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November 5, 2018
REP Parents Say TDU Ownership Of Storage Would Harm Competitive Market
In a Texas PUC project concerning a review of TDU ownership of batteries and other non-traditional technologies, the TDUs offered various means to account for measure and account for the energy used in charging and discharging utility-owned batteries, if utility ownership is ultimately permitted.
October 2, 2018
CenterPoint Energy Services has expanded its retail natural gas supply service to residential customers and businesses of all sizes in Illinois.
September 18, 2018
Staff of the Texas PUC formally sought a ruling on Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.'s late-filed request to serve as a volunteer Provider of Last Resort (POLR, or VREP).
September 5, 2018
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric issued a Save The Date for its 2018 Competitive Retailer workshop, to be held November 14, 2018 in Galveston
September 5, 2018
Start-up Primo Power LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate to serve customers at Oncor, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, AEP Texas North, AEP Texas Central, and Texas-New Mexico Power
August 31, 2018
The Texas PUC has approved an initial Distribution Cost Recovery Factor rider at Oncor, and updates to the DCRF at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, adopting unopposed stipulations in both cases
August 24, 2018
The duty, if any, of Texas retail electric providers to inform customers of a change in the customer's assignment to a specific TDU rate class, and associated changes in rates due to such change, may be addressed in another pending customer complaint before the Texas PUC
August 6, 2018
The City of San Antonio has filed at the Texas PUC a decommissioning cost analysis for the South Texas Project nuclear electric generating station, in which, among other things, CPS Energy, "is recommending suspension of monthly recurring decommissioning fees collected from AEP-TCC's retail…
July 24, 2018
In light of the Texas PUC's recent approval of changes to Smart Meter Texas, AEP Texas Inc. ("AEP Texas"), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC ("CenterPoint"), Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC ("Oncor"), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company ("TNMP") (collectively, the "Joint TDUs") have filed…
June 28, 2018
Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC announced that as of July 1, 2018, it will be providing electricity commodity supply to commercial and industrial ("C&I") customers in Texas.
June 22, 2018
Results In Decrease For Most Classes, Marginal Increase For Residential Class Versus Current Rates
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) and various parties filed a stipulation with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update CEHE's Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF), for the period beginning September 1, 2018, and the period beginning September 1, 2019.
May 31, 2018
Notes "Slight" Increase In Competitive Retail Customer Bills Of Other ERCOT LSEs From Proposal
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Lone Star Transmission, LLC have filed a petition at the Texas PUC for: (1) approval to transfer and integrate Rayburn's load and related transmission assets currently in the Eastern Interconnection (Southwest Power Pool) to the Electric Reliability…
May 25, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony proposing a marginal reduction, versus the new rates proposed by CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE), to the proposed new September 1, 2018 Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF) at CEHE
May 1, 2018
SFE Energy, Inc. announced that it will begin providing electricity commodity supply to commercial and industrial customers starting May 1, 2018 in Texas at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, Oncor, AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North and Texas-New Mexico Power.
April 23, 2018
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) and Vectren Corporation (NYSE: VVC) today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to form an energy delivery, infrastructure and services company serving more than 7 million customers across the United States.
April 13, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas re-adopted the existing Chapter 25 electric substantive rules as part of a periodic review and re-adoption process, with no changes to the existing rules (Project No. 47729)
April 13, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted a final order, implementing recent legislation, which establishes an ongoing requirement for investor-owned utilities within ERCOT to file a rate case within 48 months of their last rate case decision or settlement
April 6, 2018
Texas PUC Staff have filed a recommended proposal for adoption that would re-adopt the existing Chapter 25 electric substantive rules as part of a periodic review and re-adoption process (Project No. 47729)
April 5, 2018
Proposed Rate 7% Lower Than Previously Approved September 2018 Rate
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update the Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF), effective September 1, 2018.
February 14, 2018
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC ("CenterPoint Energy") said in a Texas PUC filing that discussions with stakeholders regarding recent federal tax law changes and the potential for a directive for the TDU to file, within 120 days, a base rate proceeding have resulted in an alternative…
January 30, 2018
Intended To Simplify Process For Third Parties To Access Customer Data
Stakeholders have reached, except for one issue saved for litigation, consensus for new requirements for Smart Meter Texas (SMT), including a new process by which a customer affirms an agreement to share its SMT data with a Competitive Service Provider ("CSP", an entity other than the REP of…
January 25, 2018
In a memo in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn T. Walker proposes that the Commission require CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric to file a rate case with the Commission
November 20, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas denied a petition from consumer advocates to adopt enhanced customer protections for Hurricane Harvey victims for a period of 12 months
November 15, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the Commission deny a petition from consumer advocates to adopt enhanced customer protections for Hurricane Harvey victims for a period of 12 months
November 9, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Dynegy Energy Services (Texas), LLC an Option 1 retail electric provider certificate, to serve customers at AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, and Oncor Electric Delivery Company
