Competitive Power, Affordable Rates
A recently released Mackinac Center report finds that Michigan lawmakers should give more residents, businesses and institutions the option to choose who supplies their…
News Stories: Retail Energy Competition
October 8, 2026
October 2, 2026
Governor Veto’s Retail Energy Consumer Protection Bill
On September 30, 2026, vetoes retail energy consumer protection bill. More specifically, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer vetoed HB 393 entitled An Act To Amend Title 26 Of…
September 28, 2026
Retail Energy Legislative Hearing Scheduled
On August 31, 2026 the District of Columbia City Council issued a public hearing notice announcing that it will convene a public hearing on October 1, 2026 on B26-0697…
August 17, 2026
Staff Files Memo Indicating More Updates to Competitive Electric Rules
On August 10, 2026 Staff filed a memorandum stating that the Delaware PSC is reviewing and updating its rules for electric suppliers to improve customer protection and…
Texas Governor Targets Large Municipal Utilities for Retail Competition
Abbott said his Keep Texas Affordable agenda will lower electricity costs by expanding consumer choice for five million people by ending utility monopolies that drive up…
July 8, 2026
DC Bill Removes Restrictive Retail Choice Provisions
The Council of the District of Columbia D.C. Bill 26-661 passed final reading of an amended version of the Budget Support Act. The amended bill, struck in its entirety…
May 5, 2026
Is Massachusetts Set to Defer Major Retail Market Reforms?
The House has introduced Study Order H5324 would allow the joint Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy Committee to sit in legislative recess to investigate the…
April 30, 2026
Top Ten Lessons Learned at EMC25
I heard over and over from attendees this was one of the best conferences we’ve done. This conference’s theme was The Power Shift: Redefining Competitive Energy…
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…
March 30, 2026
Expansion of Retail C&I Power Markets Considered in Michigan
More large electricity customers in Michigan than allowed by law would select retail providers if given the opportunity, according to a yearly report by the state Public…
