consumer protection Tag

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...

26 Feb

Posted at 20:54h in Brian Greene, energy lawyer, retail energy competition, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Virginia

On February 25, 2019, the Virginia State Corporation Commission entered a Final Order denying Walmart’s petitions seeking permission under Va. Code § 56-577(A)(4) (“Section A 4”) to aggregate or combine the demands of certain electricity accounts. Walmart had filed a petition to aggregate 120 accounts...

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...

18 Sep

Posted at 13:32h in Blair Powell, commission, consumer protection, retail energy market, State Corporation Commission, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer

But There Is A Powerful Dissent On September 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued an opinion affirming the controversial “rate freeze law.” As we previously discussed here and here, a group of industrial customers of Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”) appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia,...

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...

27 Mar

Posted at 21:54h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

The March Energy Update features Brian Greene explaining efforts in Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia to improve consumer protection rules that apply to selling commodities direct to consumers in the energy and natural gas markets. https://youtu.be/QeXsyNLv7Ik...

06 Feb

Posted at 13:34h in Brian Greene, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The Delaware Public Service Commission has approved new Electric Supplier Rules for final publication in the April 1, 2017 edition of the Delaware Register. The rules will become effective April 11, 2017. The new rules replace Delaware’s existing Electric Supplier Rules and introduce numerous provisions that...

16 Feb

Posted at 20:34h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, regulation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

On February 10, 2016, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved revised consumer protection regulations governing the retail sale of electricity and natural gas. The revised rules include several substantive changes relating to how retail suppliers operate in Maryland. The changes involve additional up-front pricing disclosures...

11 Nov

Posted at 20:32h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, public service commission, regulation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In October and November, 2015, the Delaware Commission (Commission) and the Division of Public Advocate (DPA) held two workshops for stakeholders to discuss ways to enhance the visibility of and improve participation in customer choice for electricity products and services.  The group also examined what,...

06 May

Posted at 21:08h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, public service commission, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

The Maryland Public Service Commission has set a June 16-17 hearing date to consider the publication of new consumer protection rules for electricity and natural gas retail suppliers.  The new rules would impact several aspects of a supplier’s marketing and enrollment processes. In January 2015,...