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For the Week of 12/25/15 — 1/1/16
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Dec 31, 2015: ERCOT Steel Mills Oppose Changes to ORDC, Say Aug. 13 Event Not Related to Scarcity
Dec 30, 2015: Texas Instruments introduces integrated battery monitor for storage systems
Dec 30, 2015: Legal Rows by Power Generators Increasing Against Clean Power Plan
Dec 30, 2015: Renewable integration and direction of the US electricity markets
Dec 30, 2015: Houston Chron Blames “Bright Line” Division in Texas Electric Market For Hampering Storage
Dec 30, 2015: Should Millions In ‘Fake Profits’ Be Returned To Texas Electricity Market?
Dec 29, 2015: Keep nuclear power options open for long term climate change efforts
Dec 29, 2015: World’s Largest Nuclear Power Capacity Under Construction
Dec 29, 2015: EPA Targets Texas Electric Power Industry with New Haze Rules
Dec 29, 2015: Calpine drops QF status for one part of Pasadena cogeneration plant in Texas
Dec 24, 2015: Natural gas now exceeds coal on U.S. power grid
Dec 27, 2015: McDonald: Negative Power Prices Highlight Some Regulatory Problems
Dec 23, 2015: For NextEra, Texas strategy reflects flight from traditional merchant plants
Dec 23, 2015: Tomlinson: Clean Power Plans boosts nuclear power
Dec 21, 2015: Burning fossil fuels ‘COOLS planet’, says NASA
Dec 26, 2015: Wind distribution center continues to grow
Dec 23, 2015: Beat-Up Power Generators Turn Best Buys in Wall Street’s Eyes
Headlines
Dec 30, 2015: American Electric Power Raises Dividend 5.7%… What Now?
Dec 31, 2015: American Electric Power’s Evolution Into A Fully Regulated Utility Company Assured
Dec 30, 2015: New police chief, stormwater rates among Top 10 city of Lubbock government stories in 2015
Dec 30, 2015: 2015: An Austin Monitor review including Austin Energy
Dec 29, 2015: Texas could benefit from Chinese demand for alternative fuels
Dec 29, 2015: Were the Energy Future Holdings and Caesars Chapter 11 Cases Just Saved by K Street Lobbyists?
Dec 29, 2015: Smart Power: Houston’s Innowatts Connects Utilities & Clients
Dec 29, 2015: Palo Verde nuclear power plant continues to defy desert
Dec 29, 2015: San Antonians Help Turn On The Lights For Storm Damaged Big D
Dec 29, 2015: Oncor crews working around-the-clock to restore power
Dec 29, 2015: Should You Stick With Duke Energy After A Rough Year?
Dec 23, 2015: In Texas power market, flighty customers pose challenge
Dec 22, 2015: These 10 catalysts will shape D-FW’s business landscape in 2016
Dec 22, 2015: Thousands Without Power in West Texas
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Dec 29, 2015: Ambit customers in west NY get refund
Dec 24, 2015: Texas TDU Erroneously Includes Late Fees on REP Delivery Service Bills Issued to Retail Providers
Dec 24, 2015: Texas TDU Files To Cease Billing Certain Transition Charges to Retail Electric Providers
Power Grid Security
Dec 22, 2015: DMN: Girding the power grid from hacker attacks
Renewable Power
Dec 30, 2015: Preparing for large-scale solar deployment
Dec 30, 2015: Duke Energy and Google team up on solar power project
Dec 28, 2015: Duke Energy And Southern Company Set To Soar In 2016
Dec 29, 2015: Tax Breaks, Falling Costs Are Boosting Wind And Solar
Dec 29, 2015: Wind Power in U.S. Hits New Milestone: Enough Energy to Power 19 Million Homes
Dec 29, 2015: ET Solar Completes Building First Two Solar Projects in Turkey
Dec 29, 2015: SunEdison now looking for new $650 million credit facility
Dec 23, 2015: Wind giant Iberdrola joins $30 billion utility group
Dec 29, 2015: Global Renewable Energy To Boom Over Next Decade
Dec 29, 2015: Google to invest $600M in data center, powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Dec 28, 2015: Energy future lies in solar power
Dec 28, 2015: Ford to Invest U.S.$4.5 Billion in Electrified Vehicle Solutions
Dec 25, 2015: Top 11 Problems Plaguing Solar And Wind Power
Dec 28, 2015: Hanergy Stake Sale Implies Almost $20 Billion in Value Wiped Out
Dec 23, 2015: Leapfrogging to Solar: Emerging Markets Outspend Rich Countries for the First Time
Dec 23, 2015: Why Are Solar Stocks Beaming?
Dec 23, 2015: Uber, Tesla Messed with Texas Transportation in 2015
Dec 22, 2015: Cities move to support new restrictions on greenhouse gases
Dec 22, 2015: Elon Musk vs Warren Buffet in solar title bout
Dec 21, 2015: Google Pairs With Ford To Build Self-Driving Cars
De c 23, 2015: Cloud Computing Company Salesforce Signs First Major Renewable Energy Transaction
Dec 23, 2015: Renewable energy targets attainable
Dec 23, 2015: Biomass power generation: is it really “green”?
Outside Texas
Dec 30, 2015: Dynegy Blasts Aep’s Deal To Save Some Of Its Coal-Fired Capacity
Dec 30, 2015: Texas-based Broker Receives License in New State
Dec 29, 2015: FERC Says ISO-NE Capacity Market Susceptible To Exercise of Market Power, Orders Use of Zonal Sloped Demand Curves
Dec 29, 2015: FERC Says ISO-NE Transmission Rates Charged To LSEs Appear Unjust, Unreasonable
Dec 29, 2015: FERC To Schedule Technical Conference on PJM Financial Transmission Rights Revenue Adequacy Proposal
Dec 24, 2015: ArcLight Acquires 4.8 GW Portfolio From Tenaska in NY, PJM
Other News
Dec 28, 2015: Jim Hansen Assesses Worldwide Options for Fossil Fuel Reduction
Dec 28, 2015: Economy is ‘getting ugly’ in Texas
Dec 27, 2015: Squirrels a gnawing problem for electric utilities
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For the Week of 12/18/15 — 12/25/15
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Dec 22, 2015: Storage in 2016: Utility-scale, long-duration markets take the lead
Dec 21, 2015: “Hydricity” combining solar technologies for improved electric power generation
Dec 20, 2015: Hidalgo County approves tax incentives for 2 $200 million projects: STEC Natural Gas Power Plant and Hidalgo Wind Project
Dec 21, 2015: ERCOT Finds To-Be Mothballed Unit Not Needed For Reliability
Dec 18, 2015: Renew Energy purchases Broadwind Energy assets
Dec 18, 2015: Texas Wind Energy Gaining Ground At Expense Of Coal
Dec 18, 2015: Will the U.S. Finally Get a Unified Power Grid?
Headlines
Dec 21, 2015: Dallas wind developer wins $65 million ruling against Chinese firm
Dec 22, 2015: In 2015, Water, EPA Dominated Environment News
Dec 22, 2015: ONCOR investigating downed power lines in Ector County
Dec 21, 2015: Coming in 2016: A debate over new electricity rates from Austin Energy
Dec 21, 2015: PUCT staff: El Paso Electric rate request $17M too high
Dec 18, 2015: Year in Review: Big deals, plunging oil prices define 2015 for energy sector
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Dec 23, 2015: Australian Aggregator Launches Service in U.S.
