FTC Click to Cancel Rule Vacated In Its Entirety
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacates in its entirety the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) entire “Click-to-Cancel” Rule aka the…
News Stories: Automatic Renewals
July 8, 2025
June 27, 2025
PUC Considers Limit On Number Of Times Retail Supplier May Change Rate In Billing Cycle, After Utility Report Of 4 Supplier Rate Changes In One Month PUC Adopts New Rules Limiting Auto-Renewals
The Maine PUC adopted final rules codifying various legislation limiting retail electric supplier auto-renewals and termination fees In doing so, the PUC considered a…
May 14, 2025
Staff Proposes Additional Limits On Auto-Renewals
From Hearing Officer Memorandum: “In this Hearing Officer Memorandum, staff is making available revised sub-group meetings slides to the distribution list. The slides…
November 6, 2024
New ‘Click-To-Cancel’ Rules Take Effect In January
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced approval of the final version of its so-called click-to- cancel rule on October 16, as part of its overall review…
October 25, 2024
Bill On Regulating Auto-Renewals Passes In The House In Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 2557, which concerns contract auto-renewals. While originally this bill would be of significant concern to…
January 16, 2024
Energy Choice Bill Referred To Energy, Utilities, And Technology Committee
Senate Bill LD2163 in Maine has been introduced that would require bill comparisons between supplier and utility rates (which are not apples-to-apples comparisons)…
FTC Hearing On “Click To Cancel” Provision Of The Negative Options Rule
The Federal Trade Commission held an informal hearing on January 16, 2024, to take statements from non-governmental organizations on its proposed “click to cancel”…
