December 5, 2013
TXU Describes Customer Service "Listening Program"
TXU Energy has released details of its "Listening Program" to improve customer service.
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December 5, 2013
Texas REP Offering $200 Incentive for Enrollments
Reliant is offering Texas customers a $200 incentive to sign up on Reliant's 14-month fixed rate plan.
December 3, 2013
Briefly
ERCOT filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its report on the monthly coincident peak (4CP) Loads in the ERCOT system for the months of June, July, August and September 2013 (2013 4CP Report). The 4CP dates were June 27, July 31, August 7, and September 3. The report, including load by…
December 3, 2013
Northeast Retail Supplier to Enter Texas Market
energy.me midwest llc d/b/a energy.me applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider license
December 2, 2013
Calpine to Acquire Texas Power Plant
Calpine Corporation this morning announced that it has agreed to purchase a nominal 1,050 megawatt, combined-cycle power plant for $625 million, or approximately $595 per kilowatt, exclusive of adjustments relating to development rights and working capital, from MinnTex Power Holdings, LLC, a…
November 27, 2013
Luminant to Pay $750,000 Under Settlement with Texas Staff
Luminant Energy Company, LLC would pay $750,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas concerning the alleged failure of several Luminant units on February 2, 2011, to be on-line at an output level at least equal to each unit's low sustained limit (LSL) within 25…
November 26, 2013
License Briefs
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Ecom-Energy of California, Inc. an electric aggregator certificate.
November 26, 2013
Latest New England Capacity Market Mess Shows Fantasy of "Texas-Style" Capacity Market
During yesterday's hearing at the Texas Senate, Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and PUCT Commissioner Brandy Marty both emphasized that, if Texas ultimately adopted a capacity mandate, the design would be unique to Texas.
November 26, 2013
Wal-Mart, Valero Oppose Texas Capacity Mandate, Would "Increase Costs and Harm Texas Economy"
A capacity mandate in ERCOT would increase costs and harm the Texas economy, two large employers, Wal-Mart and Valero, told the Texas Senate yesterday
November 26, 2013
Texas Senators Grill PUC on "Socialized" Market Design Changes; "Reality" Is That Current System Is Working Despite Dire Predictions
The fiction that without a mandated reserve margin ERCOT is going to drop to about an equilibrium 9% reserve margin -- the unsupported narrative offered by the Brattle report -- was derided by Texas Senators given that 14 years of operation of the energy-only market have never seen anything come…
November 26, 2013
Texas REP Offering $100 Incentive for Enrollment
4Change Energy is offering new customers a $100 incentive for enrollment.
November 25, 2013
Start-Up Texas REP, Affiliate of Existing Retail Provider, Receives License (Segmentation Strategy Revealed)
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted start-up retail electric provider OriGen Energy LLC an Option 1 Texas REP certificate.
November 22, 2013
Briefly
Dynegy Receives Final Approval for Acquisition of Ameren Plants, Retail Supplier
November 22, 2013
Texas Employer: Capacity Market Would be "Serious Mistake", Endanger Economic Prosperity
Introduction of a capacity market in Texas would be a "serious mistake" and endanger the economic prosperity that Texas has enjoyed, Nucor Steel - Texas warned the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
November 21, 2013
Texas Creates Dockets on Sharing of AMI Data, Customer Info
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has created two dockets concerning the sharing of customer information.
November 21, 2013
Texas Cities Best in Job Creation, Economic Strength (Despite Generators "Talking Down" Texas Business Climate; Capacity Market States Again Absent from Rankings)
Despite two years of dire warnings about blackouts and capacity owners "talking down" Texas' business climate, Texas cities continue to catch the attention of national business and economic publications for their economic strength and job creation, taking top marks in recent rankings by Forbes and…
November 20, 2013
ERCOT Board Approves Operating Reserve Demand Curve NPRR
ERCOT issued a market notice with implementation details for NPRR568, Real-Time Reserve Price Adder Based on Operating Reserve Demand Curve, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on November 19, 2013
November 20, 2013
Texas Senate to Hold Hearing On "Recent" Discussions at PUCT (Mandated Reserve Margin, Capacity Market)
The Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing, "to receive an update on recent electric discussions at the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
November 19, 2013
Report: Texas Capacity Market a "Retreat from Competition"; Would Result in Higher Bills, More Regulation
A capacity market would increase Texas electric bills, but without any clear benefit to consumers, concludes a report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power and the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor
November 19, 2013
Texas REP Source Power & Gas Seeks Supplier License in Another New State
Source Power & Gas LLC applied for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license to serve all customer classes at Commonwealth Edison.
November 18, 2013
Allconnect Acquires Leading Rival in Broker, Home Service Connection Space
Allconnect, Inc. has announced its acquisition of Texas-based online marketer WhiteFence, Inc.
November 18, 2013
Champion Energy to Expand Smart Energy Service to Commercial Market in 2014
During a panel discussion at The Energy Professionals Association's (TEPA) annual conference last Thursday, Champion Energy said that it would expand its weekly smart meter usage email to commercial customers, starting on the first of the year.
November 18, 2013
Texas Agrees on Questions for Mechanism to Meet Mandated Reserve Margin, Anderson Asks Whether Capacity Owners Should be Required to Divest Load Serving Entities
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has agreed on a series of questions to be issued for stakeholder comment regarding various options to meet a mandated reserve margin
November 18, 2013
Texas Capacity Market Supporter Warns Customers of Added Costs from ISO-NE's Need to Procure "Backup Generation" (Capacity Market Not Providing Reliability)
Direct Energy, a supporter of a centralized capacity market in Texas, has warned business customers in ISO New England that this winter customers will be subject to, "additional costs associated with procuring backup generation [that] will result in higher electricity bills during these months."
November 18, 2013
More Texas Economic Engines (TI, Oil Producers) Line Up Against Capacity Market
More and more of the drivers of Texas economic growth are formally telling the Public Utility Commission of Texas that a capacity market would be "damaging" to businesses due to increased costs.