January 31, 2014
FERC accepted as filed by PJM tariff revisions for the capacity market which will now limit the amount of certain demand response resources which are procured.
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January 29, 2014
Direct Energy will offer Texas residential customers Opower's Thermostat Platform, which works with Honeywell's suite of WiFi thermostats, starting next month
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January 9, 2014
Report: Demand Response Interest By Middle-Market Companies Tepid; Participation Much Lower
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January 6, 2014
With cold temperatures and high electric use this morning, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has announced an Energy Emergency Alert and has implemented the first two stages of its steps to protect the grid.
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December 27, 2013
In seeking various changes to demand response rules and requirements at FERC, PJM reported that it yet again experienced "poor generator response" during a time when the grid was stressed.
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December 20, 2013
The New York PSC yesterday announced that it, "commenced a process to transform its regulation of electric distribution utilities," and articulated "core policy outcomes" driving the proceeding.
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December 6, 2013
The District of Columbia PSC has set for public comment Pepco's dynamic pricing proposals.
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November 19, 2013
Customized Energy Solutions said yesterday that it is the first market participant to offer demand response resources the ability to participate in the PJM Interconnection Synchronous Reserve (SR) Market as "flexible" resources, which are assigned on a five minute basis versus the traditional…
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November 11, 2013
Retail energy suppliers, "will only stay relevant if they are bundling," Just Energy Executive Chair Rebecca MacDonald said during an earnings call Friday.
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November 6, 2013
EnTouch Controls, a provider of cloud-based energy management systems for restaurant and retail chains, said that it has raised a total of $8.25 million in Series B equity and debt financing.
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November 4, 2013
Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. would pay $12,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's investigation of Enerwise for alleged violation of P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), and ERCOT Protocol § 8.1.3.1(6)(a) due to failure to deploy its Emergency…
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October 29, 2013
Direct Energy and Comverge announced a partnership under which Direct Energy will offer a discounted electricity rate to participants in Comverge's Pennsylvania Peak Saver program at PPL, an air conditioning cycling/direct load control program.
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October 24, 2013
Nuevo Midstream, LLC has selected Priority Power Management, LLC for energy supply management services.
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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.
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October 2, 2013
FERC accepted but suspended for a five-month period, subject to refund, and to the outcome of a technical conference and a further order, tariff revisions altering how demand response is qualified to participate in PJM's forward capacity auctions.
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September 26, 2013
The market design, and constant changes, of PJM's Reliability Pricing Model has been likened to the game of "Whack-A-Mole" by Exelon CFO and Executive Vice President Jonathan Thayer, as Thayer also warned that the market is replacing "steel in the ground" generation with new build generation that…
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September 25, 2013
Some electricity consumers could participate more actively in the Texas electric market in the future, following actions by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board of Directors at its Sept. 17 meeting, ERCOT said yesterday
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September 24, 2013
"Despite the claims of a few incumbent generators, there is no impending disaster or reliability emergency requiring radical action," Texas Industrial Energy Consumers said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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August 30, 2013
In separate cases and orders, FERC issued civil penalties to Competitive Energy Services, LLC (CES), Dr. Richard Silkman (CES's managing member), and Lincoln Paper and Tissue, LLC for activity in ISO New England, Inc.'s (ISO-NE) Day-Ahead Load Response Program (DALRP) which FERC found violated…
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August 23, 2013
NRG Energy, Inc. announced that it has acquired Energy Curtailment Specialists.
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August 9, 2013
Two Exelon companies would collectively pay $42,500 under separate settlements with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas relating to performance under the Emergency Interruptible Load Service (EILS) program.
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August 5, 2013
PJM has re-filed at FERC, in the form of tariff revisions, new rules proposed to be applicable to demand response capacity offers made in the Reliability Pricing Model capacity auction.
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July 31, 2013
Source Power & Gas LLC (SPG) has announced Phase 1 of its smart grid strategy, which consists of a series of pilot programs.
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July 26, 2013
PJM's capacity market is a "version of socialism," American Electric Power CEO Nicholas Akins said during an earnings call yesterday.
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July 16, 2013
New Online Shopping Portal Zonesty Launches Texas Service
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