Dec 23, 2015: Start-up Broker Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
Dec 18, 2015: Incite Energy Acquires Texas-Based Broker-Consultant
Power Grid Security
Dec 22, 2015: Duke Energy on alert for cyber attack
Dec 21, 2015: Breach of power: Foreign hackers prove capable of crippling U.S. electric grid
Dec 21, 2015: AEP guarding the grid against online attacks
Dec 21, 2015: Iranian Hackers Gained Access To ‘Mission Critical’ U.S. Power Plant Blueprints, Report Says
Dec 21, 2015: Nuclear power plants feared vulnerable to terrorist groups
Renewable Power
Dec 21, 2015: Wind power sector set for building spree
Dec 21, 2015: The ITC Awakens: What the Extension of a Key Federal Tax Credit Means for Solar
Dec 21, 2015: American wind power breezes past 70-gigawatt milestone
Dec 21, 2015: Google Pairs With Ford To Build Self-Driving Cars
Dec 21, 2015: Kreutzer: Solar power presents significant environmental problems
Dec 21, 2015: Canadian Solar Sells 51% Stake in Garland to Southern Co
Dec 21, 2015: Renewables Boom Expected Thanks to Tax Credit
Dec 21, 2015: NRG Could Default on Its Contract With PG&E for the Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Plant
Dec 21, 2015: Wind power continues steady growth across US
Dec 21, 2015: OPEC Attacks Renewable Energy By Flooding Market With Cheap Petroleum
Dec 18, 2015: Oil export legislative deal made extending solar incentives ‘easy’
Dec 18, 2015: TerraForm Power Acquires 930 MW Of Wind Power Plants From Invenergy
Dec 17, 2015: The Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy
Dec 20, 2015: How an Australian Mining Town Became a Solar Power Trailblazer
Dec 20, 2015: Boom Times Ahead For US Clean Power, Thanks To Oil Lobby
Dec 18, 2015: Wind Power Spreads Through Turbines for Lease
Dec 18, 2015: New rooftop solar fees: The big utilities strike back
Dec 18, 2015: Congress Passes Tax Extenders for Renewable Energy Projects and Bonus Depreciation
Outside Texas
Dec 21, 2015: Toshiba to cut jobs in consumer electronics amid record loss
Dec 22, 2015: Extreme weather poses increasing threat to US power grid
Dec 22, 2015: FERC Rules Against Entergy over ‘Bandwidth’ Accounting
Dec 22, 2015: Court upholds FERC’s application of ‘public interest’ standard to energy crisis contracts
Dec 23, 2015: Court Slams “Specious” FERC Logic In Runaway Reliability Costs in Remanding ISO-NE Reliability Program Costs to Commission
Dec 21, 2015: Sempra Energy’s Mexico Unit Responds To Mexican Regulator’s Decision On PEMEX Joint Venture Acquisition
Dec 18, 2015: Ariz. utilities regulator Bitter Smith resigns over conflict-of-interest allegations
Dec 18, 2015: Entergy Services to issue RFP seeking up to 200 MW of renewable power for Louisiana
Dec 18, 2015: Entergy’s Arkansas Nuclear One-1 returns to grid after a scram
Dec 21, 2015: SEC re-proposes rules for resource extraction issuers under Dodd-Frank
Other News
Dec 21, 2015: As Pot-Growing Expands, Electricity Demands Tax U.S. Grids
Dec 20, 2015: Houston saw smoggier skies in 2015, analysis shows
Dec 17, 2015: BG Group and Energy Transfer’s LNG facility approved
Dec 18, 2015: Energy associations joining forces
Dec 21, 2015: Texas Electricity Group AECT Names Gov. Abbott’s Deputy Chief of Staff As New President
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For the Week of 12/11/15 — 12/18/15
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Dec 16, 2015: Texas researcher to develop roads that generate power
Dec 17, 2015: What the Dip in Natural Gas Inventory Means for Coal
Dec 16, 2015: HQCEC signs EPC contract for clean energy project in Texas
Dec 16, 2015: NERC: Accelerated changes to resources mix present reliability challenges
Dec 16, 2015: Is The Calpine Dip An Opportunity?
Dec 11, 2015: EPA Finalizes Air Quality Plan For Texas
Dec 15, 2015: Texas leads nation in both wind and natural gas power growth
Dec 15, 2015: Appeals court leaves EPA mercury pollution rule in effect
Dec 15, 2015: Report: Utilities need clearer rules for clean energy transition
Dec 15, 2015: Could South Texas Be on the Verge of a Uranium Boom?
Dec 14, 2015: Wind power sets new record for energy share in ERCOT in November
Dec 12, 2015: EPA puts Coleto Creek on notice for pollutants
Dec 14, 2015: Opposition against wind farms grows in rural Clay County
Dec 14, 2015: Texas Senator: State “Unduly” Encourages Transmission As Resource Adequacy Fix
Headlines
Dec 16, 2015: TCEQ offers grants for vehicle conversions, purchases
Dec 16, 2015: Kerrville PUB: Texas Cost of power down this year
Dec 17, 2015: Mesquite ISD explores energy options
Dec 16, 2015: Lubbock P&L upgrading transmission lines in preparation for 2019
Dec 10, 2015: Lubbock P&L filed Letter with PUCT Regarding Proposed Integration
Dec 15, 2015: Kipp takes over as EP Electric CEO
Dec 15, 2015: My Utility, My Dog: Who Controls The Leash?
Dec 17, 2015: Report: Nearly 25% of Utility Customers Highly Likely To Switch Providers If Choice Were Available
Dec 15, 2015: Philips North America to go 100% renewable with EDP’s help
Dec 15, 2015: City wants 67% cut in El Paso Electric rate proposal
Dec 14, 2015: CPS Energy extends solar rebates
Dec 14, 2015: CPS Energy board focusing on single candidate for CEO
Dec 14, 2015: New thermostat offerings highlight growing home energy management market
Dec 14, 2015: GM Adds Wind Power To Texas Plant
Dec 12, 2015: EP Electric CEO retires from his improbable job
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Dec 18, 2015: Retail Supplier Names New Head of Channel Sales and Business Development
Dec 18, 2015: Bank Relinquishing Texas REP Certificate
Dec 16, 2015: Gasoline Marketer Receives Texas Retail Provider Certificate
Dec 15, 2015: Spark Energy, Inc. Announces Strategic Relationship
Dec 15, 2015: Start-up Texas Retail Provider to Relinquish License
Dec 15, 2015: GDF SUEZ Energy Resources To Continue Providing Power To Houston METRO
Dec 15, 2015: All Star Association Selects Constellation as Its Endorsed Energy Supplier
Dec 14, 2015: Report: Four Retail Providers Lead Texas REPs in Brand Trust
Power Grid Security
Dec 16, 2015: Hackers At The Gate, Part I: Three Ways Utilities Can Deal With Cyber Threats
Dec 16, 2015: Hackers At The Gate, Part Ii: Cybersecurity Experts Say Utilities Must Be Ready Now
Renewable Power
Dec 15, 2015: Global Solar Installations To Reach 64.7 GW In 2016, Says Mercom
Dec 17, 2015: More Than 50 Global Companies Commit To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Dec 16, 2015: California DMV wants driverless cars to have a brake pedal and steering wheel
Dec 17, 2015: Apple Car, Google Car Must Have A Driver, Rules California
Dec 17, 2015: Harvard Business Review: An Internet Powered by 100% Renewable Energy is Within Our Reach
Dec 17, 2015: Congress extends wind power break
Dec 17, 2015: How to reduce green energy’s impact on wildlife and ecosystems
Dec 15, 2015: California regulators propose new rooftop solar fees
Dec 16, 2015: Sales of electric cars get a boost as heavy smog covers Beijing
Dec 16, 2015: Wind and solar sectors applaud federal budget deal
Dec 15, 2015: Tesla: Something Is Happening With The Model S
Dec 15, 2015: Google’s free online solar power calculator expands to 9 sun-drenched states
Dec 15, 2015: Renewable energy set to ‘far exceed’ current levels: Moniz
Dec 15, 2015: North Carolina town rejects solar farm because citizens think panels will ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’
Dec 14, 2015: Chinese Solar Makers Bid Wall Street Goodbye Amid Sliding ADRs
Dec 13, 2015: A pair of socks that uses urine to generate electricity
Dec 14, 2015: Google’s Solar Power Project Expands to a City Near You
Dec 14, 2015: How utilities are meeting rising corporate demand for renewables
Dec 14, 2015: Major utilities pour money into solar initiative
Dec 14, 2015: NYT: Oil Exports and Renewable Energy
Dec 14, 2015: A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction
Dec 13, 2015: US town rejects solar panels amid fears they ‘suck up all the energy from the sun’
Dec 14, 2015: Renewable energy passes the 50% mark for new U.S. electricity capacity
Dec 10, 2015: Going Solar Simplest & Biggest Action Anyone Can Make, Says SolarCity
Dec 11, 2015: Solar energy isn’t a baby anymore
Dec 11, 2015: Ford plans 13 new electric car models in next five years
Dec 10, 2015: U.S. Government’s Energy Use Hits 40-Year Low
Outside Texas
Dec 18, 2015: FERC Staff Report on Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
Dec 18, 2015: FERC Proposes Revisions to Market-Based Rate Filings
Dec 18, 2015: ISO-NE Files “Reforms” To Capacity Market To Address Retirement, Market Power Issues
Dec 17, 2015: How rural Mexico was turned on to solar power
Dec 16, 2015: PJM approves $490M in transmission projects to boost reliability
Dec 18, 2015: U.S. agency urges rejection of Pepco-Exelon merger deal
Dec 16, 2015: Supreme Court likely to defer rule on FERC Order 745 to next year
Dec 16, 2015: Electrical Disturbance Shuts down NY Nuclear Unit
Dec 16, 2015: Amid concerns about risks to power lines, FAA orders hobbyists to begin registering drones
Dec 17, 2015: FERC Issues Show Cause Order, Seeks $2.4 Million Civil Penalty Against Power Trader
Dec 14, 2015: Entergy manually shuts Arkansas Nuclear One-1 reactor
Dec 14, 2015: FERC accepts transmission service agreements for Tres Amigas
Dec 14, 2015: FERC Approves Increase in PJM Offer Cap, Allows Shortage Pricing Up To $3,700/MWh
Other News
Dec 15, 2015: Is Texas’ ‘Small Army’ Of Pollution Enforcers Big Enough For The Job?
