August 8, 2024
NRG To Sell HVAC Installer Business, Announces Sale Price
NRG Energy, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell…
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June 25, 2024
Texas Retail Provider To Provide 50% Discount On Energy Rate In Exchange For Controlling Home's Battery Storage
A REP announced a new program in Texas under which…
May 14, 2024
Voltus, Resideo Launch New Residential Thermostat Virtual Power Plants At ComEd, PSEG-LI
Voltus, Inc., together with Resideo Technologies, today announced the expansion of…
May 7, 2024
Base Power, Start-up Retail Provider Led By Zach Dell, Officially Launches; Retail Pricing, VPP Strategy Revealed
Base Power formally announced the launch of…
December 29, 2023
Update: Start-up, With CEO Zach Dell, Plans To Become Texas Retail Provider, Offer 40 kWh Home Battery As Part Of Integrated Offer
A start-up whose management includes Zach Dell has made apparent moves to start a Texas retail electric provider
December 29, 2023
Update On Merger Of OhmConnect With Assets From Google Nest’s Renew
OhmConnect, Inc. ('OhmConnect'), Resi Station, LLC ('Resi Station'), and Renew Home VPP, LLC ('Renew Home VPP,' and together with OhmConnect and Resi Station, the 'Applicants') filed for…
November 2, 2023
NRG Reports Expanded Margins, "Near-Record" Retention
NRG Energy reported earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2023 (third quarter of 2023)
October 4, 2023
Vehicle-to-Grid Virtual Power Plant Developed By Retail Supplier Parent, With Partner, Commences Service
Sunverge announced today that…
September 12, 2023
Ford, Honda, BMW To Create New Company Focused On Optimizing Electric Vehicle Grid Services, Providing Managed Energy Services
BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, and American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create…
August 23, 2023
Virtual Power Plants, From Retail Electric Provider, Provide Power To ERCOT Grid For The First Time
The Texas PUC today announced that two virtual power plants (VPPs), both from Tesla's retail electric provider, are now qualified and able to provide dispatchable power to the Texas electric grid, which is operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
July 18, 2023
Tesla Shares ADER Progress Report With Texas PUC, Notes Upcoming VPP Test
Notes Break-even Point, Potential Challenges To ADER Revenue Streams
Tesla Inc. filed with the Texas PUC a progress report, "stating the detailed milestones achieved in the first year of the ERCOT Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource ('ADER') Pilot Project."
March 8, 2023
Sunnova Unveils "Adaptive" Retail Energy Plan In Texas
Sunnova Energy International Inc. said that it has teamed up with retail electric provider David Energy to bring Sunnova's "Adaptive Retail energy plan" to the Texas marketplace.
January 19, 2023
Texas Retail Provider Announces Partnership To Integrate Batteries With Residential Electricity Plans, Will Allow REP To Create VPP, Bid Into ERCOT
Octopus Energy U.S. today announced a new partnership with Enphase Energy, Inc., a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, "to integrate household solar and batteries in energy plans and create a Virtual Power Plant in Texas."
October 26, 2022
Philadelphia Municipal Agency Announces Request For Information For Virtual Power Plan (VPP) Solutions, Specifically Cites Retail Providers
The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) has released a Request for Information for Virtual Power Plan (VPP) solutions.
October 11, 2022
General Motors Launches New Business Unit, GM Energy, That Will Include Residential Customer Sales Of Energy To Grid, In Addition To Broader Home Energy Services, Ecosystem
General Motors today announced the introduction of Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, "create a holistic ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy."
June 30, 2022
Texas PUC To Assemble Workshop On DER Pilots, Including Virtual Power Plant; Works To Set Pilot Implementation Date
One Question To Be Addressed Is How Customers May Change REPs During Pilot
Led by Commissioner Will McAdams, the Texas PUC is pursuing a path forward on consideration of distributed energy resource pilots, prompted by a proposed virtual power plant pilot proposed by Tesla
June 15, 2022
Tesla Reports A Near-Term Enrollment Goal For Its New Texas Retail Provider
Reports Results From Its Aggregated Load Resource "Demonstration" In ERCOT
In comments concerning distributed energy resources in ERCOT and aggregated load participation in the ERCOT market, Tesla reported a near-term goal for its recently created Texas retail electric provider, whose creation was exclusively first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com on August 16 last year
April 21, 2022
CPower Announces Residential Demand Response Program In PJM, Relying On Resideo and Google Nest Devices
CPower Energy Management announced an expansion of its existing residential portfolio through…
March 31, 2022
SunPower Corp., Carrier Invest In Parent Of Texas Retail Provider
SunPower, Carrier Devices Can Now Access Services Of REP's Parent
The parent of a Texas retail electric provider announced that…
February 2, 2022
Cryptomining Facility Announces PPA With Retail Supplier
Also Selects Demand Response Provider For 100 MW Virtual Power Plant In PJM
Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc., a digital asset infrastructure company, said that it has executed a 5 year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Energy Harbor for 100% carbon-free energy at a Midland, Pennsylvania cryptomining facility that Mawson is developing.
January 14, 2022
Providers Team To Offer Community Solar & Storage To Multi-Family Properties In Texas
Flexible energy provider PearlX Infrastructure LLC (PearlX) and SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. announced that they are collaborating on a series of what they termed "first-in-kind" residential clean energy projects for renters throughout Texas.
April 29, 2021
OhmConnect Launching Retail Electric Provider In Texas, Names Market Vet Don Whaley As President For Texas Region
OhmConnect, which to date has offered a customer-response program for residential energy use without acting as a retail load serving entity, confirmed to EnergyChoiceMatters.com that it will be launching a retail electric provider in Texas, and has named Texas market veteran Don Whaley as President…
January 27, 2021
International Retail Energy Supplier Social Energy Receives "Significant Investment" From Fund Manager, Which Will Support Expansion To North America
Social Energy Focuses On Retail Plans Which Optimize Solar/Storage Via AI, Hub & App
Social Energy, a retail energy supplier which offers an AI powered platform and energy storage service in the U.K. and Australia, and which is described as a renewable energy scale-up, has received a "significant investment" from fund manager CarVal Investors.
January 5, 2021
Affiliate Of Entity Holding REP License Seeks MBR Authority At FERC For DR Aggregation, Virtual Power Plant
Resi Station, LLC applied for electric market-based rate authority at FERC, for the Southwest Region
November 9, 2020
Maryland PSC Approves Storage Pilots, Including Utility-Owned Projects
The Maryland PSC approved six energy storage pilots proposed by the three Exelon utilities (Pepco, Delmarva, BGE), which include three utility-owned projects