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PSC Confirms Only Residential Retail Suppliers, Brokers Subject To License Expiration & Renewal Deadline
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The Maryland PSC has issued an updated version of an order issued on January 31, 2025 concerning the license expiration dates and renewal deadlines for all retail energy suppliers (with the term supplier as used by the PSC and in this story also encompassing marketers, brokers, and aggregators)
Although not styled as an errata or clarification, a new version of the order (still dated Jan. 31) was posted to the PSC's website on Feb. 7, 2025
Notably, the PSC's order now states explicitly that the license expiration dates and renewal deadlines only apply to, "residential retail suppliers." While not explicit in the PSC's order, a residential supplier is understood to be a supplier with residential authority under its original (or any amended) license application, even if not actively marketing to or serving residential customers
SB1 required the PSC to set expiration dates for all existing residential retail supplier and broker licenses, with the PSC authorized to stagger the expirations over 3 years. Renewals (and new supplier licenses) will last for only 3 years
Additionally, the PSC has made more clear the adjusted deadlines and license expiration dates for the affected one-third of residential suppliers. As previously reported, the PSC previously established a list of staggered license expiration dates for one-third of all suppliers in the state.
The PSC originally established these expiration dates in December 2024, but adjusted the dates in its Jan. 31, 2025 order posted last week. However, the grouping of suppliers into new staggered dates was unclear in the Jan. 31, 2025 order, as noted by ECM
In the updated order, the PSC states that the PSC amends the original order to, "adjust the license expiration date of the first and second group of retail suppliers."
The original first and second groups originally had license expiration dates of February 28, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively.
Although still not explicit about the first two groups being combined, the PSC's updated order more clearly suggests that these two groups are combined into a single group with a license expiration date of April 15, 2025
These groups, and all other groups, also have revised renewal filing deadlines versus the December 2024 order, but no change from the Jan. 31, 2025 order
The PSC's Feb. 7 order maintains the Jan. 31 description of four "groups" of suppliers.
These groups are based on groupings of suppliers by license expiration date in the Dec. 2024 order. The groupings, based on original license expiration date, can be found here (note that the expiration date as shown in the linked chart has been modified as noted below for the first two groups, but the original date is shown so suppliers can reference their original grouping)
With the PSC's new statement confirming that groups 1 & 2 have modified expiration dates (and with no other groups having a modified expiration date), the PSC's apparent establishment of new license expiration dates and renewal application deadlines is as follows:
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Clarifies Expiration Dates & Deadlines
February 7, 2025
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Reporting by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
Renewal Prior New
Filing Expiration Expiration
Deadline Date Date
(group)
Mar 15, 2025 Feb 28, 2025 Apr 15, 2025
Mar 15, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Apr 15, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 Apr 30, 2025 Apr 30, 2025
May 1, 2025 May 31, 2025 May 31, 2025
May 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025
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