October 14, 2021
Best Buy Announces Involvement In Texas Solar Project
Best Buy has announced that it is partnering in the new Prospero II Solar Project in Andrews County, Texas, along with U.S. Bank and Longroad Energy
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October 12, 2021
PPG Selects Retail Provider For Solar Energy To Power Texas Facility
PPG, a global manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, today announced an agreement with Constellation under which PPG will power its Carrollton, Texas, paint manufacturing facility with energy from the 200 MW Big Star Solar Project, currently under development in Bastrop County…
October 8, 2021
Most Texas Retail Providers To See Increase In RPS Allocation Due To ERCOT ADR Ruling
ERCOT said in a market notice today that, due to the resolution of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings between ERCOT and Tenaska Power Services Co., retail electric providers, other than those at-issue in the ADR, will see an increase in their RPS allocation
September 28, 2021
TransAlta Shifts Strategic Focus To Customer-Centered Power Solutions (Renewables & Storage), Including U.S. Growth
TransAlta Corporation ("TransAlta" or the "Company") today announced its strategic growth targets, "which strengthen the Company's commitment to being a leader in clean electricity by delivering customer-centered power solutions."
September 23, 2021
Petrochemical Company Selects Retail Provider To Serve Texas Facility
MEGlobal Americas Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of ethylene glycol, has entered into an agreement with Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC to purchase renewable energy to fulfill 100% of the expected power needs at MEGlobal's Oyster Creek, TX, site beginning in 2023.
September 23, 2021
DuPont Selects Energy Supplier For Texas Wind VPPA
DuPont announced that it has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC with a generation capacity of the equivalent of 135 megawatts of new wind energy in Texas.
September 22, 2021
Windstream Enters Five-Year Contract With Retail Electric Provider For Texas Facilities
Windstream, a privately held communications and software company, today announced a retail renewable energy agreement with ENGIE Resources, a subsidiary of ENGIE North America.
September 15, 2021
Athletic Apparel Retailer Selects Supplier For 15 MW VPPA, Supports Texas Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America, Inc. today announced the signing of a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with lululemon athletica inc.
September 9, 2021
Apple To Sell Solar Generating Facility To Utility
Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy (Sierra Pacific) and Apple Inc. have entered into an agreement for Sierra Pacific to purchase from Apple the Fort Churchill Solar Array, an approximately 20 MW solar photovoltaic generating facility in Lyon County, Nevada
September 9, 2021
Gillette Stadium Selects Provider To Procure RECs To Offset Patriots Home Games, Other Events
Enel North America (Enel) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Kraft Sports + Entertainment to supply Gillette Stadium with, "locally generated, zero emission clean energy through renewable energy credits (RECs)."
September 8, 2021
PUC Issues RFP For State Green Power Provider
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) today for the Maine Green Power provider.
September 3, 2021
LA County Municipal Aggregation Selects Supplier For Solar, Storage Under 15-Year PPA
EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project with Clean Power Alliance (CPA), a community choice aggregation serving Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in California
September 1, 2021
First Opt-Out Community Solar & Energy Supply Program Officially Launches
The Villages of Brockport and Lima, New York, today activated their previously reported opt-out community solar program, part of their municipal aggregation.
September 1, 2021
Energy Transfer Selects Supplier For 120 MW Texas Solar PPA
Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) announced that it has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with San Francisco-based SB Energy for 120 megawatts of electricity from its Eiffel Solar project in northeast Texas.
August 25, 2021
PepsiCo, Best Buy, McCormick & Company, ViacomCBS Properties Select Retail Supplier, Renewable Developer For Solar Power In Texas
Constellation announced today that an agreement is in place to help PepsiCo, McCormick & Company, Best Buy and ViacomCBS’ KTVT and KTXA TV stations power their operations with energy from the 200 MW Big Star Solar Project, currently under development in Bastrop County, Texas.
August 16, 2021
Municipal Aggregation Serving 100,000 New York Customers Formally Seeks Approval For Opt-out Community Solar
Sustainable Westchester has formally petitioned the New York PSC for approval to integrate opt-out Community Distributed Generation into the Westchester Power municipal aggregation program.
August 11, 2021
LS Power Launches Rev Renewables
LS Power today announced the formation of Rev Renewables, LLC ("Rev"), which will be engaged in the development, acquisition and operation of energy storage and renewable projects.
August 10, 2021
Microsoft Selects Supplier For Texas Solar PPA
Ørsted and Microsoft Corporation have entered into an agreement for Microsoft to purchase energy from Old 300 Solar Center in Fort Bend County, Texas.
August 9, 2021
Retail Supplier Enters Into Solar PPA In PJM
AEP Energy and Doral Renewables LLC (formerly named, Global Energy Generation LLC) (now d/b/a/ Doral LLC), a developer of renewable energy projects, primarily in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, announced today that they have signed an additional long-term renewable energy purchase agreement…
August 6, 2021
Retail Supplier Purchases RECs To Offset Entire Load In Q2, Going Forward
During an earnings call, Spark Energy CEO Keith Maxwell, said that Spark purchased Renewable Energy Credits to offset all of its electric and natural gas load in the second quarter of 2021, and will continue to do that on a go-forward basis.
August 4, 2021
McDonald's, eBay Select Supplier For Solar Power In Aggregation
McDonald’s Corporation and eBay Inc. today announced agreements with Lightsource bp to purchase power from what will be Louisiana’s largest solar project, located 30 miles northwest of Baton Rouge in Pointe Coupee Parish.
August 3, 2021
Walmart Selects Provider For Community Solar In New York
Walmart has contracted with Nexamp as an anchor tenant to support 129 Megawatts of community solar projects, and is subscribing to a share of each of 23 Nexamp solar farms across New York
July 29, 2021
Amazon Selects Electricity Supplier For 474 MW Of Renewable Energy In U.S., Other Markets
TotalEnergies announced that it and Amazon have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a commitment of 474 MW of renewable capacity in the U.S. and Europe
July 22, 2021
Texas Retail Provider Launches Electricity Plans Offering 100% Texas Solar; Solar Buyback Plan Also Offered
Texas retail electric provider Rhythm announced that it has begun offering Texas residential electric customers plans that are backed by 100% solar RECs from Texas (Texas Shine plans)
July 15, 2021
Bloomberg Selects Energy Supplier For Expanded Community Solar Offering To Employees
Bloomberg announced that it is expanding its employees' access to community solar projects, with 4,800 of its employees based in New York City now able to access community solar managed by Common Energy