DC natural gas supplier bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
A licensed retail natural gas supplier or marketer in the District files an integrity bond with the Public Service Commission (PSC) — typically $50,000 for a supplier that takes title to gas. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, then we issue.
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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.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the PSC
Pay online and receive the executed integrity bond, ready to file with your retail natural gas supplier license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the integrity bond actually guarantees
The District licenses retail natural gas suppliers under the Retail Natural Gas Supplier Licensing and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, codified at D.C. Code § 34-1671.05 and administered by the Public Service Commission (PSC). To assure a supplier’s financial integrity, the PSC may require it to post a bond or other approved security.
Suppliers and marketers that take title to and sell natural gas are generally required to post an initial $50,000 integrity bond; brokers and aggregators that don’t take title are typically subject to a smaller amount. The bond is a financial-integrity and consumer-protection guarantee standing behind the supplier’s obligations to customers and the District.
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 apply if you collect deposits or prepayments; confirm your specific requirements with the PSC.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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The PSC is waiting on one document.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.