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April 5, 2021
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that, on April 1, 2021, Luminant Generation Company LLC ("Luminant") notified ERCOT that it is withdrawing the Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for TRSES_UNIT6.
April 5, 2021
Vistra said in an 8-K filed on April 2 that it has entered into an upsized loan credit agreement.
April 2, 2021
Just Energy Group Inc. ('Just Energy' or the 'Company') announced that its current Chairman of the Board, Anthony Horton, has been appointed as Executive Chair of the Company by the Board to, among other things, "oversee and provide strategic direction with respect to the exploration and…
April 1, 2021
Texas House Considers Securitization Bill Which Could Be Broadly Open To Retail Electric Providers & Their Costs From Winter Storm, Other ERCOT Market Participants
April 1, 2021
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April 1, 2021
The Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (CCR) filed a pleading at the Texas PUC again urging the PUC to rescind its disconnection for non-payment (DNP) moratorium.
April 1, 2021
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Will McAdams to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) for a term set to expire September 1, 2025
March 31, 2021
(Earlier): Texas Retail Provider Acquires Another Customer Book
GB Power provided the statement below concerning the matter. Concerning the allegations made by PUCT Staff, GB Power emphasized that although there was an investigation, there was also a negotiation and potential settlement with the PUCT.
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 31, 2021
Customers of Texas retail electric provider Volt Electricity Provider LP have been transferred to Ampra Energy
March 30, 2021
An organization known as Power for Tomorrow (PFT) recently launched, and is a group opposed to electricity deregulation and in favor of a, "traditionally structured utility market."
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
ERCOT announced that, "On March 30, 2021, ERCOT entered into a payment plan with Bulb US LLC (Bulb), a short-paying Invoice Recipient, to enable ERCOT to collect all outstanding amounts from Bulb totaling $8,622.013.00 (final payment due on April 14, 2021), and pay short-paid Market Participants."
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
Entrust Energy, Inc., along with certain affiliates including Entrust Energy East, Inc. and Power of Texas Holdings, Inc., have filed voluntary petitions for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas
March 29, 2021
Text for the engrossed version of Texas bill SB 3 has been posted
March 29, 2021
Text for the engrossed version of Texas bill SB 3 has been posted
March 29, 2021
Williamson County, Texas, has notified Cavallo Energy Texas LLC, its electric provider, of a good faith dispute involving what it alleged were inflated invoice charges for Transmission and Distribution Losses and UFE Fees during February 2021 weather event, and has asked for reissued invoices
March 29, 2021
The majority of Texans do not support any fees for procuring reserve electricity capacity, according to a poll conducted by Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston in the aftermath of the recent winter storm
March 26, 2021
A Coalition of Competitive Retail Electric Providers (CCR) filed comments in support of a motion, filed by Exelon Generation, for rehearing of the Texas PUC's decisions February 15 and 16, 2021 which had the effect of setting ERCOT energy market prices at $9,000 per MWh during the winter weather…
March 26, 2021
The Texas Senate has approved an amended version of SB 2154, which would change the composition of the Texas PUC
March 26, 2021
Committee substitute language for Texas bill SB 3, which as reported yesterday was reported out favorably, has been released
March 25, 2021
Texas retail electric provider GridPlus filed a letter with the Texas PUC stating, "This letter notifies Commission Staff of GridPlus's intent to enter into a payment plan covering GridPlus's outstanding obligations to ERCOT, and requests that Staff forebear from any initiatives to revoke GridPlus's…
March 25, 2021
In releasing new Seasonal Assessments of Resource Adequacy (SARA), ERCOT announced today that, "Based on information provided by generation owners to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator anticipates there will be sufficient generation to meet the summer 2021 peak…
