December 21, 2018
Files System-wide Rates Cost Study, Says System-wide Rates Do Not Lead To Significant Bill Impacts For Customers, Except For Primary Service
AEP Texas filed a study examining the difference in costs that would occur under delivery rates that are separate for its Central and North divisions, versus introduction of system-wide rates.
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December 21, 2018
Final Report Finds Economically Optimal Reserve Margin To Be 9.0% Final Report Finds Market Equilibrium Reserve Margin As 10.25%
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. has posted a final version of the Estimation of the Market Equilibrium and Economically Optimal Reserve Margins for the ERCOT Region report
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December 21, 2018
Order Eliminates AMS Surcharge, Significantly Reduces Most Discretionary Fees Order Increases Flat Base Rate Monthly Fees For Residential Service By 50%, Also Increases Volumetric Charge
The Texas PUC has approved without modification a stipulation resolving TNMP's base rate case proceeding.
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December 20, 2018
Update, 12/20: The PUC approved the scope report without modification to the broker recommendation discussed below.
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December 18, 2018
Retail Vet Joins Company As Senior Director, Energy Supply
174 Power Global Retail Texas, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
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December 17, 2018
AEP Texas has filed updated amounts for Rider Merger Savings Credit, which is to provide a one-month credit to retail electric providers, to be effective with the first billing cycle in September 2019.
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December 17, 2018
Alleges "Material Misrepresentations" In Purchase Agreement Plans To Relaunch Operations In 2019
Zenergy Power & Gas, Inc. ("Zenergy"), the parent of Enertrade Electric, LLC, said in an 8-K filed with the SEC that it would pay Infuse Energy, LLC $60,000 for Infuse to acquire the retail customers of Enertrade, a transaction that Zenergy alleged in the 8-K was prompted by, "various problems and…
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December 14, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication that would revise certain provisions of the scarcity pricing rules in ERCOT
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December 12, 2018
EC Infosystems Unveils New Customer Focused Center in Houston, TX
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – December 12, 2018 – EC Infosystems, a leader in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Billing/Customer Information Solutions (CIS) for companies in the deregulated energy industry , announced internal promotions as well as several new hires heading into the final stretch of the…
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December 12, 2018
Breeze LLC filed at the Texas PUC to relinquish its REP certificate
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December 10, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have moved to dismiss the application of "Power of Choosing Inc." (POC) for an electric aggregator certificate
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December 10, 2018
VEH LLC applied at the Texas PUC for an amendment to its REP certificate to cease the use of, and relinquish the rights to, the trade names Discount Power, Power Express, and Volterra Energy
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December 7, 2018
Says Greater Transparency Needed Into Demand Response, Distributed Generation
Discussing the latest ERCOT CDR report at today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker said that, in light of significant, customer-centric changes in the electric market, ERCOT needs better transparency into the amount of demand response, distributed generation, and self-generation in the…
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December 7, 2018
TLSC/ROSE Seeks Review Of REP Products By Zip Code To Review Whether REPs Discriminating On Basis Of Income, Location
The number of Texas retail electric providers serving residential customers at AEP Texas North fell by 50% from September 2017 to September 2018, according to data as listed in the draft Texas Scope of Competition report, as noted by Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) and Texas Ratepayers'…
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December 6, 2018
Committee Report Recommends End Of State Power Program (GLO Sale Of Electricity From Selected Retail Provider)
Committee Report Says Capacity Markets "Certainly" Prop Up, "Older, More Inefficient," Power Plants At "Inordinately Burdensome" Cost
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December 4, 2018
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) today released its December Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report, which includes planning reserve margins for the next five years.
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December 4, 2018
Inertia Resources, a start-up broker launched earlier this year, announced various milestones in its first few months of operations
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December 4, 2018
Note: This story was first published on Dec. 4 with an alert to our email subscribers
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December 3, 2018
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has announced the executive team that will lead the combined company following the close of the pending merger with Vectren Corporation, which is expected in the first quarter of 2019.
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December 3, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Town Square Energy, LLC, a unit of Genie Retail Energy, an Option 1 Texas REP certificate
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December 3, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted start-up Pulse Power, LLC an Option 1 retail electric provider certificate
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November 30, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved new interest rates applicable to REP deposits and over-billings, consistent with the calculations set forth by rule
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November 30, 2018
Ector County Energy Center LLC would pay $15,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Nodal Protocols § 8.1.1.4.3(3)(a) and (b), relating to non-spinning reserve service energy…
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November 30, 2018
Pulse Power, LLC, which this summer submitted an application for a Texas retail electric provider certificate, filed on November 29 a motion to intervene in the Texas PUC docket concerning the application of Lone Star Energy Solutions, LLC for an electric aggregator certificate
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November 30, 2018
The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC (The Connor Group) would pay an administrative penalty of $96,000 and issue refunds totaling almost $89,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that The Connor Group was providing services…
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