The Ohio Public Utilities Commission opened an investigation into Verde Energy USA Ohio LLC’s sales practices in response to hundreds of complaints related to enrollment disputes, deceptive information, and false representations purporting the competitive supplier to be another utility, according to an April 16 notice. The agency said that 18 percent of the supplier-related investigations…
DetailsDemocratic Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, along with Republican Senators Lamar Alexander and Susan Collins have introduced the Driving America Forward Act (S.1094), which will expand the electric vehicle and hydrogen fuel cell tax credit. The bipartisan legislation seeks to raise the current cap of 200,000 vehicles per manufacturer by an additional 400,000, allowing more consumers to reap a $7,000…
DetailsMaine Senator Mark Lawrence, a Democrat, introduced legislation on April 13 to establish a program that would put the state on a path to source all of its energy from renewable resources by 2050. The bill would require state agencies to meet 100 percent of their electricity needs using renewables by 2030. (LD 1562) Under…
DetailsMaine House lawmaker Diane Denk, a Democrat, introduced legislation on April 11 that would establish a process to enable a municipality, which is served by two transmission and distribution utilities, to choose one of them to meet all its power needs. (LD 1542) To make the choice, the municipality would hold a referendum made by…
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