November 4, 2022
Retail Suppliers Must "Restore Confidence" In Markets Outside of Texas, Vistra CEO Says
During a Q&A as part of Vistra's third quarter earnings call, Jim Burke, president and CEO of Vistra, said that he thinks new brands such as Tesla, Shell, and bp entering the retail energy markets can help efforts to change market designs to allow retail suppliers to offer innovative products to…
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September 19, 2022
Revised Terms For Brokers Eliminates Switching Fee
A stipulation among certain parties in Duke Energy Ohio's electric rate case includes provisions for a supplier consolidated billing collaborative, elimination of the switching fee and other retail supplier tariff changes, and changes to the supplier tariff provisions applicable to brokers
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July 26, 2022
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorney examiner has adopted a procedural schedule to allow for consideration of a November 2021 Staff report which does not favor the expansion of electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) in Ohio
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March 22, 2022
A Texas REP today announced the launch of its EV Hub
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March 11, 2022
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., the Retail Energy Supply Association, and Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. jointly moved for a PUC to issue an order setting a procedural schedule so that the parties may file comments regarding a PUC Staff report on supplier consolidated billing filed in November 2021
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November 24, 2021
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel filed a complaint against Washington Gas Light Co. ("Washington Gas" or "WGL") and WGL Energy Services, Inc. ("WGL Energy") concerning what, as alleged by OPC, the utility termed a "subscriber-consolidated bill" issued by WGL Energy and messages on the bill
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November 11, 2021
Will Offer "All-You-Use" Flat Subscription Billing, Will Provide Customers With Its Own Consolidated Bill & Pay Utility/Supplier On Behalf Of Customers
Plus Energy Services LLC, a recently created subsidiary of The AES Corporation, applied for an Ohio electricity broker license to serve residential customers in all service areas
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November 8, 2021
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended in a report on a supplier consolidated billing (SCB) pilot at AEP Ohio that SCB should not be expanded at this time, as Staff cited, "poor participation of the eligible providers and concerns with the methods of customer enrollment[.]…
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September 24, 2021
Staff Seeks To Retain Consultant For SCB Implementation, Utility Seeks To Recover Consultant Costs In UCB POR Discount
Staff of the Maryland PSC have filed a request to revise the schedule for implementation of supplier consolidated billing, and to employ a consultant to assist with implementation
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June 21, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a secretarial letter in which the PUC said that it will not propose moving forward with electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) at this time, and through which the PUC closed its current SCB investigation without further action
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April 5, 2021
PPL Says Over 26,000 Customers Of Retail Suppliers Paying Double The Default Service Rate Residential Customers On Retail Supply Paid $97 Million More Than Default Service In One Year, PPL Says
Greg Dudkin, president of PPL Electric Utilities (PPL), had an op-ed published in the Allentown Morning Call in which he said, "We need restrictions around introductory, promotion and teaser rates," from competitive retail electric suppliers
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March 10, 2021
The Maryland PSC today, in a 4-1 vote, approved regulations to implement and govern supplier consolidated billing (SCB) for electricity and natural gas.
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February 22, 2021
PSC Orders That Supplier Products Be Unbundled For Purposes Of Payment Posting
During an ongoing rulemaking session today on supplier consolidated billing (SCB), the Maryland PSC formally voted on several key provisions of the rules
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February 15, 2021
Staff of the Maryland PSC have updated proposed regulations for supplier consolidated billing (SCB) following direction from the Commission during a December rulemaking session for additional discussion among stakeholders on various non-consensus issues (RM70)
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October 13, 2020
Retail suppliers opposed several measures relating to the treatment of bundled products in draft Maryland rules for supplier consolidated billing (SCB), warning that such rules would jeopardize the success of the SCB program
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September 23, 2020
Addresses Treatment Of Bundled Supplier Products Vis-a-Vis Commodity Rate Disclosure, Payment Posting Priority Addresses Higher Financial Security Requirements For SCB Suppliers, Requirements For Purchasing Utility Receivables
Staff Encourages PSC To Study If Cherry-Picking Of Better-Paying Customers For SCB Harms UCB-POR Program, Other Suppliers
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August 12, 2020
The Maryland PSC granted Staff's request, discussed in our earlier story below, for an extension until September 22, 2020 for the supplier consolidated billing working group to file draft SCB regulations and business processes
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August 11, 2020
Staff of the Maryland PSC sought an extension of the deadline to file draft regulations and business processes to govern supplier consolidated billing (SCB)
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July 15, 2020
Proposes Deferred Costs Be Included In Bypassable Price To Compare, If Utilities' Financial Health Is A Concern
In comments to the New York PSC in a COVID proceeding, the NRG retail companies ("NRG") said that the PSC should deny, for the utilities, deferred accounting for all but an extremely limited number of costs that were incurred in relation to the utilities’ strict compliance with governmental mandates…
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June 16, 2020
As part of a rate case, and per prior direction, AEP Ohio has filed what it described as a quantitative and qualitative analysis of its costs related to the provision of SSO service (default service) that are included in its distribution cost of service, and the costs related to shopping service…
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June 2, 2020
As part of a recently filed electric rate case, AEP Ohio has proposed tariff language that would allow it to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider is not following the, "Ohio Administrative Code rules."
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May 27, 2020
The New Hampshire PUC issued an order in its investigation into grid modernization which, among other things, addressed supplier consolidated billing
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May 26, 2020
Seeks Extension For Filing Proposed Supplier Consolidated Billing Regulations
Staff of the Public Service Commission of Maryland ('Staff') sought an extension of the deadline for filing proposed regulations for Supplier Consolidated Billing, for the Commission’s review, from June 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, and also proposed a delayed start date for SCB
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April 30, 2020
Supplier Tariff Included
AEP Ohio has filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a statement that AEP Ohio intends to file an application for approval of an increase in AEP Ohio’s electric distribution rates, tariff changes, and changes in accounting methods.
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April 16, 2020
Ameren in Illinois has filed an update to its Purchase of Uncollectible Discount Rate (POU Discount Rate)
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