July 5, 2013
ERCOT Files NPRR to Implement Loads in SCED
ERCOT has formally submitted for approval Nodal Protocol Revision Request 555 , Load Resource Participation in Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch.
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June 26, 2013
Bounce Energy: 25% of Customers Enrolled in Critical Peak Rebate Program
Bounce Energy announced that nearly 25% of its Texas customer base are enrolled in its critical peak rebate program, known as Peak Rewards.
June 24, 2013
Constellation Promoting Critical Peak Rebate Program
Constellation is currently promoting a critical peak rebate program to its commercial and industrial customers.
June 21, 2013
TXU Launching Critical Peak Rebate Program
TXU Energy is now offering large commercial and industrial customers a voluntary critical peak rebate program.
June 19, 2013
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Duke Energy announced that Lynn Good has been elected as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Rogers, who will continue to serve as chairman of the board until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2013. Good will also serve as a director on the Duke Energy board. She will assume her…
June 10, 2013
FERC Approves $1.3 Million Settlement With Demand Response Provider to Resolve Investigation
FERC approved a $1.3 million settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. (Enerwise) concerning an investigation into whether Enerwise violated the Commission's anti-manipulation rules.
June 7, 2013
ERCOT to Hold Info Session on Collecting Load Response Data from Retail Electric Providers
ERCOT has scheduled an information session regarding its request for data from retail electric providers regarding their dynamic pricing and demand response-related products.
June 5, 2013
Ambit Energy's Chambless Compares Current Retail Energy Climate to Telecomm Experience, Expects Similar Consolidation
The current climate of the retail energy markets reminds Ambit Energy's Chris Chambless, Chief Marketing Officer, of the telecomm market prior to a wave of consolidation in the latter industry, Chambless told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in an interview yesterday.
June 4, 2013
Champion Energy Services Partnering With Lowfoot on Customer AMI Data, Could Facilitate Future Offering of Peak-Time Rebate Product
Champion Energy Services this morning announced an agreement with Lowfoot, Inc. to provide Texas customers with data and other benefits associated with the interval data from smart meters.
May 31, 2013
Maryland Orders Reduced Compensation for Demand Response Provider Over Life of Gap RFP Contracts
In an order on one of the failures of a curtailment service provider to meet its full obligations under one year of the Gap RFP demand response capacity contracts, the Maryland PSC has ruled that reduced compensation reflecting the failure to deliver shall occur over the life of the contract, rather…
May 28, 2013
Demand Response Provider to Pay $80,000 Under Maryland Settlement
Comverge, Inc., the Staff of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, the Office of People's Counsel, and the Potomac Electric Power Company have entered into a settlement to resolve a dispute concerning Comverge's performance under the "Gap RFP" contract awarded to the company by the Maryland PSC…
May 28, 2013
Working? Capacity Market Prices for New Jersey (PS) Spike Above $200, Attracts Little New Entry; PJM Sees *Decrease* in Available Capacity
PJM's Reliability Pricing Model Base Residual Auction for the 2016/17 delivery year saw prices for the PS Locational Deliverability Area (PSE&G) spike above $200, yet the zone attracted little new entry. Prices for other constrained zones (MAAC, ATSI) remain in triple digits.
May 8, 2013
TriEagle Energy Could Pay Texas Customers Up to $1/kWh for Reductions Under New Demand Response Program
TriEagle Energy has launched a voluntary peak-time rebate program in Texas which could pay customers up to $1/kWh in response to curtailments during called events.
April 30, 2013
AEP's Akins: No Long-Term Pricing Structure Supports New Capacity in PJM
During Friday's earnings call, Nicholas Akins, CEO of American Electric Power, highlighted the still-challenged investment prospects for new build in PJM, despite the presence of a forward, centralized capacity market
April 25, 2013
Texas General Land Office Reaches Six-Year Agreement with Acclaim Energy Advisors
Acclaim Energy Advisors announced that it has reached a six-year strategic agreement with the Texas General Land Office to provide dynamic load optimization services to government agencies and facilities.
April 23, 2013
Texas REPs Seek Changes to Deposit Rules to Accommodate Offering of Demand Response Solutions
A coalition of Texas retail electric providers has told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that the Commission's deposit rules require modification to facilitate the offering of demand response products by retail electric providers.
April 23, 2013
Reliant Launches Free Weekends Plan
Reliant has launched a Free Weekends plan, which is bundled with a Nest Learning Thermostat.
April 22, 2013
FERC Slaps Down PJM Attempt to Impose New Requirements on Demand Response in Capacity Market
Granting a complaint from demand response providers, FERC rejected, on procedural grounds, new policies instituted by PJM applicable to demand response offers in the capacity market.
April 22, 2013
TEPA's Roylance Seeing Greater Demand Response Offers from Texas REPs, Calls Capacity Market Inconsistent with Customer Choice
More Texas retail electric providers are offering customers demand response solutions in light of higher ERCOT price caps, David Roylance, Vice President of The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA) and Principal at Prism Energy Solutions, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in an interview.
April 4, 2013
Texas Should be Skeptical of Capacity Market as Demand Response Incubator Given Obstacles Introduced to Negate Generator Competition in Eastern RTOs
As Texas considers resource adequacy, and specifically demand response, it should view skeptically claims, especially from capacity owners, that the fastest and most effective way to develop demand response resources is to introduce a centralized capacity market.
April 3, 2013
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA Announces Agreement with Viridity Energy
GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced this morning an agreement with Viridity Energy to provide comprehensive, customized demand response solutions.
March 26, 2013
ERCOT Adopts Weather-Sensitive Demand Response Pilot
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board of Directors at its March meeting approved a pilot for the upcoming summer that will expand its options to reduce electric use during peak summer conditions when demand is high and power supplies are tight.
March 25, 2013
FERC Issues $10 Million Penalty to End-Use Customer
Rumford Paper Company will pay a civil penalty of $10 million, and disgorge $2.8 million, under a settlement with FERC to resolve allegations that Rumford engaged in fraudulent conduct in its participation in ISO-New England, Inc.'s (ISO-NE) Day-Ahead Load Response Program (DALRP)
March 15, 2013
Nelson: Texas Needs to Make Sure Rules Don't Prevent REPs from Offering Load Response Technologies to Customers due to Churn Concerns
Texas needs to address concerns of retail electric providers which are leery of providing customers with technologies to enable demand response due to the fear that the investment may go unrecovered due to customer migration, Donna Nelson, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said…
March 13, 2013
Feds to Texas: Regulate Retail Electric Providers' Marketing Claims for Demand Response Products
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should consider, "developing simple, clear model disclosures that describe actual cost savings, measured fairly," regarding demand response and similar offerings from retail electric providers, the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission said in comments to the…