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October 9, 2013
The following is a letter from Jeff Nottingham, an energy economist with Verdigris Energy LLC and a veteran of the ERCOT market, to EnergyChoiceMatters.com concerning recent generation development in ERCOT, and innovative technologies to reduce the cost of new build, all of which are occurring under…
October 9, 2013
A Koch Energy Services, LLC subsidiary has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Energy Capital Partners, LLC to acquire a natural gas combined cycle electric power generating facility in Odessa, Texas.
October 9, 2013
"I'm not sure any capacity market is really a good facilitator of the actual decision to invest [in new capacity]," Dr. David Patton, President of Potomac Economics, ERCOT's Independent Market Monitor, said during a Texas workshop on resource adequacy yesterday.
October 9, 2013
An affiliate of a Texas retail electric provider is preparing to launch operations in the Northeast.
October 8, 2013
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA, Inc. has recommended that the Public Utility Commission of Texas require, for certification as a REP, $2 million in shareholders' equity plus a $1 million, or more, letter of credit
October 7, 2013
The Texas Community College Cooperative Purchasing Network has selected Tradition Energy as the winner of a new contract for Energy Consulting Services.
October 7, 2013
The capital requirements of Texas retail electric providers should be increased if changes to the ERCOT market, specifically higher system-wide offer caps, impose increased risks on REPs, several transmission and distribution utilities told the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
October 4, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will accept comments on an issue regarding implementation of an Operating Reserves Demand Curve raised by CPS Energy.
October 4, 2013
The Compete Coalition has tarnished its reputation, and damaged its ability to advocate the introduction of retail choice to new markets, by wading into the Texas debate over "reliability" (meaning resource adequacy), and lending credence to the view -- oft-cited by critics of restructuring -- that…
October 4, 2013
There's some 30 states in the United States which offer customers no electric choice, and a handful more that severely limit electric choice, so it's only natural that the Compete Coalition, an organization which, "support[s] well-structured competitive electricity markets for the benefit of our…
October 3, 2013
More than two years after the introduction of switch holds to the ERCOT market, the number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan remain about 1% of residential ESI IDs in ERCOT.
October 3, 2013
"I don't think we're counting on there being a lot of states opening up [for retail choice] over the course of the next two to three years," Ken Hartwick, CEO of Just Energy, said at the Gulf Coast Power Association fall conference.
October 3, 2013
Texas retail electric provider Source Power & Gas -- which recently was granted FERC market-based rate authority -- has named two new vice presidents to lead its direct and indirect sales efforts.
October 2, 2013
"What we see that has happened in PJM is a recipe for what can happen here in Texas," if a capacity market is adopted, William A. Von Hoene, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer for Exelon, said in addressing the Gulf Coast Power Association.
October 2, 2013
Start-up Backed by Private Equity Receives Texas REP Certificate
October 1, 2013
ERCOT Receives NSO for AES Deepwater Units
October 1, 2013
The ERCOT Commercial Operations Subcommittee and the Communications and Settlements Working Group have filed Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 570 to reduce the real-time settlement timeline to five days after the operating day.
October 1, 2013
Texas TDUs have filed widely varying estimates of the number of customers electing to opt-out of having a provisioned advanced meter, in filing their compliance tariffs to set the rates for the AMS opt-out.
October 1, 2013
Texas transmission and distribution utilities have filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas initial tariffs to implement an opt-out from advanced metering, including sought levels for the one-time and ongoing opt-out fees.
September 30, 2013
Choose Energy announced today that is has acquired Power2Switch, a competitor in the online energy shopping and brokering business.
September 30, 2013
Retail Supplier Extends Markets Where Fuel Rewards Program Offered
September 30, 2013
EDF Trading North America, LLC would pay $30,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve EDF's alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocol §8.1.1.4.3(3)(b), related to non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria on March 9, 2012 and March…
September 30, 2013
Electric consumer complaints have fallen for the fourth consecutive year in Texas and now stand at the lowest level so far recorded under the state’s electric deregulation law, the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power said today in releasing an analysis.
September 30, 2013
Texas REP Granted Use of Trade Name Beyond Power
September 27, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement PURA Chapter 15 Subchapter D, which grants the commission the authority to issue a cease and desist order to various market participants, including retail electric providers.