Dec 14, 2015: Texas makes $11.8 million available for alternative fuel and natural gas grants
Dec 15, 2015: what impact will emissions targets have on energy markets?
Dec 15, 2015: Genforum Speakers Address Everything From Doe Loans To Energy Storage
Dec 14, 2015: Natural gas, used to heat homes, plunges on mild weather
Dec 13, 2015: 5 Reasons Why Coal Is Being Killed Off
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For the Week of 12/4/15 — 12/11/15
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Dec 10, 2015: ERCOT board supports synchronous condenser project to support Panhandle wind
Dec 10, 2015: Mini-reactors could crack nuclear industry’s financing problem: Moniz
Dec 9, 2015: Natural gas power generation continues to exceed coal-fired power
Dec 9, 2015: Federal haze rules target seven Texas coal facilities
Dec 8, 2015: IAEA chief: Interest in nuclear power up despite Fukushima
Dec 8, 2015: Summit Power signs construction contract for Texas Clean power plant
Dec 7, 2015: Wave of Generation Boosts Texas Grid Outlook
Dec 3, 2015: Future of Texas wind farms turns on federal tax credit
Dec 3, 2015: Report: Utility coal burn falling more rapidly than forecasted
Nov 30, 2015: Low gas prices challenge merchant power producers
Dec 6, 2015: ‘Clean coal’ technology fails to capture world’s attention
Dec 4, 2015: Reliability issues caused by CO2 rules ‘can be addressed,’ says FERC’s Bay
Dec 4, 2015: Luminant: restructuring, big buy
Dec 7, 2015: TCPA: Adding DC Ties Would Raise Costs to ERCOT Customers, Benefits Flow Elsewhere (Free Riders)
Dec 3, 2015: Texas’ Nuclear Power Plants Pump $4.4 Billion/Year into State’s Economy
Dec 4, 2015: CPS Energy Exec: ‘Nuclear has got to get competitive’
Headlines
Dec 10, 2015: Wind Energy to Power GM’s Texas Assembly Plant
Dec 10, 2015: Local solar project gains big partners
Dec 10, 2015: ScottMadden And SEPA Explore The Energy Markets In Texas
Dec 10, 2015: Sour year not ending quietly for NRG, other independent producers
Dec 10, 2015: Entergy: Riding the Petrochemical Boom
Dec 10, 2015: Entergy Corp. Reports Solid Cash Flows From Operations
Dec 10, 2015: El Paso Electric president named to Fed board
Dec 9, 2015: PUCT Staffer urges rejection of Hunt takeover of Oncor
Dec 9, 2015: Prepare To Pay More For Electricity In Texas
Dec 9, 2015: City of El Paso says no to electric rate hike
Dec 9, 2015: Innovation on the Perdernales Electric Cooperative
Dec 9, 2015: Tesla to open Fort Worth gallery to market its electric cars
Dec 7, 2015: Report Predicts What Will Happen To Your Electric Bill In Coming Years
Dec 8, 2015: Travis County looks to build wind farm on West Texas land
Dec 8, 2015: What the Paris Climate Talks Mean for Utility Companies
Dec 7, 2015: GELI – Bringing Smarts To The Smart Grid
Dec 7, 2015: El Paso’s Western Refining: Going off the grid?
Dec 7, 2015: Children’s Health goes green on wind, solar deal
Dec 4, 2015: Hunt clears regulatory step on Oncor deal
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Dec 11, 2015: Texas REP To Drop Unused Trade Name in Series of Certificate Changes
Dec 10, 2015: Direct Energy “Performing Well”, On Track for “Material” Profit Growth
Dec 9, 2015: Texas ALJ Would Grant Retail Provider A Good Cause Exception To TPV Requirement For Certain Door-to-Door Sales
Dec 9, 2015: Just Energy Co-CEO To Keynote Texas Energy Marketing Conference
Dec 9, 2015: Direct Energy Home Services Named Exclusive HVAC Contractor Of Home Services/Cleaning Company
Dec 8, 2015: Texas Staff Alleges Retail Provider Not In Compliance With Financial Capital Requirements
Dec 1, 2015: Stream Awarded Legal Fees in Litigation with Solavei
Dec 7, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Works With Children’s Health On Renewable Supply Agreement
Power Grid Security
Dec 9, 2015: The ‘electronic Pearl Harbor’
Renewable Power
Dec 10, 2015: Sensors that could harvest clean energy from traffic on Texas roads
Dec 10, 2015: US Solar Market Prepares for Biggest Quarter in History
Dec 9, 2015: Clean energy CEO scolds own industry
Dec 10, 2015: Local solar project gains big partners
Dec 10, 2015: Germany’s Energy Transition Shows How Moving To Renewables Is Completely Doable
Dec 10, 2015: H&M Commits to Using Only Renewable Energy
Dec 10, 2015: 7 Reasons Businesses Should Accelerate Their Renewable Energy Strategy Now
Dec 9, 2015: Albuquerque test-driving electric buses
Dec 10, 2015: Chinese-backed electric carmaker picks Nevada for $1B plant
Dec 7, 2015: Municipal electric supplier announces deal for wind energy
Dec 9, 2015: NRG EVgo Said To Open “Nation’s Largest Public Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Site”
Dec 2, 2015: Next Solar Cell Breakthrough: “Perfect” White Graphene
Dec 7, 2015: Tesla Hopes Hiring 1,656 People Will Make It Profitable
Nov 30, 2015: Orcutt: Why Solar Power Could Hit a Ceiling
Dec 2, 2015: U.S. solar industry in urgent push to extend tax incentive
Dec 5, 2015: Shahan: Solar Power Prices Already Low — Are Breakthroughs Even Needed?
Dec 7, 2015: Google to buy wind power from RES Americas
Dec 6, 2015: Taxing the sun? Why some states are making solar power more expensive
Dec 4, 2015: 842 MW solar and wind power deals finalized by Google
Dec 3, 2015: Google Makes Major Investment In Renewable Energy To Power Internet Services
Dec 3, 2015: De Blasio Driving New York Towards Electric Future
Outside Texas
Dec 7, 2015: Oklahoma! Duke Energy wind comes sweeping down the plain
Dec 7, 2015: Carmen Clinton Named Acting Chief Judge at FERC
Dec 8, 2015: FERC Again Gets Top Rankings in Employee Satisfaction, Commitment Survey
Dec 6, 2015: Energy use by federal agencies continues to decline
Dec 4, 2015: FERC to Convene Technical Conference on PJM Cost Allocation
Other News
Dec 9, 2015: Houston company gives every employee $100k bonus
Dec 7, 2015: Natural gas futures cave under weight of heavy supply and lack of demand
Dec 8, 2015: Fire out at Texas natural gas processing plant, cause sought
Dec 3, 2015: Mexico’s Pemex opens first branded gas station outside Mexico
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For the Week of 11/27/15 — 12/4/15
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Dec 3, 2015: Bayh: Nuclear energy and the future of Texas
Dec 2, 2015: South Texas is hotbed for nuclear fuel, USGS says
Dec 4, 2015: How a Microgrid Controller Creates Valuable ‘Security’ Zones for Utilities
Dec 2, 2015: US distributed solar generation grows
Dec 3, 2015: Two ex-EPA administrators back Clean Power Plan
Dec 4, 2015: ERCOT Generator Cancels Seasonal Mothball Status For Unit
Dec 1, 2015: ERCOT: Power grid becoming more stable as gas, solar, wind grow
Dec 1, 2015: DPS, TxDoT, Austin & ERCOT prepare for cold, wet winter
Dec 2, 2015: Energy Future agrees to $2 million settlement on New Mexico uranium mines
Dec 2, 2015: Circular Energy Recommending Prompt Due Diligence For 2016 ONCOR Solar Incentive Program
Dec 1, 2015: ERCOT Braces for Regional Haze Rule, Earlier Coal Retirements
Dec 1, 2015: Wind and solar now leading Texas in power growth
Dec 1, 2015: Coal generation falls more than most US utilities had forecast: RETAC survey
Dec 1, 2015: World Leaders To Debate Role Of Nuclear Power At U.N. Climate Summit
Dec 2, 2015: ERCOT Files Four Coincident Peak (4CP) Report
Nov 30, 2015: Operators of U.S. nuclear power plants want to extend life to 80 years
Nov 28, 2015: Tied up in bankruptcy, Energy Future frets over future
Nov 27, 2015: Luminant buys NextEra power plants in Texas for $1.59 billion
Nov 27, 2015: Luminant buys two East Texas power plants from NextEra
Nov 30, 2015: Southern Company subsidiary acquires first solar project in Texas
Nov 30, 2015: Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy Secures Debt Financing for 157 MW Texas Solar Project
Nov 24, 2015: Natural Gas Futures Drop ahead of Winter: Bad for Coal
Headlines
Dec 3, 2015: Overload: Big Utilities Battle Over Who Powers Houston
Dec 3, 2015: With court case cleared, Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy case moves toward end
Dec 3, 2015: Stricter pollution controls urged in Luminant’s Tradinghouse permit by Waco, McLennan County
Dec 2, 2015: Customers criticize electric rate hike proposal
Dec 3, 2015: Energy Future Wins Court Approval of Settlement Behind Debt Plan
Dec 3, 2015: Texas Co-Op Where Choice-Supporting Candidate Won Seat Proposes New Rate Options
Dec 2, 2015: Does ‘free’ wind energy in Texas come without a price?
