July 2, 2026
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker (& License Briefs, 7/2/26)
Start-up Watt Alpha LLC Registers As Texas Electric Broker
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July 1, 2026
Senate Passes Amended Bill Which Would Give Towns The Right To Ban Residential Electric Choice
Amendment (Unintentionally?) Allows Any Muni Aggregation Suppliers To Conduct Residential Marketing, Statewide, Notwithstanding Any Town's Ban On Residential Marketing
July 1, 2026
NRG Acquires Texas Retail Customer Book
NRG Energy recently acquired a book of Texas retail electric customers from OhmConnect Texas, LLC
July 1, 2026
New Poll Finds Nearly Nine in Ten Massachusetts Voters Support Preserving Energy Choice
The Retail Energy Supply Association announced: "A new independent statewide poll commissioned by the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) found overwhelming support among Massachusetts electricity ratepayers for preserving the right to choose their electricity supplier, even as lawmakers…
July 1, 2026
Texas House Committee Chair Presses Texas PUC To Extend Demand-Based Transmission Rate Participation To Retail Electric Providers Serving Residential Customers
Texas State Rep. Drew Darby, Chair of the House Energy Resources committee, requested in a letter to the Texas PUC that the PUC, "extend demand-based transmission rate participation to Retail Electric Providers (REPs) serving residential customers".
July 1, 2026
Parent of Retail Supplier To Establish Global Energy Trading Joint Venture With Eni
Mercuria and Eni announced the signing of an agreement to establish a jointly owned global energy trading venture that, "will combine the complementary strengths of both companies to optimize the marketing, logistics, and trading of energy commodities worldwide."
July 1, 2026
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group (& License Briefs, 7/1/26)
Retail Supplier Receives Authority To Use Trade Name Ethical Energy Group
July 1, 2026
Utility Files Update To Uncollectibles Rider Which Is Bypassable For Non-POR Customers
Duke Energy Ohio has filed updates to bypassable electricity Rider UE-GEN, which recovers uncollectibles related to generation supply, including competitive supply-related uncollectibles for purchase of receivables customers
July 1, 2026
Texas PUC Staff Recommends That Residential Customer Participation In ERCOT ERS, And TDU Load Management Programs, Should Be Eliminated
Texas PUC Staff have recommended that residential customer participation in ERCOT Emergency Response Service (ERS) and TDU load management programs, "should be eliminated entirely or at the least significantly reduced."
July 1, 2026
Talen Energy Marketing Seeks Retail Supplier License In New State
Talen Energy Marketing, LLC applied for an Ohio retail electric supplier license to serve commercial, industrial, and mercantile customers in all service areas
June 30, 2026
Energy Procurement Consultant Acquires Building Automation & Energy Services Provider
Albireo Energy, a building controls and energy services provider whose services include energy procurement, and which is a Huron Capital portfolio company, announced that it has acquired PASCO Building Automation Systems (PASCO).
June 30, 2026
Illinois Approves Revised Design For ComEd's Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction Program; ComEd Also Receives Approval For Scheduled Dispatch Virtual Power Plant Program
The Illinois Commence Commission recently approved, subject to a further analysis on cost effectiveness, the design of ComEd's revised Rider BYODLR - Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction Program
June 30, 2026
Choice State PSC Approves VPP, DER Aggregation Pilots
The Maryland PSC has approved several electric distribution system support services (EDSSS) pilot program offerings, such as VPPs, at the electric utilities (the DRIVE Act programs), while rejecting other proposals, as the PSC also addressed the interaction of various statutes governing funding and…
June 30, 2026
Retail Energy Regulator To Further Study Potential For Maximum Threshold On Monthly Rate Changes
In a procedural update in a docket that has included a broad energy affordability review, the Massachusetts DPU said that, with regards to the feasibility of creating a maximum threshold for the amount that charges assessed to customers may change from one month to another, the DPU, "intends to…
June 30, 2026
Global Commodities Supplier Receives Approval For Change In Texas Retail Provider Certificate Authority (& License Briefs, 6/30/26)
Global Commodities Supplier Receives Approval For Change In Texas Retail Provider Certificate Authority