October 29, 2018
Industry Vets Form New Retail Supplier
Option 2 Energy, LLC applied for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate, to serve customers one megawatt or more of capacity who provide an affidavit agreeing to such service
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October 26, 2018
Texas PUC Commissioners To Decide On ERCOT Market, Scarcity Pricing Changes By Nov/Dec D'Andrea: "Somewhat Inclined" PUC Needs To Do Something
Walker: Must Consider Greater Customer Interplay In ERCOT Market
October 25, 2018
License Briefs
Texas REP Receives Authority To Collect Deposits
October 24, 2018
Resolution Of ERCOT ADR Proceeding Results in Uplift To Market
The resolution of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceeding at ERCOT concerning a co-op's Congestion Revenue Rights will result in uplift to the ERCOT market after ERCOT determined that it should not have voided the co-op's Pre-Assigned Congestion Revenue Rights
October 24, 2018
ERCOT November IDR Meter Workshop Cancelled
ERCOT announced in a market notice that the previously reported IDR Meter workshop previously scheduled for November 6, 2018 has been cancelled.
October 22, 2018
Texas REPs Reiterate ORDC Worked As Intended
Texas retail electric providers submitted further comments to the Texas PUC reporting that the Operating Reserves Demand Curve (ORDC) functioned as intended this summer
October 22, 2018
Latest Retail Energy Proposed Rules Include New Requirement For TPVs
Nebulous "Future" Pricing Information Obligation Created
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October 22, 2018
Oncor To Issue One-Time Billing Credit To Texas Retail Providers (Nearly 1¢/kWh For Residential, Small Commercial Customers)
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to issue a one-time billing credit to retail electric providers, resulting from a recent stipulation concerning changes in federal tax law.
October 19, 2018
ERCOT Schedules Workshop On Future Integrated Mass Transition Testing
ERCOT will be hosting a workshop in support of future integrated Mass Transition testing on November 6, 2018.
October 19, 2018
China Investment Corporation To Invest In Parent Of Retail Suppliers
ECP ControlCo, LLC applied at the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval for China Investment Corporation ("Investor" or "CIC"), through its indirect subsidiaries, to acquire a passive limited partnership interest of 5 percent or greater in an ECP entity that indirectly owns 100 percent of…
October 19, 2018
Texas Retail Providers Seek Authority To Impose Mandatory Deferred Payment Plan (And Accompanying Switch Hold) On Certain Customers
Also Urge Reconsideration Of Calculation Of Existing Prepay Price Cap
The Prepay REP Coalition (Prepay REPs) has urged the Public Utility Commission of Texas to authorize retail electric providers offering prepay service to compel customers to enter into a deferred payment plan (under which a switch-hold could be imposed) under certain circumstances.
October 17, 2018
Texas PUC Issues Final Designation Of Non-Volunteer POLRs For 2019-20
The Texas PUC has approved a final list of non-volunteer POLRs (Large Service Providers, or LSP) for the 2019-20 term
October 17, 2018
Pure Energy Signs ERCOT Solar Agreement With RRE Power
Pure Energy LLC announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with RRE Power, LLC to facilitate and assist in the negotiation of a transaction agreement to potentially acquire 927 megawatts of utility scale solar projects in ERCOT.
October 16, 2018
License Briefs
Energy Services Company Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
October 15, 2018
Retail Energy Concierge Shopping Service (Auto-Switching) Seeks Texas License
Arcadia Power, Inc. applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate to serve residential customers
October 15, 2018
Draft Brattle Report: Current ERCOT Market Design Will Support "More Than Sufficient" Reserve Margins From An Economic Perspective
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. filed with the Texas PUC a draft report titled "Estimation of the Market Equilibrium and Economically Optimal Reserve Margins for the ERCOT Region." The report estimates the Market Equilibrium Reserve Margin (MERM) and Economically Optimal Reserve…
October 15, 2018
Texas Retail Provider To Pay $100,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC would pay $100,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.479(b)(2), concerning the alleged failure to timely issue bills and (b)(3), concerning the alleged…
October 15, 2018
Direct Energy Business To Acquire Retail Supplier
Direct Energy Business, a subsidiary of Centrica plc, announced today an agreement to purchase the retail electricity business of Source Power & Gas LLC, a wholly owned indirect U.S. subsidiary of Australian power company ERM Power Limited
October 11, 2018
Commodities Firm Makes "Material Investment" In Texas Retail Provider
Teleios Commodities, LLC announced a "material investment" in Pulse Power, LLC, a Texas-based start-up retail energy provider.
October 10, 2018
ERCOT To Hold Workshop On Potential Means Of Delivering IDR Meter Data To Support Initial Settlement With Actual Data, Date Updated
On November 6, 2018, ERCOT will hold a workshop to discuss potential means of delivering IDR meter data to support initial settlement with actual data.
October 10, 2018
Just Energy Launches Joint Marketing Partnership With Mobile Money Transfer Service
Just Energy, through its Amigo Energy brand, has announced a partnership with BBVA’s Tuyyo, a global, mobile money transfer service.
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October 9, 2018
EC Infosystems Unveils New Customer Focused Center in Houston, TX
Houston, T.X. – October 09, 2018 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry , announced the opening of their fourth national office in Houston, Texas.
October 9, 2018
License Briefs
Texas Retail Provider Receives Authorization To Use Trade Name Super Power
October 9, 2018
Shopping Platform For Multifamily Properties, Tenants Receives Texas Aggregator License
The Texas PUC granted SetMeUpEnergy Services, LLC d/b/a SetMeUpPower an electric aggregator certificate to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
October 8, 2018
ERCOT Reports Inadvertent Disabling of Contingencies in August Network Operations Model
In a market notice, ERCOT reported that, at 23:56 on August 14, 2018, ERCOT implemented Downstream Production Changes (DPC) to add contingency definitions to the Network Operations Model (2018Aug.L2) that had been requested by a Transmission Service Provider (TSP).