, "In the month of May 2022, seven out of ten residential supplier customers paid less than the Standard Offer in Eversource territory, and six out of ten residential supplier customers paid less than the Standard Offer…
July 1, 2022
Pennsylvania Utility's Default Supply Rate Increasing 77%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period beginning September 1, 2022
June 22, 2022
RESA Highlights National Energy Shopping Day
The Retail Energy Supply Association celebrated National Energy Shopping Day, June 21, to help raise awareness for consumers to shop and compare energy plans and rates online.
May 23, 2022
PUC Staff Opposes Rider Meant To "Unbundle" Generation Service Costs From Distribution Rates
Staff of a Public Utilities Commission have recommended that the Commission not adopt a rider meant to unbundle certain costs related to generation service from delivery rates
May 13, 2022
Oncor Proposes 26% Increase (Nearly $1) In Residential Non-Volumetric Flat Base Rate Charges Applicable To Retail Electric Providers, In New Rate Case
Proposes To Eliminate Demand Ratchet For Secondary >10 kW Rate Class
Oncor has filed a new delivery rate case with the Texas PUC
March 14, 2022
Report From Regulator's Staff Says 90% Of Shopping Residential Customers At Utility Paid Rate Above Default Service In Second Half Of 2021
The Staff of a utility regulator moved that an electric competition report be adopted
January 28, 2022
Consumer Counsel Reports Customers On Competitive Retail Supply Paid $36 Million More Than Default Service In 2021
The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel issued an update stating that, for the rolling year of January 2021 through December 2021, Connecticut residential consumers who chose a retail electric supplier paid, in aggregate, $35,861,812 more than the standard offer.
January 14, 2022
Texas Customer Alleges Latest "Ploy" By Retail Electric Provider To Make Rates Appear More Favorable In Power To Choose Listings
A Texas customer filed comments with the Texas PUC concerned about a "ploy" by an unnamed retail electric provider for its rates to appear more favorable on the Power to Choose website, but the cited situation is already addressed by PUC rules, and the customer may have encountered a potential…
January 10, 2022
Report: Customers On Retail Supply Paid $139 Million More Than Default Service Over Last 35 Months
The Ohio Consumers Counsel reported that, in recent shadow billing data by AEP Ohio, "it was shown that consumers who chose a marketer paid $139 million more in the aggregate than those who stayed on AEP Ohio’s SSO," over 35 months between January 2019 to November 2021.