May 15, 2012
Switch Holds Decline Considerably at Oncor
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan declined significantly at Oncor during April.
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May 14, 2012
Texas Staff File Final Proposal to Grant ERCOT Authority to Conduct Pilot Projects
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption to amend P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.361 in order to give ERCOT the authority to conduct pilot projects to evaluate new and emerging technologies, such as energy storage projects, to determine the benefits that these…
May 8, 2012
Turner, Davis Urge Caution on Raising ERCOT Price Cap, Cite Impact on REPs
Texas State Representative Sylvester Turner and Senator Wendy Davis filed separate letters to the PUCT Commissioners expressing concern with the proposed increase in the ERCOT system wide offer cap to $4,500 effective August 1, citing, in particular, the impact on retail electric providers.
May 4, 2012
NRG Integrated Model Shows How Mandatory Capacity Payments Would Force Retail Electric Providers to Subsidize Competitors
A discussion during yesterday's NRG Energy earnings conference call shows how Texas retail electric providers would be forced to subsidize their competitors if a mandatory capacity payment were introduced to the market.
May 2, 2012
MP2 Energy Would Pay $10,000 to Resolve EILS Shortfall
MP2 Energy, would pay $10,000 under a settlement with PUCT Staff to resolve Staff's allegations that MP2 Energy violated Section 39.151(j) of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) and P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)…
May 2, 2012
ERCOT Confirms That Rotating Outages "Not Likely"
ERCOT's latest Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy for the summer of 2012 confirms that, while Energy Emergency Alerts (EEA) are likely to be called on multiple occasions, "these EEA declarations are not likely to result in the need to institute rotating outages."
May 2, 2012
Texas Generators Shamelessly Seek Capacity Subsidies On Top of $7,000 Scarcity Prices
Despite an imminent increase in the ERCOT price cap to $4,500, and likely increase to at least $7,000 in 2014, several unregulated Texas asset owners continue to seek government subsidies in the form of capacity payments imposed on load.
April 30, 2012
Calpine to Build New Capacity in ERCOT for Summer 2014
Calpine announced Friday that it is actively permitting the addition of 520 MW of combined-cycle capacity at existing sites in ERCOT, with anticipated commencement of commercial operations by the summer of 2014.
April 25, 2012
Texas Switch Holds Decline in Three Areas, Up Slightly at Oncor
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan declined in three territories during Match, but saw a small increase at Oncor.
April 23, 2012
Texas Staff File Draft Proposal for Disgorgement Rules
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement HB 2133, concerning the disgorgement of excess revenues resulting from a violation of PURA or administrative rule or protocol (40073).
April 17, 2012
PUCT Staff Says Transition to Retail Choice at Sharyland's Cap Rock Areas Not Dependent on Resolving Pioneer Driver Unit Configuration
The issue of whether Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s Spraberry Driver Unit should be reconfigured from secondary meters to one or more primary meters should not be addressed as part of the transition to retail competition for the former Cap Rock service areas now part of Sharyland Utilities…
April 12, 2012
Texas Commission to Publish Rule Raising Offer Cap Effective
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will publish for comment a proposed rule that would raise the ERCOT system wide offer cap effective August 1, 2012.
April 11, 2012
ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
ERCOT has received Notification of Suspension of Operations for the following Generation Resource: Brownsville Public Utilities Board – SILASRAY_SILAS_5
April 11, 2012
Federal Government Holding Up Market Participant Wire Payments to ERCOT
ERCOT said in a market notice yesterday that it has seen an increase in wires being held for review by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), an agency of the US Department of Treasury.
April 6, 2012
Texas Staff File Draft to Increase High, Low Offer Caps in ERCOT
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication concerning an increase in the high and low system offer caps and the peaker net margin in ERCOT (40268).
April 4, 2012
ERCOT Seeks to Restructure Debt to Create Stable System Administration Fee
ERCOT has sought authorization at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to restructure its debt for, among other reasons, to stabilize the System Administration Fee (40291).
March 30, 2012
Texas Industrials Warn on Costs, Discrimination Under ERCOT Pilot Projects
Any rules adopted by the Public Utility Commission of Texas granting ERCOT authority to conduct pilot projects to evaluate new and emerging technologies, "should make clear that any pilot project cannot result in unjustified cost to the market ... [and] should also explicitly reaffirm the statutory…
March 27, 2012
Texas Load Interests Seek Expanded Demand Ratchet Waiver
Exemption from the demand ratchet should be expanded from the level currently contained in a Public Utility Commission of Texas proposal for publication, several load interests said in comments to the PUCT (39829).
March 22, 2012
PUCT Likely to Increase Power Balance Penalty Curve for
The PUCT intends to address an increase in the Power Balance Penalty Curve (PBPC), to be in place for this summer, at its next open meeting on April 12.
March 15, 2012
Switch Holds Decline Significantly at CenterPoint, AEP Texas Central
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan with a retail electric provider declined significantly during February, according to the latest reports filed with the PUCT.
March 15, 2012
New TXU Energy Fixed Product Includes 50% Discount on Energy Charge for Initial Two Months
TXU Energy has launched a new product for ERCOT residential customers which applies a 50% discount to the energy charge for the first two months.
March 15, 2012
PUCT Staff Proposes Criteria to Determine if Prepaid Rate Less than POLR Rate
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft Proposal for Publication to establish the criteria for determining if prepaid electric service sold to residential customers is less than the price charged by the Provider of Last Resort, as required by the PURA §39.107(g), and to…
March 7, 2012
Energy Curtailment Specialists Says Texas NOV Should Be Dismissed
A PUCT Notice of Violation against Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. should be dismissed because ECS did not "wilfully (sic) and knowingly" violate PURA Sec. 39.151(d) and did not "wilfully (sic) and knowingly" intend for its loads not to curtail, ECS said in a list of issues prior to hearing…
March 7, 2012
Texas Commissioners Propose Raising Offer Cap to At Least $7,500, Differ on Timeline
Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Donna Nelson and Commissioner Kenneth Anderson have both proposed raising the System Wide Offer Cap in ERCOT to as high as $7,500/MWh, but disagree on whether any incremental change should occur for the summer of 2012.
March 5, 2012
Constellation Energy Statement: MXenergy Transfer of Post-Pay Accounts to StarTex "Completely Unrelated" to PUCT Audit
In response to Matter's March 2 story concerning MXenergy's decision to transfer post-pay customers in ERCOT to affiliate StarTex Power, and an audit settlement at the PUCT which made reference to the transfer, Constellation Energy issued the following statement to Matters: