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August 12, 2022
Texas PUC Commissioners Will McAdams and Jimmy Glotfelty announced in a memo that the following individuals have been named to the new Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources (ADER) pilot task force
August 9, 2022
Nuvve, a provider of vehicle-to-grid and other services for electrifying transportation, and Vistra have announced, "the first step in their partnership to help school districts modernize bus fleets."
July 13, 2022
As previewed during a recent open meeting, Texas PUC Commissioners Will McAdams and Jimmy Glotfelty filed a memo concerning guiding principles, scope, and implementation steps for a pilot project to test impacts of small scale Distributed Energy Resource (DER) aggregation in the ERCOT market
July 11, 2022
CPower Energy Management ("CPower") announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. demand response division of Centrica Business Solutions, LLC ("Centrica").
July 6, 2022
Octopus Energy U.S. announced today the launch of Octopus Electric Vehicles (OEV), a new business line whose inaugural product, EV Concierge, is described as, "the first-ever integrated demand response EV leasing plan offered by an energy retailer."
July 6, 2022
NRG Energy, Inc.'s brand Direct Energy today announced a strategic partnership with Leap, "to deploy a real-time grid services program in Texas to bolster grid flexibility," and provide a, "dynamic load reduction program," focused on C&I customers
June 30, 2022
One Question To Be Addressed Is How Customers May Change REPs During Pilot
Led by Commissioner Will McAdams, the Texas PUC is pursuing a path forward on consideration of distributed energy resource pilots, prompted by a proposed virtual power plant pilot proposed by Tesla
June 28, 2022
The Texas PUC granted RPower LLC an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
June 22, 2022
CleanChoice Energy announced a new partnership with SmartAC.com, an HVAC monitoring service, "to provide greater energy efficiency and reduce energy waste in users' homes."
June 15, 2022
Third-Party DR Aggregators Press For Elimination Of REP Requirement
In comments on a Texas PUC project addressing distributed energy resources, Google LLC called the requirement for load's participation in the ERCOT market to be conducted under the same QSE as the load's LSE (essentially requiring aggregation of load to occur through a REP), "[t]he biggest limitation to widespread participation of DERs in the ERCOT wholesale market."
June 15, 2022
Reports Results From Its Aggregated Load Resource "Demonstration" In ERCOT
In comments concerning distributed energy resources in ERCOT and aggregated load participation in the ERCOT market, Tesla reported a near-term goal for its recently created Texas retail electric provider, whose creation was exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on August 16 last year
June 9, 2022
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider announced…
May 20, 2022
A provider of comprehensive energy solutions and services with a focus reliability and energy management has announced…
April 28, 2022
OhmConnect, which operates a retail electric supplier in Texas in addition to its various other services in other markets, launched a new program (OhmPlus) that offers members a payment every month for saving energy using smart devices.
April 12, 2022
Voltus, Inc. announced the addition of…
April 12, 2022
CPower Energy Management announced the launch of CPower's Building Management System-as-a-Service (BMS-aaS) to enable grid-interactive efficient buildings in New York City.
April 11, 2022
A provider of Resilience-as-a-Service led by several retail market vets applied for a Texas REP certificate
March 30, 2022
New York Department of Public Service Staff have filed a straw proposal that would establish terms for allowing municipal aggregations (CCAs) to provide community distributed generation (CDG) to customers on an opt-out basis
March 29, 2022
The nation’s largest commercial real estate developer announced a strategic partnership with…
March 28, 2022
Supplier, Which Has Been Focused On C&I, Will Soon Beta Residential Service
A retail energy supplier today announced the closing of a $20.5 million Series A round of funding, co-led by
March 8, 2022
Honeywell announced today an agreement with…
March 7, 2022
CPS Energy today announced a 15-year commercial agreement with…
March 2, 2022
A a provider of building energy management and optimization technology announced it has closed a $75 million strategic capital raise led by…
February 25, 2022
A TDU petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas ("Commission") to approve a new Wholesale Distribution Service Distributed Generation ("WDS DG') Energy Storage Tariff pursuant to 16 Tex. Admin. Code ("TAC") § 25.191.
February 23, 2022
A retail energy supplier is launching an e-commerce dashboard for commercial and industrial energy management.