Dec 2, 2015: Ruling on Energy Future bankruptcy exit plan set for Thursday
Dec 1, 2015: DME seeks wind energy
Dec 2, 2015: Houston and Dallas can’t possibly meet new air-quality standards
Dec 2, 2015: BREAKING: David Crane steps down as NRG Energy CEO
Dec 1, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Compensation Program Filed
Nov 30, 2015: These Houston companies among the cheapest utility stocks in Texas
Nov 30, 2015: Texas State Rep.: Sharyland Should Lower Rates If It Wants To Buy Oncor, Blasts Backing From Hedge Fund Managers
Nov 23, 2015: Council delays decision on consumer advocate
Nov 30, 2015: 5 things to know in Texas energy this week
Nov 27, 2015: Energy revenue from federal lands dips $3.5 billion
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Dec 1, 2015:GDF SUEZ’s Think Energy Now Serving Residential and Small Commercial Energy Users in 12 States
Nov 16, 2015: Direct Energy Buys Panoramic Power for $60M
Nov 30, 2015: NRG Home Solar & Airbnb Partner to Make Solar More Affordable
Renewable Power
Dec 3, 2015: Stanford study finds promise in expanding renewables based on results in three major economies
Nov 30, 2015: So Electric Cars Are Better—Now What?
Dec 3, 2015: Battery research a boost for renewable energy viability
Dec 3, 2015: Leading energy companies join forces to enable near doubling of renewable energy capacity by 2025
Dec 3, 2015: Solar Energy Making Ultra-Green Homes of the Future a Modern Day Reality
Dec 3, 2015: Five ways the Internet of Things could transform renewable energy
Dec 1, 2015: Discovery advances biowaste-to-jet fuel research
Dec 1, 2015: NextEra developing solar in Hawaii, sells gas-fired plants in Texas
Dec 2, 2015: Photonic “Sintering” Could be the Future of Solar Power
Dec 1, 2015: Solar Array at Corvette Plant Drives GM to Lead in Solar Energy Use
Dec 1, 2015: Bill Gates lays out vision for clean energy at Paris climate conference
Dec 1, 2015: Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Join Other Banks to Cut Coal Financing
Dec 1, 2015: Gates, Zuckerberg, Ma present clean energy innovation fund
Nov 25, 2015: Why The Future For Energy Storage Just Got Brighter
Outside Texas
Nov 30, 2015: Nev. casinos allowed to leave NV Energy if they pay $126M in impact fees
Nov 30, 2015: New Mexico Editorial Seeks “Better Way” To Set Electric Rates, Cites Texas’ Competitive Model
Other News
Dec 3, 2015: Fire shutters West Texas natural gas processing plant: Anadarko
Dec 3, 2015: January 2016 natural gas extends losses as search for support continues
Dec 3, 2015: GDF SUEZ CEO: LNG imports to continue in some US markets
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For the Week of 11/20/15 — 11/27/15
Updated 11/25/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Nov 25, 2015: ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
Nov 24, 2015: BlackRock joins EDF in Texas
Nov 23, 2015: Silverstein: Will Cheap Natural Gas Box Out Investments In Advanced Coal And Nuclear Energy?
Nov 24, 2015: Sopher: 5 Signs of Texas’ Clean Energy Momentum in 2015
Nov 24, 2015: Report: Texas wind could grow with broad swath of benefits
Nov 23, 2015: ERCOT Press Release: ERCOT names Cheryl Mele next chief operating officer
Nov 23, 2015: Luminant’s New power plants’ effect on Waco smog measurable but modest
Nov 23, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy Sells Stake In Texas Wind Project To BlackRock
Nov 23, 2015: 1 Chart That Shows How Texas Is Blowing Away Wind Generation
Nov 23, 2015: West Texas Nuclear Site Changing Hands in $367 Million Deal
Nov 19, 2015: Texas ERCOT Official Testifies at Smith Hearing on Paris Climate Conference
Nov 20, 2015: Texas wind and solar power could compete with fossil fuels in just a few years
Nov 20, 2015: Duke Energy restyles retired Ohio coal plant into battery storage facility
Headlines
Nov 24, 2015: EFH strikes deal to nix opposition to bankruptcy exit plan
Nov 20, 2015: Sen. Rodríguez: Solar energy benefits El Paso, EPE proposal does not
Nov 24, 2015: Texas solar panel company to pay $8.5M in fraud case
Nov 23, 2015: Energy Future settles with key creditors
Nov 24, 2015: Energy Future, creditors reach settlement over bankruptcy plan
Nov 23, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Procedures Approved
Nov 23, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Statement Filed, Motion to Strike Filed & Approved
Nov 23, 2015: For second time in a week, Austin Energy official announces departure
Nov 21, 2015: Next CPS leader must be all about renewable energy
Nov 24, 2015: Texas Staff Urge Rejection of “Flawed” Smart Meter Deployment Plan At Sharyland, Oppose “Rush”
Nov 23, 2015: Texas State Rep. Workman: Austin’s energy purchases are headed in wrong direction
Nov 20, 2015: San Antonio lawmaker vows to renew fight for a Texas fleet of natural gas vehicles
Nov 20, 2015: Google’s Self-Driving Cars Could Come to Texas As Early As Next Year
Nov 23, 2015: El Paso Electric: Fairly Valued, No Significant Upside
Nov 23, 2015: Oncor To Increase Certain Charges Applicable To Texas Retail Providers
Power Grid Security
Nov 20, 2015: ‘Lights Out,’ by Ted Koppel
Renewable Power
Nov 23, 2015: Four Green Building Projects With Inspiring Solar Stories
Nov 19, 2015: How solar will grow through the ITC sunset and beyond
Nov 19, 2015: Microsoft and Amazon increase commitment to wind power
Nov 19, 2015: Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon Wind Farm US Central
Outside Texas
Nov 24, 2015: Environmental Groups Sue State Over Lapsed Permits
Nov 23, 2015: FERC Rejects Retail Suppliers’ Concerns Over MISO Capacity Market
Nov 20, 2015: FERC: PJM virtual traders must pay back refunds, plus interest, the agency initially ordered
Nov 20, 2015: Mexico to hold first-ever power auction in March: CENACE
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For the Week of 11/13/15 — 11/20/15
Updated 11/20/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Nov 20, 2015: Texas PUC’s Anderson Focused on Potential for Unhedgeable Uplift as ERCOT Studies Multi-Interval Real-Time Market
Nov 18, 2015: Progress made on Van Alstyne Energy Center
Nov 18, 2015: Senators Revive Financing Tactic From ’70s for Carbon Emissions
Nov 18, 2015: EPA tightens its downwind air pollution standards for 23 states
Nov 18, 2015: More Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas Sanctions Carbon Capture and Storage
Nov 19, 2015: Justice Department, Energy Future settle on New Mexico uranium
Nov 18, 2015: Concentrating Solar Power Systems Market Projected to $175.9 Billion by 2017
Nov 18, 2015: Study: Texas Power Costs to Skyrocket Due to EPA Action
Nov 17, 2015: EPA Intends Tougher Downwind Air-Pollution Rule In Texas
Nov 17, 2015: EPA Authority on Affirmative Defense Rule Questioned
Nov 18, 2015: Invenergy partners with Equinix to reduce emissions through wind power in Texas
Nov 18, 2015: The future of behavioral demand response: Utilities warm to a bullish new market
Nov 13, 2015: Panda ‘moving forward’ with 450-megawatt expansion in Sherman
Nov 14, 2015: Planned Texas wind farm to power Owens Corning, Equinix
Nov 17, 2015: Weather, wind, cheap fuel suppress MISO power prices in October: report
Nov 15, 2015: Texas Power plant project delayed
Nov 16, 2015: Wind Energy in Texas
Nov 16, 2015: Texas wind farms producing surplus of energy
Nov 15, 2015: Coal not going away anytime soon despite renewables push
Nov 16, 2015: Arnold: Texas can take the lead in energy storage
Nov 13, 2015: Tucker: In Search Of Energy Perfection
Nov 15, 2015: As more EVs plug in, can our power grid step up? We ask the experts
Nov 13, 2015: State says it’s a power grab, but some Texas generators like Obama’s plan
Nov 13, 2015: Could replacing nuclear with natural gas be bad?
