March 30, 2017
Vistra Energy, the parent of TXU and Luminant, cited "exceptional" performance from its retail business in reporting earnings today, stating that TXU recorded its highest Adjusted EBITDA since 2012
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March 30, 2017
In an annual update, Entergy Texas reported that no customers have yet signed up for service under its Competitive Generation Service Tariff (Rider CGS)
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March 28, 2017
Texas PUC To Hold Workshop on SMT Web Portal
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March 28, 2017
Texas Retail Provider Affiliated With Generation Receives Authorization To Use Trade Name Hello Energy
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March 28, 2017
Third party non-LSE energy service providers seeking access to customers' Smart Meter Texas (SMT) data should not be held to the same standards as retail electric providers, several data firms said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas
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March 27, 2017
Biofuels Marketer Seeks Retail Supplier License
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March 24, 2017
Lubbock Power & Light is seeking from ERCOT generator-unit specific data, which is considered protected information, as part of a study concerning the proposed integration of Lubbock Power & Light into ERCOT
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March 24, 2017
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication concerning changes to the Reliability Must-Run (RMR) service rules
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March 24, 2017
Verdigris Seeks To Open Atmos Choice To Commercial Customers (Currently Limited To Industrials)
Texas industrial customers expressed "outrage" upon learning of an application by Atmos Pipeline - Texas (APT) to change the Rates of City Gate Service (CGS) and Rate Pipeline Transportation (PT) Rates, with such application including an average rate increase of 57.45% for Rate PT customers, energy…
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March 23, 2017
Sharyland Utilities will be conducting a workshop on May 2, 2017 for retail electric providers to discuss operational requirements upon approval of proposed system-wide rates.
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March 20, 2017
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March 20, 2017
In a rate case filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Oncor is seeking to more than double the monthly fixed charged applicable to residential service, which is charged to retail electric providers serving residential customers.
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March 17, 2017
Outsource Energy Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
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March 15, 2017
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a new wholesale tariffed rate schedule, Wholesale Distribution Line Service, to serve a new energy storage project
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March 15, 2017
The Executive Director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a Notice Of Violation (NOV) to Viridity Energy, Inc. which alleges Viridity violated 16 TAC §§ 25.503(f)(2); and ERCOT Protocols § 8.1.3.3.1, regarding suspension of qualification of non-weather-sensitive Emergency Response…
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March 14, 2017
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted start-up Plug Energy, LLC an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate.
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March 13, 2017
Electricity Ratings, LLC has launched NYEnergyRatings.com , which provides retail energy supplier prices, rankings, and customer ratings
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March 13, 2017
Santanna Energy Services Seeks New License
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March 13, 2017
Crius Energy, LLC ("Crius Energy") has entered into a three-year strategic agreement with Rise Broadband, which Crius said is the largest fixed wireless internet and digital voice provider in the U.S., to offer energy products to Rise's customers through the Energy Rewards Integrated Energy Platform…
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March 10, 2017
Anderson Says Distributed Generation Needs To Be Integrated in ERCOT SCED, Says DG Should Receive LMP Anderson Suggests Study Finds Multi-Interval SCED Not Cost-Effective, Says Commission Should Turn Attention To Co-optimization in ERCOT
During an open meeting yesterday, Texas PUC Commissioners agreed that a final order revising the Emergency Response Service (ERS) rule should omit language that would allow ERS resources to be used to relieve local transmission congestion or emergencies, with Commissioner Kenneth Anderson stating…
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March 9, 2017
Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC would pay $125,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's investigation of Twin Eagle for alleged violations 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning compliance with Electric Reliability Council of…
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March 9, 2017
Clearview Energy has begun offering electricity service bundled with Ooma Voice Over IP phone service.
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March 8, 2017
Zen Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The CHRON Organization, Inc. and an affiliate of Texas retail electric provider Enertrade Electric, announced today that it has entered into the first stage of a partnership agreement with, "three of the nation's leading hotel franchisers."
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March 8, 2017
In testimony in Sharyland Utilities' (SU) rate case, which is to set system-wide rates for both of Sharyland Utilities' service areas, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed increasing the fixed customer charge for residential customers versus Sharyland's proposal, while…
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March 8, 2017
Staff Proposes Alternative, Non-Discriminatory Relief For Off-Peak Customers
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, in testimony in Sharyland Utilities' rate case, said that a proposed discount, via an alternative rate design, for places of worship, "represents a drastic departure from the competitive market paradigm," and would be discriminatory, as Staff proposed…
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