October 8, 2018
Texas Retail Provider And Houston Food Bank Sign Cause Marketing Agreement
APG&E announced a partnership with the Houston Food Bank, which APG&E described as the nation's largest food bank.
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October 8, 2018
Stream Expands Commercial Service To Three New States
Launches New Longer-Term Electricity Plans
Stream has expanded its commercial electricity supply offers to three new states: Ohio, Illinois and Delaware
October 5, 2018
Reliant Announces "Preferred Partner" Agreement With Google For Smart Home Offerings
Reliant announced a preferred partner agreement with Google, which Reliant said positions Reliant, "as the premier retail electricity provider of Google Home and Nest products in Texas."
October 3, 2018
Texas PUC Issues Questions For Stakeholders On TDUs' Use Of Storage, Non-Traditional Tech. For Delivery Service
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a list of questions for stakeholder comment in Project No. 48023: Rulemaking to Address the Use of Non-Traditional Technologies in Electric Delivery Service
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October 1, 2018
EC Infosystems Successfully Completes Second Annual User Conference in San Antonio
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – October 01, 2018 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry , hosted a highly successful second annual user conference September 12 – 14, 2018 at the Marriott…
October 1, 2018
Dismissal Of Suit Seeking Class Action Against Retail Supplier Affirmed
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal, without prejudice, of a lawsuit, which had sought class action status, against Stream Gas & Electric, Limited, and various affiliates including Ignite.
October 1, 2018
New Name "First Step" In REP's Strategy To Combine Retail Energy, Smart Home Products
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Enertrade Electric, LLC an amended REP certificate to add the trade name Zenergy, the brand of its parent company, to its retail electric provider certificate.
September 28, 2018
Texas PUC Staff Adopts Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Providers To Fund Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings
The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted as final the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2019.
September 28, 2018
Texas PUC Sets Workshop On Summer ERCOT Market Performance
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will conduct a workshop regarding Project No. 48551, Review of Summer 2018 ERCOT Market Performance, on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 1:30 p.m.
September 28, 2018
Citing Need For "Clean Up", Texas PUC Opens Up "More Broadly" Resource Adequacy Rule
During yesterday's open meeting, Commissioners of the Texas PUC agreed to "more broadly" open a rulemaking concerning 16 TAC § 25.505, relating to resource adequacy in the energy-only market design, to "clean up" the rules in addition to addressing two issues identified by Staff
September 26, 2018
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Veracity Services Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
September 26, 2018
Oncor Sets Date For Applying Next Round Of Power Factor Adjustments To Certain ESI IDs In Former Sharyland Territory
Oncor said in a market notice that it will begin applying the next round of power factor adjustments to invoices for all ESI IDs from 290 kW to 700 kW in the former Sharyland service territory during the March 2019 billing cycle.
September 25, 2018
Start-Up, Blockchain-Focused REP GridPlus Begins Serving Customers In Texas
Blockchain-focused GridPlus Texas Inc. announced that it has begun flowing power to its first four customers in Texas
September 25, 2018
Pure Energy Signs ERCOT Solar Acquisition Agreement With Tradewind Energy
Pure Energy LLC announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Tradewind Energy, Inc. to facilitate and assist in the negotiation of a transaction agreement to potentially acquire over 2,000 megawatts of utility scale solar projects in ERCOT
September 25, 2018
ERCOT Files Review Of Summer 2018 With Texas PUC
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas ERCOT's Review of the Summer of 2018 (June - August) presentation that includes key observations for the summer 2018 and links to summer analysis data sources
September 25, 2018
Update: Texas Co-op Disputing Area With AEP Texas Now Says, If Resolution On Dispute Cannot Be Reached, It "Does Not See Any Option" Other Than Transferring Customers Currently Served By REPs
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Rio Grande or RGEC), which as previously reported recently affirmed in a response to an RFI that it was not seeking to transfer customers away from AEP Texas (and the customers' selected retail electric providers) as a result of the service area dispute, Rio…
September 21, 2018
Texas PUC Staff Recommend Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Providers 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 for FY 2019.
September 21, 2018
Texas PUC Accepts Late Filing For REP To Serve As Volunteer POLR
A Texas PUC ALJ granted Constellation NewEnergy Inc.'s motion for good cause to accept Constellation's late-filed request to serve as a volunteer POLR (VREP) for the 2019-20 term.
September 21, 2018
Texas PUC Staff Seek Commission Guidance On Potential For Day-Ahead Prices To Be Capped At $2,000/MWh While Real-Time Prices Still Permitted To Reach $9,000/MWh
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas sought Commission guidance on two issues: harmony in the scarcity pricing mechanism in day-ahead and real-time, and the use of the Houston Ship Channel Gas Price Index
September 20, 2018
Texas PUC Staff Posts Final List Of Non-Volunteer POLRs
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its proposed final list of non-volunteer Providers of Last Resort (aka Large Service Providers or LSPs) and Volunteer Retail Electric Providers (VREP, volunteer POLRs) for 2019-2020
September 20, 2018
Texas Electricity Ratings Launches Electricity Rate Plan Analyzer
Texas Electricity Ratings has launched an electricity rate plan analyzer for the Texas market
September 19, 2018
The Malatan Group Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
The Malatan Group LLC d/b/a Excalibur Power Solutions applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate to serve commercial and industrial customers
September 18, 2018
Broker Sells Customer Books, Assets To Two Firms
Note: This story was first published the morning of Sept. 18 with an alert to our email subscribers
September 18, 2018
Texas Staff Seek Ruling On Voluntary POLR Petition
Staff of the Texas PUC formally sought a ruling on Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.'s late-filed request to serve as a volunteer Provider of Last Resort (POLR, or VREP).
September 17, 2018
TEAM: Focusing On Scarcity Pricing Frequency In Evaluating ERCOT Market Performance, Resource Adequacy Provides Incomplete Picture
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning ERCOT summer market performance, the Texas Energy Association for Marketers (TEAM), in responding to a specific question concerning whether scarcity pricing produced sufficient revenue to ensure resource adequacy, stated, "If the Commission decides that an…