Nov 13, 2015: Can Texas Switch To A 100% Green Grid?
Nov 14, 2015: Reed: Move Texas forward on energy codes
Nov 13, 2015: Former FERC Chair Wellinghoff: Utility gas investments risky as energy storage prices fall
Nov 13, 2015: AEP CEO: Clean Power Plan could be the ‘catalyst’ to transform utility industry
Headlines
Nov 19, 2015: Sharyland Utility Customers Speak Out About High Rates
Nov 18, 2015: AWEA: $15 Billion In Savings Possible On Texas Electric Bills By Growing Wind Energy
Nov 19, 2015: NextEra Off Energy Future Docket, Not Out of Oncor Running
Nov 19, 2015: Rodríguez opposes El Paso Electric solar rate
Nov 19, 2015: Pharr leaders create program to assist with utility bills
Nov 19, 2015: Austin Habitat for Humanity Center Goes Solar
Nov 19, 2015: Exelon Launches Redesigned Website, Said to Reflect Focus on “Clean Energy” and Innovation
Nov 18, 2015: NextEra Energy reenters race for Oncor, challenging Energy Future bankruptcy
Nov 18, 2015: NextEra makes new bid for Oncor, complicating EFH bankruptcy saga
Nov 18, 2015: NextEra makes offer for Energy Future’s Oncor business
Nov 18, 2015: Austin Energy manager Larry Weis tapped to lead Seattle utility
Nov 19, 2015: NRG Energy (NRG), NRG Yield Announce Several Executive Changes
Nov 17, 2015: Texas distiller uses solar energy to produce spirits
Nov 18, 2015: Biden Touts Houston’s Green Makeover as National Model
Nov 17, 2015: Carbon capture research project looks for funding
Nov 18, 2015: Utilities Are Trading Like the Fed’s Raising U.S. Rates Tomorrow
Nov 17, 2015: Group seeks to bring “Property Assessed Clean Energy” to Bexar County
Nov 17, 2015: Getting to Net Zero
Nov 17, 2015: Electric Trucks Deployed By UPS
Nov 17, 2015: Google’s Getting Cozy With Texas
Nov 16, 2015: El Paso Electric: The Best Of Both Worlds
Nov 16, 2015: Time-of-use rates can shape customer usage, cut pollution and costs, experts agree
Nov 16, 2015: EPA Authority on Affirmative Defense Rule Questioned
Nov 15, 2015: Denton Municipal Electric’s Plan risky: Activist cites ERCOT, investment advice on power generation costs
Nov 13, 2015: Owens Corning to buy 125 MW of wind power from Invenergy
Nov 6, 2015: Mayor asks Oncor to help better notice residents
Nov 13, 2015: More Than Half of US States Are Studying or Changing Net Metering Policies
Nov 13, 2015: Waking Up Without Power Starts The Day Off Wrong
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Nov 19, 2015: Direct Energy Unites Business Units to Offer Customers More
Nov 15, 2015: Comcast launches energy offerings in 4th state, with more to come
Nov 16, 2015: Texas REP Reports Profit, Seventh Consecutive Quarter Of Customer Growth
Power Grid Security
Nov 19, 2015: Utilities on high alert after Paris, as war games heat up in Washington
Renewable Power
Nov 19, 2015: Amazon Buys More Wind Power for Cloud Data Centers
Nov 19, 2015: Study – The Future of Renewable Energy Usage
Nov 19, 2015: Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon Wind Farm US Central
Nov 18, 2015: ABB, Microsoft join forces on EV stations, others fronts
Nov 17, 2015: White House pushes community solar power as rooftop alternative
Nov 16, 2015: Solar Developer Asks FERC for PURPA Enforcement
Nov 13, 2015: Colorado, Massachusetts alternative-fuels companies to merge
Nov 12, 2015: McDonald: Will U.S. Solar Suffer The Same Fate As Fracking?
Nov 13, 2015: Electric vehicles beat gasoline cars in cradle-to-grave emissions study
Nov 13, 2015: Wall Street is underestimating Tesla cash burn: Barclays
Nov 12, 2015: Five ways the Internet of Things could transform renewable energy
Outside Texas
Nov 19, 2015: This new startup is doing hydropower right
Nov 19, 2015: Retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant to be replaced in project
Nov 18, 2015: Despite oil’s plunge, this map shows even GDP growth is bigger in Texas
Nov 19, 2015: Satori Energy Receives Texas Aggregator Certificate
Nov 19, 2015: NOVs Filed for AEP North and AEP Central Concerning Reliability and Continuity of Service
Nov 13, 2015: NRG to sell Illinois natural-gas fired plant to Rockland Capital affiliates
Nov 17, 2015: Dynegy threatens to sue if regulators approve AEP and FirstEnergy plant subsidies
Nov 16, 2015: Seeking Relief from Ohio Regulators, AEP, FirstEnergy May Diverge Without it
Nov 13, 2015: Chinese firm to invest 2.15 bln USD in Mexico’s energy sector
Nov 13, 2015: Ivanpah CSP project burns enough natural gas to qualify for CA cap-and-trade program
Nov 13, 2015: Despite ALJ’s Recommendation, FERC Confirms Retail Customers’ Right to Challenge Wholesale Rates
Nov 14, 2015: Nov. 18-19th Nationwide GridEx III Security Exercise Right Here on American Soil!
Nov 14, 2015: NERC: GridEx Security Exercise
Other News
Nov 18, 2015: PUCT Sets 2016 Interest Rate for Customer Deposits
Nov 20, 2015: Start-up Broker Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
Nov 17, 2015: NOV filed for El Paso Electric
Nov 17, 2015: NOV filed for Entergy Texas
Nov 13, 2015: EIA: U.S. coal burn will remain steady in 2016 despite plant retirements
Nov 13, 2015: Houston traders wary of winter ship delays
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For the Week of 11/6/15 — 11/13/15
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Nov 13, 2015: ERCOT Provides Update On Multi-Interval Real-Time Market
Nov 11, 2015: Pattern Energy launches Texas wind farm with Walmart backing
Nov 6, 2015: Stressed by falling gas and power prices, unregulated utilities get negative outlook from Moody’s
Nov 11, 2015: Ratcliffe: The dirty business of ‘clean power’
Nov 12, 2015: White House Gets Behind Nuclear Power To Fight Climate Change
Nov 12, 2015: Nuclear power must be a part of greener future
Nov 11, 2015: Transitioning To A Low Carbon Economy Will Create 2 Million Jobs By 2050
Nov 11, 2015: SunEdison shares slump on renewed liquidity concerns
Nov 11, 2015: NARUC 2015: How the Clean Power Plan is transforming ‘baseload’ generation
Nov 10, 2015: TXU, SunPower, Partner to Provide Residential Solar in Texas
Nov 10, 2015: Struggling SunEdison in cost-cutting mode as it seeks profitability
Nov 6, 2015: Dynegy To Close Its Alton Coal-Fired Power Plant In 2016
Nov 10, 2015: Neely: How Texas can get more time on EPA rules
Nov 10, 2015: Ratcliffe: ‘Clean Power Plan’ is bad news for Texas ratepayers
Nov 10, 2015: EPA to hold four hearings on Clean Power Plan; none will be near Texas
Nov 6, 2015: Texas Expected To Continue Breaking Wind Energy Records As Capacity Grows
Nov 6, 2015: Environmentalists threaten lawsuit if STP nuclear reactor permits get approved
Nov 6, 2015: Wamsted: Nuclear Power Economics Requires Believing In ‘Impossible Things’
Nov 6, 2015: BTU to sell renewable energy credits generated at Bryan Solar Park in 2015-16
Nov 9, 2015: EPA Head: Texas Should Want Its Own Clean Power Plan
Nov 9, 2015: Regulators, System Operators, and Utilities Consider Reliability, Renewables, and EPA Regulations
Nov 10, 2015: Austin Energy supports Clean Power Plan
Nov 5, 2015: Austin Energy, PG&E join Calpine in court motion supporting Clean Power Plan
Nov 6, 2015: As The Clean Power Plan Moves Forward, More Power Companies Are On Board
Nov 5, 2015: Nuclear power plants warn of closure crisis
Nov 5, 2015: Feds Worry Power Giant Will Ditch Mine Cleanup
Nov 6, 2015: MONDAY: EPA Administrator McCarthy to Keynote Utilities Conference in Austin
Headlines
Nov 11, 2015: Why some utilities are giving away free electricity. (Could it work for your city?)
