Maryland Public Service Commission Tag

02 Feb

Posted at 20:35h in commission, energy lawyer, Eric Hurlocker, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, Uncategorized

Breaking news February 2, 2017! The Maryland Senate, minutes ago, voted to override the Governor's veto of SB 921 and HB 1106, the Clean Energy Jobs Act. The bill page has likely not been updated yet, but you can see the vote count here (32-13). The...

14 Dec

Posted at 20:08h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) Last week, we introduced Part 1 of our two-part discussion about the importance of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers complying with state laws. We focused on requirements in the contract, the contract summary, certain required disclosures, and so forth. This week,...

06 Dec

Posted at 14:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, Delaware, energy lawyer, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

(Originally posted at LinkedIn.com) If you’re a retail electricity or natural gas supplier and you think no one will ever file a complaint against you, or that no state commission will ever ring you up with a show cause order – just stop it now. While...

09 Nov

Posted at 01:12h in Brian Greene, commission, consumer protection, distributed power generation, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, retail energy market, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

In September, 2016, the Maryland Public Service Commission issued a Notice of Public Conference (Notice), initiating a “targeted” review of Maryland’s electric distribution systems to ensure that they are customer-centered, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable. The proceeding builds on recent technical conferences involving barriers to...

03 May

Posted at 14:18h in commission, distributed power generation, Eric Wallace, Maryland, net energy metering, net metering, public service commission, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar energy lawyer, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

The proposed regulations for Maryland's Community Solar Pilot Program were published in the Maryland Register on April 29, 2016.  Here is a link to the Community Solar Pilot Program rules as published. Under the proposed rules, customers that subscribe to a community solar energy generating...

02 Feb

Posted at 16:46h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, net energy metering, net metering, public service commission, regulation, retail energy competition, retail energy market, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility regulation lawyer

The Maryland Public Service Commission has established a new Working Group to develop statewide protocols that will allow retail electricity suppliers to access their customers’ smart meter interval data from the utility on a near real-time basis. In a recent Order, the Commission established the...

11 Nov

Posted at 20:15h in Brian Greene, commission, Maryland, public service commission, regulation, Retail Electric Competition, The GreeneHurlocker Blog, utility rate lawyer, utility regulation lawyer

In early October, 2015, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved for publication in the Maryland Register revised consumer protection rules applicable to the marketing and sale of electricity and natural gas by licensed retail suppliers. The Commission’s approval comes after more than a year of...

29 Oct

Posted at 18:41h in commission, distributed power generation, Maryland, natural gas, public service commission, retail supplier, The GreeneHurlocker Blog

Decision Relieves Retail Suppliers from Paying Excessive Collateral to WGL    The Maryland Public Service Commission has granted a request by Washington Gas Light and two retail suppliers to lower the collateral for suppliers operating on WGL’s system for the winter season.  Click here for WGL’s initial...

31 Mar

Posted at 15:36h in The GreeneHurlocker Blog

This is the second in a two-part series highlighting “Lessons Learned” from the Maryland Public Service Commission’s recent ruling penalizing Starion Energy PA, Inc. for violating various consumer protection laws in Maryland. The first cited three lessons for retail electricity suppliers. This final post lists...