Non-responders of residential self-attesting are likely income-eligible
Parties filed comments on self-attestation regarding the DPU’s inquiry to examine energy burden with a focus on energy affordability for residential ratepayers and to…
News Stories: Residential
July 21, 2026
July 8, 2026
H5175 Passes House and Engrossed in Senate
On July 1, 2026 H5175 in the State of Massachusetts was amended is an emergency bill that was drafted by the House Ways and Means Committee as a replacement to formerly…
June 16, 2026
Per New Law, the Joint Utilities file a Cost Recovery Petition to Show Side-by-side Price Comparison for Residential and Small Commercial Customers
On June 15, the joint utilities filed a petition for cost recovery and other relief related to GBL § 349-d(9) and (10). The electric and gas utilities filing the…
June 2, 2026
Reminder – PSC to Hold Emergency Hearing on Recent Customer Bill Increases
The District of Columbia PSC will hold a legislative-style emergency hearing at 11:00 a.m. ET on June 3, to discuss key drivers and possible solutions to the recent…
May 20, 2026
PSC Reschedules SB1 Supplier POR and Billing Rulemaking Meeting
On May 19, the Maryland Commission issued a notice that the in-person only rulemaking session originally scheduled for June 24, 2026 in the revisions to COMAR 20.53 –…
May 5, 2026
Utilities File Energy Affordability Policy Program Reports
As background beginning December 1, 2025/1/25, the utilities must update the energy affordability policy program (EAPP) budget cap for the energy affordability policy…
April 30, 2026
Utility’s Report Indicates that Residential Customers Served by Competitive Suppliers Increases Almost 5% from Previous Year
On April 20, 2026 Unitil filed its quarterly customer migration report. According to Unitil’s most recent quarterly report, residential customers served by competitive…
April 29, 2026
Staff Supports Utility’s Residential Opt-In TOU Standard Offer Rates
On April 24, 2026 Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Staff filled its Staff Review and Recommendation proposing that the Commission should approve the…
PSC Denies Retail Supplier Coalition’s Motion to Stay the Joint Utilities’ Implementation of Utility Consolidate Billing Without POR for Residential Customers
On April 28, 2026 the Maryl Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order regarding cessation of residential purchase of receivables. The Maryland Public Service…
April 14, 2026
Competitive Electricity Is Failing? Look at Texas.
What if the biggest criticism of competitive electricity markets is based on the wrong metric? For years, the debate has centered on a single question: Are customers…
