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August 27, 2021
Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) and AARP Texas alleged that several retail electric providers are offering non-compliant fixed rate products, while alleging others are using terms of service documents to circumvent customer protections in PURA or the PUC rules, in comments filed with the Texas…
August 27, 2021
Squeeze LLC, an online comparison site for various household recurring consumer services, has registered with the Texas PUC as an electricity broker
August 26, 2021
The Texas PUC has denied a petition from a group of retail electric providers for a rulemaking to adopt an automatic sunset, absent specific PUC action to the contrary, for any disconnection moratorium adopted by the PUC in response to a disaster.
August 26, 2021
A bankruptcy court has approved a motion from Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, Liberty Power District of Columbia, LLC, LPT, LLC, and Liberty Power Maryland, LLC (collectively, Liberty or Debtors) to designate NRG Retail, LLC as a stalking horse bidder for certain assets of Liberty
August 25, 2021
Six Months After Winter Storm Uri, Texans for Fair Energy Billing Warns that Winter is Coming and Texas' Energy Grid Still isn't Prepared
August 25, 2021
Octopus Energy today announced, "its first-ever customer Octo Cool Down to beat the heat and conserve energy as Houston approaches high temperatures amid a growing Texas population, leading to what may be the largest peak usage ever on the Texas grid."
August 25, 2021
Constellation announced today that an agreement is in place to help PepsiCo, McCormick & Company, Best Buy and ViacomCBS’ KTVT and KTXA TV stations power their operations with energy from the 200 MW Big Star Solar Project, currently under development in Bastrop County, Texas.
August 24, 2021
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted IGT Ohio a retail natural gas supplier license to serve all customer classes in all service areas.
August 24, 2021
The Texas PUC denied a petition from AARP Texas for an emergency rule to lower the initial payment amount required under a deferred payment plan with a retail electric provider, and to extend the time over which the customer must pay the deferred balance
August 24, 2021
Switch Ltd., an operator of data center facilities and a provider of related services, has filed an update to its application for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 23, 2021
The Texas PUC granted Capital Energy PA LLC an Option 1 retail electric provider (REP) certificate.
August 23, 2021
In rebuttal testimony, ERCOT rejected proposals from several retail electric providers to calculate charges to recover costs of the uplift financing program under HB 4492 on a $/MWh basis. ERCOT continues to propose to collect costs via a daily lump sum charged to LSEs based on the load ratio share…
August 23, 2021
Octopus Energy LLC f/k/a Evolve Retail Energy LLC applied for FERC electricity market-based rate authority.
August 23, 2021
Trust Energy Solutions, a start-up, filed a registration at the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 23, 2021
Directek Inc filed a registration at the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 20, 2021
In recent comments to the Texas PUC concerning the criteria and related issues for power outage alerts (which are required under new legislation), Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC said that the PUC should consider requiring retail electric providers to share with the TDUs their customers' email…
August 20, 2021
Expected Sale Price, Bidder Disclosed Bankrupt Retail Supplier Serving Over 100,000 RCEs
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, Liberty Power District of Columbia, LLC, LPT, LLC, and Liberty Power Maryland, LLC (collectively, Liberty or Debtors') have filed for approval at a bankruptcy court to designate NRG Retail, LLC as a stalking horse bidder
August 19, 2021
In directing certain preliminary actions with respect to Docket 52322, which is addressing an "uplift" financing program as directed by HB 4492, the Texas PUC at its open meeting today did not rule on the question of whether netting shall be required under the program
August 19, 2021
Start-up Retail Electric Finder LLC d/b/a Energy REF filed a registration with the Texas PUC as a Texas electricity broker
August 18, 2021
Switch Ltd., an operator of data center facilities and a provider of related services, applied for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 18, 2021
Start-up Rocksson LLC filed with the Texas PUC as an electricity broker
August 17, 2021
MI Texas REP 1 applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 17, 2021
Comcast Ventures, which as first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com earlier this month led a $4.5 million seed round of financing into Branch Energy , said that it can "lean on" Comcast's assets in achieving growth at Branch Energy
August 16, 2021
Tesla Energy Ventures, LLC applied for an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
August 16, 2021
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has written a letter to the Texas PUC Chair and Commissioners stating that the Texas Senate would not have passed a bill giving taxpayer dollars to companies that profited during the winter storm, and said that HB 4492 requires netting
