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October 5, 2026
Retail energy suppliers should prioritize owning the customer bill even if that means using dual billing in those markets without supplier consolidated billing, Chaitu Parikh, co-founder of start-up Valantor and a long-time C-level executive in retail energy, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
July 22, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have requested PSC authorization for a temporary pause in the supplier consolidated billing (SCB) working group, citing what Staff alleged was the lack of formal expressions of interest or commitments from retail suppliers to resume active participation in the work group.
June 26, 2026
In comments filed in a rulemaking to update Maryland PSC retail energy billing requirements, the Retail Energy Supply Association has sought to require that utilities offer residential utility consolidated billing after December 31, 2027
June 16, 2026
Several Maryland utilities have begun reporting the number of residential customers served under dual billing by each retail energy supplier
June 2, 2026
The Maryland PSC has ordered that the data showing the number of residential accounts served by each retail electric and natural gas supplier, broken out by service area and then by billing type, shall be made public
April 28, 2026
The Maryland PSC has denied a request from retail energy suppliers to direct the utilities to continue to negotiate concerning a form of utility consolidated billing without POR for residential customers, as the PSC formally declined to extend UCB for residential customers
December 4, 2025
The reporting date for Massachusetts bill H.4144, which is Gov. Maura Healey's bill which includes various retail energy market reforms, was extended to March 18, 2026
November 5, 2025
The Maryland PSC has sought comments on whether certain reports on retail energy supplier prices and billing, filed by both suppliers and utilities, shall be made public
September 2, 2025
Pepco has recommended that the District of Columbia PSC, "consider requesting increased transparency from retail suppliers around rate offerings and pricing structures."
June 16, 2025
As part of a rate case, AEP Ohio is seeking several tariff changes related to competitive retail electric service providers (CRES)
May 28, 2025
The Maryland PSC has approved new purchase of receivables discount rates at several utilities, but took under advisement, for disposition in a future order, issues concerning the end of residential POR, including the use of any over-collection balance under residential POR and/or the assignment of…
May 7, 2025
In an order adopting provisions for a statutorily required Do Not Transfer list process, the Maryland PSC has directed the utilities to provide updates concerning any implementation challenges and concerns related to adopting an automatic block (enrollment rejection) for any customer on the Do Not…
April 30, 2025
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated purchase of receivables discount rates which BGE said are designed to account for the end of residential POR on December 31, 2025, with BGE also filing a proposal on how to address any unrecovered balances under POR
March 27, 2025
AEP Ohio has petitioned the PUC of Ohio to "immediately" terminate its Supplier Consolidated Billing pilot program, as AEP Ohio states that, "the expense and resources associated with the program are no longer justified and the pilot has not proven effective."
February 6, 2025
In response to a request for reconsideration of a recent Maryland PSC decision which prohibits utility consolidated billing for any new or renewed residential customer, the Maryland PSC issued further specific direction to retail suppliers and utilities to negotiate on a form of UCB without POR for…
January 27, 2025
The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) and CleanChoice Energy Inc. (the supplier coalition) have proposed at the Maryland PSC a mechanism under which utility consolidated billing could continue for new and renewed customers, while also ensuring that receivables for such customers are not…
January 27, 2025
Washington Gas Light in Maryland reported that, since December 2024, it received drop notifications for about 25% of its residential choice customers
January 23, 2025
The Maryland PSC approved an updated Maryland Gas Standards Manual which includes new XML transactions to implement SCB
December 18, 2024
PSC Staff have requested that the PSC authorize Staff to lead work group development of…
December 11, 2024
Citing a lack of retail suppliers who have agreed to participate in utility testing for supplier consolidated billing, a PSC ordered the state's utilities to pause work on implementing supplier consolidated billing (SCB)
December 6, 2024
Staff Proposes Price Reporting, SOS Comparison Obligation For Retail Suppliers
Retail electric and natural gas suppliers in…
September 6, 2024
A group representing large customers does not support supplier consolidated billing as it has thus far been proposed in…
August 27, 2024
A PSC has ordered the termination of the purchase of receivables
August 12, 2024
In separate comments, several utilities and an Office of People's Counsel have raised…
July 29, 2024
In a report after the completion of a collaborative on supplier consolidated billing…
