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April 4, 2018
AMLI Residential, a developer of luxury apartments, and Green Mountain Energy Company have announced a partnership to install 330 kW of solar panels across four AMLI communities in the Dallas area.
April 4, 2018
AEP Texas has filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to update the Distribution Cost Recovery Factors (Rider DCRF) for its Central and North divisions, effective September 1, 2018.
April 3, 2018
Young Energy, LLC filed for an amendment to its Texas retail electric provider certificate to add the trade name Mio Electric to its certificate. Under the amendment, Young Energy is removing the trade name Green Fields Electricity from its certificate
April 2, 2018
ERCOT in a market notice reported that on March 30, 2018, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource: Barney M Davis Unit 1 – B_DAVIS_B_DAVIG1
March 30, 2018
The Texas PUC adopted an order imposing an administrative penalty on TruSmart Energy LLC for what the order said was, "failing to timely remit payment to five transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) under the terms of its tariff with each."
March 30, 2018
Note: an earlier version of this story was first posted at 11:30 am on March 29, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
March 29, 2018
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC approved the merger of Vistra and Dynegy, and, in doing so, found that the combined firm, without any divestitures, will not exceed the 20% market share limit.
March 29, 2018
Discussing a case imposing a penalty on a retail electric provider which defaulted on TDU payment obligations, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker expressed concerns with "lockbox" type arrangements under which the guarantor can assume the right to receive a REP's receivables, and use such receivables…
March 29, 2018
Texas PUC Commissioner Arthur C. D'Andrea in a memo in advance of today's open meeting said that he would exclude from the calculation of the market share of Vistra Energy, as a result of its proposed merger with Dynegy, import capacity over the DC ties
March 28, 2018
During an analyst day yesterday, NRG Energy announced that it would acquire XOOM Energy for $210 million, including working capital and $6 million in transaction costs
March 26, 2018
LifeEnergy, LS Power Affiliate, Receives Retail Gas License In New State
March 22, 2018
Green Mountain Energy Seeks License In New State
March 21, 2018
Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC announced today the winners of the 2017 Retail Energy Provider of the Year Award as well as the 2017 Most Innovative Marketer Award.
March 21, 2018
Direct Energy announced the results of a recently commissioned study to quantify energy savings from customers enrolled in First Choice Power’s Power-To-Go plan, a prepaid plan which notifies customers of their account balance on a daily basis.
March 21, 2018
ROSE Pushes For PUC To Set Standard For Use Of Cryptocurrency In Retail Electric Market
GridPlus Says Will Comply With All Laws, Regulations; Says Concerns Raised By ROSE Are From Older, Generic Whitepaper That Doesn't Reflect Current Thinking Or Products
March 20, 2018
Discount Power (Texas), a Houston-based retail electricity provider, today announced that the company has been named Energy Marketing Conferences' 2017 Retail Energy Provider (REP) of the Year.
March 16, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in support for a motion for summary decision in a complaint filed against AEP Texas regarding the public release of customer billing records that, "Under 16 TAC § 25.272(c)(5) it is not the billing records themselves that are proprietary."
March 16, 2018
In a statement of position concerning preliminary issues, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said that customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision (outside of Uvalde, TX) are within AEP Texas's certificated service area.
March 15, 2018
Texas REP Receives Amended Certificate To Begin Collecting Deposits, Advance Payments
March 15, 2018
Addressing the only contested issue remaining in the case, a Texas ALJ issued a proposed order that would set a 12-month limit on the time that a residential or small commercial customer's authorization provided to a third-party (who isn't the REP of record) remains valid for such third party to…
March 15, 2018
Gexa Energy has begun offering to Texas residential customers a BOGO electricity plan, a fixed-price plan that provides, "50% off your energy charges every month."
March 12, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Elixir Financial LLC d/b/a Elixir Power Solutions a Texas electric aggregator certificate to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
March 12, 2018
Energy Marketing Conferences will gather retail energy executives and thought leaders on March 14 in Houston for the 9th Energy Marketing Conference to discuss a variety of pressing issues facing the industry, including M&A climate, customer acquisition and engagement, channel partnerships, risk…
March 12, 2018
A Texas ALJ has issued a proposed order concerning Vistra Energy's application to acquire Dynegy that would require the sale of at least one of two Luminant power plants for the transaction to be approved
March 8, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas today approved the integration of 470 MW of Lubbock Power & Light's load into ERCOT