Nov 12, 2015: Fidelity Backs Energy Future’s Bankruptcy Plan
Nov 10, 2015: Denton’s Power Plan Raises Questions About How To Back Up Wind, Solar
Nov 12, 2015: Why a British Utility Is Buying a Sensor Startup for $60 million
Nov 13, 2015: Texas Staff File Proposed Interest Rate Applicable to Deposits Held By REPs, Overcharges
Nov 11, 2015: Morris: Houston’s history with renewable energy
Nov 9, 2015: Regulators, System Operators, and Utilities Consider Reliability, Renewables, and EPA Regulations
Nov 10, 2015: Houston city in Texas to ink solar PPA at USD 48/MWh
Nov 10, 2015: Houston City Council OKs 20-year solar energy contract
Nov 10, 2015: TCAP Commentary: Why Oncor’s Ring Fence Matters
Nov 10, 2015: TXU Energy Debuts High Efficiency TXU Solar Panels from SunPower
Nov 10, 2015: Texas wind power is so cheap, electricity providers are giving it away
Nov 10, 2015: Texas Wind Farms Generate So Much Power Utilities Are Giving Electricity Away for Free
Nov 10, 2015: AEP plans major spend on transmission as it moves to ‘balanced’ portfolio
Nov 10, 2015: Denton Power Plan Draws Criticism
Nov 9, 2015: What do utility customers want? There’s an app for that
Nov 9, 2015: NextEra Circles Oncor as Energy Future Pursues Sale
Nov 5, 2015: Commentary: 6 Key Questions about Massive Utility Sale
Nov 5, 2015: Attorneys: NRG withheld $3.3M from ratepayers
Nov 4, 2015: NRG Energy Paying Off Debt After $7.4 Billion Buying Spree
Nov 9, 2015: San Antonio manufacturers poised to benefit from Texas solar power build out
Nov 6, 2015: Program helps building owners save green to go green
Nov 9, 2015: Wind power is so cheap at night in Texas, some companies give it away
Nov 7, 2015: A Texas Utility Offers a Nighttime Special: Free Electricity
Nov 6, 2015: Watchdog: Some electricity companies now charge no minimum fees
Nov 5, 2015: Fairness to creditors the focus as Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy trial begins
Nov 6, 2015: Mayor asks Oncor to help better notice residents
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Nov 11, 2015: Spark Energy (SPKE) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.20 EPS
Nov 13, 2015: Viridian Energy Empowers Texas Consumers with Responsible Energy Options
Nov 13, 2015: Comcast Retail Energy Offers Launched in Fourth State; Texas Entry Still On Tap For December 2015
Nov 13, 2015: Just Energy Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2016 Results
Nov 13, 2015: Higher Margins Lift Just Energy Base EBITDA
Nov 13, 2015: Two Retail Suppliers Rank in Top 50 of Inc. 500 List
Nov 11, 2015: Retail Supplier’s Product Named CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree
Nov 9, 2015: TXU Energy Introduces TXU Solar from SunPower
Renewable Power
Nov 12, 2015: Five ways the Internet of Things could transform renewable energy
Nov 12, 2015: Study: Solar Panels Raise Home Values
Nov 12, 2015: How solar is turning American energy on its head
Nov 6, 2015: Solar and Wind Just Passed Another Big Turning Point
Oct 30, 2015: Simple mathematical formula models lithium-ion battery aging
Nov 12, 2015: Affordable Battery to Store Renewable Energy
Nov 12, 2015: Ecotech’s Clean Jobs Index: Renewable Energy Jobs up 16 Percent
Nov 10, 2015: Veteran-led solar firm helps Department of Veteran Affairs meet renewable energy goals
Nov 11, 2015: IEA talks Energy Transition, but still low-balls future growth of wind and solar
Nov 11, 2015: The Dream Life of Driverless Cars
Nov 11, 2015: Borrowing From Solar and Chip Tech to Make Diamonds Faster and Cheaper
Nov 10, 2015: California opens up public land for renewable energy generation
Nov 9, 2015: Key GOP lawmakers prod FERC to review PURPA rules
Nov 9, 2015: Solar energy costs continue to plunge across the world
Nov 9, 2015: First Ever Energy Grid to Harvest Wave Power is a Leap for Renewable Energy
Nov 6, 2015: Walmart makes good on its massive clean energy promises
Outside Texas
Nov 12, 2015: California water agency to use Tesla battery to slash peak demand by up to 14%
Nov 11, 2015: NRC blocks call for hearing into Entergy’s Palisades nuclear plant
Nov 11, 2015: Pot is no joking matter, state regulators told
Nov 11, 2015: Exelon-Pepco merger critics seek investigation of DC Mayor over settlement deal
Nov 5, 2015: How to Improve Impact Estimation of Energy Efficiency and DR Programs
Nov 10, 2015: 1.3 billion are living in the dark
Nov 9, 2015: Outlook for US utilities is stable through 2016, Moody’s says
Nov 9, 2015: Regulators told fixed charges are not the future for utility business model
Nov 10, 2015: New FERC Requirements For ISO/RTO Participants: You’re All Connected
Nov 6, 2015: DOE to launch new grid congestion study
Nov 6, 2015: Moody’s: Closure of FitzPatrick nuclear plant credit positive for Entergy
Other News
Nov 12, 2015: Beyond fixed charges: ‘Disruptive Challenges’ author charts new utility path
Nov 12, 2015: A growing concern: Indoor marijuana farms hog energy, regulators say
Nov 9, 2015: December natural gas resumes losses in fundamentally weak market
Nov 9, 2015: US EIA lowers Q4 Henry Hub spot gas price forecast by 49 cents to $2.34/MMBtu
Nov 9, 2015: Notice of Violation Filed at PUCT Concerning TDU Reliability and Continuity of Service
Nov 9, 2015: Notice of Violation Filed at PUCT Regarding Generation Resource Primary Frequency Response Performance
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For the Week of 10/30/15 — 11/6/15
Updated 11/6/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Nov 5, 2015: Texas Ector County Energy Center opens
Nov 4, 2015: Hanwha Q Cells to build solar power plant in Texas
Oct 30, 2015: NextEra grows renewable portfolio, weighs sale of Texas merchant generation
Nov 4, 2015: Calpine to intervene against Texas lawsuit on emissions
Nov 5, 2015: New Texas House Committee to Examine EPA Rules
Nov 4, 2015: Texas Sets Wind Power Generation Record
Nov 4, 2015: Report: Texas demand response issues mirrors FERC 745 debate
Oct 30, 2015: Report: Almost 10% Drop in Carbon Emissions From U.S. Energy Sector since 2000
Oct 28, 2015: EIA Does The Math And Says U.S. Nuclear Is Gaining Capacity
Nov 4, 2015: Nuclear Power: Dead in the Water it Poisoned
Nov 2, 2015: Texas eyes one fossil fuel as prospects dim for another
Nov 3, 2015: Texas Firm in Talks On Solar Farm
Oct 28, 2015: Utilities stay on sidelines as state fights carbon rules
Nov 3, 2015: Bidgely Raises $16.6 Million Series B, Adds Investors Constellation Technology Ventures, E.ON, RWE
Nov 3, 2015: Exelon Invests In Home Energy Management Firm, Sees Potential To Offer To Constellation Customers
Oct 31, 2015: Half-death — Nuclear power emits no greenhouse gases, yet it is struggling in the rich world
Oct 28, 2015: CB&I to sell nuclear-plant construction business
Nov 2, 2015: ERCOT : New report anticipates sufficient generation for winter and spring
Nov 2, 2015: Texas eyes one fossil fuel as prospects dim for another
Oct 30, 2015: Exelon plans to invest $16B in its utilities over next 5 years
Nov 2, 2015: Calpine: Up To 25% of ERCOT Capacity “May Not Be Recovering Cash Costs,” Face Retirements
Oct 27, 2015: What’s In The Air Near Natural Gas Plants? EPA Proposes Plants To Report
Headlines
Nov 6, 2015: Texas PUC Commissioners Weigh Interaction of Oncor Change-in-Control Case on Upcoming Sharyland Rate Case Filing
