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September 11, 2013
Mandating a minimum reserve margin in Texas, meaning an administratively determined reserve margin which has to be met, runs counter to the compact made with Texas customers who were compelled to invest in the ubiquitous deployment of advanced meters, and would essentially turn that investment into…
September 10, 2013
AEP, Dominion Retail File Settlement Over SECA Charges
September 10, 2013
The "vast majority" of the capacity payments in the eastern RTO capacity markets, "are made to resources that are economic and will operate the same without regard to the magnitude of the capacity payment they receive," economist James F. Wilson said in comments to FERC in a proceeding reviewing the…
September 10, 2013
Texas REP Files to Use Trade Name Beyond Power
September 10, 2013
TruSmart Energy has recently begun offering several new electric products in Texas with either time-variant or usage-variant pricing.
September 9, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement SB 981, which requires the PUCT to post a list of REPs offering bill payment assistance programs to customers who are military veterans with a significantly decreased ability to regulate body…
September 6, 2013
Implementing a "maximum" configuration of real-time energy and ancillary services co-optimization (RTEAC) in the ERCOT market would cost less than 1% of the annual projected cost of a capacity market, according to a real-time co-optimization impact assessment filed with the Public Utility Commission…
September 5, 2013
Frustrated with stakeholders that have chosen to "polarize" the Arizona Corporation Commission's investigation of retail electric choice, Commissioner Bob Burns suggested that an evidentiary hearing may be appropriate, and issued a list of supplemental questions.
September 4, 2013
The Midcontinent ISO has filed with FERC updated Cost of New Entry (CONE) values for each local resource capacity zone, for the planning year that will commence on June 1, 2014
September 4, 2013
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced that it expects to have enough power available to serve peak demand needs this coming fall and winter, even if extreme weather or an unusually high number of forced generation outages dip into its planning reserves.
August 30, 2013
Torch Energy Solutions, LLC announced that it will begin offering brokering and consulting services to Illinois residential and business customers in September.
August 30, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas directed ERCOT to begin drafting protocols for implementation of an Operating Reserves Demand Curve as the Commission considers final approval, while Commissioners agreed to examine several questions in a new phase of its resource adequacy investigation…
August 29, 2013
TXU Energy has been named the official electricity sponsor of Baylor Athletics.
August 29, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has scheduled a workshop for October 17 to discuss the potential impacts of increases to the system wide offer cap on retail markets, including REP collateral requirements.
August 28, 2013
Capacity suppliers in ISO New England need not meet their capacity supply obligations as required under their commitment, established in the capacity market, to supply capacity during shortage hours if such capacity suppliers can demonstrate an, "inability to procure fuel or transportation," FERC…
August 28, 2013
Another independent publication has ranked Texas as among the best climates for business, despite the narrative that "reliability" problems caused by the energy-only market and forecasts of declining reserve margins are going to keep businesses away.
August 28, 2013
A Texas capacity market would cost $4.7 billion annually, according to a study by Charles Rivers Associates commissioned by NRG Energy, Inc. which was filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
August 27, 2013
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC will pay a civil penalty of $315,000 under a settlement approved by FERC to resolve allegations that the company violated Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act and various FERC regulations.
August 27, 2013
Odessa-Ector Power Partners, L.P. has filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas a complaint and appeal of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' denial of real time market settlement payments to Odessa following ERCOT manual overrides of Odessa's High Dispatch Limit (HDL) on November 15…
August 27, 2013
Retail electric provider Frontier Utilities, LLC has named Preston Ochsner to its senior management team to lead its North American commercial and industrial energy supply business.
August 27, 2013
Texas REP Bose Energy, LLC has filed for an amendment to its REP certificate to reflect the addition of new management.
August 27, 2013
Champion Energy Services announced the forthcoming launch of service in two new states as part of announcing a new hire.
August 27, 2013
A petroleum and transportation fuels marketer is expanding to the retail energy supply business, and has named a retail energy veteran as part of the company's management
August 26, 2013
A FERC Staff report issued ahead of a technical conference on capacity markets in the FERC-jurisdictional RTOs confirms that current capacity market designs are not desirable for implementation in Texas, and that if Texas were to adopt a mandated reserve margin, it will need to look at novel…
August 23, 2013
Sperian Energy Corp. Seeks Gas License in New State
