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September 10, 2026
Catalyst Power Holdings LLC ("Catalyst Power"), which describes itself as an independent provider of retail power and cleaner energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector, today announced the closing of a $15 million revolving credit facility with East West Bank.
August 27, 2026
Huston Able, President of Able Power Management, announced that Able Power Management, "is looking to prove out a natural gas generation concept that could significantly simplify behind-the-meter power deployment for Bitcoin mining."
August 17, 2026
In comments to the Pennsylvania PUC, the Office of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro favors the expansion of utility customer usage data sharing to distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators, but opposed delegating a mechanism for such sharing to the Electronic Data Exchange Working Group…
August 11, 2026
The Michigan PSC, in response to a directive from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has issued a report outlining recommendations to improve energy affordability, including recommendations to increase "competition", but specifically without modifying Michigan's limit on electric choice
July 16, 2026
Base has officially extended its home battery program to Austin Energy, following an announcement in May
July 16, 2026
A straw proposal from New Jersey BPU Staff, to implement virtual power plants, envisions a two-phase implementation, with reliance on EDC-administered "bridge" programs in Phase 1
July 1, 2026
Texas PUC Staff have recommended that residential customer participation in ERCOT Emergency Response Service (ERS) and TDU load management programs, "should be eliminated entirely or at the least significantly reduced."
June 30, 2026
The Maryland PSC has approved several electric distribution system support services (EDSSS) pilot program offerings, such as VPPs, at the electric utilities (the DRIVE Act programs), while rejecting other proposals, as the PSC also addressed the interaction of various statutes governing funding and…
June 26, 2026
Energy Procurement Consultant Led By Retail Market Vet Registers In New York
June 26, 2026
Patel Energy LLC, a start-up, has re-filed for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve residential, small commercial, large commercial, and industrial customers in all service areas
June 17, 2026
Catalyst Power, which describes itself as an integrated provider of retail power and cleaner energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector, and the Connecticut Green Bank announced the successful financing of a five-site distributed solar portfolio totaling 1,025 kW-DC across Hartford…
June 17, 2026
TLG Commodities Seeks Illinois Retail Supplier License
June 2, 2026
Voltus, Inc. today announced what it termed a, "landmark Bring Your Own Capacity" (BYOC) three-year agreement with Google.
June 1, 2026
In Japan, Lexus has launched a holistic home and EV energy management service called Power Agent
May 29, 2026
As part of an unopposed rate case settlement at the Texas PUC, Texas-New Mexico Power Company is withdrawing all of its tariff provisions which would have imposed new restrictions on behind-the-meter (BTM) generation.
May 26, 2026
In comments in a New Jersey BPU proceeding concerning virtual power plants, PSE&G asked that the BPU enable EDCs to participate as VPP aggregators
May 22, 2026
The Maryland PSC formally established a new Data Exchange Work Group (“DEWG”) for the implementation of a state-wide Green Button Connect (“GBC”) compliant data exchange platform.
May 15, 2026
NRG Energy's Vivint announced the rollout of what Vivint said is Vivint's biggest app update ever, highlighted by the introduction of HomeView, a, "new dynamic in-app experience that allows users to see the state of their home, from locks to cameras to their HVAC system with a single glance."
May 15, 2026
ERock, formerly Enchanted Rock, said that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock
May 8, 2026
The Texas PUC adopted final rules to implement the Texas Backup Power Package (TBPP) Program which will provide loans and grants to qualifying critical facilities for the installation of back-up power systems, with the PUC clarifying that generation installed under the TBPP shall not export power to…
May 7, 2026
Gridwealth Electric and Perl Street announced a partnership to deliver integrated behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy resources (DER) to commercial and industrial customers across the United States.
May 6, 2026
The Maryland PSC said that it issued an order outlining key directives for Maryland’s electric utilities and stakeholders to, as described by the PSC, accelerate the implementation of virtual power plants (VPPs)
April 22, 2026
Octopus Energy and Lunar Energy said that they are rolling out in Texas a residential electricity plan that will pair fixed energy pricing with Lunar Energy’s home battery that manages when power is stored, used, and shared.
April 13, 2026
GVEC and Base Power announced a significant expansion of their residential battery program to GVEC's entire service territory.
April 8, 2026
The New Jersey BPU has filed in docket QO26030059 a notice of a Grid Flexibility Services proceeding within the BPU's new Grid Modernization Forum (GMF), which is comprised of workgroups which are to tackle the barriers to increasing hosting capacity, distributed energy resource (DER) participation…
