March 19, 2014
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CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric announced that it will hold its 2014 Competitive Retailer Workshop in Houston on April 30, 2014.
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March 19, 2014
License Briefs
Texas REP Seeks to Use Trade Name Shyne Energy
March 18, 2014
Reliant, Andeler Release Pricing for Sharyland Areas Moving to Choice
Reliant and Andeler Power recently posted their initial pricing for residential customers at Sharyland Utilities LP who are transitioning to electric choice in May
March 18, 2014
ERCOT Retail Market Veteran Joins Tradition Energy
Tradition Energy announced that Linda Collins has joined the firm as Energy Advisor to help support its growing list of clients in the ERCOT market.
March 18, 2014
Founder, Principal of Broker Joins Board of Texas REP
Andeler Power announced that Nancy Hovind has been elected to the Andeler Power Board of Directors.
March 17, 2014
Source Power & Gas Launches Service In New Territory
Source Power & Gas is now offering residential electric service at Sharyland Utilities LP in Texas -- the former Cap Rock areas now opening up to choice.
March 17, 2014
Affiliate of Texas REP Seeks Licenses in Northeast State
Frontier Utilities Northeast LLC applied for Ohio electric and natural gas supplier licenses to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
March 17, 2014
Portable Cell Chargers a Potentially Big Marketing Opportunity for NRG, If Noting Else
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March 14, 2014
License Briefs
Electricity Girl Seeks Texas Aggregator License
March 14, 2014
New Retail Supplier Licensed in Georgia Gas Market
The Georgia PSC has granted an interim gas marketer certificate to Mansfield Power & Gas, LLC
March 13, 2014
Texas REP Launches New Affinity Program With Nancy Lieberman Foundation
Andeler Power announced a new affinity program with the Nancy Lieberman Foundation under which Andeler will donate $100 for every Texas resident who enrolls with Andeler Power through one of Lieberman’s media outlets.
March 12, 2014
NRG Energy to Acquire Dominion Retail Electric Book
NRG Energy, Inc. has entered into agreements with Dominion Resources, Inc. to acquire Dominion's retail electric business.
March 10, 2014
Briefly
New York Sets Date for ESCO EDI Collaborative
March 7, 2014
Briefly
Texas PUC Approves Cease & Desist Authority
March 7, 2014
Texas Think Tank: Facts Speak For Themselves on Capacity Markets
The Texas Public Policy Foundation has released a new presentation: "Letting the Facts Speak: Texas' Reliable Electricity Market."
March 7, 2014
PUC "Unable To Determine" if Retail Supplier Properly Disclosed History in License Application, Remands Revocation Proceeding to ALJ
The Pennsylvania PUC, based on the current record, is "unable to determine" whether Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania, Inc. was required to disclose certain of Gary Mole's experiences in Texas on Glacial Energy of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania electric supplier application.
March 6, 2014
ERCOT Notifies PUCT of Inadvertent Transmission of Data Which Could Have Revealed Number of Competitor's ESI IDs
ERCOT notified the Public Utility Commission of Texas, "of its violation of Section 1.3.1(k) of the ERCOT Protocols," due to the transmission of a file to two unintended recipients which could have been interpreted to match the number of ESI IDs identifiable to another LSE.
March 6, 2014
ERCOT Anticipates Sufficient Generation for Summer
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas released its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for this spring and a preliminary outlook for the coming summer.
March 6, 2014
U.S. Appeals Court to Hear Appeal of Ruling Which Had Granted Class Action Status to Retail Energy Lawsuit
A U.S. Appeals Court will hear arguments regarding whether class action status should have been granted to a lawsuit against Stream Gas & Electric, its marketing unit Ignite Holdings, several subsidiaries, and several affiliated individuals.
March 5, 2014
Briefly
Texas PUC Posts List of Cities Requiring Copy of REP Disconnect Notice Sent to Certain Multi-Family Dwellings
March 5, 2014
Texas Staff Propose Lower Upfront, Ongoing Smart Meter Opt-Out Charge at TNMP
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed testimony recommending lower upfront and ongoing advanced meter opt-out charges at Texas-New Mexico Power.
March 5, 2014
Texas REP Launches Service in New York
Texas retail electric provider Frontier Utilities has begun offering electric and natural gas service in New York, at Consolidated Edison.
March 5, 2014
NRG Retail Provider Acquires Customers of Texas REP
One of NRG Energy's retail electric providers has acquired the customers of a Texas REP.
March 4, 2014
Briefly
Broker-consultant 5 has announced that Patti Hummel has joined the company, with the primary responsibilities of accounting, compliance, and corporate finance. Hummel was formerly Vice President of Accounting and Finance at First Choice Power, and is a 14-year veteran of the Texas electric industry.
March 4, 2014
ERCOT Proposes NPRR to Reflect Incremental Load Exposure to POLRs from Mass Transition
ERCOT has proposed Nodal Protocol Revision Request 601 to revise, "the calculation of credit exposure for Counter-Parties that are registered as Qualified Scheduling Entities (QSEs) and Load Serving Entities (LSEs) and provide Provider of Last Resort (POLR) service as a result of Mass Transition of…