April 22, 2021
La-Z-Boy Selects Retail Supplier Affiliate For Wind VPPA
La-Z-Boy Incorporated has finalized a 10-year resource-backed virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA), extending through the end of 2030, with AEP Energy Partners
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April 22, 2021
Bankrupt Retail Supplier Seeks Court Authorization To Pay Past & Ongoing Broker Commissions
Warns Of Customer Switches, Destruction Of Value To Sale Process If Commissions Not Paid
The bankruptcy Trustee of Brilliant Energy LLC (the "Debtor") sought a court order authorizing the Trustee to pay commissions owed to brokers under contracts which existed prior to Brilliant's bankruptcy petition
April 21, 2021
Just Energy Reports Higher Amount Due To ERCOT From Winter Weather Event Due To Resettlement Invoices
Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") announced today that the Company has received resettlement invoices from the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT") for the week of February 15, 2021 in connection with the Texas extreme weather event in February (the “Weather Event…
April 21, 2021
Houston, Texas Launches Citywide Solar Co-op
Houston, Texas Mayor Sylvester Turner and the nonprofit group Solar United Neighbors (SUN) today announced the launch of Houston’s citywide solar co-op
April 21, 2021
Exelon Seeks Court Order Declaring Texas PUC's $9,000 ERCOT Pricing Orders Invalid
Pursuant to Texas Government Code §§ 2001.035(a) and 2001.038(a), Exelon Generation Company, LLC ('Exelon Generation') and Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. ('Constellation') (collectively, 'Plaintiffs' or 'Exelon') sought from Travis County, Texas district court a declaratory judgment invalidating what…
April 21, 2021
Updated: Liberty Power Holdings To Consider Sale Process As Part Of Debtor-In-Possession Financing
Liberty Power Holdings LLC ("Liberty" or the "Company") issued a statement concerning its filing of a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11, stating that it, "remains open and serving customers."
April 21, 2021
Updated: Liberty Power Holdings To Consider Sale Process As Part Of Debtor-In-Possession Financing
Liberty Power Holdings LLC ("Liberty" or the "Company") issued a statement concerning its filing of a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11, stating that it, "remains open and serving customers."
April 20, 2021
Texas Senate Confirms Lake To Texas PUC
The Texas Senate has confirmed Peter Lake as Commissioner of the Texas PUC
April 20, 2021
Texas Solar Plant Announces PPAs With Several Offtakers, Including NRG & End Use Customers
National Grid Renewables has announced the signing of three solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the Noble Project (Noble) currently under construction in Denton County, Texas.
April 20, 2021
ERCOT Reports Internal Data Error May Have Impacted Real-Time Prices For Several Days In March (Includes Higher, Incorrect Offer Cap & Power Balance Penalty Curve Value)
ERCOT Won't Seek To Correct Prices; Says It Cannot Determine Accurate Prices Because Recalculation Would Require ERCOT To Make Significant Assumptions Concerning Operating Behavior Of Market Participants
April 19, 2021
ERCOT, Texas RE Announce Site Visits To Generation Resources To Verify Summer Readiness
ERCOT said in a market notice that representatives from ERCOT and Texas RE will perform site visits to evaluate summer weatherization preparations for select Generation Resources.
April 19, 2021
Retail Energy Vet Among Ownership Of Start-up Broker
A start-up broker Excelsior Gas and Electric LLC, has recently been formed
April 16, 2021
Updated: Texas Customer Files Lawsuit Against Retail Supplier Over Incremental Supply Costs Charged To Customer Due To February Winter Storm
A spokesperson at Symmetry Energy provided an additional statement concerning the matter:
April 15, 2021
McAdams Confirmed To Texas PUC By Senate
The Texas Senate this week confirmed Will McAdams as Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
April 15, 2021
Storage Developer Urges Texas PUC To Study "Reliability Concerns" From Cryptocurrency Mining, Crowding Out Of "Physical" Solutions
HGP Storage (HGP) filed a pleading at the Texas PUC requesting that the PUC, "direct the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to study the potential reliability concerns driven by large datacenters that mine cryptocurrencies."
April 14, 2021
ERCOT Board Approves Price Correction For Feb. 15 That Will Raise Price Adder By Up To $1,200 Per MWh
The ERCOT Board has approved ERCOT's request to correct prices for operating day February 15, 2021 due to what was termed a software error affecting the calculation of Real-Time On-Line Reliability Deployment Price Adders (RTORDPAs).
April 14, 2021
ERCOT Outlines How It Will Collect Nearly $3 Billion Short Paid To Market Via Uplift, Absent Legislative Or PUC Changes
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) filed with the Texas PUC a Notice of Planned Implementation of Default Uplift Invoice Process, "to provide clarity to the Commission and ERCOT Market Participants regarding ERCOT’s understanding of the ERCOT Protocols that control the Default…
April 14, 2021
ERCOT Reports Tight Grid Conditions Today, But No Conservation Appeal At This Time
ERCOT said today that it is expecting tight grid conditions again this afternoon but is not asking for energy conservation at this time (1:08 pm CT).
April 13, 2021
Trustee Proposes Deadline, Other Parameters For Customer Book Sale Process For Texas Retail Electric Provider In Bankruptcy Proceedings
The Chapter 7 Trustee (the 'Trustee') for the estate (the 'Estate') of Brilliant Energy, LLC (the 'Debtor') has requested that a bankruptcy court approve a proposed sale process to dispose of Brilliant's retail customer contracts, associated receivables, and associated power hedges (the 'Assets')
April 13, 2021
ERCOT Issues Conservation Plea But Thus Far Avoids EEA
ERCOT this afternoon issued a request for conservation for this late afternoon and evening, stating that, "Due to a combination of high generation outages typical in April and higher-than-forecasted demand from a stalled cold front over Texas, ERCOT may enter into emergency conditions this afternoon…
April 13, 2021
TEPA Reaffirms Support, Underscores Advantages of Competitive Energy Markets
The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA) today reaffirmed its support of competitive energy markets, "and highlighted the advantages they offer residential and commercial customers."
April 13, 2021
New Texas-Based Venture Capital Fund Aimed At Energy Transition Launches, Names Retail Energy Exec As Advisor
Energy Transition Ventures (ETV) said that it, "has launched as the first venture fund in Texas exclusively dedicated to investing in energy transition technologies."
April 12, 2021
Renewable Energy Developer Launching Retail Supplier, Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Apex Clean Energy Retail, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
April 12, 2021
Prosumer-Focused Retail Energy Start-up Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
David Energy Supply (Texas) LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
April 12, 2021
TC Energy Issues RFI For Electricity Supply In ERCOT, MISO
TC Energy Corporation announced today that it is seeking, through the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI), to identify potential contract and/or investment opportunities in wind energy projects that could generate up to 2,500,000 megawatt hours per year or 620 megawatts of zero-carbon energy…