November 16, 2016
NRG Announces New Electricity, Gas Bundled Offer
NRG Energy officially announced a new bundled offer of electricity and natural gas for customers at Philadelphia Gas Works.
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November 8, 2016
NOPEC Selects New Supplier for 500,000 Customer Aggregation
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) has reached an agreement for NextEra Energy Services Ohio, LLC (NESO) to become the supplier of electricity for an opt-out municipal electric program that currently serves almost 500,000 customers in 13 Northern Ohio counties within the FirstEnergy…
October 24, 2016
PSC Staff: Affirmative Consent Should Be Required For Rollover To Variable Rate From Fixed Rate
Staff of the Delaware PSC have filed comments on proposed revisions to the retail electric supplier marketing rules jointly proposed by the Delaware Public Advocate and Retail Energy Supply Association, under Reg. Docket 49
September 28, 2016
Updated: Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against NY PSC Moratorium On ESCO Service To Low-Income Customers
"We are disappointed but undeterred by the court's decision to temporarily slow the much-needed protections we are seeking from energy service companies for low-income customers. Our mission is straightforward - do not harm consumers and do not squander the millions of ratepayer and taxpayer dollars…
September 26, 2016
Update: Here Are The Variable Rate Disclosure Requirements Proposed In Illinois, Including Separate "Written" Notice for Increases Greater Than 20%
EnergyChoiceMatters.com was first to report last week that the Illinois Commerce Commission is proposing in a first notice order that retail electric suppliers notify customers, via a separate notice, of an increase in a variable rate that is in excess of 20%. The written first notice is now…
September 23, 2016
Regulator Moves To Formally Adopt Rules Requiring Retail Suppliers To Notify Customers of Rate Changes Greater Than 20%
Regulator Would Adopt "Many" Of Consumer Advocates' Suggestions
The Illinois Commerce Commission voted to adopt a first notice concerning retail electric supplier marketing rules that would require retail electric suppliers to notify customers of rate changes in excess of 20%
September 20, 2016
NY PSC Clarifies ESCO Low-Income Moratorium, Allows Service To Continue To Certain Variable And Month-to-Month Customers Until Contract Expiration
The New York PSC has issued a written order clarifying certain provisions of its moratorium on ESCO service to assistance program participant (APP) customers, most notably clarifying that ESCOs may continue service to certain variable and month-to-month customers until contract expiration.
August 15, 2016
NY PSC Secretary Grants Limited Extension for ESCO Compliance With Low-Income Service Moratorium, Misinterprets APP Order in Doing So
Stating that a requested 90-day extension for ESCO compliance is unnecessary, the Secretary of New York PSC has extended, by only 30 days, the deadline by which ESCOs must drop to default service customers initially identified by the utilities as no longer being eligible for ESCO service, due to…
August 12, 2016
PUC Approves Settlement Requiring Retail Supplier To Refund $4 Million
The Pennsylvania PUC approved as filed a settlement under which Respond Power LLC will issue $4.1 million in customer refunds to resolve a complaint filed by the Office of Consumer Advocate and Attorney General regarding Respond Power's marketing practices
August 9, 2016
WMECO Files New Default Service Rates
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource Energy) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for medium and large commercial and industrial customers for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016 Rates in ¢/kWh Medium & Large C&I (G-2, T-4, T-2, T-5) Monthly Variable…
August 9, 2016
Nstar Files New Default Service Rates
Nstar (Eversource Energy) has filed new electric basic service rates for the industrial customer class for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2016.
July 15, 2016
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Sharyland To Hold Meeting With Texas Retail Providers on Operational Issues Related To Introduction of System-Wide Distribution Rates For Service Areas
July 8, 2016
Initial Decision Would "Permanently Revoke" Retail Supplier's License; Would Fine Retail Supplier $2.5 Million and Order $2.4 Million in Refunds
An initial decision from two Pennsylvania PUC ALJs in a complaint brought by state consumer agencies against Blue Pilot Energy, LLC would conclude that Blue Pilot Energy, "violated numerous provisions of the Public Utility Code, Chapters 54, 56, and 111 of Title 52, Pa.Code, as well as Pennsylvania…
July 5, 2016
PUC Fines Retail Supplier $2,500, Orders Refund To Customer
The Pennsylvania PUC affirmed without modification an initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ, as the PUC imposed a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500 on Blue Pilot Energy, Inc., and also required the company to issue a refund, in granting a customer complaint
July 1, 2016
PUC Tentatively Approves $6.75 Million Settlement With Retail Supplier Concerning Polar Vortex Complaint
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order proposing to adopt a settlement among IDT Energy and the Pennsylvania Attorney General, the Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA), and the Office of Small Business Advocate, under which IDT Energy would provide certain Pennsylvania customers with an…
June 28, 2016
Retail Supplier Enters $5 Million Settlement With Regulators Over "Competitive Prices" Claim
Palmco Power NJ, LLC and Palmco Energy NJ, LLC have agreed to pay $5.28 million, including up to $4.5 million in consumer restitution, and to significantly revise its business practices, in order to resolve allegations from the New Jersey Attorney General, BPU, and Division of Consumer Affairs that…
June 27, 2016
N.Y. PSC Secretary Orders Public Release of Individual ESCO Pricing Data
The Secretary of the New York PSC has denied an appeal from several ESCO groups concerning a Records Access Officer (RAO) ruling which had held that the release of ESCOs' historic pricing was not subject to confidential protection. The Secretary ruled that certain average pricing data is not…
May 20, 2016
PUC Adopts $72,000 Settlement With Retail Supplier
The Pennsylvania PUC issued an order adopting a previously reported settlement between Public Power LLC and the PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement under which Public Power will pay a civil penalty of $72,500 and issue certain customer refunds to resolve the charging of an incorrect rate…
May 19, 2016
Nstar Default Service Rates To Decrease 25%
Nstar (Eversource Energy) filed basic service electric rates with the Massachusetts DPU for the period beginning July 1, 2016
May 16, 2016
Proposed Order Would Fine Retail Supplier $140,000, Suspend License
A proposed order from a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge would impose a $140,000 civil penalty on Blue Pilot Energy, LLC, and suspend the supplier's license for what the PULJ would find are violations of Maryland marketing and solicitation regulations.
May 16, 2016
ALJ: Retail Supplier Not Reducing Variable Rates As Wholesale Rates Decline A Violation of Marketing Rules
In a proposed order concerning an investigation of Blue Pilot Energy, LLC (click here for related story today) , a Maryland Public Utility Law Judge made a conclusion with broader market implications, concerning how retail suppliers charging variable rates set and market their rates.
May 10, 2016
Massachusetts Default Service Rates To Decrease 25%
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) has filed new default service rates for the period beginning July 1, 2016
May 9, 2016
Pa. Utility Seeks Protections for CAP Customers From Increased Bills Resulting From Shopping, Variable Rate Contracts
Duquesne Light said in its petition for a new default service plan (click here for recent story) that it would support the extension of shopping to Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers under certain customer protections and conditions
May 4, 2016
Ambit Energy Enters New Service Areas
Ambit Energy has begun offering electricity and natural gas service at Duke Energy Ohio
April 27, 2016
Retail Supplier Would Refund $4 Million Under Settlement with AG, PUC Staff
Respond Power LLC would issue $4.1 million in customer refunds under a global settlement with the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Attorney General, and the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement concerning a complaint filed by the OCA and AG regarding Respond Power's…