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Late last year, months before the country got a dramatic lesson in what is otherwise the wonky workings of the Texas electric grid, Pennsylvania regulators began a discussion about batteries and how they might help utilities avoid the types of disasters that befell the Lone Star State and bring other benefits to local grids. Comments...

Authored by RESA member, Alexandrea Isaac While most of the world is anxious to get back to “normal” in 2021, the energy sector is no different. However, one question that many of us in the industry are not asked is what is our definition of “normal”? For me, when it comes to energy policy, “normal”...

Read the full article here. The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading trade association representing competitive retail energy suppliers, today (Jan 11) announced its new officers and state chairs for 2021. Both the new officers elected for the Executive Committee and state chairs were confirmed during RESA’s annual board meeting in December and each...

Read the full article here. The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) today announced its new officers and state chairs for 2021. RESA 2021 Officers 2021 State Chairs – Electric 2021 State Chairs – Gas 

Authored by RESA spokesperson, Dan Allegretti Would you want someone to take away your ability to choose a mobile phone because legislators think you didn’t understand the rate plan? How about your right to choose your own doctor? As an American, likely not.  Recently, The Baltimore Sun published a commentary by Del. Brooke Lierman and...

Authored by RESA spokesperson, Dan Allegretti In the wake of a massive power outage following Tropical Storm Isaias, anger and frustration have been on full display from Connecticut residents and regulators while utilities took up to nine days to restore power to those effected. Eversource Energy, the utility that delivers most energy to the state,...

Read the full article here. In the wake of a massive power outage following Tropical Storm Isaias, anger and frustration have been on full display from Connecticut residents and regulators while utilities took up to nine days to restore power to those effected. Eversource Energy, the utility that delivers most energy to the state, has...

Read the full article here. The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) last week released its national scientific poll that indicates three out of four voters want options and choice when selecting their energy suppliers. The results were released in conjunction with National Energy Shopping Day. “National Energy Shopping Day was created to educate consumers, regulators,...

Read the full article here. Connecticut utility regulators have approved a more stringent set of marketing standards governing third-party electric suppliers. The state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday issued its 42-page final decision regarding the marketing rules. Acting Consumer Counsel Rich Sobolewski, whose office represented ratepayers’ interests in the case, said the PURA ruling...

Read the full article here. The Retail Energy Supply Association published an update to prior research comparing electric rates in states with electric choice and monopoly states, to reflect data through 2018 RESA’s report said that, using EIA all-in data (generation and distribution), the residential nominal annual “weighted” average electric price in 35 monopoly states...