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October 17, 2016
Texas Retail Market Vets Lead Acquisition
Zen Home Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Chron Organization, Inc., announced today that the company has entered into a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of Enertrade Electric LLC, a Texas-based retail electric provider (REP) active in the ERCOT market, under the trade name Shyne Energy
October 14, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that Robert "Bob" Hall III, Texas State Senator for District 2, will provide a keynote address at NEM's Fall Leadership Roundtable , to be held October 26 to October 28, 2016 in Austin, Texas
October 13, 2016
ERCOT issued a final determination of RMR status for Calpine's generation resources CTL_GT_102, CTL_GT_103, CTL_GT_104, CTL_ST_101, and CTL_ST_102 (Clear Lake units)
October 12, 2016
The ERCOT Board of Directors yesterday approved several nodal protocol revision requests (NPRRs), including NPRR 788, relating to RMR Study Modifications
October 12, 2016
Cogent Reports at Market Strategies International release its 2016 Texas REP Trusted Brand Study which names seven Texas retail electric providers as "Most Trusted Brands"
October 11, 2016
ERCOT said in a market notice that it is deferring its final determination on the need for certain of Calpine's Clear Lake units until the ERCOT Board’s consideration of NPRR788, which would modify the studies used for ERCOT's evaluation of RMR determinations
October 11, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a strawman proposal to, among other things, propose new provisions related to the evaluation of RMR service.
October 10, 2016
Viridian International Management, LLC announced a partnership with Texas REP Payless Power.
October 7, 2016
Taxempt Receives Texas Aggregator License
October 6, 2016
North American Power officially announced the launch of its North American Power Business brand which will focus on enrolling commercial customers, particularly through brokers
October 5, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC reported that all of its funds under the low-income smart device program (under which Texas REPs are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers) have been exhausted
October 4, 2016
Dynegy announced a series of executives changes today, as the company prepares to close on the acquisition of ENGIE’s US fossil portfolio of generating assets.
October 4, 2016
TCEH Corp. today announced that it and certain of its subsidiaries, including operating businesses Luminant and TXU Energy, have emerged from Chapter 11 as a standalone company effected through a tax-free spinoff from Energy Future Holdings Corp.
September 30, 2016
Clearview Energy announced a partnership with Hulu under which Clearview will offer to residential customers a 100% green energy plan which includes a Hulu subscription at no additional cost.
September 29, 2016
TXU Energy today announced a limited-time instant rebate for residential consumers who purchase SunPower rooftop solar systems through the company.
September 29, 2016
Stream recently began participating in the Texas program that reimburses retail electric providers for providing, free of charge, a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) and/or in-home-display (IHD) to eligible low-income customers
September 28, 2016
Gexa Energy has begun offering a residential electricity plan which includes, at no additional cost, a Honeywell Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat
September 27, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
September 23, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday moved forward to drop use of the target 1-in-10 Loss of Load Expectation (LOLE) reliability standard, and potentially replace the target with four new metrics
September 23, 2016
Commissioner "Offended" By Termination Fee Provisions
Texas Public Utility Commissioners have expressed competitive concerns regarding NextEra Energy's proposed acquisition of Oncor, particularly in light of the structure of termination fees payable by Oncor parent Energy Future Holdings if the deal is not consummated for certain reasons (NextEra has…
September 21, 2016
Texas REP To Delete Trade Names From Certificate
September 20, 2016
Luminant Energy Company LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Luminant's alleged violation of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning compliance with ERCOT Protocols § 8.1.1.2.1.4 and Operating Guide § 3.3.2.2, relating…
September 20, 2016
ERCOT said that it will not award any contracts for Must-Run Alternative (MRA) Resources that had been sought to eliminate the need for the Greens Bayou Unit 5 RMR contract, as ERCOT said that the proposals contained in the MRA responses did not provide an acceptable solution to the reliability…
September 20, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a proposed final list of retail electric providers that will be designated to serve as Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for 2017-18
September 19, 2016
On September 14, 2016, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource with an effective date of October 1, 2016: Luminant Generation Company LLC – MARTIN LAKE SES, MLSES_UNIT2
