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July 12, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have confirmed that Jade Energy, LLC has complied with the terms of a settlement concerning the company's REP certificate, and that the company will maintain its certificate.
July 11, 2016
AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North submitted an update on the number of customers taking non-standard metering service (opting out of a communicating AMS)
July 11, 2016
EDF Energy Services Seeks Retail Gas Supplier License in New State
July 7, 2016
Texas stakeholders have submitted a strawman concerning retail electric providers' enrollment of customers solicited through door-to-door marketing via an electronic device, without a requirement for verification via TPV or telephonic recording
July 5, 2016
Texas-New Mexico Power Company has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reduce certain discretionary service charges applicable to retail electric providers as a result of its AMS deployment.
July 1, 2016
Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed updates concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
July 1, 2016
Investment Bank Receives Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
June 30, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday maintained an abatement of the proceeding reviewing Sharyland Utilities' proposed advanced meter deployment plan.
June 30, 2016
In an initial step, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has changed the default view of the Power to Choose website such that products with minimum usage fees or credits do not appear in the product list.
June 27, 2016
Texas retail electric providers, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel all opposed, in separate comments, Sharyland Utilities' petition to unabate its AMS deployment docket, and to move forward with its deployment plan and non-AMS surcharge…
June 24, 2016
A subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy, Inc., a developer of utility-scale wind and solar projects, has applied for a Texas retail electric provider certificate
June 23, 2016
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed to adjust the discount under the low-income discount program (Lite-Up Texas) to 25%, effective August 1
June 23, 2016
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to TruSmart Energy, LLC, informing the company that the PUC's Oversight and Enforcement Division (O&E) is recommending the assessment of a $1.75 million administrative penalty against TruSmart Energy…
June 23, 2016
In filing comments at the Texas PUC concerning Lubbock Power & Light's proposal to join ERCOT, the Retail Electric Provider Coalition, "encourages the Commission to consider the inclusion of retail competition for the LP&L service territory as part of any further studies or public interest findings…
June 23, 2016
A report on alternative ratemaking by a consultant retained by the Public Utility Commission of Texas expresses a "preference" for a movement to Straight Fixed-Variable (SFV) rate design for the recovery of transmission and distribution costs, which are paid by retail electric providers who then…
June 22, 2016
Entrust Energy announced the opening of a new sales office in Round Rock, Texas
June 22, 2016
Gexa Energy, LP introduced three new demand response programs for commercial and industrial customers located in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, while affiliate NextEra Energy Services launched two similar programs tailored for customers in PJM
June 21, 2016
NRG Texas Power LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Section 39.151 of PURA and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.503, related to compliance with ERCOT procedures, due to the alleged failure to install a Power System…
June 21, 2016
Iron Energy LLC d/b/a Kona Energy filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to relinquish its retail electric provider certificate. Iron Energy does not have any customers in Texas. As previously reported , Crius Energy completed a purchase of the Iron Energy book earlier this year
June 20, 2016
Direct Energy confirmed to EnergyChoiceMatters.com that it is in the process of transitioning customers from the NYSEG Solutions brand to the Direct Energy brand, having started the migration in May.
June 20, 2016
Sharyland Utilities has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to reinstate a proceeding reviewing the utility's proposed advanced metering deployment plan, with such reinstatement limited to issues other than the AMS surcharge, with the AMS surcharge severed into a separate docket
June 17, 2016
On June 16, 2016, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for NRG's generation resource Petra Nova Power I LLC, PNPI_GT2 with an effective date of July 18, 2016.
June 17, 2016
Note: The date of the workshop has been modified to now be held on August 8
June 16, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE), Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, certain cities with original jurisdiction and other parties have reached an unopposed settlement to establish new charges under CEHE's Distribution Cost Recover Factor charged to retail electric providers…
June 16, 2016
Direct Energy is ceasing the use of its Bounce Energy brand in New York and Pennsylvania
