ALJ Denies Municipal Aggregation Request Seeking Declaratory Judgement
Excerpts from the Pennsylvania Commission’s Administrative law Judge (ALJ) Initial Decision: “A group of boroughs filed a petition for declaratory judgment seeking…
News Stories: Pennsylvania
March 28, 2025
March 27, 2025
Commission Issues Tentative Order Re: EGS License Cancellations
In the tentative order the Commission states that Efficient Energy Solutions LLC and Inova Energy LLC have not provided proof to the Commission that it has a bond…
PUC Launches Review Of Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted 5-0 to approve a motion by Chairman Stephen M. DeFrank to convene a public hearing exploring the growing impact of…
Utility Scam Calls Spoofing PUC Phone Number
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a consumer alert warning about a scam involving telephone calls that falsely claim to be from the PUC, using the…
In Memory
The Earth Etch team was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Karen Moury. Karen was a well-known and highly respected attorney in the retail energy space. Prior to…
New Secretary Of The Commission Announced
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced the appointment of Matthew L. Homsher, Esq., of Marietta, Lancaster County, as Secretary of the…
March 21, 2025
Gas Utility Files Base Rate Case
Please be aware that Columbia Gas Of Pennsylvania has filed a base rate case that has been docketed at R-2025-3053499. R-2025-3053499 (Columbia Gas Rate Case Petition)…
March 20, 2025
Gas Utility Files General Rate Case Increase
“Pursuant to the proposed rates in Columbia’s filing notice, which includes the most recently effective gas cost rates, the total bill for a residential customer who…
March 14, 2025
Highlights From PA Supplier/Broker Charge Meeting
Updates on PowerSwitch and GasSwitch (Cyndi Page) Shopping site statistics show a marked decrease in visits to PAGasSwitch and PAPowerSwitch in 2024 compared with 2023…
March 13, 2025
Commission Approves Guidelines For Eligible Customer Lists
Excerpt from Conclusion of the Order: {***} CONCLUSION “To reiterate, the Commission directs the utilities to maintain the creation and provision of ECLs, as revised and…
