July 23, 2018
Shares Certain Ownership With ERCOT Power Trader
Start-up Hudson Shore Energy Partners LLC applied for FERC market-based rate authority, and in doing so indicated that it will seek retail supplier licenses as well
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July 20, 2018
A draft preliminary order in a customer complaint case before the Public Utility Commission of Texas would include as an issue to be addressed in the case whether the customer's retail electric provider had a duty to inform the complainant of the change in a customer's TDU rate classification that…
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July 20, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the application of "Power of Choosing Inc." (POC) for an electric aggregator certificate be denied, stating in a filing that Staff believes that use of the name "Power of Choosing Inc." by the applicant, "would violate the…
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July 19, 2018
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – July 19, 2018 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry , will host its annual user conference for clients on September 12 – 14, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas.
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July 19, 2018
The founder of a former Texas retail electric provider is among the partners of start-up retail supplier Thermo Choice, LP
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July 13, 2018
Private real estate management and investment firm Commerce Capital Partners (ComCapp) has teamed up with Green Mountain Energy to power the common areas of 10 Texas apartment communities with 100% renewable electricity, add rooftop solar to one of its Corpus Christi communities, and offer renewable…
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July 13, 2018
Chair Will Seek Info On Implementation Costs To Market Participants (System Change Costs) Chair Expects Legislature To Have "Broad Look" At Market During 2019 Session
During yesterday's Texas PUC open meeting, Commissioners discussed a process to further consider two potential changes to the ERCOT market -- Real-Time Co-optimization (RTC) of Energy and Ancillary Services (AS), and use of marginal losses.
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July 11, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Jeffrey V. Hoster d/b/a KWH Consulting Services, Ltd, KWH Energy Solutions, 3:23 Consulting, LP, and JVHKMH1233, LLC, an electric aggregator certificate to pool residential, commercial, and industrial customers
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July 11, 2018
TriEagle Energy LP filed for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to reflect a change in corporate officers and contact list. TriEagle is a unit of Crius Energy
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July 10, 2018
Oncor has filed with the Texas PUC a tariff with amounts for the Capital Structure Refund Rider (Rider CSR), which is required under the final order in Oncor's rate case in Docket 46957.
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July 10, 2018
A complaint filed against a retail electric provider and Oncor at the Public Utility Commission of Texas may address the duty, if any, of the REP to describe the nature of a specific Oncor delivery rate schedule to the customer and a change in rate class
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July 9, 2018
GridPlus, a start-up retail electric provider newly certificated in Texas (see story here) , has opposed a motion for rehearing filed by the joint Texas utilities concerning revisions to Smart Meter Texas (SMT), as GridPlus said the elimination of home area network (HAN) functionality would stifle…
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July 6, 2018
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that two City Of Garland generating units which have filed to be mothballed are not needed for transmission system reliability
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July 3, 2018
ExxonMobil Power and Gas Services, Inc., which is certified as an Option 2 REP in Texas, filed an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to update its list of company officers
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July 2, 2018
LifeEnergy, LLC would pay $40,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.485, concerning alleged failures to timely respond to the Commission's Customer Protection Division (CPD).
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July 2, 2018
The Public Utilities Commission of Texas granted Beam, LP an electric aggregator certificate
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July 2, 2018
Marginal Losses Report Filed As Well
ERCOT and the Independent Market Monitor have filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas separate reports on the benefits of Real-Time Co-optimization (RTC) of Energy and Ancillary Services (AS).
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June 28, 2018
Has Considered Pulling Such Offers From Site Will Move Fast, Open Review Of Transparency For Power To Choose Offers
Note: The following story was first posted at 11 a.m. on June 28, with an alert to our email subscribers
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June 28, 2018
In two memos in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker recommended that a rulemaking be opened to address how a generator's capacity is counted for purposes of compliance with various market share thresholds and limitations under PURA
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June 28, 2018
Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC announced that as of July 1, 2018, it will be providing electricity commodity supply to commercial and industrial ("C&I") customers in Texas.
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June 26, 2018
RES America Developments Inc. would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations by Whirlwind Energy, LLC of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Nodal Protocols § 3.21, relating to declarations of summer and winter weather…
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June 26, 2018
"Power of Choosing Inc." applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate to pool commercial and industrial customers and municipalities. Notably, the company did not seek to pool residential customers
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June 25, 2018
Oncor issued a market notice stating that, in the next few weeks, Oncor will file a compliance tariff regarding its Capital Structure Refund (Rider CSR) pursuant to Findings of Fact No. 33 and 34 in the Final Order in Docket No. 46957.
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June 22, 2018
Results In Decrease For Most Classes, Marginal Increase For Residential Class Versus Current Rates
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CEHE) and various parties filed a stipulation with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update CEHE's Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF), for the period beginning September 1, 2018, and the period beginning September 1, 2019.
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June 22, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted application of GridPlus Texas Inc. for an Option 1 retail electric provider certificate.
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