December 2, 2021
Commissioners Prepared To Prohibit Index Products In Mass Market, Except For TOU Or Similar Offerings Commissioners Express Interest In Examining Need For REPs To Proactively Inform Customers Of Next Month's Variable Rate
Several Commissioners Favor Requiring Proactive Acknowledgement Of Risk For Permissible Index Plans
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December 2, 2021
The Texas PUC adopted a final rule today to set the high system-wide offer cap (HCAP) in ERCOT at $5,000 per MWh, effective January 1, 2022
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December 2, 2021
The Texas PUC approved a settlement under which AEP Texas Inc. (AEP Texas), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Houston), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP) will establish and operate load management programs for nonresidential customers during the period of December 1, 2021…
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December 2, 2021
Talen Energy Corporation ("Talen") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Talen Energy Supply LLC ("TES") announced that TES has obtained a financing commitment led by GoldenTree Asset Management LP and Silver Point Finance, LLC for a new first lien facility in the aggregate amount of $788 million maturing…
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December 2, 2021
Value Power, a trade name of Capital Energy PA LLC, has officially launched retail electric service in Texas
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December 1, 2021
ERCOT has completed its reliability analysis for Austin Energy's unit DECKER_DPG2, which will be retired.
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December 1, 2021
The ERCOT Board Selection Committee named John Swainson and Robert "Bob" Flexon as new directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board.
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December 1, 2021
Enel Green Power has named Paolo Romanacci the new Head of Enel Green Power North America, Inc., overseeing Enel's renewable power generation business line in the US and Canada.
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November 30, 2021
ERCOT has filed with the Texas PUC a report on 4CP dates in 2021
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November 30, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to adopt new 16 TAC §25.53, relating to emergency operations plans and the implementation of SB 3
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November 30, 2021
ERCOT Reports On Denied Customer Opt-out Requests (Some Made By REPs) Due To Incomplete Info Or Ineligibility
The ERCOT uplift securitization opt-out process has confirmed that several Option 2 retail electric providers in Texas only serve their own load or affiliate load
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November 30, 2021
--- Fixed Rate Pass-Throughs & Ancillary Services, Permissible Index Plans, POLR Price Cap
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have sought direction from the Commission on four topics related to the prior publication of proposed amendments to 16 TAC §25.43, 25.471, 25.475, 25.479, and 25.498 and new TAC §25.499, related to the retail electric market and customer protection…
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November 29, 2021
Energy Texas, the new Texas retail electric provider led by several retail market veterans, officially announced its launch
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November 29, 2021
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted MI Texas REP 1 an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
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November 23, 2021
In the Texas PUC's recently opened generic project (52760) housing stakeholder views on customer choice in non-ERCOT areas, East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company again proposed the Commission renew the retail electric competition pilot project in the service area of the Southwestern Electric Power…
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November 23, 2021
ERCOT has filed with the Texas PUC ERCOT's 2021 Revenue Adequacy Study prepared by a third party consultant and ERCOT staff.
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November 22, 2021
U.K. retail energy supplier Bulb said that it has made the decision to, "support Bulb being placed into special administration," but that its international retail suppliers, including Bulb Texas, are not immediately affected
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November 19, 2021
Start-up Texas retail electric provider Energy Texas has gone live with its offers
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November 19, 2021
ERCOT has posted the Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) Report for the Winter 2021-2022 season
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November 19, 2021
The Texas PUC granted the application of Direct Energy Business LLC for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to add the trade names "NRG Business" and "NRG" to the certificate
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November 18, 2021
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC deferred until its December 2nd meeting action on proposals from the TDUs in ERCOT to establish and operate load management programs for nonresidential customers during the period of December 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022
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November 18, 2021
Pogo Energy, LLC, (Debtor) has filed with a bankruptcy court a proposed plan of reorganization (the "Plan") that would see the reorganized company continue service to retail customers, as Pogo has reached a settlement with its wholesale supplier and credit provider Luminant
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November 17, 2021
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC and relevant affiliates (Liberty, or Debtors) informed a bankruptcy court that the Debtors are still working towards a "solution" for those Texas customers not included in a book sale to NRG
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November 17, 2021
Bridgelink Commodities, LLC registered as a Texas retail electricity broker
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November 17, 2021
Designed To Put New Steel In The Ground, Most Existing Generation Wouldn't Qualify For Credits
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams has, in a memo in advance of tomorrow's open meeting, proposed that the PUC adopt a Dispatchable Portfolio Standard to address (along with other market reforms) reliability in ERCOT, as an alternative to the LSE obligation (which is essentially a three-year…
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