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January 15, 2014
Sharyland Utilities, L.P. will be mailing to customers a letter informing them that they must select a retail electric provider by April 13, 2014 if they do not wish to be transitioned to the default retail electric provider.
January 14, 2014
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource:
January 14, 2014
NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC would pay $5,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to ERCOT Protocol § 6.4.3.1, relating to energy offer curves for RUC-committed resources.
January 14, 2014
Freedom of Choice. Self-Empowerment. Self-Determination.
January 10, 2014
Texas Public Utility Commissioners yesterday indicated that the next resource adequacy open meeting/workshop, originally contemplated for late January and then February, will now likely be held in late March.
January 9, 2014
North American Power will enter the Texas electric market at some time during 2014, and the entry could be imminent.
January 7, 2014
It's well-established that the ERCOT energy-only market, since the introduction of retail choice, has never been forced to shed firm load due to a lack of installed capacity compared to the reserve margin (with the two rotating outage events occurring at times ERCOT has had installed capacity in…
January 6, 2014
With cold temperatures and high electric use this morning, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has announced an Energy Emergency Alert and has implemented the first two stages of its steps to protect the grid.
January 6, 2014
The Texas Oil and Gas Association, "has seen increasing evidence that centralized forward capacity markets do not work as intended and never can," the group said in January 3 comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
December 30, 2013
Another mythical benefit of centralized capacity markets has been discredited by recent events in ISO New England, which has now seen three retail energy suppliers default at the ISO in the past 11 months.
December 26, 2013
A report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power said that average electric prices in parts of Texas open to deregulation have dipped below the national average for the first time in a decade, but notes that this progress may be short-lived if new capacity mandates are imposed on customers.
December 20, 2013
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson yesterday expressed concern that a draft proposal for adoption that would allow a retail electric provider to assign its responsibility to serve as a Large Service Provider (LSP, aka non-volunteer POLR) to an affiliate does not sufficiently protect…
December 19, 2013
"The inability to manage the cost associated with a capacity obligation combined with the lack of demonstrative goods realized by customers in regions with such obligations should lead the Commission away from any type of capacity construct," Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC said in comments to…
December 17, 2013
A persuasive case for the adoption of an ERCOT forward capacity mechanism has not yet been made, H-E-B cautioned Texas policymakers, warning against, "changing the current market structure in ways that could have significant and likely irreversible, long-term consequences."
December 17, 2013
One of the refrains we keep hearing in Texas from capacity market acolytes is that Texas doesn't need to worry about the non-performance issues which have plagued the Northeast capacity markets -- in which capacity is procured but does not produce energy when needed -- because everyone agrees and…
December 13, 2013
ERCOT and the Independent Market Monitor have filed a report with the Public Utility Commission of Texas concerning Real-Time Co-optimization of Energy and Ancillary Services in the ERCOT Markets
December 13, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft order to adopt revised Provider of Last Resort rules (Subst. R. 25.43) to allow a retail electric provider to assign its responsibility to serve as a Large Service Provider (LSP, aka non-volunteer POLR) to an affiliate.
December 13, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a recommendation regarding a review of whether changes to the retail electric provider certification rules, and/or Provider of Last Resort rules, require changes in light of the higher system-wide offer caps in place in the ERCOT market.
December 11, 2013
The Mississippi PSC has denied the application of ITC Holdings, through a subsidiary, to acquire the transmission assets of Entergy Mississippi.
December 10, 2013
ERCOT has proposed replacing, for certain customers, the current mailer required to be sent by ERCOT to customers transitioned to POLR with email and phone notifications.
December 10, 2013
An analysis prepared for Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson concludes that a study by Charles Rivers Associates commissioned by NRG Energy, which purports to show savings to gross state product from adopting a capacity market, contains numerous "errors in assumptions and calculations…
December 6, 2013
State Senator Wendy Davis, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2014 Texas gubernatorial election, said in a letter to Public Utility Commission of Texas Chair Donna Nelson that, "the PUC must not make any changes to the electricity market that would burden hardworking Texas families and the…
December 3, 2013
ERCOT filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its report on the monthly coincident peak (4CP) Loads in the ERCOT system for the months of June, July, August and September 2013 (2013 4CP Report). The 4CP dates were June 27, July 31, August 7, and September 3. The report, including load by…
December 2, 2013
Calpine Corporation this morning announced that it has agreed to purchase a nominal 1,050 megawatt, combined-cycle power plant for $625 million, or approximately $595 per kilowatt, exclusive of adjustments relating to development rights and working capital, from MinnTex Power Holdings, LLC, a…
November 27, 2013
Luminant Energy Company, LLC would pay $750,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas concerning the alleged failure of several Luminant units on February 2, 2011, to be on-line at an output level at least equal to each unit's low sustained limit (LSL) within 25…
