August 6, 2013
FERC issued an order to BP Energy Company and affiliates directing the companies to show cause why they should not be found to have violated section 1c.1 of the Commission’s regulations and section 4A of the Natural Gas Act.
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July 31, 2013
Retail supplier AEP Energy announced that it has entered into a special partnership with The Columbus Dispatch to offer Central Ohioans a chance to win "Free Electricity for a Year."
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July 29, 2013
Stand Energy Seeks to Serve Customers in New Service Area
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July 10, 2013
Two Texas ALJs would deny the proposed transfer of Entergy Texas, Inc. to a subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corp. because, among other reasons, the transfer would, "circumvent[] some of the purposes behind the transfer to competition"
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June 11, 2013
ONEOK announced that it will discontinue operating its Energy Services segment through an accelerated wind down process, releasing non-affiliated, third-party natural gas transportation and storage contracts to interested parties.
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May 29, 2013
Broker MHSC Energy Management LLC, which launched in Texas in 2009, is expanding to new states.
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April 30, 2013
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services, and Southwestern Public Service Company have filed for approval at the Public Utility Commission of Texas of a transaction under which Sharyland will acquire certain SPS transmission assets to facilitate the introduction of…
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April 16, 2013
ENCOA, which recently launched residential electric service in Texas, has officially announced the offering of plans to credit-challenged customers requiring a deposit of only $49.
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April 11, 2013
Titan Energy Receives Licenses in New State
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January 18, 2013
FERC Issues Policy Statement on Allocation of Merchant Transmission Capacity
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January 10, 2013
Texas Approves Further Change in Ownership of Retail Provider
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November 14, 2012
Bounce Energy announced that it is providing discounted rates to active duty military or veterans.
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October 26, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday conditionally approved Entergy Texas' application to transfer the operational control of its transmission assets to the Midwest ISO.
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September 26, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a written order denying an amendment to the retail electric provider certificate of AEP Texas Commercial & Industrial Retail Limited Partnership (d/b/a AEP Retail Energy), which AEP Retail Energy had sought to allow AEP Retail Energy to serve…
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August 17, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas this morning adopted a final order expanding retail electric choice to the former Cap Rock service territories now owned by Sharyland Utilities (39592).
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August 8, 2012
FirstEnergy Solutions is "doing very well" with attrition and retaining customers "that we've traditionally held," FirstEnergy Solutions President Donald Schneider said during an earnings call yesterday.
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August 7, 2012
A non-unanimous stipulation filed by several parties in Texas would condition Entergy Texas Inc.'s transfer of operational control of its transmission assets to the Midwest ISO on the membership status of the other Entergy operating companies (Docket 40346).
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August 6, 2012
Given the, "separate and collective failure" of Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and the Midwest ISO to effectively address and satisfy the Arkansas PSC's concerns, the PSC is, "unable, at this time, to reach a finding that EAI's Application [to join MISO] is in the public interest," the PSC said in an order…
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July 31, 2012
BMW and Green Mountain Energy Company on July 31 announced a partnership to offer drivers of the BMW ActiveE electric vehicle the opportunity to purchase either RECs, or load-following electric supply, from Green Mountain Energy.
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July 17, 2012
Net quantitative benefits of Entergy Texas, Inc. (ETI) joining the Midwest ISO are "small," and compel the Public Utility Commission of Texas to consider, "the un-quantified risks and qualitative costs and benefits of the transaction, such as the potential costs of transmission and ramifications in…
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June 11, 2012
The number of residential electric customers on competitive supply at Duke Energy Ohio fell by 20% during the first three months of the year, according to the latest data from PUCO.
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May 11, 2012
The Midwest ISO, "may face an operational challenge in managing outage scheduling," as coal units are compelled to comply with the federal EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, The Brattle Group found in a study released today .
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May 1, 2012
Entergy Texas, Inc. filed its application at the PUCT (40346) to transfer operational control of its transmission assets to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
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April 17, 2012
The issue of whether Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s Spraberry Driver Unit should be reconfigured from secondary meters to one or more primary meters should not be addressed as part of the transition to retail competition for the former Cap Rock service areas now part of Sharyland Utilities…
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April 4, 2012
ERCOT has sought authorization at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to restructure its debt for, among other reasons, to stabilize the System Administration Fee (40291).
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