January 17, 2013
License Briefs
SBR Energy Continues Expansion Outside of New York by Seeking License in Another New State
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January 13, 2013
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Update/Clarification on Viking Energy Management, LLC in Illinois
January 13, 2013
Feds Seeking to Assert Control Over ERCOT Resource Adequacy
Apparently in the vein of never letting a crisis go to waste, a federally-sanctioned, non-representative, quasi-government agency has inserted itself into the ERCOT resource adequacy debate, requesting, since it has no authority to demand, that ERCOT provide it with certain information, but with the…
January 13, 2013
Texas Staff: CenterPoint Branding of TDU, Broker "Distinguishable" from Order on Shared AEP Branding
The use of the CenterPoint Energy name and service mark by a regulated utility and competitive affiliate engaged in electric brokering is "distinguishable" from the use of the AEP brand and service mark by regulated utilities and a retail electric provider, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of…
January 11, 2013
Texas Commissioner Anderson Calls Entergy Explanations "Unbelievable" Regarding PPAs Now Threatening Move to MISO
Entergy's explanations regarding power purchase agreements Entergy intends to modify at FERC, to allow the PPAs to terminate upon MISO membership, are, "almost to the point of being unbelievable," Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said during yesterday's open meeting.
January 11, 2013
Texas Commission Says It Can't Award Punitive Damages in Customer Complaint Against Retail Provider
The Public Utility Commission of Texas lacks authority to award punitive damages to customers bringing formal electric complaints before the Commission, the Commission affirmed yesterday.
January 10, 2013
Briefly
Texas Approves Further Change in Ownership of Retail Provider
January 10, 2013
Citing Resource Adequacy, Texas State Affairs Chair Wants Single-Commissioner Public Utility Commission
Texas State Representative Byron Cook, Chair of the House Committee on State Affairs, has proposed that the current structure of the Public Utility Commission of Texas be replaced with a single commissioner.
January 10, 2013
Mega Energy Focused on Northeast After Sale of Texas Customer Book to TXU, Customer Count Disclosed
Mega Energy will redirect its retail energy business to regions outside of Texas after selling its Texas customers to TXU in an agreement executed on December 21 and first reported by Matters yesterday .
January 10, 2013
EDF Trading Acquires Midwest Book from Competitive Supplier
EDF Trading this morning announced that it has acquired the Midwest commercial and industrial natural gas customer portfolio of ConocoPhillips.
January 9, 2013
Briefly
N.Y. Commission Recommends Privatizing LIPA
January 9, 2013
CenterPoint Utility Launches New Website Distinct from Corporate Site, Says Change Not Driven by Texas Proceeding
A new website has been launched for utility CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC at www.CenterPointElectric.com.
January 9, 2013
Former TXU and Texas Commercial Energy Execs Launching Retail Provider
Empiric Marketing & Sales, LLC d/b/a BusinessMODERN has applied for a District of Columbia electric supplier license as a power marketer and marketer of electricity purchasing and taking title to electricity as an intermediary for sale to customers.
January 9, 2013
TXU Acquires Customers of Texas Retail Provider
TXU Energy has acquired the residential and commercial customers of Mega Energy.
January 8, 2013
Briefly
PPL EnergyPlus Awarded Contract to Supply U.S. Navy
January 8, 2013
Texas Staff Updates Estimate of ERCOT Capacity Used for Small Fish Swim Free Rule
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed an updated estimate of the installed generating capacity in ERCOT.
January 8, 2013
TXU Energy Offering "Free Power" For Usage at Certain Levels
TXU Energy has launched a residential product which provides customers with a credit for usage between 801 kWh and 1,200 kWh during a month, intended to make such usage free.
January 8, 2013
License Briefs
Affiliated Electric Group Seeks Aggregator Certificate
January 8, 2013
Texas Staff, Glacial Energy Reach "Agreement in Principal" in Revocation Proceeding
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc. have reached, "an agreement in principal," concerning a Staff petition to revoke the retail electric provider certificate of Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc.
January 8, 2013
National Retail Provider to Launch Multi-Level Marketing Channel
The holding company of two affiliated retail electric providers with a national footprint intends to launch operations of a multi-level marketing channel in 2013, according to a public filing.
January 7, 2013
New Discretionary Service Charges Applicable to REPs Approved at Oncor
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a reduction in certain discretionary service charges applicable to retail electric providers at Oncor.
January 7, 2013
License Briefs
New Start-up Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
January 4, 2013
Texas Staff Proposes Questions for Demand Response Integration Proceeding
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the Commission hold a workshop on exploring the potential impact of demand response (DR) in ERCOT and further integration of this resource into the market. Staff also proposed a list of potential questions for public comment.
January 4, 2013
Texas Staff Propose Questions Regarding ERCOT CDR Inputs, Suggest Workshop
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that the Commission hold a workshop on inputs to the ERCOT Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report, and have filed a list of potential questions related to certain elements.
January 4, 2013
Notice of Violation Seeks $1.5 Million Fine Against Texas Retail Provider
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a Notice of Violation to EBC Energy Today, LLC, in which Commission Staff is recommending a $1.5 million administrative penalty against EBC Energy Today, LLC for, among other things, allegedly acting as retail electric provider…