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August 18, 2017
AEP Texas, Inc., as the successor in interest to AEP Texas Central Company, would pay $20,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.214(c), relating to Transmission and Distribution Utility Tariffs, and…
August 18, 2017
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson reiterated his concerns about debt levels above Oncor in any potential transaction to acquire Oncor.
August 18, 2017
Start-up Efficiency Aggregators Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
August 18, 2017
Commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday agreed to hold a second workshop, to be held in October, concerning its project examining potential enhancements to improve the efficiency of the ERCOT energy-only market, including price formation issues
August 18, 2017
Calpine Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Energy Capital Partners (Energy Capital or ECP), along with a consortium of investors led by Access Industries and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, will acquire Calpine for $15.25 per share in cash…
August 17, 2017
On August 31, 2017, ERCOT will host a second informational workshop on the proposed Mass Transition of Transmission and Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) ESI IDs from Sharyland Utilities to Oncor Electric Delivery Company.
August 17, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have formally filed a petition requesting that the Commission determine what changes, if any, should be made to the requirements for the continued operation of Smart Meter Texas (SMT) under the TDUs' Joint Development and Operations Agreement (JDOA).
August 17, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a strawman proposal which would eliminate several customer protections currently in the substantive rules for customers who were eligible for the prior Lite-Up Texas discount program (funded by the defunct System Benefit Fund)
August 16, 2017
Several Retail Energy Companies Newly Make List Revenue Data For Companies Disclosed
Texas-based Discount Power led retail suppliers and brokers in the annual Inc. Magazine 500/5000 rankings of revenue growth at private companies over the past three years. Notable retail suppliers and brokers in the Inc. rankings were: Rank Company 3-Year 2016 Growth Revenue (millions) 52 Discount…
August 15, 2017
Crius Energy announced today that in July 2017 it acquired a 100% equity interest in Big Sky Gas, a natural gas marketing business with approximately 4,000 customers based in Montana.
August 14, 2017
Start-up Quantum Spectrum Energy LLC applied for a Texas electric aggregator certificate to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
August 11, 2017
Staff of the Texas PUC issued a memo concerning retail electric provider participation in requesting a list of low-income customers, and also proposing to set costs applicable to REPs for creating the list
August 11, 2017
As the Public Utility Commission of Texas held a workshop on potential enhancements to improve the efficiency of the ERCOT energy-only market, Commissioner Kenneth Anderson emphasized that the market is not "broken" and has performed well
August 9, 2017
Several wind investors have, in separate applications raising the same question, sought to certify to the Texas PUC the question of whether transactions in which only passive interests in a generator are transferred, and in which there is no transfer of any ability for the investors to manage or…
August 9, 2017
Several additional Texas retail electric providers filed with the Texas PUC formal requests for production and receipt of a list of their low-income electric customers for the state fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2017.
August 7, 2017
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services, L.L.C., and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC have filed at the Texas PUC for approval of the previously reported stipulated plan, agreed to by a group of stakeholders, for Oncor to acquire Sharyland's retail distribution…
August 7, 2017
Vistra Reiterates View On M&A, Not "Compelled" To Seek Assets Outside Of ERCOT
During an earnings call on Friday, executives at Vistra Energy, the parent of TXU and Luminant, discussed retail margins and customer segmentation
August 4, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC granted a petition from the UGI electric and natural gas utilities for waivers authorizing the utilities to maintain their current default service rates through November 30, 2017, rather than enacting scheduled changes otherwise required on September 1, 2017, and, for…
August 4, 2017
In releasing earnings today, Vistra Energy (parent of TXU and other retail brands) reported that it saw a negligible decrease in its residential customer count during the second quarter.
August 3, 2017
Under a stipulation with a wide range of stakeholders to resolve its current rate case, Oncor has withdrawn its original proposal for a new rate class for residential customers with distributed energy resources (Rate DER) with a capacity of three kW or greater that would have included a minimum…
August 2, 2017
Several additional Texas retail electric providers filed with the Texas PUC formal requests for production and receipt of a list of their low-income electric customers for the state fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2017.
August 2, 2017
On August 15, 2017, ERCOT will host an informational workshop on a proposed Mass Transition of Transmission and Distribution Service Provider (TDSP) ESI IDs from Sharyland Utilities to Oncor Electric Delivery Company.
August 1, 2017
Several additional Texas retail electric providers filed with the Texas PUC formal requests for production and receipt of a list of their low-income electric customers for the state fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2017.
July 31, 2017
Several additional Texas retail electric providers filed with the Texas PUC formal requests for production and receipt of a list of their low-income electric customers for the state fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2017.
July 31, 2017
Tiers Are Latest, Predictable Gimmick To Get Lowest ¢/kWh Rate at 1,000 kWh
During Friday's open meeting, Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez said that she wishes to discuss further the emergence of "tiered" pricing plans that retail providers are listing on Power to Choose
