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December 16, 2025
Sunrun today announced a new "multi-year" partnership with NRG Energy, Inc. which Sunrun said, "will accelerate the adoption of distributed energy, including home battery storage in Texas[.]"
December 12, 2025
Texas PUC Staff have filed a recommended proposal for publication to implement the Texas Energy Fund - Texas Backup Power Package Program.
December 8, 2025
Base Power today announced the launch of a residential battery partnership with Farmers Electric Cooperative in Texas
December 5, 2025
Liberty Wholesale Commodities, LLC applied for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate, limited to serving customers 1 MW and larger who provide an affidavit agreeing to such service
December 4, 2025
In a recommended proposal for adoption, Texas PUC Staff recommended that certain load and distribution resources should be designated as eligible resources to meet the firming requirements for generation
November 20, 2025
The Pennsylvania PUC, in a 4-1 vote, approved with modifications PPL Electric Utilities' second distributed energy resources (DER) management plan
November 18, 2025
Commonwealth Edison in Illinois has withdrawn a proposed tariff for a VPP program (Rider VPP), and also withdrew its proposed Rider Community Solar Plus Storage (Rider CSS) tariff, and Rider Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction (Rider BYODLR) tariff, citing the recent passage of legislation which…
November 14, 2025
ERCOT said in a market notice that it has updated the introductory section of the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) pilot webpage.
November 1, 2025
Base Texas QSE LLC has filed with the Texas PUC a registration for an Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) under the ADER pilot, according to a caption of a confidential filing made with the PUC today
November 1, 2025
PPL Electric has posted new prices to compare for the period December 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026
October 24, 2025
ERCOT is exercising its previously granted authority to increase the following limits in the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) pilot:
October 20, 2025
Vikta Energy Technologies, LLC d/b/a Vikta Energy registered as a Texas retail electric broker
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 18, 2025
ERCOT has issued a call for voluntary participation in the proof-of-concept (POC) of the ERCOT Distribution Awareness Platform (EDAP) which ERCOT is developing.
September 5, 2025
The Maryland PSC issued a follow-up order on utility energy storage proposals that outlines how the PSC will consider proposals for utility-owned energy storage projects in the future
August 19, 2025
Base Power today formally announced its expansion into the Dallas, Texas area.
August 12, 2025
In a proceeding in which Duquesne Light Company (DLC) has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of an Affiliate Services Agreement between Duquesne Light Company and its affiliate The Efficient Network (TEN), DLC has filed a general scope of work that had been included in the procurement…
August 7, 2025
Catalyst Power Holdings LLC has acquired a 4.5 megawatt portfolio of operational and in-development cogeneration (CHP) projects from Aegis Energy Services.
July 21, 2025
Octopus Energy announced that it is offering a new service to all Texans, not only Octopus' customers, to make it easier and more transparent for residents to electrify their homes.
July 21, 2025
Strobe Power NY, LLC, the start-up power marketer that will offer customers the opportunity to join its "network" and will offer to pay customers for electricity from their solar, batteries, and generators, confirmed that it intends to sell electricity and other services to retail customers as part…
July 8, 2025
Duquesne Light Company (DLC) has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of an Affiliate Services Agreement between Duquesne Light Company and its affiliate The Efficient Network (TEN)
June 30, 2025
Base Power and GVEC announced a partnership to deploy a utility-managed fleet of residential batteries, starting in communities built by Lennar.
June 24, 2025
As part of an order issued today addressing the procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices, the Maryland PSC denied a proposal, which the PSC termed "the Exelon proposal", for a Utility-Owned Residential Customer Sited BTM BESS program
June 20, 2025
ERCOT has filed at the Texas PUC recommended changes to the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) Pilot program, including a model under which a non-LSE may participate as an aggregator. ERCOT will also undertake an immediate expansion of the program caps
June 13, 2025
Characterizes "Strong" Stakeholder Support To Allow Third-Party QSEs To Participate Directly
ERCOT will host a further in-person workshop on June 16, 2025 to review feedback and discuss additional design refinements and next steps for ERCOT's proposed Residential Demand Response Program, which would include an incentive paid by ERCOT (i.e. funded by the ERCOT market)