Oct 30, 2015: Interim CEO Paula Gold-Wiliams shares what she’ll emphasize at CPS Energy
Nov 5, 2015: Wind, solar facilities unlikely for Midland County
Nov 3, 2015: New Research Shows Why Grid Defection Would Be a Bad Idea for the Average American
Oct 30, 2015: CenterPoint Energy: Utility Assets In A Petri Dish
Nov 4, 2015: Oncor sale raises warning signs for millions of Texas utility ratepayers
Oct 27, 2015: Laredo places in top 50 in Greenest Cities in America study
Nov 2, 2015: Proposals could end housing program, affect Denton’s energy plans
Nov 4, 2015: NRG Energy narrows full-year guidance after strong Q3, provides 2016 outlook
Nov 5, 2015: NRG Retail Posts Best Quarterly Results Since 2010, Reports Customer Growth
Nov 4, 2015: NRG posts first quarterly profit of 2015, but it’s down from last year
Nov 4, 2015: NRG: Expect Plant Sale Announcements Over The Next “Weeks, Months” To Come
Nov 4, 2015: TXU Parent Sees Slower Loss of Residential Customers With Marginal Decline, Steady C&I Customer Count
Nov 3, 2015: As Energy Future trail opens, creditors split on “grand bargin”
Nov 3, 2015: Energy Future enters last phase of bankruptcy after 18 months
Oct 30, 2015: Co-op Touts Solar Energy Financing Plan
Nov 2, 2015: Wind turbines could mean revenue
Nov 3, 2015: Bidgely Raises $16 Million for Energy Disaggregation
Nov 2, 2015: Low-Income Weatherization Program scrutinized
Nov 4, 2015: ALJs Deny Parties’ Motion To Abate Sharyland Advanced Meter Deployment Petition
Nov 3, 2015: As Energy Future trail opens, creditors split on “grand bargin”
Nov 3, 2015: Energy Future enters last phase of bankruptcy after 18 months
Oct 30, 2015: Co-op Touts Solar Energy Financing Plan
Nov 2, 2015: Wind turbines could mean revenue
Nov 3, 2015: Bidgely Raises $16 Million for Energy Disaggregation
Nov 3, 2015: Ready, set, go: EFH bankruptcy trial to begin today
Nov 2, 2015: Energy Future Holdings seeks end to bankruptcy at trial
Nov 3, 2015: New Mexico regulators deny El Paso Electric monthly charge on distributed generation
Nov 2, 2015: Smart money keeps losing on Energy Future Holdings
Oct 28, 2015: Denton Wants To Nearly Double Renewable Energy And Not Everyone’s Happy
Oct 30, 2015: Entergy elects Paul Hinnenkamp as SVP & COO
Nov 2, 2015: Entergy’s (ETR) CEO Leo Denault on Q3 2015 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Oct 30, 2015: Energy Future Bondholders Look to Challenge $890 Million Court Defeat
Oct 30, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Pre-Trial Order Issued
Oct 30, 2015: PNM leads discussion on future of U.S. electric grid
Oct 30, 2015: PNM expresses confidence in resolution of regulatory, legal cases
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Nov 4, 2015: Retail Supplier Also Now Brokering For Other Suppliers, Showing Competitors’ Offers Side-By-Side
Nov 4, 2015: Home Energy Management Company Receives Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Nov 2, 2015: Constellation Retail Business Having “Very Strong” Year, Company Talks Margins
Nov 2, 2015: Texas Retail Providers Seek Changes To PUCT Complaint Reporting
Nov 2, 2015: Australian Aggregator Receives Texas License
Power Grid Security
Nov 3, 2015: White House releases plan for if EMP wipes out nation’s power grid
Renewable Power
Oct 30, 2015: First Solar strengthens renewable energy portfolio in US with three deals
Nov 4, 2015: How Walmart Became A Green Energy Giant, Using Other People’s Money
Oct 27, 2015: Hyatt Moves Toward On-Site Power Generation With New Fuel Cell
Nov 3, 2015: Perovskite Solar Cells & Clean Power Plan Lawsuits
Nov 5, 2015: Say Goodbye to Solar Power Subsidies
Nov 4, 2015: 7 big companies you didn’t realize use solar energy
Nov 4, 2015: Clean Energy Investment Up 25% In Q3
Oct 28, 2015: SoftBank, Sharp Consider Venture for Solar Engineering Services
Oct 28, 2015: U.S. Tax Breaks That Clean Power Doesn’t Seem to Mind Losing
Nov 4, 2015: Home energy management startup Bidgely plans to expand with $16.6M new funding
Oct 30, 2015: The Key to Alternative Energy’s Future: Better Batteries
Nov 2, 2015: How does Duke Energy measure up among green utilities worldwide?
Oct 27, 2015: Texas will rival California in growth of greener, distributed power
Oct 31, 2015: Solar panel array to make third of Owens Corning’s power
Oct 22, 2015: Report: Electrical vehicle use growing, but not fast enough
Outside Texas
Nov 5, 2015: As oil industry bleeds jobs, Asia’s green energy drive offers bright spot
Nov 2, 2015: Dynegy to retire Wood River power generation station, blames ‘flawed’ market framework
Nov 2, 2015: Groups seek FERC tech conference on proposed market participant reporting rule
Nov 2, 2015: Calif. agencies delve deeper into renewable transmission to meet state green goals
Nov 3, 2015: California ballot initiative would eliminate IOUs, establish statewide public utility
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For the Week of 10/23/15 — 10/30/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Oct 29, 2015: EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions Spinning Spur 3 wind farm in Texas
Oct 28, 2015: NextEra outlines financing plans for yieldco to weather capital market volatility
Oct 28, 2015: Plans to expand Texas nuke plant by 2 units pass NRC safety tests
Oct 29, 2015: NextEra Discusses Review of Potential Texas Merchant Power Divestitures
Oct 26, 2015: More US nuclear power units will shut permanently, NEI’s Fertel says
Oct 27, 2015: 3 Electric Utilities, including Xcel and Entergy That Could Be on Warren Buffett’s Buy List
Oct 28, 2015: Gas overtakes coal again in US power generation
Oct 27, 2015: Environmentalists make good on pledge to defend Clean Power Plan
Oct 27, 2015: Utilities: Think like a retail company when it comes to demand response
Oct 26, 2015: Feds give nuclear power project “green light” in final safety report
Oct 27, 2015: 2015 Coal Share Of U.S. Power Generation To Fall 8.2 Percent From 2014
Oct 26, 2015: Once bitten, power producers take steps to beat winter’s freeze
Oct 26, 2015: Dallas jumps Houston as top green power government
Oct 23, 2015: Texas Part of Coalition Suing EPA Over Clean Power Plan
Oct 23, 2015: States reliant on fossil fuels sue over new clean air rules
Oct 23, 2015: Start Your Clocks: EPA Publishes Greenhouse Gas Rules for Utilities
Oct 23, 2015: EPA Leaves Geothermal Alone
Oct 25, 2015: Environmental Defense spurs action
Headlines
Oct 29, 2015: Tesla batteries to power Irvine office buildings
Oct 28, 2015: UPS Deploys 18 New Zero Emission Electric Trucks in Texas
Oct 29, 2015: Officials: Solar users won’t be separate class
Oct 29, 2015: Xcel Energy Benjamin G. S. Fowke on Q3 2015 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Oct 30, 2015: Calpine posts small adjusted income gain
Oct 30, 2015: Calpine Reports Third Quarter Results, Narrows 2015 Guidance and Provides 2016 Guidance
Oct 30, 2015: Exelon Co. (EXC) Releases FY15 Earnings Guidance
Oct 28, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Fights $460 Million Interest Claim
Oct 29, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Motion Denied
Oct 28, 2015: Frontier Utilities Jumps from #31 to #7 on the 2015 Cougar 100 List
