OPA Seeks Stay in TOU Investigation to Facilitate Settlement Discussions
On May 13, 2026 the Office of the Maine Public Advocate (OPA) filed a Motion to Stay the investigation of Time of Use rates for delivery and Standard Offer Service…
News Stories: Time of Use (TOU)
May 20, 2026
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…
April 9, 2026
DOER Files Petition Requesting DPU Open an Investigation to Place All Non-Shopping Customers on TOU Rates
In a cover letter the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) submits the attached Petition requesting the Department of Public Utilities (Department) find…
April 7, 2026
PUC Staff and Consultant Respond to Utilities Minimum Stay and TOU Questions
On April 6, 2026 the Maine PUC posts Staff’s and Consultant’s responses to questions from the electric utilities regarding the implementation of the time of use (TOU)…
March 25, 2026
PSC Seeks Comments on Standard Evaluation Metrics for TOU Program Reports
In a notice the Maryland PSC seeks proposals for standard evaluation metrics for the Drive Act’ Time-of-use Programs As part of the 2024 Distributed Renewable…
March 18, 2026
Parties -Including Utilities -Raise Serious Concerns About FirstEnergy Pennsylvania’s Radical Proposed Retail Market Reforms
As reported previously, on February 3, 2026, FirstEnergy PA filed its DSP VII Petition for the period beginning June 1, 2027. The FirstEnergy PA Petition proposes major…
March 12, 2026
OPA Filed Updated Comments on Time of Use Proposal
On March 11th OPA filed updated comments on updated straw proposal. Changes to the proposed recommendations include: (1) for both the critical peak pricing (CPP) and…
March 3, 2026
MD PSC Initiates Demand-Side and TOU Public Conference 77
The Maryland Public Service Commission issued a notice that it is initiating a new public conference PC77 to examine Demand Side Management Programs, Rate Design…
February 12, 2026
ME PUC Seeks Additional Comments on Time of Use Questions
The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a procedural order and request for further comments on P.L. 2025 Ch. 196, , Section 4 in the commission’s investigation of…
January 27, 2026
PUC Expands Scope of Default Service Time of Use Rates Investigation
The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued an order formally expanding the scope of the time-of-use (TOU) investigation to include additional rate designs that could…
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