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March 24, 2026
Octopus Energy Group said that Octopus, "will cement its expansion in the U.S.," by acquiring a majority stake in Uplight, a provider of customer engagement and flexibility management solutions which facilitate customer-centric load flexibility
March 23, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have sought comment on two options, an as-needed service or a seasonal service, which Staff is considering to implement a legislative mandate for the creation of a reliability service to procure demand reductions from large load customers
March 5, 2026
Vistra announced an expansion of its battery aggregation program in Texas to include Enphase Energy's IQ Batteries, further scaling its residential virtual power plant (VPP).
March 2, 2026
The Maryland PSC has opened proceeding PC 77 to consider Demand-Side Management Programs, Rate Design Measures, and Distributed Energy Resource Integration
February 25, 2026
CPower Energy, a unit of NRG Energy, and Bentaus, a developer of AI-driven energy orchestration platforms, in collaboration with Supermicro, a global provider of Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions, announced, "the successful completion of a joint demonstration of how AI compute infrastructure…
February 10, 2026
NRG Energy, Inc. today announced that its Responsive Economic Dispatch (RED) Program delivered nearly $5 million in total savings to participating business customers in 2025.
February 5, 2026
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is hosting a market call on February 10 concerning its Smart Thermostat Program under which Texas retail electric providers are reimbursed under the TDU's energy efficiency budget for providing a smart thermostat to residential customers
January 30, 2026
NRG Energy, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of generation assets and CPower from LS Power.
January 23, 2026
The District of Columbia PSC's Capacity Auction Task Force has filed its Part II Report
January 20, 2026
Also Proposes "Affordability Monitor" For Utilities
As part of a State of the State and budget proposal rollout, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced several policies aimed at energy "affordability"
January 19, 2026
A report prepared by a consultant for NRG Energy and Google says that ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1296, which would create an ERCOT-funded program providing incentive payments to retail electric providers (via REPs' QSEs) for residential demand response, would support payments to DR…
December 18, 2025
Citing projected shortfalls in electric capacity in New York City, the New York PSC ordered ConEdison to file an NYC Reliability Contingency Plan and, in parallel with identifying potential solutions ConEd could undertake itself to solve, or contribute to solving, the anticipated reliability needs…
December 16, 2025
Leap, a VPP platform, and Enel North America today announced a new partnership to connect more commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed energy resources (DERs) to utility demand response programs nationwide.
November 26, 2025
Octopus Energy in Texas said that it is providing customers in its Saving Sessions program free power for a two-hour period on Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2025
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning transmission cost allocation and recovery (including an evaluation of the current 4CP methodology), Base Power Company proposed that, to properly allocate transmission costs, "the calculation of load contributions and eventual allocations of transmission costs…
November 10, 2025
As part of a proposed multi-year reliability plan at the PUC of Ohio (a proceeding similar to a rate case), Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) has proposed a new residential demand response program that would include recurring incentives in addition to a rebate for an enabling device
November 4, 2025
Under Retail Energy Services Agreement, REP Will Assume All Downside Risk
Gridmatic announced a strategic partnership with Satoshi Energy, a financial technology platform for the energy and data center industries, and Cholla Inc., a third-generation oil & gas exploration, Bitcoin mining, and powered land development company.
November 1, 2025
The Independent Market Monitor for ERCOT has submitted comments opposing Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1296 which would create an ERCOT-funded program providing incentive payments to retail electric providers (via REPs' QSEs) for residential demand response (RDR program)
October 23, 2025
The Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia requested from the D.C. PSC an enlargement of time to file part two of the PJM Capacity Auction Task Force Recommendation Report, the development of which had been directed by the PSC as part of the PSC's investigation into the impact…
October 9, 2025
Luxor Technology Corporation formally announced the launch of its new energy business, Luxor Energy, which will provide bitcoin miners with a "full suite" of energy services, including a retail electricity provider business with Level 4 QSE support, demand response signals, and intelligent mining.
October 6, 2025
A draft report from the Texas PUC's EM&V Contractor regarding the Texas investor-owned utilities' energy efficiency programs for 2024 finds that the retail electric provider Smart Thermostat Pilot market transformation program (MTP) was one of the two most cost-effective energy efficiency programs…
September 2, 2025
In comments on a proposed Texas PUC rule concerning firming requirements for generation, Octopus Energy urged the PUC to allow demand response and DERs to serve as eligible resources to meet firming obligations
August 26, 2025
ERCOT, as sponsor, has submitted Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1296 to create an ERCOT-funded program providing incentive payments to retail electric providers (via REPs' QSEs) for residential demand response
August 6, 2025
Gridmatic today announced the launch of the Gridmatic AI Load Optimizer, which Gridmatic says, "giv[es] large energy consumers access to industry-leading forecasting and automation to strategically manage their energy use."
August 5, 2025
Staff of the Texas PUC issued a series of questions to commence a review of 4CP transmission cost allocation, as provided under SB 6
