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August 18, 2014
SCANA Energy Marketing, Inc. would pay $6.5 million under a proposed settlement with plaintiffs filed in federal court to resolve a class action lawsuit related to its variable price plans.
August 14, 2014
Inspire Energy Holdings has launched electric service in Maryland
August 13, 2014
Green Mountain Energy has earned the top spot from Texas customers in J.D. Power's 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study.
August 8, 2014
Energy Rewards, the retail supply brand jointly offered by NRG Energy and Comcast, has begun offering natural gas service in western Pennsylvania.
August 6, 2014
A Connecticut PURA draft decision, first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com (click here) , regarding new electric customer protections and rules for retail suppliers, "could stifle and ultimately collapse the retail electric supply market in Connecticut," the Retail Energy Supply Association said…
August 5, 2014
Hawk Energy Corporation has begun publicly promoting a residential electric offer for the PECO territory on PA Power Switch.
August 4, 2014
A Connecticut PURA draft decision would prohibit the use of utility consolidated billing for "variable plan" electric products
July 31, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved, as designed by Staff, an allocation methodology to assign non-shopping non-residential customers at Columbia Gas of Ohio to a competitive supplier should an exit from the merchant function for non-residential service be triggered.
July 30, 2014
Prompted by utilities' filing of contingency procurement plans for electric default service, the Retail Energy Supply Association has asked the Massachusetts DPU to consider changes in the pricing or the load-following default service product, or potentially the removal of the utility from the…
July 25, 2014
The Maine PUC has proposed in a rulemaking that variable rates offered by retail electric suppliers shall be specified in terms of an index or formula and, "must be reasonably reflective of electricity market conditions."
July 23, 2014
Consistent with recent legislation, the Connecticut PURA has opened three dockets addressing electric customer protections, standard electric contracts, and billing design.
July 21, 2014
New York should, "ensure a more stable and least cost default service for residential customers and review current mandates, prior to embarking on the REV [Reforming the Energy Vision] proceeding," AARP, the Public Utility Law Project, and NYPIRG said in a list of "principles" which should guide the…
July 16, 2014
Ethical Electric has begun offering electric service in Ohio, at Duke Energy Ohio, according to a listing on PUCO Apples to Apples
July 16, 2014
A Texas retail electric provider is currently promoting 1¢/kWh power on an introductory basis.
July 16, 2014
Residents Energy, a new brand of Genie Energy, has begun offering retail electricity and natural gas to residential and business customers in New York.
July 1, 2014
A Maryland working group charged with exploring the expansion of budget billing to competitive supply and permanently accelerating the switching timeline also addressed more holistically issues which caused unexpectedly high bills for certain electric customers this winter, prompting the workgroup…
June 26, 2014
The New Jersey BPU has announced a process to implement, "interim advertising and marketing standards for electric power suppliers, gas suppliers, brokers, energy agents, marketers, private aggregators, sales representatives, and telemarketers ('interested entities') applicable to potential…
June 25, 2014
Since the Pennsylvania PUC Commission may not regulate the rates charged by electric generation suppliers, the Commission has no jurisdiction over EGSs to the extent that a complainant contends that an EGS has charged it an "unreasonable, unjust or illegal" rate for electric generation service, an…
June 25, 2014
IDT Energy provided to EnergyChoiceMatters.com the following response to a complaint filed at the PUC by the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Office of Consumer Advocate (click here for background) :
June 24, 2014
4Change Energy has posted residential pricing for the Sharyland Utilities service area in Texas which recently opened to choice.
June 23, 2014
In a serendipitously posted initial decision, a Pennsylvania PUC ALJ would affirm that the PUC lacks jurisdiction to enforce the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTP/CPL), and would dismiss a complaint against a retail electric supplier.
June 23, 2014
The Pennsylvania Attorney General and Office of Consumer Advocate have filed complaints at the PUC against five retail electric suppliers, seeking license suspension or revocation, alleging various deceptive practices and other violations of statute and PUC regulations.
June 16, 2014
The Connecticut PURA issued interrogatories to all retail electric suppliers regarding the number of customers who were transitioned from a fixed rate to variable rate, and the pricing such customers received.
June 12, 2014
The Illinois Citizens Utility Board and City of Chicago have petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission to investigate the Illinois retail electric market, and the compliance of each certified ARES in Illinois with the Public Utilities Act and the Commission’s Administrative Rules
May 23, 2014
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced that the state's Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved regulations recently adopted by the PUC to reform disclosures required by retail electric suppliers, and to accelerate the switching timelines.
