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April 2, 2020
GridPlus Energy announced that it is offering Texas consumers, "a special 12-month energy plan to address the financial needs of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic."
March 31, 2020
The Texas TDUs have submitted compliance filings to implement a new rider (Rider ERP) to fund the previously reported COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program which will reimburse retail electric providers and TDUs for customer non-payment during a disconnection moratorium for eligible non-residential…
March 30, 2020
Supplier Expects Unit Gross Margin To Improve In 2020
Summer Energy Holdings, Inc. filed a 10-K detailing its 2019 financial results, and included a disclosure of various risk factors, including the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
March 30, 2020
Staff of the Texas PUC have sought approval of a proposed order to establish a procedural schedule in a Project to designate retail electric providers as Providers of Last Resort for the 2021-22 term.
March 30, 2020
Texas PUC Staff will hold a web meeting on the afternoon of Wednesday April 1, 2020 to discuss clarification questions regarding implementation of the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program by Retail Electric Providers (REPs).
March 26, 2020
During today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker was asked about door-to-door marketing by retail electric providers
March 26, 2020
Modifications Made To Funding Rate, Other Details Exception To Late Payment Rule Adopted
Texas PUC Adopts Electricity Relief Program Which Reimburses Retail Electric Providers, At Standard Rate, For Unpaid Bills Due To Disconnect Moratorium During COVID-19 Emergency
March 25, 2020
ERCOT, which recently held a market payment processes workshop to discuss several proposed changes to improve payment processes, issued a market notice stating that it will defer all improvement proposals, except one
March 24, 2020
Program To Be Funded Via New TDU Rider Applicable To All Customer Classes
Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker has proposed for consideration at the PUC's upcoming open meeting an Electricity Relief Program that would reimburse retail electric providers for energy charges associated with providing continuity of service to residential customers during a disconnection moratorium…
March 24, 2020
On March 23, 2020, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resources:
March 24, 2020
Curt Morgan, Vistra Energy's president and chief executive officer, said during a Wolfe Research fireside chat that Vistra, which owns various retail energy providers in Texas including TXU, is working with the PUC and other stakeholders on a bad debt "backstop mechanism" in light of the current…
March 23, 2020
Patrick L. Woodson, President of Texas retail electric provider ATG Clean Energy Holdings, filed a letter with the Texas PUC expressing concern with the strain being placed on the retail market by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and suggested actions to prevent defaults by retail providers, including…
March 23, 2020
Texas Legal Services Center and several other similar groups have petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for an emergency rule to, among other things, apply a moratorium on utility shutoffs to residential utility services statewide during and for 30 days after the termination of the COVID…
March 20, 2020
Oncor on March 19 informed retail electric providers that it is suspending disconnects for non-pay (DNPs) for an additional business day (from the initial suspension end date of March 19, 2020), and said that it plans to resume executing DNPs on Monday, March 23, 2020, unless otherwise directed
March 18, 2020
Constellation announced that it has suspended service disconnections and is waiving new late payment charges until at least May 1, due to the coronavirus
March 17, 2020
Earlier: CenterPoint-TDU Suspending Disconnection For Non-Payment
Oncor, AEP Texas, and Texas-New Mexico Power have all implemented suspensions of disconnect for non-pay orders
March 17, 2020
The Wind-Solar Alliance published a report entitled, "Retail Electric Market Structure Reforms In Support Of Resource Adequacy And Clean Energy Deployment," which states "insufficient creditworthiness standards" for retail electric providers in non-ERCOT states, "affect the ability of retailers to…
March 16, 2020
Reliant announced a series of actions to support customers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, including a pause on disconnects for non-payment
March 16, 2020
Austin Energy, CPS Energy Suspend Disconnections
TXU Energy announced a series of steps it has taken to help customers that may incur economic hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic
March 13, 2020
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC issued a notice stating that, in the interest of public health, the 2020 CenterPoint-TDU Competitive Retailer Workshop scheduled for Thursday, April 30th has been postponed indefinitely, and will be rescheduled at a later date.
March 13, 2020
Titan Gas, LLC (Titan Gas and Power) applied for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to use the trade name CleanSky Energy
March 12, 2020
Axon Power & Gas, LLC, which previously had been subject to default under a TDU tariff, filed a status report with the Texas PUC concerning a docket addressing a pending petition from PUC Staff to revoke Axon's retail electric provider certificate
March 10, 2020
Oncor will again issue a credit to retail electric providers, under Rider ISR - Interest Savings Refund, additional amounts from interest rate savings related to Oncor's acquisition by Sempra
March 10, 2020
EnergyBot, a trade name of Blitz Ventures, announced that it successfully raised a new round of series B funding.
March 6, 2020
ERCOT is hosting a workshop to discuss issues related to the Advanced Meter System (AMS) implementation for Interval Data Recorder (IDR) Meter customers.
