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August 25, 2021
Octopus Energy today announced, "its first-ever customer Octo Cool Down to beat the heat and conserve energy as Houston approaches high temperatures amid a growing Texas population, leading to what may be the largest peak usage ever on the Texas grid."
August 23, 2021
Octopus Energy LLC f/k/a Evolve Retail Energy LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority.
August 16, 2021
Tesla Energy Ventures, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
July 26, 2021
The Centre for Net Zero, a research firm focused on clean energy and decarbonization projects and backed by Octopus Energy Group, today announced a global collaboration with researchers from The University of Maryland and The University of Cologne, led by economist Peter Cramton.
July 9, 2021
Octopus Energy announced the launch of a program, called Superpower Savings, to provide Texas customers with rewards for reduced usage during called events
July 7, 2021
Texas stakeholders filed with the Texas PUC proposals regarding potential changes to Provider of Last Resort pricing
May 26, 2021
ERCOT has formally initiated the mass transition of Brilliant Energy's non-residential customers to Providers of Last Resort (POLRs)
May 20, 2021
Approving relief sought by the Trustee of Brilliant Energy LLC (the "Debtor"), a federal bankruptcy court ordered the mass transition of Brilliant Energy's remaining customers -- which are commercial customers -- to the provider(s) of last resort (POLR)
May 18, 2021
The Trustee for Texas retail electric provider Brilliant Energy (Debtor) has sought bankruptcy court approval to drop its commercial customers (which represent its remaining customer book) to the provider(s) of last resort (POLR)
May 14, 2021
The trustee for Brilliant Energy (Debtor) said in a May 14 court filing that the trustee is still attempting to sell the Debtor’s commercial contracts, and the trustee expects to succeed or fail in that effort by May 28, 2021.
May 10, 2021
--- Octopus Notes Goal To Invest $100M In U.S. Energy Market, Targets 25 Million Accounts
Octopus Energy US formally announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the residential customer book of Texas retail electric provider Brilliant Energy LLC, which had been exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on May 5
May 5, 2021
A bankruptcy court approved the sale of Brilliant Energy LLC's residential customer book and related assets to Evolve Retail Energy LLC d/b/a Octopus Energy US, as described in our prior story below
May 5, 2021
A bankruptcy court approved the sale of Brilliant Energy LLC's residential customer book and related assets to Evolve Retail Energy LLC d/b/a Octopus Energy US, as described in our prior story below
March 19, 2021
Rep. King Asks Whether Fixed Rate Rollovers Onto High "Index" Rates Need To Be Addressed
The Texas House State Affairs committee reported favorably a substitute for HB 16
March 3, 2021
Total Number Of Customers That Volunteer POLRs Have Agreed To Serve Disclosed
The Manager of Licensing and Compliance for the Texas PUC's Customer Protection Division issued a memo concerning requests from retail electric providers to serve as volunteer POLRs (voluntary REPs or VREPs) that were filed after a recent deadline established by the PUC
February 24, 2021
PUC Staff Recommend Granting REP's Request To Be Relieved Of Non-Volunteer POLR Obligation
Evolve Retail Energy LLC d/b/a Octopus Energy filed a request at the Texas PUC to be designated a volunteer POLR (aka Voluntary Retail Electric Provider or VREP) for the residential and small commercial customer classes
February 22, 2021
Octopus Energy U.S. (formerly Evolve Energy), which has offered a wholesale pass-through electricity membership plan in Texas, announced that it is capping prices under its plan for the week of Saturday, February 13th through Friday, February 19th
November 3, 2020
Octopus Energy Group, which recently acquired Texas retail electric provider Evolve Energy , announced the acquisition of Upside Energy, an energy software company based in the United Kingdom
October 22, 2020
E-Volve Energy Holdings, LLC, a Texas-based broker and aggregator created last year, is expanding to various Northeast markets.
September 29, 2020
U.K retail energy supplier Octopus Energy, which describes itself as a tech unicorn, announced the acquisition of Texas retail electric provider Evolve Energy
