District of Columbia electricity supplier bonds.
$1,000 flat.
A licensed retail electricity supplier or marketer in the District files a $50,000 integrity bond with the Public Service Commission (PSC). Ours is $1,000 flat — issued instantly, identical for every supplier. One soft credit pull, then we issue.
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How much does a District of Columbia electricity supplier bond cost?
$1,000 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to filed.
Your PSC license is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, ownership, and effective date, plus a few commercial questions — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the PSC
Pay online and receive the executed integrity bond, ready to file with your retail electricity supplier license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the integrity bond actually guarantees
The District opened its retail electricity market under the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, and the Public Service Commission (PSC) licenses electricity suppliers, brokers, and marketers. Under D.C. Code § 34-1505 the PSC may require a supplier to post a bond to assure its financial integrity.
Suppliers and marketers that take title to and sell electricity are generally required to post an initial $50,000 integrity bond. The bond stands behind the supplier’s obligations to customers and to the District — it is a financial-integrity and consumer-protection guarantee. Aggregators that don’t take title, and brokers, are typically subject to a smaller bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the District (the obligee), with customers as the protected parties. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A separate customer-payments bond can also be required if you collect deposits or prepayments; confirm your specific requirements with the PSC.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with the PSC. Pay online and receive the executed integrity bond, ready to file with your retail electricity supplier license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Been told you need a different amount?
Price and requirements checked on the carrier’s application, . Page updated .
The PSC is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.