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February 21, 2025
Adopting without modification a hearing examiner's report, the New Hampshire PUC approved agreed changes to Granite State Electric's (Liberty Utilities) tariff and supplier agreement to implement a purchase of receivable program
February 19, 2025
A New Hampshire PUC hearing examiner has recommended PUC approval of agreed changes to Granite State Electric's (Liberty Utilities) tariff and supplier agreement to implement a purchase of receivable program
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…
February 3, 2025
As part of newly filed electricity and natural gas rate cases, Consolidated Edison in New York has filed to increase the merchant function charges, and the Billing and Payment Processing charge
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 10, 2025
An EDC is seeking a new date for the implementation of a new purchase of receivables (POR) program
December 30, 2024
PSC Directs That Utilities Not Required To Offer "Any" Utility Consolidated Billing
A PSC today ordered that all residential retail electric and gas enrollments effective January 1, 2025 and thereafter, and any renewals as defined below, must be billed under dual billing
December 24, 2024
Eliminates Language Which Had Suggested Supplier-Specific POR Discount Rates
An updated proposed tariff and supplier agreement to implement purchase of receivables at…
December 18, 2024
As part of an updated tariff…
December 11, 2024
An Office of People's Counsel has withdrawn, without prejudice, claims in a complaint filed against…
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)
October 14, 2024
Utility Proposes Supplier-Specific Discount Rates For POR
Retail electric suppliers currently serving, or seeking to serve, customers at…
October 3, 2024
Several Commissioners of the Maryland PSC expressed concern during a hearing yesterday about the viability of residential energy choice if the PSC adopts a dual billing mandate…
September 30, 2024
All of the Maryland investor-owned electric utilities opposed the use of a pro rata mechanism for utility consolidated billing upon the end of purchase of receivables
September 25, 2024
A PSC has rejected, at three utilities, proposed modifications to…
September 23, 2024
A retail energy supplier has suggested in testimony that a Public Utilities Commission should consider imposing a forfeiture of over $100 million against…
September 19, 2024
An EDC has filed a proposed update to its residential purchase of receivables discount rate meant to
September 17, 2024
A PSC has scheduled for
September 13, 2024
Mandatory Dual Billing For Other Contracts
Retail energy suppliers would be permitted to continue using utility consolidated billing with purchase of receivables until…
September 6, 2024
A group representing large customers does not support supplier consolidated billing as it has thus far been proposed in…
September 4, 2024
A Public Utilities Commission has approved bill format changes at…
September 4, 2024
Several retail suppliers said that nearly all residential shopping customers in…
August 29, 2024
An EDC has proposed a significant reduction to its residential purchase of receivables discount rate
August 27, 2024
A PSC has ordered the termination of the purchase of receivables
