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September 30, 2016
Clearview Energy announced a partnership with Hulu under which Clearview will offer to residential customers a 100% green energy plan which includes a Hulu subscription at no additional cost.
September 29, 2016
TXU Energy today announced a limited-time instant rebate for residential consumers who purchase SunPower rooftop solar systems through the company.
September 29, 2016
Stream recently began participating in the Texas program that reimburses retail electric providers for providing, free of charge, a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) and/or in-home-display (IHD) to eligible low-income customers
September 28, 2016
Gexa Energy has begun offering a residential electricity plan which includes, at no additional cost, a Honeywell Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat
September 27, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
September 23, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday moved forward to drop use of the target 1-in-10 Loss of Load Expectation (LOLE) reliability standard, and potentially replace the target with four new metrics
September 23, 2016
Commissioner "Offended" By Termination Fee Provisions
Texas Public Utility Commissioners have expressed competitive concerns regarding NextEra Energy's proposed acquisition of Oncor, particularly in light of the structure of termination fees payable by Oncor parent Energy Future Holdings if the deal is not consummated for certain reasons (NextEra has…
September 21, 2016
Texas REP To Delete Trade Names From Certificate
September 20, 2016
Luminant Energy Company LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Luminant's alleged violation of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning compliance with ERCOT Protocols § 8.1.1.2.1.4 and Operating Guide § 3.3.2.2, relating…
September 20, 2016
ERCOT said that it will not award any contracts for Must-Run Alternative (MRA) Resources that had been sought to eliminate the need for the Greens Bayou Unit 5 RMR contract, as ERCOT said that the proposals contained in the MRA responses did not provide an acceptable solution to the reliability…
September 20, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a proposed final list of retail electric providers that will be designated to serve as Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for 2017-18
September 19, 2016
On September 14, 2016, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource with an effective date of October 1, 2016: Luminant Generation Company LLC – MARTIN LAKE SES, MLSES_UNIT2
September 19, 2016
AEP Texas North has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval to install two lithium-ion batteries, at Woodson and Paint Rock, Texas
September 16, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric filed a further update concerning the program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home displays (IHD) to eligible low-income customers.
September 16, 2016
AEP Texas North has requested that the Public Utility Commission of Texas assign a docket number with the following style: Application of AEP Texas North Company for Regulatory Approvals Related to the Installation of Utility-Scale Battery Facilities.
September 16, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online.
September 15, 2016
GDF Suez Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (GDF) would pay $30,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's investigation of GDF for violation of 16 Texas Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas…
September 15, 2016
Texas Retail Provider Seeks To Use Trade Name Neo Electricity
September 15, 2016
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has written in a letter to U.S. Senator John Boozman that Massad plans to recommend to his colleagues that the CFTC, "exempt RTOs and ISOs from all private rights of action under Section 22 of the Commodity Exchange Act ('CEA")…
September 15, 2016
LifeEnergy, LLC, the recently created retail supplier affiliate of LS Power, has applied for a Texas retail electric provider certificate.
September 14, 2016
Verde Energy Texas confirmed to EnergyChoiceMatters.com that it purchased the customers of Texas retail electric provider Andeler Corporation d/b/a Andeler Power earlier this year
September 13, 2016
EMEX, LLC announced today it has created a new subsidiary, EMEX Consolidated Partners (ECP), which has in turn acquired all of the assets of Texas Energy Aggregation, LLC (TEA).
September 13, 2016
BioUrja Power, LLC has submitted an application to the United States Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States (including from ERCOT) to Mexico
September 9, 2016
NRG Subsidiary To Relinquish Unused Texas REP Certificate
September 9, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Chair Donna Nelson and Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez were generally cool to a major overhaul of the Emergency Response Service (ERS) program, but said that certain tweaks should be studied, including the use of ERS for resolving local congestion, and…
