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June 13, 2013
Because investors "lost big" on the last competitive generation build-out, Texas ratepayers must now subsidize generation in order for it to get built -- that's the essence of what John Ragan, President of NRG Energy's Gulf Coast Region, said in a June 11 op-ed in favor of a Texas capacity market…
June 7, 2013
ERCOT has scheduled an information session regarding its request for data from retail electric providers regarding their dynamic pricing and demand response-related products.
May 31, 2013
Desperate to maintain their narrative of a Texas capacity crisis, supporters of a mandatory capacity market in Texas have said that new generation being built in ERCOT, which has resulted in a 2014 reserve margin above the target, should be ignored, but if not, such investment should be seen as…
May 20, 2013
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas an estimated cost to implement the "B+" solution to improve real-time scarcity pricing through implementation of an Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC).
May 9, 2013
Texas, with its energy-only market serving the vast majority of the state, continues to be named the most attractive state for businesses by numerous metrics, while capacity market states are largely absent from the same rankings.
May 7, 2013
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May 7, 2013
A proposed order from a Texas ALJ would impose a $25,000 administrative penalty on CPS Energy, an authorized qualified scheduling entity (QSE), relating to failure to meet non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) deployment requirements.
May 6, 2013
ERCOT has filed a supplement to backcast pricing impacts from implementing an operating reserves demand curve under the B+ Solution, now using 2,300 MW as the minimum contingency level, which indicates energy market price increases of up to $70/MWh.
May 3, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Luminant Energy Company LLC, a qualified scheduling entity, have entered into a Settlement Agreement under which Luminant would pay an administrative penalty of $35,000 to resolve an investigation to alleged violations concerning failure to adhere…
May 2, 2013
ERCOT's May 2013 Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report shows an increase in the forecast reserve margin in 2014 to above-target levels as the delivery period approaches, which is the market behavior that is expected in an energy-only market.
April 30, 2013
Sharyland Utilities, L.P., Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services, and Southwestern Public Service Company have filed for approval at the Public Utility Commission of Texas of a transaction under which Sharyland will acquire certain SPS transmission assets to facilitate the introduction of…
April 22, 2013
More Texas retail electric providers are offering customers demand response solutions in light of higher ERCOT price caps, David Roylance, Vice President of The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA) and Principal at Prism Energy Solutions, told EnergyChoiceMatters.com in an interview.
April 16, 2013
Texas retail electric providers may begin submitting electronic transactions for new customers in the Sharyland Utilities, L.P. Brady, Celeste, Colorado City, and Stanton divisions, which are transitioning to retail choice, in February 2014, Sharyland said in an update to the Public Utility…
April 10, 2013
Listening to Pat Wood's keynote at the spring Gulf Coast Power Association conference, the inescapable conclusion is that electric restructuring in Texas has failed.
April 9, 2013
ENCOA has expanded its residential electric service in Texas to include service at Texas-New Mexico Power.
April 8, 2013
NRG Energy, Inc. has entered into an agreement with a consortium of affiliates of Atlantic Power Corporation, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), and Rockland Capital, LLC to acquire the Gregory cogeneration plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.
April 4, 2013
An independent analysis prepared for the Public Utility Commission of Texas indicates that the benefits to Texas customers from Entergy Texas, Inc. (ETI) joining the Midwest ISO are at risk if certain PPAs with other Entergy operating companies are terminated upon MISO membership, as is being sought…
April 4, 2013
Panda Power Funds has completed financing on a 758 megawatt expansion of its natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant currently under construction in Temple, Texas.
April 2, 2013
Direct Energy has begun offering a Texas residential electric product that provides customers with a 3% cash back reward, in the form of a bill credit.
March 29, 2013
Yesterday, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said that when reviewing appropriate generator offer behavior under the Commission's rules, marginal cost should be interpreted as long-run marginal costs, rather than short-run marginal costs.
March 28, 2013
Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, has proposed that the Commission provide stakeholders with a formal opportunity to comment on the Interim Solution B+ proposal to improve scarcity pricing, and the related ERCOT backcast results, followed by a workshop "this summer."
March 26, 2013
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board of Directors at its March meeting approved a pilot for the upcoming summer that will expand its options to reduce electric use during peak summer conditions when demand is high and power supplies are tight.
March 25, 2013
While the total volume of electric complaints filed by consumers with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in calendar year 2012 decreased for the fourth consecutive year, the violation rate increased for the second year in a row, a recently issued report from Regulatory Compliance Services…
March 22, 2013
ERCOT has issued a final determination of Reliability Must-Run (RMR) status for the Lower Colorado River Authority's Ferguson Power Plant G1 (FERGUS_FERGUSG1)
March 22, 2013
ERCOT has filed its backcast analysis of market prices had the Interim Solution B+ approach to improve the scarcity pricing mechanism been in place in 2011-12.
