January 23, 2017
TXU Offering "Season Pass" Electricity Plan, 50% Off Energy Charge During Summer, Winter
TXU Energy has launched a new electricity plan, Season Pass, which discounts the energy charge by 50% during the summer and winter months.
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December 13, 2016
Use Your Thumbprint To Enroll For Texas Retail Electricity Service?
In a Texas PUC rulemaking addressing the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) for customer enrollment during door-to-door sales, TXU Energy has suggested that, in addition to the proposed use of electronic signatures, the two-step verification process required for use of a PED-based enrollment…
December 12, 2016
Texas Retail Market Vets Launching New Retail Supplier
Several Texas retail electric market veterans are among the leadership of start-up retail electric provider GBPOWER, LLC
December 7, 2016
Update: Vistra Discloses Expected 2016 EBITDA For TXU, 2017 Forecast; Seeking To Raise $1 Billion Under New Term Loan
Vistra Energy Corp., in a presentation to investors, disclosed expected TXU Energy performance for 2016 and guidance for 2017.
November 7, 2016
TCEH Corp., TXU Parent, Adopts New Name
TCEH Corp., the parent of TXU Energy and Luminant announced a new name for the company: Vistra Energy Corp.
November 2, 2016
TXU, Affiliates See Steady Retail Customer Count During Third Quarter
The competitive retail electric suppliers formerly owned by Energy Future Holdings, including TXU Energy and 4Change Energy, saw no net change in their customer count from June 30, 2016 to September 30, 2016, according to an EFH 10-Q.
November 1, 2016
NextEra Touts Gexa's Smaller Texas Market Share Vs. TXU In Application To Acquire Oncor
NextEra Energy, Inc. and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC have filed an application at the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval for NextEra to acquire Oncor, which touts NextEra's smaller retail market share, compared to TXU, in addressing affiliate concerns
October 25, 2016
Texas Staff Recommend Briefing Question of Forum To Determine Whether Utilities Can, Should Own Batteries Under Texas Law (Project Versus Contested Case)
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in a proposed list of issues in AEP Texas's application to install two grid-scale batteries to address distribution system reliability (click here for story) , said that parties should first brief whether a generic project, versus a contested case, is…
October 4, 2016
TXU Energy, New Parent Exit Bankruptcy, Names Officers
TCEH Corp. today announced that it and certain of its subsidiaries, including operating businesses Luminant and TXU Energy, have emerged from Chapter 11 as a standalone company effected through a tax-free spinoff from Energy Future Holdings Corp.
September 29, 2016
TXU To Pay Some Solar Customers Their Full Retail Rate For Excess Generation, Announces Instant Rebate for Residential Solar Rooftop Systems
TXU Energy today announced a limited-time instant rebate for residential consumers who purchase SunPower rooftop solar systems through the company.
September 16, 2016
Texas PUC Staff Recommend Amounts For Assessment On Subject REPs To Fund Internet Broadcast of PUC Meetings
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online.
August 15, 2016
TXU Seeks Assurance DG Interconnection Rule Will Not Infringe on REP's Disconnection, Service Rights
Commenting on proposed distributed generation interconnection agreement rules before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, TXU Energy sought assurances that any rule will not infringe on retail electric providers' disconnection rights, and that the rule preserves the requirement that all retail…
August 8, 2016
Energy Future Holdings Competitive Units (TXU) Enter $4.25 Million in Financing
Energy Future Holdings Corp. announced that Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (TCEH) entered into DIP Roll Facilities which provide for up to $4.25 billion in financing.
August 3, 2016
TXU Parent Sees Steady, Marginal Residential Customer Churn
Energy Future Holdings, parent of TXU Energy and 4Change Energy, saw a marginal decline in its residential competitive retail customer count from March 31, 2016 to June 30, 2016, with the decline in-line with the declines seen in recent quarters
July 29, 2016
Parent of Texas Retail Provider Reaches Agreement To Acquire Oncor
NextEra Energy, Inc., the ultimate parent of Gexa Energy, announced a definitive agreement under which a newly formed subsidiary of NextEra Energy will acquire 100 percent of the equity of reorganized Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including…
July 25, 2016
Texas Retail Provider Proposes "Two Step" (Dual Validation) Process For Electronic Door-to-Door Enrollments
TXU Energy has proposed a "two-step" or "dual validation" process for door-to-door enrollments completed through electronic devices.
July 25, 2016
Texas Retail Providers Oppose Requirement For REPs To "Determine" Customer's Authority To Enroll Account, Also oppose Increase Verification Information Required For Enrollments Proposed in PUCT Staff Strawman
Texas retail electric providers have opposed a proposal contained in a strawman filed by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would require retail electric providers to obtain a second data point for account access verification for door-to-door enrollments conducted via electronic…
July 19, 2016
Texas-based Retail Supplier Names Market Veteran As Senior Director, Commercial Sales
Frontier Utilities announced the promotion of Tommy Richardson to Senior Director, Commercial Sales.
July 13, 2016
EFH Lining Up $4.25 Billion in Financing For TXU Spin-off, Talks TXU Market Position/Share, Earnings With Investors
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (TCEH), a unit of Energy Future Holdings and the parent of TXU Energy and Luminant, is conducting meetings with prospective lenders in connection with the syndication of its $4.25 billion senior secured credit facilities
July 7, 2016
Texas Stakeholders Submit Strawman On Enrolling Door-to-Door Customers Via Electronic Device Without Telephonic Verification
Texas stakeholders have submitted a strawman concerning retail electric providers' enrollment of customers solicited through door-to-door marketing via an electronic device, without a requirement for verification via TPV or telephonic recording
June 23, 2016
Texas PUC Consultant Report "Prefers" Movement To Much Higher Fixed Fees Charged to Retail Electric Providers For T&D Charges Under SFV; Change Would Wreak Havoc With Retail Price Comparisons
A report on alternative ratemaking by a consultant retained by the Public Utility Commission of Texas expresses a "preference" for a movement to Straight Fixed-Variable (SFV) rate design for the recovery of transmission and distribution costs, which are paid by retail electric providers who then…
June 9, 2016
Former TXU Exec Joins Board of Waste-to-Energy Company
Michael Childers has joined the Board of Directors of PHG Energy (PHGE), a privately held company focused on sustainable technologies in the waste disposal, waste-to-energy, and solar sectors.
May 10, 2016
TXU Parent Sees Marginal Residential Customer Churn
Energy Future Holdings, parent of TXU Energy and 4Change Energy, saw a marginal decline in its residential competitive retail customer count from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016, with the decline in-line with the decline experienced from September 30, 2015 to December 31, 2015
May 6, 2016
TXU Energy Adds Flexibility To Free Nights Offer, Allowing Customers To Pick Hours
TXU Energy has introduced flexibility to its free nights offer, giving customers a choice of a range of free hours
April 26, 2016
TXU: Power To Choose Offer Listings Distorting Market; Direct: PTC Encourages Bad Behavior, Stifles Innovation
The offer-based shopping function on the Texas Power to Choose site distorts the market, TXU Energy said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, while Direct Energy said that the shopping function encourages bad behavior and stifles innovation, and both REPs recommended, in separately…