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October 26, 2016
PSC Staff and the Retail Energy Supply Association and Delaware Public Advocate have reached consensus on all but two items for retail electric marketing and licensing rule changes under Reg. Docket 49.
September 28, 2016
As part of its first notice order concerning retail electric supplier marketing rules, the Illinois Commerce Commission is proposing to require a "side by side" comparison of current and new rates when a customer is provided a renewal offer or notice.
September 22, 2016
The Connecticut PURA recently issued informal data requests to several retail suppliers concerning customer renewal and billing administrative errors which PURA became aware of. While for two suppliers PURA was satisfied with suppliers' responses and is closing the matters without taking formal…
July 26, 2016
"Make no mistake, we are putting an end to deceptive ESCO practices that harm electric and gas customers," New York PSC Public Information Officer James Denn said as a New York court vacated Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's February retail market reset order, but affirmed the PSC's jurisdiction…
July 25, 2016
The Supreme Court for the County of Albany, NY has issued an order vacating ordering clauses #1-3 of the New York PSC's February retail market reset order
May 25, 2016
The New York PSC scheduled for May 31, 2016 a technical conference on several whitepapers issued by Staff concerning the PSC's ongoing implementation of the retail market reset order
May 5, 2016
The New York PSC Staff have issued a whitepaper for an alternative to the requirement to obtain express customer consent for material contract changes and contract renewal.
May 4, 2016
The temporary restraining order applicable to certain orders contained in the New York PSC's "full stop" retail market order has been extended again, until May 20, 2016, Genie Energy told investors in reporting earnings this morning.
April 22, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final rulemaking order concerning natural gas marketing disclosure rules which, among other things, require a natural gas supplier (NGS) to provide the customer with notice of a change in a variable rate 30 days in advance in situations where the customer has rolled…
March 28, 2016
The Retail Energy Supply Association and IGS Energy sought rehearing of the New York PSC's retail markets reset order, and in such petition also sought clarification of the affirmative consent required under the order to move customers to certain compliant products
March 7, 2016
New York State Senator John DeFrancisco, Deputy Majority Leader, called the New York PSC's February 23 "full stop" retail market order, "anti-competitive" in a March 3 letter which had sought at least a 60-day postponement of the order's effective date
March 7, 2016
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com Friday morning , a New York Supreme Court judge for the County of Albany issued a temporary restraining order preventing the New York PSC from enforcing Ordering Clauses #1-3 of its Feb. 23 "full stop" retail markets order
March 4, 2016
Update #3, 4:58 pm: Several orders in response to specific ESCO petitions have been issued. At least one of the temporary restraining orders specifically applies to Ordering Clauses #1-3 of the PSC's Feb. 23 order, and stays their enforcement.
March 2, 2016
New York PSC Staff have issued today a guidance document concerning specifics as to how ESCOs may comply with the PSC's recent "full stop" retail mass market order.
February 24, 2016
The New York PSC has ordered that ESCOs servicing mass market electric and natural gas customers on month-to-month variable rate products must return these customers to default service, or "enroll" the customers onto a compliant product under the PSC's "full stop" of the retail market.
February 23, 2016
Note: The following story is based on discussion at the PSC's meeting this morning. Based on such discussion as well as PSC procedure, it is understood that the PSC was voting on a Staff draft for final adoption and that the PSC's vote constituted final action, and that the PSC was not simply…
January 4, 2016
The Connecticut PURA has submitted to the legislature a report on residential electric rate structures, and while PURA does not endorse any single recommendation, the report opines that if lawmakers' goal is to maximize savings available in the retail market, then some form of month-to-month rates…
December 29, 2015
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that, "an investigation by the Department of Public Service’s Consumer Advocate has resulted in 1,566 utility consumers receiving $950,700 in energy bill refunds from Ambit Energy, a retail electricity provider, following customer complaints filed…
December 3, 2015
Electricity Maine, LLC sought a waiver from the Maine PUC from Chapter 305 § 4(B)(6)(a) of the Commission’s Rule governing competitive electricity providers, concerning the timing of renewal letters.
November 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has sought further stakeholder comment on the appropriateness of month-to-month rates and pricing that should be applied at the end of a fixed rate contract
October 22, 2015
The Connecticut PURA "suggests" that retail electric suppliers make various changes to PURA-approved customer notice forms, similar to revisions sanctioned by PURA proposed by two retail suppliers, in light of certain statutory changes, such as the prohibition of renewing a customer onto a fixed…
October 20, 2015
Tara Energy, a division of Just Energy Group Inc., announced that it has renewed a multi-year energy contract with Surti Leuva Patidar Samaj (SLPS).
October 1, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision which prohibits electric suppliers from serving residential customers on a month-to-month, or variable, rate at the end of a contract term for any contract, regardless of the date of execution.
September 14, 2015
The Connecticut PURA has issued a draft order stating an intent to examine Starion Energy Inc.'s compliance with fixed price renewal notice requirements under Conn. Gen. Stat. §16-245o(g)(1).
September 10, 2015
A draft interim Connecticut PURA decision would prohibit electric suppliers from serving residential customers on a month-to-month, or variable, rate at the end of a contract term if such contract was executed after October 1, 2015.
