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November 6, 2014
Renewable Power Direct, a wholesale power marketer which heretofore has concentrated on providing wholesale renewable power to customers via the customer's existing load serving entity (essentially as a matchmaker), is expanding its service to include serving customers at retail in states with…
November 5, 2014
Power Resources, Ltd. would pay $37,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that Power Resources violated PURA § 39.151(d), and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)…
November 5, 2014
Direct Energy has announced a new rewards program for Texas customers which will provide various rewards for each time the customer makes 6 consecutive on-time bill payments
November 5, 2014
EnerNOC, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire World Energy Solutions, Inc.
November 5, 2014
Energy Future Holdings reported in a 10-Q that its competitive retail businesses recorded a net loss of residential customers from June 30, 2014 to September 30, 2014, but the loss was less than 1% of its customer base.
November 5, 2014
At the end of the third quarter, 20% of NRG Energy's Texas customers were buying more than one product from NRG, COO Mauricio Gutierrez said during an earnings call this morning.
November 4, 2014
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Volt Electricity Provider, LP a retail electric provider license.
November 3, 2014
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects the region will have sufficient electric supplies this winter, based on a broad range of planning scenarios in the Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) released Friday.
November 3, 2014
Clearview Energy has begun offering a 100% wind product that provides an energy charge of 0¢/kWh on Saturdays
October 22, 2014
Liberty Power recently expanded its residential electric service to Massachusetts.
October 21, 2014
AEP Energy, Inc. d/b/a Bluestar Energy Solutions filed to relinquish its Texas REP certificate
October 17, 2014
EDF Trading North America, LLC would pay $57,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of PURA § 39.151(j) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols §§ 3.9…
October 16, 2014
In a final report on the implementation of customer choice, Sharyland Utilities LP reported to the Public Utility Commission of Texas that Sharyland continues to see interest from retail electric providers seeking to be certified to serve customers in the territory, which opened to choice this May.
October 15, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that proceeds from the letter of credit provided by Reach Energy, LLC be distributed to the transmission and distribution utilities to cover outstanding debts, with any remaining balance returned to Reach Energy.
October 14, 2014
Honeywell and Constellation have expanded to 23 additional states a program offering customers who elect Constellation, for electricity or natural gas supply, a gift card of up to $200 that can be used to purchase any Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostat.
October 14, 2014
A final report on retail demand response and dynamic pricing during 2013 prepared for ERCOT Staff has been posted.
October 13, 2014
The Texas Power to Choose website has seen a 72% increase in unique visitors during the period September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2014, according to a draft report on the scope of competition in the Texas electric markets filed by Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
October 10, 2014
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas will conduct a workshop in Project No. 43506, Review of Subsynchronous Oscillation Study Parameters in the ERCOT Region, on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
October 10, 2014
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has directed the Independent Market Monitor and Texas Reliability Entity to "investigate" the load shedding event that occurred in the Lower Rio Grande Valley on October 8.
October 10, 2014
Green Mountain Energy Company filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a statement of intent to provide retail electric service using a customer prepayment device or system.
October 9, 2014
ERCOT instituted rotating outages limited to the Lower Rio Grande Valley for an approximately two-hour period yesterday
October 9, 2014
Torch Energy Solutions, an online energy shopping portal, has expanded its Name Your Own Price electricity shopping service to Illinois.
October 9, 2014
Champion Energy confirmed that it began a pilot of a critical peak rebate-type program this summer.
October 9, 2014
Preston Ochsner has joined Texas retail electric provider Jade Energy, LLC d/b/a Bose Power & Electric as CEO, according to a REP certificate amendment filing by the company.
October 8, 2014
In our October 6 story concerning the implementation of third party access to the Smart Meter Texas portal, we erroneously attributed a market notice concerning the announcement to ERCOT, reporting that ERCOT had "set" the date for such access. Although the notice was issued via the RMS listserv…
