May 30, 2014
National Retail Supplier Files For IPO
Spark Energy has filed with the SEC to conduct an initial public offering.
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May 29, 2014
New REP Sponsoring Texas' Sam Houston Race Park
Frontier Utilities said that it has secured a contract to supply the electricity needs of Sam Houston Race Park.
May 28, 2014
More Texas REPs Seek to Assign POLR Obligation to Affiliate
Several retail electric providers owned by Just Energy have filed at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to assign their non-volunteer POLR obligation to an affiliate.
May 28, 2014
Stream Energy Debuts Free Energy Offer, Officially Launches Home Services
Stream Energy announced the official launch of its Free Energy Program for customers as well as a new suite of HomeLife Services.
May 27, 2014
Texas Staff Proposes Options for Next Steps in Docket on REPs' Sharing of Customer Info. With Third Parties
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have provided the Commission with two options concerning a proceeding examining the sharing of customer information by Retail Electric Providers (REPs) with third parties (Project 42030).
May 27, 2014
No Support for Eliminating Texas Small-Fish-Swim-Free Rule
A petition by Raiden Commodities to eliminate the current Small-Fish-Swim-Free rule in the ERCOT market was opposed by a diverse group of stakeholders, and of the publicly available comments at publication time, Raiden's petition had no support from any commenting party.
May 23, 2014
Northeast Retail Provider Seeks Texas REP Certificate
American PowerNet Management, LP has applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate.
May 22, 2014
License Briefs
Texas REP Files Notice of Cessation of Operations
May 20, 2014
Texas ROSE Alleges REP's Prepaid Plan Violates Rules, Citing Affidavit From Former Contractor
The Texas Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to conduct an investigation into the policies and practices of Direct Energy in offering residential consumers a prepaid electric service plan known as Power-to-Go, alleging that the product…
May 19, 2014
Luminant Proposes NPRR to Mitigate Price Reversal Under the ORDC in ERCOT
Luminant Energy, LLC has submitted to ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request 626, Operating Reserves Demand Curve (ORDC) Price Reversal Mitigation Enhancements
May 16, 2014
Texas REP Reports Loss, Confirms Network Marketing Channel
Summer Energy Inc., the parent of Texas REP Summer Energy LLC, reported a net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 of $1.0 million, versus the year-ago loss of $325,000.
May 16, 2014
Green Mountain Energy Expands 100% Solar Supply Product, Rebate to Two New States
Green Mountain Energy has expanded the offering of its SolarSPARC 100 product, a plan sourced from 100% solar power and which directs a portion of customer payments to build new solar generation not sited at the customer's premises, to New York and Pennsylvania.
May 16, 2014
Exclusive: Frontier Utilities Acquires Customers from Texas REP
Frontier Utilities has acquired the prepaid customers of Texas retail provider Electric Now.
May 15, 2014
Proposed Texas Order Would Grant Appeal, Require ERCOT Resettlement
A proposed Texas order would grant an appeal regarding ERCOT's manual overrides of Odessa-Ector Power Partners, L.P.'s High Dispatch Limit (HDL) on November 15, 16, and 20, 2012.
May 15, 2014
License Briefs
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Jade Energy, LLC a retail electric provider certificate. Nalina Pillai serves as CEO of Jade Energy, Rafael Patag serves as President of Jade Energy, and Mark Lubrano serves as Senior Vice President of Sales for Jade Energy.
May 15, 2014
Crius Energy Targets New Markets, Including Texas
Crius Energy intends to expand its Viridian Energy brand into five new states in 2014, including Texas.
May 14, 2014
Energy Market Veteran Forms New Texas Retail Provider
Infuse Energy LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate.
May 12, 2014
Retail Supplier Suggests That State Should "Standardize" Certain Terms of Service in Contracts
Champion Energy Services, LLC has suggested to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that PUCO should consider, "standardiz[ing] certain terms of service in CRES contracts for the residential and small commercial customer class," in order to avoid misleading and deceptive practices concerning…
May 12, 2014
Texas Staff File Draft Proposal for Adoption on Utility/Affiliate Code of Conduct, Marketing Rules
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption containing proposed revisions to Subst. R. 25.272, relating to the Code of Conduct for electric utilities and their affiliates.
May 12, 2014
Entrust Energy Acquires Reach Energy Customers
As first reported by RetailEnergyX.com Friday afternoon , Entrust Energy confirmed that it acquired the majority of Reach Energy's customers.
May 9, 2014
Texas Retail Provider Defaults at ERCOT, Customers Being Transitioned to Designated REP and POLRs
Update : 5/9/14, 5:20 pm ET RetailEnergyX.com: Entrust Energy Acquires Reach Energy Customers
May 8, 2014
TXU Extends Free Hours Under Free Nights Plan
TXU Energy has extended the hours during which it is offering a 0¢/kWh charge under its Free Nights plans.
May 8, 2014
TXU Parent Sees Essentially Flat Residential Churn Through First Quarter of 2014
Net residential customer churn at Energy Future Holdings, the parent of TXU Energy, was essentially flat during the period December 31, 2013 to March 31, 2014, EFH reported in a 10-Q filed yesterday
May 7, 2014
NRG Says Expanding Texas Retail Margins Made Company "Comfortable" With Significant Expansion Via Dominion Retail Book, Forecasts Book's Contribution
Expanding retail margins in Texas made NRG Energy "comfortable" with expanding its retail business so significantly in Texas through the acquisition of Dominion Retail's customer books, executives said during an earnings call yesterday.
May 6, 2014
License Briefs
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted TriEagle Energy, LP an electric supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.