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July 25, 2022
Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC (RERS) filed a request at the Texas PUC to be designated a voluntary retail electric provider (VREP, aka volunteer POLR) for the residential and small commercial classes up to a number of ESI IDs in certain service areas filed confidentially, for the 2023-2024…
July 15, 2022
On July 15, 2022, ERCOT received NSOs for the following Generation Resources: City of Garland (SPNCER_SPNCE_4); and City of Garland (SPNCER_SPNCE_5)
July 15, 2022
ERCOT has posted a list of ESI IDs of customers which have opted out of the ERCOT Subchapter N securitization process
July 14, 2022
On June 20, 2022, ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource: OCI Alamo 1 LLC (OCI_ALM1_ASTRO1)
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
With extreme hot weather driving record power demand across Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on July 10 issued a Conservation Appeal, asking Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity, Monday, July 11 between 2-8 p.m.
July 11, 2022
ERCOT issued the following operations message on July 9:
July 8, 2022
ERCOT issued an operations message providing as follows:
July 7, 2022
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that, "ERCOT anticipates high system demand tomorrow, July 8, 2022, through Monday, July 11, 2022, due to extreme hot temperatures across the ERCOT region."
July 7, 2022
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that, on July 6, 2022, an order was entered in the bankruptcy case, In re Liberty Power Holdings, LLC, Case No. 21-13797-SMG, requiring ERCOT to initiate the Mass Transition of all Electric Service Identifiers (ESI IDs) of LPT LLC DBA LPT SP LLC (LSE) (DUNS…
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
July 5, 2022
On July 1, 2022, ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource: GEUS (STEAM1A_STEAM_1)
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 22, 2022
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a memo concerning the line-term that should be used to the extent a retail electric provider, if permissible, passes through ERCOT nonbypassable uplift charges related to the winter storm Uri securitization
June 16, 2022
During today's open meeting, the Texas PUC clarified retail electric providers' ability to access and use their proceeds under the winter storm Uri securitization to pay third parties and offset their own internal costs
June 16, 2022
Reliant has launched in Texas a new residential electricity plan called the Reliant Seasonal Savings plan, which Reliant said is designed for customers who would like to balance out seasonal bill spikes and lessen the impact of increased summer usage
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 14, 2022
Staff of the Texas PUC filed a memo outlining, among other things, how retail electric providers shall distribute proceeds from the winter storm Uri bond securitization, including treatment for former customers, and requirements for compliance reporting (Docket 52710)
June 3, 2022
TC Energy Marketing Inc. filed with the Texas PUC a registration as a power marketer
June 2, 2022
Expanding upon its offerings in Texas, CPower announced a "new demand response solution" available from the company in Texas
May 27, 2022
In a 2021 state of the market report, ERCOT's independent market monitor proposed…
May 24, 2022
Vistra announced that its…
May 19, 2022
Several Texas retail electric providers have ceased accepting new customers
May 17, 2022
As directed by the Commission at its recent open meeting, Texas PUC Docket Management issued an order seeking briefs concerning…
May 16, 2022
ERCOT posted its May 2022 Report on the Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region
