August 23, 2021
U.S. Arm Of Tech-Focused International Retail Supplier Moves To Serve Customers In Northeast (Has Already Entered Texas)
Octopus Energy LLC f/k/a Evolve Retail Energy LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority.
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August 23, 2021
New Construction Vet Leading Start-up Texas Broker
Trust Energy Solutions, a start-up, filed a registration at the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 23, 2021
Directek Files Registration As Texas Broker
Directek Inc filed a registration at the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 20, 2021
Oncor Says Texas PUC Should Consider Requiring Retail Providers To Share Customer Email Addresses With TDUs, For Emergency Alerts
In recent comments to the Texas PUC concerning the criteria and related issues for power outage alerts (which are required under new legislation), Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC said that the PUC should consider requiring retail electric providers to share with the TDUs their customers' email…
August 20, 2021
Bankrupt Retail Supplier Enters Stalking Horse Agreement For Sale
Expected Sale Price, Bidder Disclosed Bankrupt Retail Supplier Serving Over 100,000 RCEs
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, Liberty Power District of Columbia, LLC, LPT, LLC, and Liberty Power Maryland, LLC (collectively, Liberty or Debtors') have filed for approval at a bankruptcy court to designate NRG Retail, LLC as a stalking horse bidder
August 19, 2021
Texas PUC Does Not Decide "Netting" Question For Uplift Financing Program In Taking Preliminary Actions Today
In directing certain preliminary actions with respect to Docket 52322, which is addressing an "uplift" financing program as directed by HB 4492, the Texas PUC at its open meeting today did not rule on the question of whether netting shall be required under the program
August 19, 2021
20-Year Retail Energy Vet Forms New Broker
Start-up Retail Electric Finder LLC d/b/a Energy REF filed a registration with the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 18, 2021
Data Center Operator Switch Ltd. Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Switch Ltd., an operator of data center facilities and a provider of related services, applied for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 18, 2021
Start-up Registers As Texas Electric Broker, Includes Trade Name "Direct Power Organization"
Start-up Rocksson LLC filed with the Texas PUC as an electricity broker
August 17, 2021
Texas Retail Vets Launching New "White Label" Retail Provider(s) For BTM Providers, Other Low Carbon Devs ('Rent a REP')
MI Texas REP 1 applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 17, 2021
Update: Comcast Ventures Cites Potential To "Lean On" Comcast's Assets In Helping Start-up Retail Provider Accelerate Growth (REP Is Recipient Of Comcast Ventures Seed Funding)
Comcast Ventures, which as first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com earlier this month led a $4.5 million seed round of financing into Branch Energy , said that it can "lean on" Comcast's assets in achieving growth at Branch Energy
August 16, 2021
Tesla Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Tesla Energy Ventures, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 16, 2021
Texas Lt. Gov.: Intent Of Uplift Financing Program Is Not To Give Taxpayer Dollars To Companies That Profited During Winter Storm; Urges Netting
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has written a letter to the Texas PUC Chair and Commissioners stating that the Texas Senate would not have passed a bill giving taxpayer dollars to companies that profited during the winter storm, and said that HB 4492 requires netting
August 16, 2021
Retail Energy Vets Form Start-up REP, Seek Texas Certificate
Revolution Energy LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 16, 2021
Texas PUC Staff File Recommendation On REPs' Petition Concerning Automatic Disconnection Moratorium Sunsets
Staff of the Texas PUC have recommended denying a petition from a group of retail electric providers for a rulemaking to adopt an automatic sunset, absent specific PUC action to the contrary, for any disconnection moratorium adopted by the PUC in response to a disaster.
August 13, 2021
Texas PUC Staff Files Recommendation On AARP Texas Petition To Require Lower Initial Payment, Longer Time Period For REP Deferred Payment Plans
Staff of the Texas PUC have recommended that the PUC deny a petition from AARP Texas for an emergency rule to lower the initial payment amount required under a deferred payment plan with a retail electric provider, and to extend the time over which the customer must pay the deferred balance
August 13, 2021
Texas PUC Staff Proposes Amounts For Assessment On Subject Retail Electric Providers To Fund FY 2022 Internet Broadcast Of PUC Meetings
Deletions In Proposed List Indicate REPs' Customer Count Decline From 250,000 Threshold
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed the fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online for FY 2022.
August 13, 2021
Texas PUC Staff Files Proposed Cost Allocation To REPs For Low-Income Customer List
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed the amount of costs to be allocated to each retail electric provider for those REPs who 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, 2021)
August 13, 2021
Texas REPs Oppose ERCOT's Initially Proposed Method For Calculating Uplift Financing Charges
Several Texas retail electric providers have opposed ERCOT's proposal for how ERCOT will calculate charges to recover costs of the uplift financing program under HB 4492. REPs also opposed additional security requirements proposed by ERCOT under the financing program
August 12, 2021
Natural Gas E&P Company To Buy Temple Power Plant In ERCOT
BKV Corporation, in partnership with Banpu Power US Corporation, has signed a purchase and sale agreement to purchase all of the equity interests in Temple Generation Intermediate Holdings II, LLC, the entity that owns, through its subsidiary Temple Generation I, LLC, the Temple 1 power plant in…
August 12, 2021
New Retail Supplier Formed By Renewable Energy Developer Receives Texas REP Certificate
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Apex Clean Energy Retail, LLC an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 11, 2021
Texas Retail Provider Says Competitors Can't "Park" Unused Trade Names Which Lapse At SOS
Young Energy filed a response at the Texas PUC objecting to MP2 Energy Texas LLC’s motion to intervene in a proceeding to address Young Energy's filing for a REP certificate amendment to, among other things, add the trade name "Cost Plus Power" to Young Energy's REP certificate
August 11, 2021
Twenty Texas Senators Tell PUC That Uplift Financing Proceeds Intended To Only Be Utilized, "To Prevent Unnecessary Uplift Charges Due To Defaults"; Also Say Netting Is Required
Twenty Texas State Senators, including Senators Charles Schwertner and Kelly Hancock, have filed a letter with the Texas PUC explaining their position that the legislative intent of HB 4492 is that netting is required in establishing proceeds to be provided to LSEs under the "uplift" financing…
August 11, 2021
Start-up Eazy Energy Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Eazy Energy LLC, a start-up, applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 11, 2021
Northeast Retail Supplier Seeks Texas REP Certificate
Also Names Retail Vet As New Chief Information Officer
Atlantic Energy Texas LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate