December 16, 2021
--- PUC Adopts Rule Language Allowing PUC To, In Future, Potentially Designate New A/S Costs As Eligible For Pass-Through --- PUC Chair: Commission's Job Is Not To Provide "Comfort" To REPs
Update #1: Texas Commissioners Working On Language To Limit Prohibition On Mass Market Fixed Rate A/S Pass-Throughs To "Existing" Ancillary Services
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December 14, 2021
On December 14, 2021, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resources:
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December 14, 2021
Bridgelink Commodities, LLC has filed a registration with the Texas PUC as a wholesale power marketer
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December 14, 2021
Octopus Energy Group announced a new long-term strategic partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), one of the world’s largest pension funds
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December 14, 2021
Hires Energy Vet As Director, Energy Trading
TerraForm Renewable Energy Services, LLC applied for an Option 2 retail electric provider certificate
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December 13, 2021
Bmark Energy, Inc. filed a registration with the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
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December 10, 2021
EnerGenie officially launched a new electricity concierge service in Texas that the company says, "uses intuitive technology to compare prices and usage patterns so it can recommend the best plan for each customer."
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December 9, 2021
Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") announced an update of the expected recovery by Just Energy from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. ("ERCOT") of certain costs incurred during the extreme weather event in Texas in February 2021 (the "Weather Event").
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December 8, 2021
ERCOT has filed with the Texas PUC its calculation of the proceeds to be allocated to each eligible retail electric provider and LSE under the uplift securitization program
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December 8, 2021
The executive director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed separate Notices of Violations (NOV) against eight power generation companies for their alleged failure to file winter weather readiness reports by the December 1, 2021 deadline
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December 8, 2021
Freepoint Energy Solutions has informed certain large commercial customers in Texas that it is invoking a "regulatory change" provision in the customers' electricity supply contracts to pass-through the costs of ERCOT's increased procurement of certain ancillary services.
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December 7, 2021
ERCOT issued a market notice concerning implementation of the Public Utility Commission of Texas’s (PUCT’s) previously reported order that directed changes in High System-Wide Offer Cap (HCAP)
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December 6, 2021
The Texas PUC ruled that filings made by entities, such as transmission-level voltage customers, to opt-out of the ERCOT uplift securitization program comply with the filing deadline if the opt-outs were filed before or at any time on November 29, 2021
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December 6, 2021
ERCOT has completed its reliability analysis for the City of Garland's unit OLINGR_OLING_1
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December 3, 2021
Commissioner Says ERCOT Price Cap Should Be "Much Lower" In A Market In Which Load Is Guaranteeing That Resources Will Be In The Market
During a workshop yesterday, all of the Commissioners of the Texas PUC agreed to commit to studying and developing a "load-side reliability mechanism" in some form or fashion
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December 2, 2021
Commissioners Prepared To Prohibit Index Products In Mass Market, Except For TOU Or Similar Offerings Commissioners Express Interest In Examining Need For REPs To Proactively Inform Customers Of Next Month's Variable Rate
Several Commissioners Favor Requiring Proactive Acknowledgement Of Risk For Permissible Index Plans
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December 2, 2021
The Texas PUC adopted a final rule today to set the high system-wide offer cap (HCAP) in ERCOT at $5,000 per MWh, effective January 1, 2022
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December 2, 2021
The Texas PUC approved a settlement under which AEP Texas Inc. (AEP Texas), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Houston), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP) will establish and operate load management programs for nonresidential customers during the period of December 1, 2021…
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December 2, 2021
Talen Energy Corporation ("Talen") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Talen Energy Supply LLC ("TES") announced that TES has obtained a financing commitment led by GoldenTree Asset Management LP and Silver Point Finance, LLC for a new first lien facility in the aggregate amount of $788 million maturing…
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December 2, 2021
Value Power, a trade name of Capital Energy PA LLC, has officially launched retail electric service in Texas
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December 1, 2021
ERCOT has completed its reliability analysis for Austin Energy's unit DECKER_DPG2, which will be retired.
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December 1, 2021
The ERCOT Board Selection Committee named John Swainson and Robert "Bob" Flexon as new directors of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board.
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December 1, 2021
Enel Green Power has named Paolo Romanacci the new Head of Enel Green Power North America, Inc., overseeing Enel's renewable power generation business line in the US and Canada.
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November 30, 2021
ERCOT has filed with the Texas PUC a report on 4CP dates in 2021
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November 30, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to adopt new 16 TAC §25.53, relating to emergency operations plans and the implementation of SB 3
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