July 8, 2015
Texas TDUs Report Updated Data on Customers Opting Out of Smart Meters
Several Texas TDUs have filed updated reports regarding customers electing to take non-standard metering service, and opting out of AMS.
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July 1, 2015
Millions Still Available For Reimbursement to Retail Providers Under Texas Low-Income Smart Device Program
Millions of dollars are still available for Texas retail electric providers to be reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats and in-home displays to eligible low-income customers.
June 24, 2015
Texas TDU To Return Deposits to Retail Providers
Oncor will soon return certain deposits collected from retail electric providers related to transition charges back to the REPs.
June 15, 2015
Texas REP Would Pay $220,000 Under Settlement With PUCT Staff
Direct Energy, LP would pay $220,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that it initiated disconnection of customers during an extreme weather emergency, contrary to PURA § 39.101(h) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.498(j)(1)
June 15, 2015
Texas TDU Reaches 90% Threshold for REP Reimbursements Under Low-Income Smart Thermostat Program
Update: 9:52. TNMP sent a new market notice this morning stating that it has reached the 90% reimbursement threshold
June 11, 2015
New Texas REPs Offering Free Nights Plan
Several Just Energy retail brands, including Amigo Energy and Tara Energy, have launched Free Nights electricity plans in Texas
May 6, 2015
Texas REP Introduces Free Mornings And Evenings Plan
TXU Energy has launched TXU Energy Free Mornings and Evenings, the company's latest "Right Time" pricing plan
April 16, 2015
New Texas REP Offering Free Sundays Plan
Smart Prepaid Electric, a brand of Tara Energy, which is owned by Just Energy, is the latest Texas retail electric provider to offer a Free Sundays plan
April 13, 2015
Texas PUC Staff Preamble: Granting Regulated Cost Recovery of Generators' SSO Risk Compliance Cost Inconsistent with Competitive Market
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption addressing Subsynchronous Oscillation (SSO) risk in ERCOT.
March 23, 2015
New Texas REP Offering Free Weekends Product, Other TOU Rate
Champion Energy Services is the latest Texas retail provider to offer residential customers Time of Use electricity plans including a free weekends product.
March 20, 2015
Green Mountain Energy Now Bundling Smart Sprinkler With Electricity Offers
Green Mountain Energy Company is now offering Texas residential customers a 24-month, 100% wind WaterSaver electricity plan that includes, at no additional charge, a Rachio Iro smart sprinkler controller
March 10, 2015
MP2 Energy Partners With Solar Provider to Offer Solar to Texas Homeowners for Less Than Utility Power Without Local Incentives
MP2 Energy and SolarCity have partnered to make it possible for some Dallas-Fort Worth area homeowners to pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power for the first time without any local incentives, the companies said.
February 24, 2015
Power Express Expands Texas Service Offerings
Texas retail electric provider Power Express, a brand of Nooruddin Investments, has begun offering service at AEP Texas Central and Texas-New Mexico Power.
February 23, 2015
Alleging "Windfall" to Retail Providers, Texas Cities Oppose CenterPoint TDU Plan to Refund Charges to REPs Without Requirement That REPs Pass-Through Credit to Customers
Alleging that a proposal from CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC would lead to a "windfall" to retail electric providers, the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities has opposed the utility's as-filed proposal to refund $11 million to retail electric providers.
February 19, 2015
Reliant Officially Rolls Out Home Automation, Security Products
Reliant yesterday officially rolled out a suite of home security and automation service offerings, which had been first tipped by RetailEnergyX.com last fall
February 17, 2015
New Texas Retail Brand Listing Offers on Power to Choose
Pronto Power, a brand of Summer Energy offering prepaid service, has begun listing offers on the Texas Power to Choose site, in the Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric service areas.
February 12, 2015
Direct Energy Launches Nest Thermostat Bundles in Texas
Direct Energy has begun offering in Texas electricity plans including a free Nest Learning Thermostat
January 28, 2015
Texas REP Launches Plans With No Monthly Minimum Usage Fee
Discount Power, a Volterra Energy company, announced that it has launched in Texas several residential electric products with no monthly fee, named the Value Plus plans.
January 27, 2015
Texas REP Launches New Brand
Texas retail electric provider Nooruddin Investments, which does business as Discount Power, has begun offering service under a new brand, Power Express.
January 12, 2015
Texas TDUs Report Number of Smart Meter Opt-Outs
Several Texas TDUs have reported the number of customers electing to opt-out of having a smart meter.
December 9, 2014
Reliant's New Plan? Get More, Save More
Reliant has begun offering a new electricity plan to Texas residential customers called Get More, Save More
December 1, 2014
Updated Plan To Reimburse Texas Retail Providers for Provision of Smart Thermostats, In-Home Monitors to Low-Income Customers Would Initially Cap Each REP's Participation; Limit Marketing to Existing Customers
An updated proposal under which Texas retail electric providers would be reimbursed for providing low-income customers with programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs) and in-home displays (IHDs) would initially limit how many customers for which each REP would be reimbursed.
November 26, 2014
Oncor to Lower Priority Move-In Fee
Oncor has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reduce the charge for a Priority Move-In for a Self-Contained Meter, for non-AMS meters or AMS meters without remote connect/disconnection functionality (43846).
November 17, 2014
New Retail Provider Launches Service in Texas
North American Power has begun offering electricity service in Texas
November 11, 2014
Clearview Energy Announces Prepaid Product, Complimentary Electricity
Clearview Energy announced that the company is now offering a prepaid electricity plan that offers customers a way to earn complimentary electricity every month.