December 2, 2025
Texas REP Sponsors Santa's North Pole Express
Retail electric provider AE Texas announced its first year co-sponsoring Santa's North Pole Express, described as a holiday tradition in the Christmas Capital of Texas (Grapevine, TX)
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December 2, 2025
Regulator Denies Continuation Of Choice Utility's Green Supply Add-On Program
Regulator Approves Higher Fees Charged To Retail Suppliers, Grants Some Relief On Penalties
In a recent rate case order, the Illinois Commerce Commission denied Nicor Gas Company's request to continue a pilot program allowing customers to purchase carbon offsets from the utility to offset 100% of the customer's natural gas usage
December 1, 2025
Calpine Terminates Voluntary Mitigation Plan, Citing Market Changes Under RTC+B
Calpine Corporation provided notice to the Texas PUC of termination of its Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) effective December 2, 2025.
December 1, 2025
Bill Credits To Start Flowing Only To Default Service Customers
The Illinois Attorney General announced that some default service customers at Ameren Illinois will receive on their electric bill beginning in December a one-time credit reflecting proceeds from a previously reported $33 million settlement with Dynegy Marketing and Trade, LLC and Illinois Power…
December 1, 2025
Texas REP Affiliate Announces Launch of Public Offering of Common Stock, Will Fund Acquisition of Control Position In REP
BKV Corporation announced that it has launched an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock.
December 1, 2025
ERCOT Reports 2025 4CP Dates
ERCOT reported that the 2025 4CP dates were June 19, July 30, August 18, and September 4.
December 1, 2025
Residential & Small C&I POR Discount Rates Will More Than Double Under Regulator's Order
The Massachusetts DPU has approved significant increases in the Residential and Small/Regular General Service purchase of receivables discount rates at Fitchburg Gas and Electric (Unitil), under an annual update to the rates
December 1, 2025
Texas PUC Report: Pay-As-Bid, Other Wholesale Pricing Alternatives Would Increase Costs To Small Customers
A report prepared for the Texas PUC concludes that various alternatives to a uniform clearing price (UCP) mechanism in ERCOT, including pay-as-bid (PAB), would increase costs to customers, including residential customers
December 1, 2025
Telecomm Provider Registers As Texas Broker
LANTEL Communications LLC d/b/a LANTEL Solutions filed a registration as a Texas retail electricity broker
December 1, 2025
PSC Staff Seek Order Allowing Utilities To Drop Customers To Default Service If Retail Supplier Does Not Place Customers On Dual Billing
Staff of the Maryland PSC recommended that the PSC issue an order authorizing the state's utilities to drop residential shopping customers to default service if the customer's supplier has not transitioned the customer to dual billing upon the end of utility consolidated billing with purchase of…
November 26, 2025
Texas REP Offers Free Power Hours On Thanksgiving, Black Friday Giveaways
Octopus Energy in Texas said that it is providing customers in its Saving Sessions program free power for a two-hour period on Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2025
Utilities Express Concern With Proposed Rules To Implement Enroll By Wallet
Retail Suppliers Oppose Language That Broadly Implements New Financial Assurance Standard Which Utilities May Impose On Suppliers, Seek Identification Of "Reasonable"
November 26, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Reports Storage & Retail Customer Count
In its comments to the Texas PUC concerning transmission cost recovery ( see related story today ), Base Power Company reported that it has deployed over 180 MWh of energy storage capacity on the grid, currently serving more than 9,000 Texas residents with their electricity supply
November 26, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Says Transmission Cost Allocation, Recovery Should Be Shifted To LSEs (REPs), Rather Than TDUs
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning transmission cost allocation and recovery (including an evaluation of the current 4CP methodology), Base Power Company proposed that, to properly allocate transmission costs, "the calculation of load contributions and eventual allocations of transmission costs…
November 25, 2025
ERCOT Files Magnitude Value For 2026, Used In Determination Of Reliability Standard
ERCOT has filed a recommended 2026 value for the magnitude criteria which is part of establishing the reliability standard under Texas PUC rules