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September 9, 2016
Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said yesterday that she would be "watching" retail electric provider Brooklet Energy Distribution, LLC for compliance, as the PUC adopted a settlement between the REP and PUC Staff concerning Brooklet's untimely responses to complaints…
September 8, 2016
Update, 9/9: The Texas PUC approved the proposed orders adopting the stipulations as modified by Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez's changes
September 8, 2016
Leadership For New REP Focusing On Prepaid, Portal-Based Service Includes Former CryptoCurrency Exec
Griddy Energy LLC has applied for a Texas retail electric provider certificate.
September 6, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should consider requiring the merged AEP Texas utilities to seek from FERC an order disclaiming jurisdiction over the merged AEP Utilities' wholesale transmission rates for service wholly within ERCOT as a condition of approving the merger of AEP Texas Central…
September 2, 2016
ERCOT has issued an initial determination stating that Calpine's units CTL_GT_102, CTL_GT_103, CTL_GT_104, CTL_ST_101, CTL_ST_102 (Clear Lake) are needed to support ERCOT transmission system reliability.
September 2, 2016
ERCOT expects to have enough generation available to meet the region’s electricity demands this fall and winter, it said in releasing its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for fall (October-November) and the preliminary outlook for winter (December-February).
September 2, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have outlined three potential options for the next steps in the Commission's consideration of potential changes to Emergency Response Service (ERS)
September 1, 2016
Start-up Texas Power Up Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
September 1, 2016
Constellation announced that it has completed its acquisition of the retail electricity and natural gas business of ConEdison Solutions
September 1, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Current Utilities, Inc. have each filed a motion for summary decision in a contested Notice of Violation proceeding, in which Staff alleged Current Utilities has acted as an aggregator without a certificate, and Current Utilities argued that its…
August 31, 2016
Parties have reached agreement on a joint proposal addressing certain threshold legal issues, mostly concerning corporate structure and associated treatment, in Sharyland Utilities' current rate case which is to implement uniform, territory-wide distribution rates for the ex-Cap Rock and McAllen…
August 31, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) has notified Texas retail electric providers that it anticipates 90% of its designated funds under the low-income smart device program (under which Texas REPs are reimbursed for providing no-cost programmable communicating thermostats (PCT) and in-home…
August 31, 2016
American Power & Gas Seeks License In New State
August 31, 2016
ERCOT has submitted Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR 800), Revisions to Credit Exposure Calculations to Use Electricity Futures Market Prices, which would use futures prices in certain credit exposure calculations
August 30, 2016
Another NY ESCO Seeks License In New State
August 30, 2016
MidAmerican Energy Services has begun listing offers on the Texas Power to Choose site
August 30, 2016
Two retail electric market veterans have launched what is described as a first-of-its-kind electric shopping concierge service in Texas which, for no customer fee, automatically finds for customers the best rate plan based on their usage and other factors unique to the customer
August 29, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a preliminary list of retail electric providers that are eligible to be required to serve as Large Service Providers (non-volunteer POLRs) for 2017-18
August 26, 2016
A draft Texas PUC order has been posted which would include revised conditions meant to protect ERCOT ratepayers from costs arising from the City of Garland's Rusk-to-Panola Double-Circuit 345-kV line, which is to facilitate the export, via DC Tie, of ERCOT power via the Southern Cross Transmission…
August 25, 2016
"Customers ability to shop and find true differences in the competitive market are compromised under SFV [straight-fixed variable rate design]," and the Public Utility Commission of Texas should decline to adopt or recommend its use, the Office of Public Utility Counsel said in reply comments on a…
August 25, 2016
Direct Energy is currently heavily active across the Mid-Atlantic in expanding the benefits of retail choice to customers, as the Mid-Atlantic now stands in stark contrast to other neighboring markets
August 24, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Ace Power, LLC d/b/a REP ACE Power, LLC an Option 2 REP certificate to serve customers 1 MW or larger who provide an affidavit agreeing to such service. The company is a subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy, Inc., a developer of utility-scale wind and solar…
August 23, 2016
An audit of Entrust Energy's compliance with the Lite-Up Texas discount program shows that Entrust Energy is using the correct discount rate and effectively addresses rate changes in accordance with PUC substantive rules.
August 23, 2016
Reliant has introduced a new offering in its home security product line with the launch of the Wi-Fi Doorbell Camera.
August 23, 2016
ERock On-Site LLC applied for an Option 3 Texas retail electric provider certificate
