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December 2, 2021
The Texas PUC approved a settlement under which AEP Texas Inc. (AEP Texas), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Houston), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP) will establish and operate load management programs for nonresidential customers during the period of December 1, 2021…
November 18, 2021
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC deferred until its December 2nd meeting action on proposals from the TDUs in ERCOT to establish and operate load management programs for nonresidential customers during the period of December 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022
November 9, 2021
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, AEP Texas Inc. (AEP Texas), CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (CenterPoint Houston), and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP) have entered into a settlement for the settling TDUs to establish and operate load management programs for…
October 16, 2021
Encourages REP Participation, Customer Portfolios
Oncor has filed with the Texas PUC details of a proposed Winter Emergency Load Management Program that would operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from December 2021 until the end of February 2022
October 11, 2021
AEP Texas Inc.; CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC; and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (collectively, the Joint TDUs) filed with the Texas PUC an expedited petition asking the PUC to approve the TDUs (1) designing and operating load management programs for nonresidential customers during the…
October 6, 2021
Google is launching, via a preview to invited customers, Nest Renew, a suite of services connected to Google's latest smart thermostat that includes matching users with RECs and providing a single bill with the customer's utility and Nest charges
September 3, 2021
Staff of the Texas PUC has requested stakeholder comment on issues related to residential demand response, including current mechanisms, compensation, and operational issues
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 17, 2021
David Energy announced today it is now serving customers in New York and New Jersey as a retail energy supplier with what it called a, "first of a kind 'Shared Savings' product."
August 2, 2021
The U.S. Senate "infrastructure" bill (H.R.3684, S.Amdt.2137) would empower the Energy Information Administration to compel LSEs to report to the EIA financial or contractual agreements for power and generation resource type attributes
July 9, 2021
Octopus Energy announced the launch of a program, called Superpower Savings, to provide Texas customers with rewards for reduced usage during called events
June 18, 2021
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said that it will take a further look at whether participation by demand response resources in distributed energy resource (DER) aggregations in regional wholesale markets should be subject to the opt-out, opt-in requirements established in Order Nos…
June 9, 2021
Rodan Energy Solutions USA announced a new partnership with NOCO, a New York-based retail energy supplier (ESCO), which is, "designed to identify enhanced energy savings for NOCO customers in Western and Central New York State."
June 8, 2021
Reliant announced that Texas residential customers with an eligible smart thermostat who enroll in its automated Degrees of Difference program by June 11, 2021 will receive a $25 bill credit, and be automatically entered to win a year of free electricity through the Reliant Smart Energy Sweepstakes.
May 11, 2021
The Pennsylvania PUC last week voted to issue a tentative order that would grant an electric generation supplier license to Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC d/b/a CPower (Enerwise, Company, or Applicant) for the purpose of allowing CPower to obtain utility data concerning its customers to verify…
April 28, 2021
OhmConnect, in partnership with Google, announced a plan to incentivize energy-efficient behavior through the use of Google's Nest thermostats, which OhmConnect said will reduce energy consumption during peak hours across thousands of California homes and help prevent blackouts.
March 31, 2021
HB 11, with a further clarifying amendment adopted on the floor this morning, has been passed by the House on third reading.
March 31, 2021
HB 11, with a further clarifying amendment adopted on the floor this morning, has been passed by the House on third reading.
March 30, 2021
HB 16, the ban on residential wholesale indexed products, has been passed by the House on third reading without further amendment. The bill as passed is described below.
March 30, 2021
HB 16, the ban on residential wholesale indexed products, has been passed by the House on third reading without further amendment. The bill as passed is described below.
March 26, 2021
The District of Columbia PSC reconvened the Customer Impact Working Group ('CIWG') to resolve the issues raised by Pepco in a report concerning Green Button Connect My Data (CMD), and to develop a plan for implementing Green Button Connect My Data (CMD) in the District.
March 17, 2021
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that it would seek board approval for a price "correction" for Feb. 15, with ERCOT stating that the change to the Real-Time On-Line Reliability Deployment Price Adder that results from correcting the "errors" ranges from an increase of $0.01/MWh to an increase of…
March 16, 2021
Voltus, Inc. announced that Jon Wellinghoff, former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has joined Voltus's leadership team as Chief Regulatory Officer (CRO).
March 10, 2021
Various Bills Would Regulate REP Rates, Products
March 5, 2021
Several Texas bills have been introduced which would allow a customer to provide demand response in ERCOT by contracting directly with a demand response provider, rather than through a retail electric provider
