August 3, 2021
Texas Representative Chris Paddie sent a letter to the Texas PUC stating his opinion that HB 4492 -- which creates a program to finance Reliability Deployment Price Adder ("RDPA") charges and Ancillary Service costs above the Commission's system-wide offer cap for the period beginning 12:01 a.m.…
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August 3, 2021
EIQhome, LLC has launched a new digital home energy management platform, EIQhome.com, and says of the platform that, "The EIQhome platform is designed to be the central hub for Total Home Energy Management that includes helping you find the lowest electricity rate for your home, reducing your use of…
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August 2, 2021
Several Texas retail electric providers have filed comments with the Texas PUC stating that a proposal from PUC Staff to implement an opt-out process for transmission-voltage customers from the winter event uplift financing program impermissibly changes the process to an opt-in process
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August 2, 2021
Source Retail Energy has filed with the Texas PUC an electricity broker registration
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August 2, 2021
PowerToSave LLC, a start-up, has filed with the Texas PUC an electricity broker registration
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July 29, 2021
Commissioner Concerned Indexed Products May Just Not Be Beneficial To Small Customers PUC Will Also Examine A Further "Safety Threshold" (Price Cap) On Proposed New POLR Rate Formula
As part of a rulemaking to implement recent legislation, the Texas PUC will consider whether to prohibit all index products, and any product with a pass-through of ancillary services, for residential and small commercial customers
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July 29, 2021
Vistra and its flagship retail electricity brand, TXU Energy, announced that they have launched a new surge protection offering targeted to small business customers in Texas
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July 29, 2021
JP Energy Resources LLC has named Tony Martin as COO
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July 28, 2021
Young Energy, LLC filed with the Texas PUC an updated request to amend its REP certificate, in order to add the trade name SmarTricity
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July 28, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC have proposed that retail electric providers be obligated to provide notice to eligible customers of their ability to opt-out of the program to finance Reliability Deployment Price Adder ("RDPA") charges and Ancillary Service costs above the Commission's system-wide offer cap…
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July 28, 2021
Proposal Retains New "Signed" Acknowledgement Of Risk For Products With Ancillary Service Pass-Through, And Also Any Mass Market Index Product Proposal Includes New POLR Pricing For Mass Market Customers
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication containing proposed rule changes to implement HB 16, which generally bans wholesale energy market index plans to mass market customers, and relevant portions of SB 3. The proposal for publication also includes new customer protection…
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July 26, 2021
The Centre for Net Zero, a research firm focused on clean energy and decarbonization projects and backed by Octopus Energy Group, today announced a global collaboration with researchers from The University of Maryland and The University of Cologne, led by economist Peter Cramton.
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July 23, 2021
Texas retail electric provider Young Energy has filed at the Texas PUC for an amended REP certificate to add the trade name "Cost Plus Power" to the certificate
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July 23, 2021
SJI (South Jersey Industries, Inc.) subsidiary EnerConnex has acquired retail energy consultant Electrasource.
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July 22, 2021
During a press briefing on actions that the Texas PUC and ERCOT are taking to improve grid reliability as the hottest days of summer approach, PUC Chairman Peter Lake provided the consumer cost, to date, of certain reliability actions the PUC has directed ERCOT to undertake for this summer
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July 22, 2021
Texas retail electric provider Rhythm announced that it has begun offering Texas residential electric customers plans that are backed by 100% solar RECs from Texas (Texas Shine plans)
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July 21, 2021
The Texas PUC has issued a request seeking briefing on the treatment of offsets and affiliates in determining an entity's eligibility to seek compensation under the financing program established to compensate entities for costs above the system-wide offer cap during the relevant period of the winter…
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July 21, 2021
Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. ('ARR' or the 'Company') announced that its jointly controlled subsidiary, Great Bay Renewables, LLC ('Great Bay') has closed a follow-on royalty investment of US$20 million with Apex Clean Energy ('Apex') related to Apex’s broad portfolio of wind, solar and energy…
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July 20, 2021
The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Branch Energy Holdings Inc. an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
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July 19, 2021
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed for discussion a draft for new 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.55 to implement weather emergency preparedness measures for generation entities and transmission service providers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)…
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July 19, 2021
ERCOT Seeks Approval For Uplift, Default Balance Financing Orders
ERCOT has filed with the Texas PUC petitions for orders to finance the Winter Storm Uri Uplift Balance (Uplift proceeding) and the Default Balance (Default proceeding)
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July 15, 2021
The Texas PUC will be reconstituting a stand-alone Enforcement Division, effective August 1
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July 14, 2021
Constellation and Southwire, a manufacturer of wire & cable, tools, components, and assembled solutions, announced today that they have entered into a long-term renewable energy certificate (REC) purchase agreement through which Southwire will match approximately 33% of its annual electricity use…
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July 14, 2021
Blitz Ventures Inc. d/b/a EnergyBot, the retail electricity plan comparison website owned by Vistra, filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio a notice of material change to its electricity broker license to update its service areas
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July 13, 2021
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