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July 27, 2012
During today's open meeting, Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Donna Nelson offered the following statement to correct inaccurate reports concerning her position on capacity markets:
July 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have proposed an additional test to determine whether prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, in a draft proposal for adoption (Project 39969).
July 23, 2012
Economics do not support the construction of new capacity "in this country" unless the plant is being built pursuant to a state's renewable portfolio standard, or has a bilateral contract, NRG President and CEO David Crane said today during a media call regarding the company's merger with GenOn.
July 18, 2012
Panda Power Funds today announced that its affiliate Panda Temple Power, LLC has successfully completed the financing on its planned 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Temple, Texas.
July 13, 2012
YEP Energy has confirmed acquiring the EPCOT customers, news release below:
July 12, 2012
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has launched a new tool to help large electricity users make operational decisions based on anticipated electricity prices.
July 11, 2012
Calpine Corporation, on behalf of itself and its generation subsidiaries operating in the ERCOT wholesale market, has petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval of a proposed Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) which would govern Calpine's participation and operations in the ERCOT…
July 2, 2012
Texas Industrial Energy Consumers moved to dismiss the application for a voluntary mitigation plan (VMP) filed by NRG Texas Power and Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, as TIEC argued that the Commission lacks authority to approve the plan.
July 2, 2012
A year after the introduction of switch holds to the ERCOT market, the number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan remain less than 1% of residential ESI IDs in ERCOT.
July 2, 2012
Contrary to the spin offered by capacity owners, the Brattle report regarding ERCOT resource adequacy, "does not reject energy-only markets," the Texas Industrial Energy Consumers said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (40268), as TIEC also cautioned that transitioning to a…
July 2, 2012
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee approved a new process for removing switch holds from vacant Continuous Service Agreement (CSA) premises.
June 28, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas today approved an increase in the ERCOT high system-wide offer cap effective August 1, 2012 (Docket 37897).
June 27, 2012
Chicago City Council Places Opt-Out Aggregation Measure on Ballot
June 25, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and IPR-GDF Suez Energy Marketing North America, Inc. have sought Commission approval of a Voluntary Mitigation Plan specifying how GDF Suez will be treated for enforcement purposes under P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.504(c) for the remainder of 2012, relating…
June 25, 2012
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee has made a preliminary recommendation to the Public Utility Commission of Texas for changes to the Power Balance Penalty Curve (PBPC).
June 22, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a recommended proposal for adoption to establish the ERCOT high system-wide offer cap (SWOC) at $4,500 per megawatt-hour beginning on August 1, 2012, to be effective until a subsequent change by the Commission (37897).
June 19, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and NRG Texas Power, LLC, and its generation affiliates operating in the ERCOT market, have sought Commission approval of a Voluntary Mitigation Plan governing the offering practices that NRG can use when offering its generation resources into the…
June 13, 2012
ERCOT has launched a free smartphone app which includes real-time Energy Emergency Alert notifications.
June 13, 2012
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has directed Staff to begin a process to consider recommendations contained in The Brattle Group's report on resource adequacy.
June 1, 2012
The Brattle Group's report on ERCOT Investment Incentives and Resource Adequacy, prepared at the request of ERCOT, claims that none of the PUCT's existing proposals addressing the energy-only market, "would likely support a target reserve margin consistent with the 1-in-10 criterion, unless much…
May 30, 2012
Retail electric providers offered differing interpretations regarding whether a change in the ERCOT System Wide Offer Cap would amount to a change in law allowing REPs to modify fixed price contracts with small volume customers.
May 22, 2012
ERCOT has released its May 2012 Report on the Capacity, Demand, and Reserves in the ERCOT Region, which shows improving reserve margins compared with the December 2011 forecast.
May 21, 2012
Stream Energy Named Finalist for American Business Award
May 17, 2012
Illinois Posts Prices for RECs Procured for Default Service
May 17, 2012
The ERCOT Power Balance Penalty Curve (PBPC) should have a gentler slope and the starting energy bid price should remain at $200 given other changes to the market that have already been made, and are expected to be made, Commissioner Kenneth Anderson of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in…
