September 21, 2026
Utility Proposes To Charge Shopping Data Center Customers Administrative Costs For Data Center Default Service
As part of creating a specific default service for data centers…
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September 18, 2026
Consilient Energy Registers As Texas Electric Broker (& License Briefs, 9/18/26)
• Platform For Individuals To Create Services Businesses Registers As Texas Broker
September 18, 2026
Constellation: PUC Should Consider Allowing Enrollment Of Larger C&I Customers Onto Municipal Aggregation, Proposes Consideration Of Large C&I CCA Minimum Stay
In implementing a new law authorizing opt-out municipal electricity aggregation…
September 18, 2026
Creditor Reports Retail Suppliers Conducted 8-Month Sales Process Which Creditor Says Yielded Only One "Viable" Purchaser
Creditor Seeks Expeditious Recapitalization Or Sale Process For Bankrupt Retail Suppliers
An 8-month process to identify potential purchasers of, or investors in, the businesses of…
September 18, 2026
Texas PUC Staff File Final Recommended List Of Non-Volunteer POLRs For 2027-28, With Some REPs Newly Acquiring Non-Volunteer POLR Responsibility In Certain Areas; Other Significant Changes
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a final recommendation of retail electric providers that Staff proposes to serve as non-volunteer POLRs (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own process) for the 2027-28 term.
September 18, 2026
Utilities: Not Viable To Develop Peak Shaving Program Required For PJM Capacity Backstop Opt-out Prior To Oct. 2026 Deadline
PSC Staff, OPC Say PJM Has Confirmed That Actual Program Design Not Needed By PJM Until Sept. 2027
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Delmarva Power & Light Company (“Delmarva Power”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEU”) told the Maryland PSC that the JMEU do not consider it viable to develop a PJM-compliant peak-shaving program that would allow the utilities to opt-out of PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) auction prior to an October 2026 deadline
September 17, 2026
Texas Generators, Large Users Seek Increase In ERCOT Offer Caps, Including Current $2,000/MWh Real-Time Cap, With Some DAM Cap Proposals At $9,000/MWh
Various stakeholders, in comments in a Texas PUC quinquennial review of the system-wide offer cap in ERCOT, have recommended increases in both the real-time and day-ahead offer caps
September 17, 2026
Choice State PSC Staff "Skeptical" Of Open-Ended Or Long-Term Process For New Capacity, Favors Discrete Actions
Staff of the Maryland PSC are "skeptical" of, "the value of establishing a long-term, open-ended process for procuring [electric] supply in Maryland to alleviate resource adequacy at least cost to ratepayer," Staff said in comments on a preliminary report concerning new capacity policy options
September 17, 2026
Regulator Discloses Winning Bidders, Prices From Default Service Procurement
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the Illinois Power Agency's fall 2026 default service energy procurement
September 17, 2026
Companies Report Results From Google-Sponsored Battery Storage-Shift Pilot, Allow Hourly Tracking, Matching Of Renewable Energy Allocation To Battery Charging & Later Dispatch
Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy today announced the results of a battery storage pilot, sponsored by Google, "that shows how batteries can capture surplus renewable energy and deliver it to the hours with greater fossil generation, opening up the first environmental revenue stream for battery assets."
September 17, 2026
New Delivery Rates For Retail Providers At Lubbock Power & Light Include New Fixed Customer Charge (Prior Rates Were Solely Volumetric Or Demand-Based)
The City Council of Lubbock, Texas approved FY 2026–2027 delivery rates at Lubbock Power & Light
September 17, 2026
Oracle Selects Electric Supplier For 500 MW For Oracle's Texas Operations
A retail energy supplier today announced renewable energy supply agreements supporting Oracle's operations in Texas
September 17, 2026
PUC Grants One Utility's Sought Waiver Concerning New EDI Transaction
A PUC granted a limited waiver to…
September 17, 2026
Texas Retail Provider Raises $33M Series B, "To Deliver AI Power in Weeks, Not Years"; Series B Supports Geographic Expansion
A Texas retail electric provider announced a $33 million Series B funding round led by…
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September 16, 2026
America's Largest Water Utility Picks VertexOne's VXconnect To Scale Customer Experience Nationwide VertexOne to Power Next-Generation Digital Customer Experience for American Water
VertexOne , a leading provider of cloud software designed to revolutionize the customer experience within the energy and utility industry, announced today that American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, has selected VertexOne's utility customer self-service and consumption analytics platform, VXconnect, to power a modern, mobile-first digital customer experience built for American Water's national size and scale.