June 30, 2022
Texas PUC Revokes Registration Of Electricity Broker
Through a default order, the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued an order revoking the electricity broker registration of RES Nation, LLC, granting a petition from PUC Staff
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June 30, 2022
Texas PUC To Assemble Workshop On DER Pilots, Including Virtual Power Plant; Works To Set Pilot Implementation Date
One Question To Be Addressed Is How Customers May Change REPs During Pilot
Led by Commissioner Will McAdams, the Texas PUC is pursuing a path forward on consideration of distributed energy resource pilots, prompted by a proposed virtual power plant pilot proposed by Tesla
June 29, 2022
LyondellBasell Announces PPAs With Several Texas Energy Suppliers
LyondellBasell has signed PPAs representing 216 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, which is estimated to generate approximately 628,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of power annually.
June 28, 2022
Company Files For Texas REP Certificate
"ONXY Electric Energy Limited Libility [sic] Company" applied for an Option 2 retail electric provider certificate, which would authorize it to serve customers 1 MW and larger who provide an affidavit agreeing to such service
June 28, 2022
Resilience-as-a-Service Provider, Led By Former Texas REP CEO, Receives Texas Retail Provider Certificate
The Texas PUC granted RPower LLC an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
June 28, 2022
Another Retail Supplier Dropping Customers To Default Service, Exiting New York Market
North American Power & Gas, LLC (NAPG), "has determined that it will no longer serve the New York market and, as such, it has begun undertaking the steps necessary to return its remaining customers to full utility service," the company said in a filing
June 27, 2022
Texas REP Receives Approval For New Trade Names
The Texas PUC granted MI Texas REP 1, LLC an amended Texas retail electric provider certificate to add the trade names "Flagship Power" and "Juice", as well as "Mothership", to the certificate
June 24, 2022
Texas Retail Provider Files To Relinquish REP Certificate
Pilot Power Group, LLC filed at the Texas PUC to relinquish its Option 1 retail electric provider certificate
June 24, 2022
Retail Energy Shopping Site Names Veteran Of Expedia, TXU As Chief Marketing Officer
ComparePower.com announced Jim Carlson as its Chief Marketing Officer.
June 23, 2022
Texas REPs Commit To Funding Texas Low-Income Customer List For New Fiscal Year
Several Texas retail electric providers have requested to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2022.)
June 22, 2022
Texas PUC Staff Provides Direction To Retail Providers Concerning Pass-Through Of ERCOT Uri Securitization Charges To Customers
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a memo concerning the line-term that should be used to the extent a retail electric provider, if permissible, passes through ERCOT nonbypassable uplift charges related to the winter storm Uri securitization
June 16, 2022
Texas PUC Clarifies Retail Providers' Ability To Access, Use Securitization Proceeds For Own REP Costs
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC clarified retail electric providers' ability to access and use their proceeds under the winter storm Uri securitization to pay third parties and offset their own internal costs
June 16, 2022
Reliant Offering New Texas Residential Electric Plan Which Cuts Energy Rate In Half During Summer, Winter Peak Months
Reliant has launched in Texas a new residential electricity plan called the Reliant Seasonal Savings plan, which Reliant said is designed for customers who would like to balance out seasonal bill spikes and lessen the impact of increased summer usage
June 16, 2022
Parent of Texas Retail Provider Raises $63 Million, Said To Be Based On $350 Million Valuation
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider announced that it secured $63 million with support from…
June 15, 2022
Texas PUC Commissioner Says CenterPoint-TDU May Seek Recovery Of Mobile Generation Costs In DCRF Proceeding, But Only Through Separate Rider
In a memo in advance of tomorrow's Texas PUC open meeting, a Commissioner said that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric may recover costs of temporary mobile generation in a distribution cost recovery factor (DCRF) proceeding, but only as a separate rider and not part of the DCRF rider
June 15, 2022
Google Cites Requirement For Aggregated Load To Participate In ERCOT Market Through Same QSE (REP) As "Biggest" Limitation Facing DERs
Third-Party DR Aggregators Press For Elimination Of REP Requirement
In comments on a Texas PUC project addressing distributed energy resources, Google LLC called the requirement for load's participation in the ERCOT market to be conducted under the same QSE as the load's LSE (essentially requiring aggregation of load to occur through a REP), "[t]he biggest limitation to widespread participation of DERs in the ERCOT wholesale market."
June 15, 2022
Tesla Reports A Near-Term Enrollment Goal For Its New Texas Retail Provider
Reports Results From Its Aggregated Load Resource "Demonstration" In ERCOT
In comments concerning distributed energy resources in ERCOT and aggregated load participation in the ERCOT market, Tesla reported a near-term goal for its recently created Texas retail electric provider, whose creation was exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on August 16 last year
June 14, 2022
Texas PUC Staff File Memo On Process Retail Providers Shall Use To Distribute Securitization Bond Proceeds, Reporting & Compliance Requirements
Staff of the Texas PUC filed a memo outlining, among other things, how retail electric providers shall distribute proceeds from the winter storm Uri bond securitization, including treatment for former customers, and requirements for compliance reporting (Docket 52710)
June 14, 2022
Update: Retail Supplier Returns Customers To Default Service
A retail energy supplier confirmed that it has returned any remaining customers in…
June 14, 2022
European Retail Supplier Receives Texas REP Certificate
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted…
June 9, 2022
Northeast Retail Supplier Relinquishes Texas REP Certificate
A northeast retail supplier relinquished its Texas REP certificate
June 9, 2022
Parent Of Texas Retail Provider Raises $55M In Series D Round
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider announced…
June 8, 2022
Former Retail Energy C-Level Execs To Launch New Texas Retail Energy Brands
A start-up registered as a Texas electric broker, as part of a technical requirement in the creation of two new retail electric provider brands of a separately certificated REP
June 7, 2022
Vistra, TXU Parent, Announces Latest Solar Facility In Texas To Go Online
Vistra announced that its…
June 7, 2022
Shell Launches Residential Power Brand, Shell Energy, In Texas
Shell today announced the launch of the Shell Energy brand into the residential power market in the United States.