May 5, 2023
Lubbock Power & Light and ERCOT filed a joint update with the Texas PUC stating that LP&L and ERCOT anticipate that a recent FERC order, "will result in a delay of both the integration of the remaining [LP&L] load [into ERCOT] and LP&L's transition to retail competition."
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April 4, 2023
Would Mandate New Collateral Requirements To Ensure No Uplift From Non-payment By REPs In Any Reliability Program Includes Direction On Cost Allocation Of A/S To LSEs Dispatchable Generation Mandate Not Applied To REPs Set To Pass Senate
The text of a revised committee substitute (committee report) for Texas SB2012 has been posted
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March 21, 2023
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would conclude that Sunwave Gas and Power Pennsylvania Inc. violated certain of the state's retail market regulations and rules when Sunwave prematurely ended the fixed rate contract of a customer by dropping the customer to default service; however, the…
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March 9, 2023
The Texas PUC adopted without changes a non-unanimous stipulation that provides for Lubbock Power & Light to integrate the remaining portion of its load into the Electric Reliability Council Of Texas (ERCOT), a necessary step for the start of retail electric choice at LP&L this fall
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February 2, 2023
Verizon recently signed four new long-term renewable energy purchase agreements (REPAs) for an aggregate of up to 410 megawatts (MW)
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October 26, 2022
Load Serving Entity Obligation Has Highest Cost, Least Reliability Benefits, Report Says
The Consumer Fund of Texas has filed with the Texas PUC an Assessment of ERCOT Market Structural Changes, prepared for the group by ICF Resources, LLC
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October 19, 2022
Walmart Inc., Ørsted and Schneider Electric announced that they have convened and executed a procurement for the first cohort of customers (suppliers of merchandise or services to Walmart) to participate in Walmart’s renewable energy accelerator: Gigaton PPA.
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July 26, 2022
The Alliance for Electrical Restructuring in Oklahoma (AERO) recently announced that it will advocate for reforms during the 2023 legislative session that would restructure Oklahoma’s electricity market to allow for choice and competition for non-residential customers.
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April 28, 2022
The City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L), filed an application at the Texas PUC for…
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April 13, 2022
EnergyChoiceMatters.com understands a medium-sized retail energy supplier has retained a financial advisor to help them explore options for monetizing their business
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February 22, 2022
The City Council of Lubbock, Texas formally adopted a resolution providing that, "retail electric customer choice shall be initiated [for city utility Lubbock Power & Light] on the completion of all conditions provided herein."
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February 15, 2022
The Lubbock Power & Light Electric Utility Board has voted in favor of fully transitioning Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to the competitive electric market in Texas, including implementing retail electric choice.
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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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October 28, 2021
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC expanded the recently assigned Control Number 52760, originally styled as, "Investigation into Need for Customer Choice in Areas of Texas Served by Entergy Texas, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company," to also include…
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October 27, 2021
The Texas PUC has assigned Control Number 52760 for a proceeding styled as, "Investigation into Need for Customer Choice in Areas of Texas Served by Entergy Texas, Southwestern Public Service Company, and Southwestern Electric Power Company."
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July 26, 2021
In Commodities US, LLC has applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority
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July 14, 2021
Enel Green Power North America and Wellington Management, an investment management firm, have agreed to terms for a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for an 11 MW portion of the energy delivered to the grid by Enel Green Power's Rockhaven wind project.
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July 13, 2021
Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2 GW portfolio of solar and solar-plus-storage projects from Dakota Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Dakota Power Partners and Eolian.
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July 7, 2021
East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company ("ETSWD") has filed a new petition with the Texas PUC in which ETSWD requests that the PUC initiate a project to "renew" the retail competition pilot project associated with the Southwestern Electric Power Company ("SWEPCO") service territory.
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June 22, 2021
The Texas PUC has issued a written order rejecting a petition from East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company (ETSWD) for a declaratory order and request for the opening of a pilot retail electric choice implementation project at Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
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June 11, 2021
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has rejected a petition from East Texas Salt Water Disposal Company (ETSWD) for a declaratory order and request for the opening of a pilot retail electric choice implementation project at Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
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April 12, 2021
TC Energy Corporation announced today that it is seeking, through the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI), to identify potential contract and/or investment opportunities in wind energy projects that could generate up to 2,500,000 megawatt hours per year or 620 megawatts of zero-carbon energy…
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February 22, 2021
Written by Thomas Pagnotta, Senior Portfolio Manager, Wood Mackenzie
The US central and southern plains experienced some of the coldest temperatures on record this past weekend, sending shockwaves through the Mid-Continent and Southern natural gas markets as spot prices reached as high as $1,250.00/mmbtu, (OnekOK). Prior to that day, the average settlement price for…
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February 10, 2021
The District Of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment announced a new opt-in electricity and natural gas supply aggregation for business customers called District Buying Power
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January 13, 2021
ENGIE North America today announced it has added nearly 2 GW of renewable energy to the U.S. in 2020
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