December 14, 2022
A group of independent Texas retail electric providers are among the members of the Coalition for Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service, a group that is proposing a Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) (built on the Uncertainty Product advocated by the ERCOT IMM) as the best mechanism…
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December 13, 2022
Energywell, LLC ("Energywell") formally announced the previously reported completion of its acquisition of ENGIE Retail, LLC d/b/a Think Energy ("Think Energy"), plus the signing of a Preferred Supplier Agreement with ENGIE Energy Marketing North America, Inc. ("ENGIE Energy Marketing").
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December 13, 2022
Pricing has been publicly posted for David Energy's first residential electricity plan in Texas, which is a "friends & family" beta offering
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December 12, 2022
Tesla formally filed a registration form to participate in the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) ERCOT Pilot Project
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December 8, 2022
REX Storage Holdings, LLC (REX), an independent power producer focused on standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) for ERCOT power customers, unveiled four 9.9 megawatts (MW) standalone energy storage projects in Texas that represent the first of a $400M equity commitment by REX to acquire…
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December 8, 2022
Sean M. Andrews has joined Ammper Power as Executive Vice President
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December 7, 2022
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Courtney Hjaltman as Chief Executive and Public Counsel for the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023.
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December 7, 2022
ERCOT said in a market notice that, "Due to the anticipated interconnection of an increasing number of large flexible Loads in the ERCOT Region, ERCOT is establishing an interim, voluntary curtailment program that would allow these Loads to assist ERCOT in ensuring reliability during periods of high…
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December 2, 2022
Just Energy Group Inc. ('Just Energy' or the 'Company') announced that the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (the 'U.S. Court') has granted an order (the 'Recognition Order') that, among other things, recognizes and gives effect, in the United States, to the…
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December 2, 2022
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has named Mark Miner as the organization’s new Director of Corporate Communications.
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December 2, 2022
Nine Texas state Senators, including Charles Schwertner and Robert Nichols, Chair and Vice Chair (respectively) of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce, sent a letter to the PUC Chair and Commissioners informing the PUC that any holistic market design change, including the Performance Credit…
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December 1, 2022
RPower LLC filed to relinquish its Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
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December 1, 2022
Start-up Juice Energy Services, LLC d/b/a Juice Power filed a registration as a Texas electric broker
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November 29, 2022
Latest CDR Report Also Posted
ERCOT posted its November 2022 Report on the Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region and its Winter 2022-2023 Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) Report
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November 29, 2022
Provision For Expected Credit Loss Increases By 469%
Just Energy Group Inc. reported results for the quarter ending September 30, 2022 (second fiscal quarter)
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November 29, 2022
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to establish new 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.219 relating to Terms and Conditions of Access by a Competitive Retailer to the Delivery System of a Municipally Owned Utility or Electric Cooperative…
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November 29, 2022
Texas PUC Commissioners Will McAdams and Jimmy Glotfelty have filed customer protection rules for providers participating in the Aggregate Distributed Energy Resources (ADER) Pilot
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November 28, 2022
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CNP) has suspended Disconnect for Non-Payment Orders, across its entire service area, in response to the City of Houston's Boil Water Notice.
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November 22, 2022
Enel North America, which describes itself as, "a subsidiary of the world’s largest retail energy provider, the Enel Group," today announced the launch of its retail energy business in select deregulated U.S. states, starting with Texas.
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November 21, 2022
Utility Rescue Holdings, Inc. announced a strategic partnership for BillX to offer a diversified suite of financial and energy services through Utility Rescue's white-label platform.
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November 17, 2022
IMM Says PUC Consultant's Report Overstates Retirements Under Energy-Only (.03 LOLE Without These Retirements)
During a Texas Senate committee hearing, Catherine J. Webking, representing the Texas Energy Association for Marketers, alluded to retail pricing challenges REPs will face under a proposed Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM) for the ERCOT market, which would allocate costs of newly created…
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November 17, 2022
Merelec USA, LLC registered as a Texas wholesale power marketer
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November 17, 2022
Think Texas Holdings, LLC filed registration as a Texas electric broker
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November 15, 2022
Cites Alleged Non-competitive Behavior
Aspire Power Ventures, LP petitioned the Texas PUC for a rulemaking to amend and clarify 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.365 related to the role, duty, and authority of the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) for ERCOT.
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November 15, 2022
Green Mountain Energy, a unit of NRG Energy, recently acquired Bulb US LLC's book of Texas electric customers, Bulb confirmed in a filing to relinquish its Texas REP certificate
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