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March 2, 2021
Seek Ban On Termination Fees & Switch Holds Seek To Make POLR Rate A Fixed Rate
Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) and AARP Texas filed a request for emergency action at the Texas PUC seeking the following relief:
February 26, 2021
During a hearing before a Texas House committee, DeAnn T. Walker, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, told lawmakers that the PUC currently has authority to prohibit retail electric providers from offering certain kinds of products, and may exercise such authority via rulemaking
February 25, 2021
During a Texas House hearing, NRG Energy CEO Mauricio Gutierrez said that retail electric plans that pass-through the real-time wholesale market price, "shouldn't be allowed" in the marketplace for residential customers
February 24, 2021
The Public Utility Commission of Texas formally announced today that it has opened, "an investigation into the business practices of Retail Electric Providers whose plans with pricing indexed to the electricity wholesale rate are reported to have inflicted unusually high bills on their Texas…
February 23, 2021
Rollover Variable Customers Will Be Charged Last Month's Rate With No Additional Charges
Champion Energy Services today announced that the extreme weather events Texans experienced over the past week, "will have absolutely no impact on the electricity rates for any of its residential customers."
February 23, 2021
Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") today made the following statement, "to reassure its residential customers in Texas that they are protected from higher energy rates on their February bills as a result of recent extreme weather (the 'Weather Event')"
February 23, 2021
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against Griddy in Texas state district court in Harris County
February 23, 2021
A staff member of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a control number request form (which is a precursor to initiating a proceeding) for the following proceeding: Review of Wholesale-Indexed Products for Compliance with Customer Protection Rules for Retail Electric Service
February 20, 2021
Texas Governor Convenes Emergency Meeting To Address Spike In Texas Energy Bills
February 16, 2021
Other REPs Delaying Enrollment Start Dates
Griddy, which charges a real-time wholesale pass-through price, on Feb. 13 began encouraging its Texas customers to switch to another retail electric provider due to price spikes which had already been seen at such time, and which have continued in the next few days
January 22, 2021
New York Department Of Public Service Staff have issued more determinations that various ESCOs' compliance filings are in compliance with the Uniform Business Practices and the requirements set forth in the PSC's retail market reset order and that, therefore, Staff acknowledges that the ESCOs have…
January 19, 2021
Preston Ochsner of Ochsner Interests Inc. shared with EnergyChoiceMatters.com his top 5 trends in retail energy M&A, and, in particular, tips for retail suppliers to be attractive targets for buyers.
January 15, 2021
After reviewing Zone One Energy LLC's updated ESCO Retail Access Application Package filed in response to the PSC's retail market reset order (which included product limits for mass market service), New York Department Of Public Service Staff have determined Zone One Energy's filing to be in…
January 7, 2021
The Illinois Commerce Commission issued a final order dismissing a formal customer complaint against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, as the ICC ruled that it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII of the Public Utilities Act to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply, and ruled that…
December 15, 2020
Regulator's Staff Proposes Product, Rate Increase Limitations; Auto-Renewal Rules
The aggregate cost to low-income natural gas customers on competitive supply at National Grid Gas in Massachusetts was 108% higher than the default service cost, according to a filed presentation from Massachusetts DPU Staff.
December 4, 2020
A proposed order from an ALJ at the Illinois Commerce Commission, addressing a formal customer complaint filed against Spark Energy Gas, LLC, would find that, "it is not a violation of Articles IX or VIII to charge more than the default service provider for gas supply."
November 3, 2020
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania PUC ALJ in a customer complaint proceeding against Energy Plus Holdings, LLC would find that the Pennsylvania PUC, "does not have the authority to determine the reasonableness of a rate charged by an Electric Generation Supplier."
October 28, 2020
Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court issued a decision in an appeal filed by Blue Pilot Energy, LLC in which the Court found that the Pennsylvania PUC lacks authority to order electric generation suppliers (EGSs) to provide refunds to customers for violations of PUC regulations, as the Court reversed…
October 14, 2020
Staff Alleges Supplier's Flat Daily Rate Plan Is Not Permitted Under PUC Rules
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued a report concerning an investigation of SFE Energy Ohio, Inc and Statewise Energy Ohio, LLC in which, among other things, Staff recommends that the companies pay a forfeiture of $775,000, pay certain restitution, and suspend all marketing until…
September 30, 2020
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) reminded electric customers that enhanced retail electric disclosure rules that are, "geared to provide additional consumer protections and ensure greater transparency with product offerings from electric generation suppliers (EGSs)," took effect on…
September 24, 2020
Bulb, which describes itself as the U.K.'s fastest-growing energy provider and whose Texas market entry had been exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in June 2019 , has launched statewide retail electric offers in Texas, following a previously reported soft launch in December 2019
September 18, 2020
The New York PSC issued an order on rehearing and clarification concerning its December 2019 retail energy market reset order which denied all rehearing requests, but did grant several clarifications
August 20, 2020
The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a consent judgment among the AG and Starion Energy, and its principals Ruzhdi Dauti, and Dashmir Murtishi, was entered in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday to settle claims made by the AG against Starion
July 13, 2020
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested from the New York PSC an extension of time to comply with Ordering Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 of the PSC's December 2019 retail market reset order (Reset II Order).
July 10, 2020
The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Ohio has filed tariff pages to implement the new Monthly Retail Rate (MRR) Commodity Service program, as adopted in a previously reported stipulation , which is the new monthly default pricing program under which non-shopping, non-residential consumers…
