September 15, 2016
Affiliate of Texas Generator Seeks Retail Electric Provider Certificate
LifeEnergy, LLC, the recently created retail supplier affiliate of LS Power, has applied for a Texas retail electric provider certificate.
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September 12, 2016
Industrial Customers Say MISO Use of Wrong Zonal Import Limit Raised Capacity Prices By $50/MW-Day, Seek Refunds
Would "Preserve" Revenue Streams For Generators That Relied on Incorrect Clearing Price (Uplift?)
September 6, 2016
Texas Staff: PUC Should Consider Requiring AEP Texas To Obtain FERC Disclaimer of Jurisdiction As Part of TCC, TNC Merger
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should consider requiring the merged AEP Texas utilities to seek from FERC an order disclaiming jurisdiction over the merged AEP Utilities' wholesale transmission rates for service wholly within ERCOT as a condition of approving the merger of AEP Texas Central…
August 23, 2016
Power Trader To Pay $25,000 Under FERC Settlement
FERC approved a stipulation and consent agreement between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Saracen Energy Midwest, LP to resolve Enforcement’s investigation under Part 1b of the Commission’s regulations, 18 C.F.R. Part 1b (2015), into whether Saracen violated the Southwest Power Pool, Inc…
August 8, 2016
Apple Energy Receives Authority To Market Power At Wholesale Prices
FERC granted Apple Energy LLC market-based rate authority for wholesale electricity sales
July 21, 2016
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative Latest Utility Seeking To Join ERCOT
During yesterday's open meeting, Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Donna Nelson said that she had been contacted by Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative as well as Lone Star Transmission concerning a project proposed to move the small portion of Rayburn that is currently within SPP to…
July 20, 2016
Texas PUC Chair: Other Loads May Follow Lubbock Power & Light's Request To Join ERCOT, Suggests Rulemaking
Noting that other loads may seek to join ERCOT as Lubbock Power & Light is seeking to do, Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said in a memo in advance of today's open meeting that the Commission should open a rulemaking addressing issues related to such transitions, to…
June 7, 2016
Apple Seeks Authority To Sell Wholesale Power at Market-Based Rates
Apple, through Apple Energy LLC, applied at FERC for market-based rate authority to sell power at wholesale in the Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, Central, and Southwest Power Pool regions
May 18, 2016
New Supplier Led By Market Veterans Readying to Launch in Retail Choice States
nTherm, LLC, a start-up natural gas supplier, is preparing to launch in several retail choice states
November 19, 2015
PUC Rules It Has Authority To Address Complaint Over FirstEnergy Solutions Polar Vortex Surcharge
In a procedural ruling, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ruled that it has authority to review a complaint concerning FirstEnergy Solutions' polar vortex surcharge filed by Power4Schools, denying a motion to dismiss from FES which had argued PUCO lacked jurisdiction over what it deems a…
October 27, 2015
Parties Seek To Abate Sharyland Smart Meter Proceeding Given Potential Future Affiliation With Oncor (Potential To Leverage Oncor's AMS System)
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of the Public Utility Counsel (OPUC), the St. Lawrence Cotton Growers' Association, and the Texas Energy Association for Marketers (joint parties) asked that a proceeding examining the deployment of advanced meters at Sharyland Utilities be…
October 22, 2015
Ballot Initiative Being Pursued In Missouri To Offer Customers Retail Electric Choice
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced that an initiative petition relating to the purchase of electricity by retail customers has met state standards for circulation.
October 1, 2015
Wal-Mart's Hendrix: No Rational Reason For Choice Not To Be Offered at Entergy Texas, SPS, NOIEs
There is "no rational reason" for electric choice not to be offered at Entergy Texas, Southwestern Public Service, and the ERCOT municipals and cooperatives (non opt-in entities, or NOIEs), Chris Hendrix, Director of Markets and Compliance for Wal-Mart, told attendees at the Gulf Coast Power…
September 18, 2015
FERC To Issue Dragnet To Collect Information On Other Business Interests, Contractual Relationships Of Any RTO Market Participant (New Compliance Obligations, Requires Business Updates Within 15 Days of Change)
FERC issued a proposed rule to require any market participants in RTOs, including buyers, to file reports concerning the participant's "connected entities" (a new term broader than current affiliate reporting requirements)
September 9, 2015
Texas PUC Staff: Shopping For Lowest Priced Offer Could Offset Nearly All of Sharyland Distribution Rate Increase
While residential customers at Sharyland Utilities, LP have faced higher transmission and distribution charges for a variety of reasons, if customers selected the lowest priced offer from a retail electric provider, they could offset the majority of those T&D increases, reflecting rate competition…
August 12, 2015
Staff Recommends Calif. PUC Oppose Bill Increasing Direct Access, Unless Bill Modified
Staff of the California PUC have recommended that the Commission oppose SB 286, which would increase the amount of load permitted to take direct access service, unless the bill is amended
February 4, 2015
Texas PUC "May Consider" Whether Entergy MISO Membership Continues to Be in Public Interest Under Changed Circumstances
FERC-driven changes in Midcontinent ISO practices may require the Public Utility Commission of Texas to consider whether changed circumstances exist such that Entergy Texas' participation in MISO is no longer in the public interest, the PUCT said in a filing at FERC.
September 2, 2014
Brightergy Acquires Broker/Energy Procurement Consultant
Brightergy announced that it acquired the supply-side (energy procurement) division of Acumen Energy Solutions, an energy management firm based in Overland Park, KS.
August 6, 2014
Retail Supplier Surpasses 100,000 Customer Threshold
Infinite Energy announced that it reached the 100,000 customer threshold this month.
April 21, 2014
Calpine To Sell Six Power Plants Totaling 3.5 GW
Calpine has agreed to sell six power plants in its Southeast region to LS Power for $1.57 billion in cash, subject to working capital and other adjustments.
March 24, 2014
NRG Energy, Waste Management, Others Forms Joint Venture for Gas-to-Liquids Opportunities
Waste Management, Inc., Ventech Engineers International LLC, NRG Energy, Inc., and Velocys plc announced the formation of a joint venture to produce renewable fuels and chemicals from biogas and natural gas using smaller-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology.
March 20, 2014
(No) Surprise: FERC Conference on Winter's Extreme Wholesale Pricing Doesn't Include Any Retail-Only Suppliers
In keeping with its long-standing disdain regarding the needs of retail electric suppliers and the foundation necessary for a properly functioning retail electric market, FERC has not seen fit to include any companies which are exclusively focused on supplying competitive retail energy on the…
February 18, 2014
Yet Again, Major Texas Competition Advocates Left Behind by Grassroots Choice Movement (Generators Too Busy Seeking Subsidies)
As noted in our related story today, a Texas customer has taken up the fight to introduce electric choice to El Paso Electric, which is the latest example of a disturbing trend in Texas of so-called competitive market advocates not proactively seeking to extend choice to the still significant areas…
November 15, 2013
Retail Supplier Establishes Presence in Physical Retail Stores
Crius Energy reported during its third quarter earnings call that it has established a presence at certain brick-and-mortar locations.
September 18, 2013
Google Signs PPA With Another Texas Wind Farm
Google has agreed to purchase the entire output of the 240 MW Happy Hereford wind farm outside of Amarillo, Texas