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PBS RETAIL UTILITY PROCUREMENTS

PBS RETAIL UTILITY PROCUREMENTS obligated $25.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 70 contract actions (−39% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC ($15.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$25.1M
Actions
70
New awards: 58
Sole-source
2.1%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 482KFY2021
  2. 4.2KFY2022
  3. 6.3MFY2024
  4. 41.3MFY2025
  5. 25.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC$15.8M63%
  2. ENSPIRE ENERGY, LLC$5.9M23%
  3. WGL ENERGY SERVICES, INC.$1.4M5.4%
  4. CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC.$952.5K3.8%
  5. NRG BUSINESS MARKETING LLC$260.8K1.0%
  6. STONE MATTHEIS XENOPOULOS & BREW, PC$252.7K1.0%
  7. NOVEC ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC$201K0.8%
  8. PINEAPPLE STRATEGIES, LLC$189K0.8%
  9. MANSFIELD POWER & GAS LLC$100.3K0.4%
  10. S&P GLOBAL LIMITED$86.2K0.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$24.6M98%
  2. Professional services$441.6K1.8%
  3. IT & telecom$86.2K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. New York$10.2M41%
  2. Maryland$6.4M25%
  3. California$6.2M25%
  4. District of Columbia$1.9M7.5%
  5. Massachusetts$234.6K0.9%
  6. Indiana$100.3K0.4%
  7. Pennsylvania$61.8K0.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition2.1%
    US 39% · $527.8K
  • Sole-source awards2.1%
    US 30% · $527.8K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.7%
    US 5.6% · $186.5K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR JACOB K. JAVITS FB/CIT, 26 FEDERAL PLAZA,NEW YORK, NY0282ZZ, ACCOUNT 97929630008$3.6M
    DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC· New York County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Oct 29, 2025 – Oct 29, 2025· 47PA0826F0002
  2. PROVIDE GAS SUPPLY FOR FRC BLDG 102 CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT 2, 10903 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE, SILVER SPRING, MD1877WO$3.6M
    ENSPIRE ENERGY, LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· 47PA0826F0042
  3. PROVIDE GAS SUPPLY FOR FRC BLDG 100 CNTRL UTLY PLANT, 10903 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE, SILVER SPRING, MD0810WO$2.2M
    ENSPIRE ENERGY, LLC· Montgomery County, MD· Facilities & utilities· Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025· 47PA0826F0044
  4. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE 201 VARICK STREET NEW YORK, NY 10014-4811$1.5M
    RELIANT ENERGY NORTHEAST LLC· New York County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Nov 20, 2020 – Feb 2, 2026· 47PC0221F0015
  5. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR EMANUEL CELLER US COURTHOUSE, 225 CADMAN PL. EAST, BROOKLYN, NY0270ZZ$1.4M
    DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC· Kings County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Oct 29, 2025 – Oct 29, 2025· 47PA0826F0021
  6. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR CENTRAL HTG PLNT STM, 325 13TH ST SW, WASHINGTON, DC0001ZZ.$1.4M
    WGL ENERGY SERVICES, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Facilities & utilities· Oct 30, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· 47PA0826F0017
  7. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR DANIEL P MOYNIHAN USCH, 500 PEARL ST, NEW YORK, NY0351ZZ.$1.4M
    DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC· New York County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Oct 29, 2025 – Oct 29, 2025· 47PA0826F0008
  8. PROVIDE ELECTRIC SUPPLY FOR PHILLIP BURTON, FB CT, 450 GOLDEN GATE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA0154ZZ.$1.3M
    DIRECT ENERGY BUSINESS LLC· San Francisco County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 30, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· 47PA0826F0023

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.