December 10, 2024
Calpine Acquires Ownership In, Or Control Of, Texas Retail Provider
A Texas retail electric provider filed an amendment to reflect updates to its corporate ownership
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December 9, 2024
Retail Energy Vets Form New Broker, Named Joule, & Register As Texas Electric Broker
A start-up registered as a Texas retail electricity broker
December 9, 2024
Fiber & Well Site Services Company Registers As Texas Electric Broker
A well site services company filed a registration as a Texas retail electricity broker
December 6, 2024
Texas QSE To Pay $240,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
A QSE would pay $240,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve…
December 6, 2024
ERCOT IMM: Near-Term PCM Costs Will Hit $1 Billion Cap, With Little Expected Reduction In Shortage Revenues
The ERCOT Independent Market Monitor filed with the Texas PUC an assessment of Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM)
December 5, 2024
TXU Parent Names New Director of Innovation Strategy
Vistra has named…
December 5, 2024
Texas PUC Staff Draft Won't Compel Retail Providers To Offer Responsive Device Program, Would Not Mandate Level Of Customer Compensation
Texas retail electric providers would not be compelled to offer a residential responsive device program, nor would the PUC mandate specific compensation to customers under any such REP responsive device programs, under a…
December 2, 2024
Active Texas Retail Provider Enters Settlement With PUC Staff To Address Alleged Failure To Maintain Minimum Financial Requirements
A Texas REP would pay a penalty of…
November 26, 2024
Texas ALJ Would Again Find Texas REPs Must Receive 45 Days Notice Of "Approved" New DCRF Rates
A Texas ALJ has further affirmed that Texas retail electric providers must receive…
November 26, 2024
ERCOT Reports 4CP Dates
ERCOT reported that the 2024 4CP dates were…
November 26, 2024
Company Linked To Renewable Energy Developer Again Files As Texas Broker
A newly formed LLC, registered as a Texas retail electric broker
November 26, 2024
Texas Broker Vet Launching New Broker
A newly formed entity registered as a Texas retail electric broker
November 26, 2024
Former Utility Affiliate Registers As Texas Electric Broker
A company formerly affiliated with a utility has registered as a Texas electric broker
November 25, 2024
Texas Retail Provider Names New VP, Portfolio Management & Pricing
A Texas REP has named…
November 22, 2024
Texas REP Launching Payouts To Residential Customers Based On Profits
A residential Texas retail electric provider announced the launch of a program to pay customers a share of the company's operating margin
November 22, 2024
Brief From Texas PUC Staff Muddles Position On Applicability Of Rule Barring Certain Individuals From Controlling Retail Providers, As New REP's Application Held Up
In a response filed today at the Texas PUC, PUC Staff appear to take a muddled position on the applicability of the PUC's retail electric provider certification rules which, as more fully discussed below, generally prohibit individuals who were a principal at a defaulting REP, within a certain timeframe of the default, from controlling another REP
November 22, 2024
Leading U.K. Digital Energy Broker Entering Texas
--- Name Similar To Several REPs A "digital energy consultancy" in the United Kingdom has registered as a Texas retail electric broker
November 22, 2024
NRG Suggests Requiring That Default Service Suppliers Procure Capacity From Smart Thermostats Or DERs As Part Of Resource Adequacy Solution
As one of the means to address resource adequacy concerns, a PSC should consider requiring wholesale default service electricity suppliers to bilaterally procure capacity from smart thermostat customers and distributed energy resources, NRG says
November 21, 2024
Texas PUC Adopts Rule For Registration Of Crypto Miners
The Texas PUC adopted a final rule that requires certain cryptocurrency miners and similar operations to register with the Texas PUC
November 21, 2024
ERCOT Working To Use CenterPoint-TDU Mobile Generation As Alternative To RMRs for Two CPS Units; Will Recommend RMR Agreement For One CPS Unit
ERCOT reported at today's Texas PUC opening meeting that it is working on developing an agreement to move the mobile generation units of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric from Houston to the San Antonio area, as an alternative to entering into reliability must-run agreements with two CPS Energy units which will suspend operations
November 20, 2024
NOPEC Says Electric Deregulation Is Saving Ohio Customers $3 Billion Per Year
NOPEC (Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council) said that an updated study from researchers at Cleveland State University shows that electricity deregulation saved Ohio customers nearly…
November 20, 2024
Dozen Boston-Area Large C&Is Form Clean Energy Aggregation, Select Consultant & Energy Provider (Includes Texas Solar)
Nearly a dozen higher education institutions, healthcare systems, and nonprofits in Greater Boston, MA have formed a renewable energy aggregation
November 20, 2024
TXU, Other Vistra Retail Suppliers Announce Partnership With Voltus Across Multiple States
TXU Energy announced a partnership with…
November 20, 2024
Wholesale EVP Retiring From Retail Supplier Parent
The parent of a retail energy supplier reported that…
November 20, 2024
Founder Of "Centerpoint" Launching New Texas Electricity Broker
Touts "Highest Referral Fees" For Multifamily Property Owners
A new entity registered as a Texas retail electric broker