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September 1, 2026
Uplight and Octopus Energy Group today announced that Octopus Energy has closed its previously reported investment in Uplight, as Octopus takes a majority stake in Uplight
August 25, 2026
Base Power formally launched commercial electric service in Texas under Base Energy for Business.
August 13, 2026
Tesla is launching in Texas a new residential retail electric plan that bundles a discounted Powerwall lease with electricity supply
August 13, 2026
The retail electric plan associated with the offer (Tesla Electric Backup Plan) is a 100% renewable, 12-month fixed rate offer
August 11, 2026
The Michigan PSC, in response to a directive from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has issued a report outlining recommendations to improve energy affordability, including recommendations to increase "competition", but specifically without modifying Michigan's limit on electric choice
July 21, 2026
The Texas PUC granted Distributed Power, LLC an Option 1 Texas retail electric provider certificate
July 16, 2026
Base has officially extended its home battery program to Austin Energy, following an announcement in May
July 16, 2026
A straw proposal from New Jersey BPU Staff, to implement virtual power plants, envisions a two-phase implementation, with reliance on EDC-administered "bridge" programs in Phase 1
July 13, 2026
Max Frey has joined Haven Energy as Vice President of Business Development
July 8, 2026
Palmetto, which describes itself as a consumer energy platform, today announced the Palmetto Energy Backup Plan, a battery-only product leasing plan
June 30, 2026
The Illinois Commence Commission recently approved, subject to a further analysis on cost effectiveness, the design of ComEd's revised Rider BYODLR - Bring Your Own Device Load Reduction Program
June 30, 2026
The Maryland PSC has approved several electric distribution system support services (EDSSS) pilot program offerings, such as VPPs, at the electric utilities (the DRIVE Act programs), while rejecting other proposals, as the PSC also addressed the interaction of various statutes governing funding and…
June 24, 2026
Base Power today officially launched its retail electric offering across the Chicagoland, Illinois area (Commonwealth Edison territory)
June 4, 2026
Terra Energy, which describes itself as one of the nation’s fastest-growing residential solar providers and which recently registered as a Texas retail electric broker as first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com , today launched TerraOne, which Terra Energy termed, "an integrated home energy plan…
June 2, 2026
Voltus, Inc. today announced what it termed a, "landmark Bring Your Own Capacity" (BYOC) three-year agreement with Google.
May 28, 2026
Emporia Corp. d/b/a Emporia Energy Corp. has filed a new registration form for registration as a Texas retail electricity broker
May 26, 2026
In comments in a New Jersey BPU proceeding concerning virtual power plants, PSE&G asked that the BPU enable EDCs to participate as VPP aggregators
May 22, 2026
The Maryland PSC formally established a new Data Exchange Work Group (“DEWG”) for the implementation of a state-wide Green Button Connect (“GBC”) compliant data exchange platform.
May 6, 2026
The Maryland PSC said that it issued an order outlining key directives for Maryland’s electric utilities and stakeholders to, as described by the PSC, accelerate the implementation of virtual power plants (VPPs)
April 20, 2026
The New Jersey BPU Staff has issued RFIs to third party aggregators, the EDCs, and other stakeholders in the BPU's review of virtual power plants
April 14, 2026
Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure, and CPower Energy announced a new collaboration to help data centers in the United States accelerate speed-to-power and improve grid capacity by turning battery energy storage systems (BESS) and other behind-the-meter energy assets into grid…
April 8, 2026
The New Jersey BPU has filed in docket QO26030059 a notice of a Grid Flexibility Services proceeding within the BPU's new Grid Modernization Forum (GMF), which is comprised of workgroups which are to tackle the barriers to increasing hosting capacity, distributed energy resource (DER) participation…
April 7, 2026
Generac Holdings Inc. , a global designer and manufacturer of power generation and energy storage products and solutions, and CPower Energy today announced a collaboration to support commercial and industrial (C&I) customers across PJM by leveraging distributed generation to achieve greater…
April 1, 2026
The customer complainant who had filed a formal complaint at the Texas PUC against Tesla Energy Ventures, LLC d/b/a Tesla Electric ("Tesla") concerning Tesla Electric's control over, and decision-making concerning the level of charge for, the customer's Powerwall, and the marketing of an associated…
March 23, 2026
Texas PUC ALJs have recently begun informing complainants filing formal complaints at the Texas PUC, including complaints against retail electric providers, of the option to request that the alleged behavior be investigated by the PUC's Division of Compliance and Enforcement (DICE), rather than the…
