Maryland

11 Mar

Posted at 16:13h in Blog, commission, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

After about 18 months of weekly working group meetings and 5 days of rulemaking hearings, the Maryland Commission has approved for publication new rules governing supplier consolidated billing (SCB). In May 2019, the Commission entered an Order granting a petition filed by six retail energy suppliers to...

15 Jul

Posted at 19:05h in energy lawyer, Maryland, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

Finding that supplier consolidated billing (SCB) represents the next logical step for Maryland to fully implement customer choice, the Maryland Public Service Commission on May 7, 2019 issued an order authorizing SCB for retail electric and natural gas service in Maryland. In this historic order,...

28 Apr

Posted at 21:25h in consumer protection, energy lawyer, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, retail energy competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

In late March, we posted about the Maryland Public Service Commission’s request for comments on a draft “Retail Supplier Load Shaping RFP” in the Public Conference 44 proceeding. In early April, comments were filed by the Maryland Energy Administration, the Retail Energy Supply Association, Direct...

26 Mar

Posted at 17:29h in Brian Greene, distributed power generation, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The Maryland Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Opportunity to Comment seeking comments on a new “Retail Supplier Load Shaping RFP.” The Commission want to consider “programs designed to demonstrate the ability to shape residential load profiles using innovative business models.” Comments on the RFP, a...

15 Jan

Posted at 18:36h in clean energy, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The Maryland Public Service Commission issued an order on January 14, 2019, approving Electric Vehicle (“EV”) Portfolio Programs for Maryland’s electric distribution utilities. The EV Portfolio Programs aim to increase EV usage in Maryland by expanding EV tariff options, furthering utility investment in EV charging...

13 Aug

Posted at 14:13h in distributed power generation, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, solar energy lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

Maryland’s Community Solar Pilot Program is moving along with dozens of solar facilities in the project queues for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Pepco MD, Delmarva Power MD, and Potomac Edison Company. The first year of the program has seen strong interest from the Subscriber Organizations that develop and manage the...

11 Jul

Posted at 14:52h in Brian Greene, Eric Wallace, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

We have blogged previously about a petition filed at the Maryland Public Service Commission by five electric and natural gas retail suppliers seeking implementation of supplier consolidated billing (SCB). We did a video about it when the petition was filed, and our last blog on this...

26 Feb

Posted at 22:44h in consumer protection, Eric Wallace, Maryland, regulation, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="309" class="zemanta-img"] Maryland State House (side) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Last fall, Brian Greene discussed the Maryland Public Service Commission’s retail energy supplier consolidated billing proceeding. The Commission is considering supplier consolidated billing as an additional billing option for Maryland customers, alongside the existing...

26 Sep

Posted at 23:02h in commission, energy lawyer, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

Earlier this month, five competitive retail suppliers (NRG Energy, Inc., Interstate Gas Supply, Inc., Just Energy Group, Inc., Direct Energy Services, LLC, and ENGIE Resources LLC) filed a petition with the Maryland Public Service Commission to implement supplier consolidated billing. If approved, the petition would...

09 Aug

Posted at 19:32h in commission, Eric Wallace, Maryland, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Proposals Would Drive Up Costs for Competitive Retail Energy Suppliers and their Customers Good news for Maryland’s competitive energy suppliers and their customers. In the past few weeks, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued two Letter Orders rejecting requests by BGE, Pepco, and Delmarva Power to include in the Purchase...