February 5, 2013
License Briefs
Texas REP Seeks to Use Trade Name Breeze Energy
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February 4, 2013
Dominion's Paul Koonce: Opt-out Government Aggregation "Frustrates Choice"
The existence and growth of opt-out municipal aggregations, "frustrates choice," Paul Koonce, Executive Vice President of Dominion Resources, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Virginia Power, said during an earnings call last week.
February 1, 2013
NRG Energy Teams with Nissan to Launch eVgo Charging Network in D.C. Metro Area
NRG Energy announced that its eVgo electric vehicle charging network will work with Nissan to deliver 40 EV Fast Chargers to the Washington D.C. area.
February 1, 2013
Neil Leibman Named President and CEO of Texas REP
Neil Leibman, one of the founders of Gexa Energy and who has held positions with a variety of retail suppliers, has been named President and CEO of Summer Energy, a Texas retail electric provider.
January 29, 2013
Constellation Launches Peak Management Product
Constellation yesterday formally launched its Peak Response program, which manages customers' future capacity and transmission capacity values by lowering electricity consumption during the hours of peak demand.
January 29, 2013
More New Generation Announced for ERCOT; Tenaska to Develop 800 MW
Tenaska and the Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB) announced Monday that they have entered into a development and purchase agreement for construction of a proposed 800-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fueled electric generating station in Brownsville, Texas.
January 28, 2013
ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
ERCOT has received Notification of Suspension of Operations for the following Generation Resource:
January 28, 2013
License Briefs
Palmco Energy Seeks to Serve Customers in Additional Service Areas
January 25, 2013
Texas Commission Directs ERCOT to Study Interim Solution B for Utilizing Reserve Demand Curves
Texas Public Utility Commissioners agreed yesterday that ERCOT should study the proposed Interim Solution B to improve scarcity pricing by utilizing reserve demand curves.
January 25, 2013
Mega Energy Discloses Details of Sale of ERCOT Book in Seeking Relief from POLR Obligation
Mega Energy disclosed several details of the recent sale of its Texas retail customer book to TXU Energy in seeking an order from the Public Utility Commission of Texas rescinding a prior designation as a Provider of Last Resort.
January 25, 2013
License Briefs
Start-up Park Power Receives Supplier License in New State
January 24, 2013
Briefly
NRG Energy Signs as Partner of San Francisco 49ers Stadium
January 24, 2013
Barclays Bank PLC Receives Retail Supplier License
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Barclays Bank PLC a retail electric provider certificate as an Option 2 REP serving customers in excess of 1 MW which sign an affidavit agreeing to such service.
January 23, 2013
Energy Future Holdings Reports Preliminary Financial Results
Energy Future Holdings Corp. has filed in an 8-K selected preliminary unaudited financial data for the year ended December 31, 2012.
January 23, 2013
ERCOT Files Two Interim Solutions to Improve Scarcity Pricing by Utilizing Reserve Demand Curves
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas two potential interim solutions to improve scarcity pricing by utilizing reserve demand curves.
January 23, 2013
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Texas Retail Provider to Relinquish Certificate
January 23, 2013
Law Firm Seeking Litigants for Potential Class Action Suit Against Texas Retail Provider
A law firm is seeking litigants for a potential class action suit against a Texas retail provider.
January 22, 2013
TXU Energy Distributing $36 Million in Cash-Back Rewards
TXU Energy announced today that its cash back loyalty reward program will distribute more than $36 million to residential and business customers on qualifying plans.
January 22, 2013
License Briefs
Entrust Energy Affiliate North Eastern States Receives Gas License in Another New State
January 21, 2013
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BidURenergy Offering $1,000 Cash Back for Enrolling in Green Plan
January 21, 2013
Reliant Offering Free Month to New Customers
Reliant is offering new Texas customers a free month of electricity, after 12 months of service.
January 18, 2013
Briefly
FERC Issues Policy Statement on Allocation of Merchant Transmission Capacity
January 17, 2013
License Briefs
SBR Energy Continues Expansion Outside of New York by Seeking License in Another New State
January 13, 2013
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Update/Clarification on Viking Energy Management, LLC in Illinois
January 13, 2013
Feds Seeking to Assert Control Over ERCOT Resource Adequacy
Apparently in the vein of never letting a crisis go to waste, a federally-sanctioned, non-representative, quasi-government agency has inserted itself into the ERCOT resource adequacy debate, requesting, since it has no authority to demand, that ERCOT provide it with certain information, but with the…