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October 3, 2013
"I don't think we're counting on there being a lot of states opening up [for retail choice] over the course of the next two to three years," Ken Hartwick, CEO of Just Energy, said at the Gulf Coast Power Association fall conference.
October 3, 2013
Texas retail electric provider Source Power & Gas -- which recently was granted FERC market-based rate authority -- has named two new vice presidents to lead its direct and indirect sales efforts.
October 2, 2013
"What we see that has happened in PJM is a recipe for what can happen here in Texas," if a capacity market is adopted, William A. Von Hoene, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer for Exelon, said in addressing the Gulf Coast Power Association.
October 2, 2013
Start-up Backed by Private Equity Receives Texas REP Certificate
October 1, 2013
ERCOT Receives NSO for AES Deepwater Units
October 1, 2013
The ERCOT Commercial Operations Subcommittee and the Communications and Settlements Working Group have filed Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 570 to reduce the real-time settlement timeline to five days after the operating day.
October 1, 2013
Texas TDUs have filed widely varying estimates of the number of customers electing to opt-out of having a provisioned advanced meter, in filing their compliance tariffs to set the rates for the AMS opt-out.
October 1, 2013
Texas transmission and distribution utilities have filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas initial tariffs to implement an opt-out from advanced metering, including sought levels for the one-time and ongoing opt-out fees.
September 30, 2013
Choose Energy announced today that is has acquired Power2Switch, a competitor in the online energy shopping and brokering business.
September 30, 2013
Retail Supplier Extends Markets Where Fuel Rewards Program Offered
September 30, 2013
EDF Trading North America, LLC would pay $30,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve EDF's alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocol §8.1.1.4.3(3)(b), related to non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria on March 9, 2012 and March…
September 30, 2013
Electric consumer complaints have fallen for the fourth consecutive year in Texas and now stand at the lowest level so far recorded under the state’s electric deregulation law, the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power said today in releasing an analysis.
September 30, 2013
Texas REP Granted Use of Trade Name Beyond Power
September 27, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement PURA Chapter 15 Subchapter D, which grants the commission the authority to issue a cease and desist order to various market participants, including retail electric providers.
September 27, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed annual assessments on certain retail electric providers to fund the public online broadcasting of Commission meetings, consistent with statute.
September 26, 2013
Duke Energy Renewables announced that it will build two large-scale wind power facilities in South Texas.
September 26, 2013
The market design, and constant changes, of PJM's Reliability Pricing Model has been likened to the game of "Whack-A-Mole" by Exelon CFO and Executive Vice President Jonathan Thayer, as Thayer also warned that the market is replacing "steel in the ground" generation with new build generation that…
September 26, 2013
Green Mountain Energy has launched a new program in Texas that provides customers with 100% solar power, and directs a portion of customer payments to build new solar generation not sited at the customer's premises.
September 25, 2013
Direct Energy Expands Program with Pennsylvania School District Service Agency
September 25, 2013
Some electricity consumers could participate more actively in the Texas electric market in the future, following actions by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors at its Sept. 17 meeting, ERCOT said yesterday
September 25, 2013
Several retail electric providers have urged the Public Utility Commission of Texas to adopt a new rule which would prohibit a utility from sharing any same brand, logo, or any identifying brand feature with a competitive affiliate engaged in competitive electric service in Texas.
September 24, 2013
Entergy Texas Refiles to Transfer Transmission to ITC
September 24, 2013
"Despite the claims of a few incumbent generators, there is no impending disaster or reliability emergency requiring radical action," Texas Industrial Energy Consumers said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
September 24, 2013
Texas customers filing comments yesterday at the Public Utility Commission of Texas were universal in their opposition to a mandated reserve margin.
September 24, 2013
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider, in a push for a mandated reserve margin and centralized capacity market, has said that electricity is, "an essential part of life," and therefore, "Texans expect and deserve electric service 100% of the time " (emphasis added).
