April 13, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption addressing Subsynchronous Oscillation (SSO) risk in ERCOT.
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April 13, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed a three-pronged approach to investigate high bill complaints in the Sharyland Utilities, LP service area.
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April 13, 2015
A dozen retail electric providers have agreed to pass on to customers a reliability credit Sharyland Utilities, LP is providing the REPs for not meeting certain service quality standards.
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April 10, 2015
A Texas ALJ has denied imposing a moratorium on the disconnection of service to a customer who has filed a complaint against their former retail electric provider (Ambit), but who has since switched providers and is now also not paying charges to their current REP (TXU), as the customer disputes…
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April 9, 2015
A Texas ALJ ultimately has discretion whether to order CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric to continue service, pursuant to PURA § 17.157(b)(5), to a complainant who has filed a formal complaint against their former retail electric provider regarding certain demand charges, but who continues to…
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April 9, 2015
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to revise its Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) class allocation factors, to be effective with the TCRF update to take effect September 1, 2015.
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April 8, 2015
Ioway Energy, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license to serve large commercial (over 25 kW), industrial, and governmental customers in all service areas.
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April 7, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its application for a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider which will be charged to retail electric providers for certain distribution costs not reflected in base rates.
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April 7, 2015
Ambit Energy is "turning on the spigot," for additional commercial and industrial sales, which will include expanding its service beyond small commercial customers, and utilizing a range of sales channels, executives told EnergyChoiceMatters.com.
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April 3, 2015
A Texas ALJ has ruled that a complaint case brought by a customer against Ambit Energy and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric regarding the imposition of demand charges after the customer's rate class was changed shall only address charges during the period the customer was served by Ambit.
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April 3, 2015
ERCOT reported in a market notice that ERCOT has received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation for the unit NRG Texas Power LLC GBY_GBYGT82
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April 2, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric announced today its intent to implement a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider applicable to retail electric providers, and provided an estimate of the bill impact for residential customers
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April 2, 2015
Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Texas retail electric provider Summer Energy, LLC, announced that for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2014, the company achieved profitability and had three months positive EBITDA of $247,000.
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April 1, 2015
Entergy Texas reported to the Public Utility Commission of Texas that no customers signed up for Rider CGS, Competitive Generation Service.
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April 1, 2015
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Agera Energy LLC a retail electric provider certificate. As previously reported, Agera Energy is the designated purchaser of the Glacial Energy retail suppliers.
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April 1, 2015
Summer Energy Holdings, Inc., the parent of Texas retail provider Summer Energy, doubled its revenues in 2014.
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April 1, 2015
Despite its ongoing restructuring, Energy Future Holdings' saw a decline in net retail customer churn during the three months ended December 31, 2014.
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March 31, 2015
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S., LP would pay $50,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocol § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, related to primary…
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March 31, 2015
Texas REP Granted Use of Trade Name Texans Energy
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March 30, 2015
NRG Energy, Inc. has filed for approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas of the proposed purchase by NRG to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in PHR Holdings LLC ("PHR") from BTEC New Albany LL, which currently owns 100% of the membership interests in PHR
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March 30, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has requested that a Texas ALJ rule on whether the scope of complaint brought by a customer against the TDU and Ambit Energy regarding demand charges should extend to all of the demand charges billed by the CenterPoint TDU passed-through to the customer…
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March 27, 2015
Complaints about high bills at Sharyland Utilities, LP implicate how costs are allocated and recovered in distribution rates, and raise questions regarding whether such distribution costs should be recovered on a volumetric or non-volumetric basis, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson…
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March 27, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has filed a notice with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it plans to file an application for approval of Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider which would be charged to retail electric providers
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March 27, 2015
Spark Energy announced that it is developing a framework with NuDevco Partners Holdings, LLC, which is owned by Spark's founder, that would enable Spark to pursue additional growth through M&A.
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March 26, 2015
Crius Energy saw net churn continue during the three months ended December 31, 2014, though at a slower pace than earlier in the year, while also seeing expanded unit margins.
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