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September 18, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a final recommendation of retail electric providers that Staff proposes to serve as non-volunteer POLRs (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own process) for the 2027-28 term.
August 31, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have posted a preliminary list of all REPs eligible, based meeting a sales volume threshold and other criteria set in rule, to serve as a non-volunteer POLR (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own…
July 27, 2026
TXU Energy Retail Company LLC has filed at the Texas PUC to serve as a volunteer provider of last resort (volunteer POLR, or VREP)
April 1, 2026
TexPo Power, LP would relinquish its Texas retail electric provider certificate, and TexPo's letter of credit on file with the Texas PUC would be used to partially pay outstanding amounts owed by TexPo to the TDUs, under a settlement with Texas PUC Staff to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas…
February 18, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has reported the number of customers served by ResCom Energy, LLC d/b/a NextVolt Energy, which, as first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com last week , has defaulted on its obligations at PJM
February 13, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. averred in a filing at the PUC of Ohio that Duke received a notice on February 11, 2026, from PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), "stating that ResCom Energy, LLC dba NextVolt Energy (NextVolt), a load-serving entity in PJM with load in the DEOK zone, had defaulted on its…
January 30, 2026
The retail electric provider certificate of Declaration Energy, LLC would be revoked under a settlement between Declaration and Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that, "Declaration committed a significant violation of Commission rules under 16 TAC §§ 25.107(k)(7)…
January 30, 2026
The New York ISO confirmed that customers of Electree, LLC are being transferred to default service as a result of NYISO terminating Electree, LLC from the ISO-Administered Markets in accordance with Section 2.7.5.3 of NYISO’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and Section 7.5.3 of the Market…
November 12, 2025
EE REP 2, LLC said in a filing at the Texas PUC that PUC Staff, in recommending that a REP certificate amendment sought by EE REP 2, LLC be denied, made an erroneous conclusion concerning the two individuals that EE REP 2, LLC has listed to meet the requirements for prior competitive electric or gas…
October 2, 2025
The Texas PUC dismissed without prejudice a complaint filed by a prospective customer against Southern Federal Power, LLC which had alleged that Southern Federal Power informed the customer that the customer's enrollment process would not be completed if the customer did not complete verification of…
October 1, 2025
The Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and OnPoint Energy Texas, LLC (OnPoint) have entered into a new settlement agreement concerning OnPoint's exit from the retail electric market
August 6, 2025
In reporting second quarter earnings today, NRG Energy reported that NRG has raised its 2025 Texas Residential Virtual Power Plant target to 150 MW, up from 20 MW.
August 1, 2025
Staff of the Texas PUC have recommended that the PUC approve MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC's petition to be relieved of MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC's current designation as a large service provider (LSP, or non-volunteer POLR) for the 2025-26 term
July 31, 2025
The Georgia PSC issued a written order extending, for an additional year, SCANA Energy Marketing, LLC Regulated Division's status as the AGL market's Regulated Provider
July 11, 2025
In comments on a customary four-year review of the Texas PUC's retail electric market rules, Vistra Corporate Services Company (Vistra) alleged, "Vistra believes there are examples of a person prohibited from exercising control of an Option 1 REP under 16 TAC § 25.107(g)(1) still actively exercising…
July 11, 2025
Texas REP Seeks Change In POLR EFLs Used To Apply Prepaid Service Rate Cap
May 21, 2025
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC has petitioned the Texas PUC to be relieved of its current designation as a large service provider (LSP, or non-volunteer POLR) for the 2025-26 term
April 22, 2025
SCANA Energy Marketing, LLC Regulated Division has petitioned the Georgia PSC to extend for an additional year the supplier's status as the AGL market's Regulated Provider
April 8, 2025
A customer has filed a complaint against Southern Federal Power, LLC at the Texas PUC alleging that Southern Federal Power informed the customer that the customer's enrollment process would not be completed if the customer did not complete verification of the customer's identity through a service…
December 3, 2024
Baltimore Gas & Electric, Pepco-Maryland, and Delmarva-Maryland have no "firm plans" to build generation in Maryland, but…
September 27, 2024
The Texas PUC has designated retail electric providers to serve as non-volunteer POLRs (large service providers or LSPs) for the 2025-26 term
August 30, 2024
PUC Staff Files Preliminary List Of REPs Eligible To Be Assigned Non-Volunteer POLR Responsibility
Only one Texas retail electric provider is seeking to serve as a volunteer provider of last resort in Texas for the 2025-2026 term
August 15, 2024
Energywell Texas, LLC ("Energywell Texas") told EnergyChoiceMatters.com that…
March 21, 2024
A proposed order from a Texas ALJ would grant…
March 20, 2024
A REP would pay $100,000 under a settlement with…
