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August 28, 2017
Texas Staff To Open Project To Evaluate Issues Relating to Demand Billed Customers and 4CP Billing
Staff of the Texas PUC is to open a project to evaluate issues relating to demand billed customers and 4CP billing, which were raised in the Oncor rate case in Docket No. 46957.
August 24, 2017
Texas PUC's Anderson Requests Oncor CEO Appear At Open Meeting To Discuss Structure, Timing of Proposed Change-in-Control, Current Financial Condition
Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson sent a letter to Oncor CEO Robert Shapard inviting Shapard, as well as Oncor's Chairman of the Board, Jim Adams, or another board member, to attend the PUC's August 31 open meeting to discuss various issues related to Oncor's proposed change-in-control and…
August 21, 2017
California Utility Holding Company Reaches Agreement To Acquire Texas Utility Oncor, Edging Out Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Sempra Energy today announced an agreement to acquire Energy Future Holdings Corp., the indirect owner of 80 percent of Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC
August 18, 2017
Texas PUC's Anderson Reiterates Concern Over Potential Transactions For Oncor Which Would Continue Material Debt Above Oncor
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson reiterated his concerns about debt levels above Oncor in any potential transaction to acquire Oncor.
August 17, 2017
ERCOT Holding Second Workshop On Proposed Mass Transition Of Sharyland ESI IDs To Oncor
On August 31, 2017, ERCOT will host a second informational workshop on the proposed Mass Transition of Transmission and Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) ESI IDs from Sharyland Utilities to Oncor Electric Delivery Company.
August 7, 2017
Smart Meters To Be Deployed To Former Sharyland Customers Under Proposed Oncor Acquisition
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services, L.L.C., and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC have filed at the Texas PUC for approval of the previously reported stipulated plan, agreed to by a group of stakeholders, for Oncor to acquire Sharyland's retail distribution…
August 3, 2017
Oncor Withdraws Originally Sought Minimum Charge For Residential Customers With Distributed Energy Resources, Under Rate Case Stipulation
Under a stipulation with a wide range of stakeholders to resolve its current rate case, Oncor has withdrawn its original proposal for a new rate class for residential customers with distributed energy resources (Rate DER) with a capacity of three kW or greater that would have included a minimum…
August 2, 2017
ERCOT To Hold Informational Workshop On Potential Mass Transition Of ESI IDs Between TDSPs (Sharyland to Oncor)
On August 15, 2017, ERCOT will host an informational workshop on a proposed Mass Transition of Transmission and Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) ESI IDs from Sharyland Utilities to Oncor Electric Delivery Company.
July 27, 2017
Update: Interim Sharyland Rate Relief Amounts To About 8 Mills/kWh On Residential Volumetric Charge
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has filed proposed interim residential rates applicable to retail electric providers serving residential customers in the Stanton, Brady, and Celeste territories (ex-Cap Rock), pursuant to the previously reported agreement under which Sharyland's customers are proposed to…
July 24, 2017
Sharyland Retail Customers To Become Oncor Customers, Served Under Oncor Tariff, Under Proposed Asset Swap
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC has announced an agreement with Sharyland Utilities, L.P. ("Sharyland") and Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services, L.L.C. ("SDTS") to swap assets in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million.
July 18, 2017
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Makes Several Retail Market Commitments Concerning Proposed Oncor Acquisition, In Agreement With Texas REPs
Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE), Oncor, and several retail electric providers and REP groups have signed an agreement setting forth three new regulatory commitments, related to the retail electric market, proposed by Berkshire Hathaway Energy in its proposed acquisition of Oncor
July 10, 2017
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Commits To Provide Bill Credits (Likely Through REPs) As Part of Proposed Oncor Acquisition
Other Commitments Address Use of Utility Logo, Code of Conduct
As part of 44 regulatory commitments Berkshire Hathaway Energy has made in its proposed acquisition of Oncor, disclosed in an SEC filing, Berkshire Hathaway Energy has proposed to provide certain rate credits to customers.
July 7, 2017
Parent Of Texas Retail Provider Enters New Agreement To Acquire Oncor
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced that it has executed a definitive merger agreement with Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) under which Berkshire Hathaway Energy will acquire reorganized EFH and which will ultimately result in the…
June 14, 2017
LS Power Affiliate Launches Retail Electric Offers In Texas, With 0¢ Energy Charge For Energy Supply Usage At Or Under 1,000 kWh, With No REP Monthly Fee
Updated: 6/15: The offers with a 0¢/kWh charge for energy supply are no longer being offered without a REP monthly fee. At Oncor, LifeEnergy's 12 and 24 mo. fixed plans now have an avg. all-in rate of 6.8 cents per kWh at 1,000 kWh (10.3¢ at 500 kWh, 10.4¢ at 2,000 kWh), reflecting the following…
June 8, 2017
Study: Average Texas Residential Rates Lower In Some Competitive Areas Versus Non-Competitive Areas
Editorial Note: This story was updated June 8, 3pm ET.
May 30, 2017
Exclusive: New Customer Choice Advocacy Organization, The Energy Choice Coalition, To Launch Soon
A new organization, called The Energy Choice Coalition (ECC), dedicated to advancing the principles of consumer choice and competition in the United States electricity industry is slated to launch in the next month or so, the organization's leadership told EnergyChoiceMatters.com
May 10, 2017
New Texas Prepaid Retail Brand Hello Energy Launches Service, Affiliate of Existing REP, Generator
Offering Guaranteed Number of Days Of Service For Set Prepayment Levels
Hello Energy a new prepaid retail electricity brand of Champion Energy (owned by Calpine), has launched service in Texas
May 10, 2017
New Texas Retail Brand, TXU Affiliate, Launches "No Frills" Service, "Rock Bottom" Prices
Offers Include Under 3¢/kWh Plans, Flat (Non-Volumetric) Pricing Plans
Express Energy, a new brand of the recently renamed Value Based Brands LLC, has launched retail electric service in Texas.
May 4, 2017
TXU Pairing Free Nights, Solar Power In New Product
TXU has launched a new residential product (TXU Energy Free Nights & Solar Days) pairing free nights with 100% renewable power, comprised of solar and wind RECs
April 28, 2017
Dynegy Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate, But Not At All Utilities
Dynegy Energy Services, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
April 24, 2017
NextEra Confirms It Will Seek Rehearing Of Texas PUC Decision Denying Oncor Transaction, Reiterates Board Control Conditions Unacceptable
During an earnings call, NextEra Energy CEO James Robo said that the company will seek rehearing of a Texas PUC decision which denied the company's application to acquire Oncor, but reiterated conditions that would be imposed by the PUC related to board control in any approval are not acceptable.
April 14, 2017
Texas PUC Denies NextEra Acquisition of Oncor
As first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com yesterday morning , the Texas PUC yesterday formally adopted an order denying NextEra Energy, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Oncor, and a written order was issued yesterday (Docket 46238)
April 13, 2017
Breaking: Donna Nelson Departing Texas PUC
Texas PUC Denies NextEra Acquisition of Oncor
At today's Texas PUC open meeting, Texas PUC Chair Donna Nelson announced that she is leaving the Public Utility Commission of Texas, with May 15 as her last day at the Commission
April 13, 2017
Draft Texas Order Denying NextEra Acquisition of Oncor To Be Considered At PUC Open Meeting Today
Commission Advising has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a draft order that would deny NextEra Energy, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Oncor, which will be considered at today's open meeting