Oct 26, 2015: Austin Lawyer Convicted in PEC Scandal Resigns Law License
Oct 28, 2015: TPG Names Former Goldman Executive Jon Winkelried as Co-CEO
Oct 28, 2015: The Dominos are Falling: Conservative Texas Towns Embrace Renewables’ Low Prices
Oct 28, 2015: UT’s solar house finishes fourth in national decathlon competition
Oct 25, 2015: LCRA proposes transmission line, new substations in Williamson County
Oct 28, 2015: Dallas leads cities in renewable energy use
Oct 26, 2015: Tesla prepares for holidays with pop-up shops around US includung San Antonio
Oct 27, 2015: AEP, DVP, SCE: Setting the bar for utility-customer partnerships
Oct 26, 2015: 18 Texas Counties deemed ‘nonattainment areas’ by EPA due to increased ozone regulations
Oct 27, 2015: Energy Future Plan Criticized by Oncor Creditors
Oct 26, 2015: The Extra Charge On Utility Bills For Texas Preachers And Little Leaguers
Oct 27, 2015: City Of Hillsboro To Participate In Coalition
Oct 26, 2015: 5 things to know in Texas energy this week
Oct 26, 2015: Energy and utilities lead Texas M&A this year
Oct 23, 2015: Texas PUC needs to prioritize customers over Oncor sale
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Oct 29, 2015: Fifth Circuit Decertifies Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Stream
Oct 28, 2015: Minimum Usage Fee, Credits Filter Goes Live on Texas Power To Choose Site
Oct 28, 2015: Texas REP Paying For Free Shuttle Transportation on Halloween
Oct 26, 2015: Australian Aggregator To Enter U.S. Market, Starting With Texas
Oct 26, 2015: Retail Supplier Hires Several Market Veterans
Renewable Power
Oct 28, 2015: SolarCity to cut costs, stock tumbles
Oct 28, 2015: USDA Funds 1,100 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Nationwide
Oct 29, 2015: Warren Buffett May Boost Investment In Solar Power
Oct 22, 2015: Taming Wind Power With Better Forecasts
Oct 28, 2015: In motion: Duke Energy, et al, take EV charging to the next level (it’s truly dynamic)
Oct 26, 2015: Environmental Protection Army?
Oct 27, 2015: Apple commits to ambitious renewable energy projects in China
Oct 26, 2015: Solar Power’s Future Looks Bright
Oct 26, 2015: This Is How Good Solar-to-Fuel Conversion Can Be
Oct 27, 2015: Policy uncertainty threatens to stifle growing wind industry
Oct 23, 2015: Graphene Could Lower The Cost Of Renewable Hydrogen For FCEVs
Oct 24, 2015: Montana Pumped Storage Could Support Wind/Solar
Oct 26, 2015: New solar panel product to reduce costs up to 10%
Oct 26, 2015: Solar power plants may be causing problems
Outside Texas
Oct 29, 2015: Tomlinson: Japan and China resuming nuclear power, adding hydro
Oct 28, 2015: 5 things to know about Westinghouse’s deal with CB&I
Oct 26, 2015: FERC staff alleges Berkshire Power violated anti-manipulation rule, reliability standards
Oct 26, 2015: Regulators, utilities spar over paying customers to conserve energy
Oct 26, 2015: Solar leads green energy growth in Mexico
Oct 26, 2015: Regulators, utilities spar over paying customers to conserve energy
Oct 23, 2015: It took 42 years to finish this US nuclear power plant
Other News
Oct 28, 2015: EPA to Require Toxic Release Reporting from Gas Plants
Oct 28, 2015: Gas processors say US EPA plan to add them to toxic reporting rule unnecessary
Oct 27, 2015: Fort Worth Residents Blame ONCOR for Power Problems
Oct 27, 2015: ScottMadden to Partner with SEPA for Executive Fact-Finding Mission in Texas
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For the Week of 10/16/15 — 10/23/15
Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Oct 23, 2015: Final Clean Power Plan rule published; 24 states sue EPA
Oct 22, 2015: Texas hits new wind power milestone on Thursday
Oct 22, 2015: Why the U.S. should export nuclear power
Oct 22, 2015: Despite Concerns, Utilities Are Open To Investing In Distributed Generation
Oct 21, 2015: ERCOT Fee Hike ‘Sure to Trickle Down,” Says TCAP
Oct 21, 2015: Coal power company adds solar
Oct 21, 2015: Transmission Business Is An Important Growth Driver For Some Electric Utilities
Oct 21, 2015: Report pushes Texas utilities to partner with retail providers on efficiency
Oct 20, 2015: Lubbock Power & Light Begins Process to Join ERCOT
Oct 20, 2015: Clean-power rules should look less scary to critics now
Oct 20, 2015: New Texas Grid Operator Report on the Clean Power Plan Is No Cause for Alarm
Oct 20, 2015: Dallas County commissioners jumping into debate over coal-fired plants
Oct 20, 2015: Waco could spend $100,000 in Tradinghouse power plant permit process
Oct 20, 2015: Grid of the future calling
Oct 19, 2015: ERCOT Says Coal Plant Retirements Will Drive Up Retail Power Prices
Oct 19, 2015: Texans Warned of ‘Rolling Blackouts’ if EPA Clean Power Rule is Implemented
Oct 16, 2015: Texas should go along with the EPA’s clean power plan, EDF report says
Oct 19, 2015: EDF building new Texas wind farm for Procter & Gamble
Oct 15, 2015: Microgrids Are Making Good Sense to Many Communities
Oct 16, 2015: ERCOT predicts Obama’s CO2 plan won’t close as many coal plants as expected
Oct 16, 2015: Final CPP impact on ERCOT reliability, power prices less than initial version
Oct 15, 2015: Utilities sector shows recovery
Oct 15, 2015: Apex seeks FAA approval for leaner wind farm plan
Headlines
Oct 22, 2015: Complaining Customers Getting More Refunds From Texas Electricity Retailers
Oct 21, 2015: EFH sues Oncor minority stakeholder to speed $18B Hunt takeover
Oct 21, 2015: Texas makes big leap in energy efficiency rankings
Oct 21, 2015: Solar rate hike plan sparks debate
Oct 21, 2015: LP&L now automatically returning deposits, moving closer to joining ERCOT
Oct 21, 2015: Texans Seem to be Happier With Electric Companies
Oct 21, 2015: Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: Electricity Complaints Drop to New Post-Deregulation Low
Oct 20, 2015: Oncor sale to Hunt Consolidated, currently held up
Oct 20, 2015: Energy Future Sues to Force Sale of Oncor Minority Stake
Oct 21, 2015: CPS Energy boss a full-time job
Oct 20, 2015: Critics to DME: Slow down
Oct 20, 2015: Can a bankruptcy court cut coal pollution in Texas? Green groups say yes
Oct 20, 2015: Texas TDUs Should Consider Offering Mandated Energy Efficiency Programs Through Retail Electric Providers
Oct 19, 2015: Texas Wildfire Threatens Co-op
Oct 18, 2015: Citizens concerned about ‘archaic’ electricity
Oct 20, 2015: Dallas County commissioners jumping into debate over coal-fired power plants
Oct 15, 2015: Denton, wind power among topics at PBPA state legislators panel
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Oct 21, 2015: European Retail Supplier Entering U.S. Markets, Names U.S. Market Veteran As Managing Director
Oct 21, 2015: Parent of Texas Retail Provider Names New CEO
Oct 21, 2015: Texas REP Announces Critical Peak Rebate Program
Oct 20, 2015: AAHOA member, Surti Leuva Patidar Samaj, Signs Multi-Year Renewal with Tara Energy for Energy Supply
Power Grid Security
Oct 20, 2015: Overnight Cybersecurity: Cyber sharing bill finally hits Senate floor
Oct 16, 2015: Unheeded cybersecurity threat leaves nuclear power stations open to attack
Oct 14, 2015: Online Attacks on Infrastructure Are Increasing at a Worrying Pace
Renewable Power
Oct 22, 2015: Rooftop solar starting to gain traction
Oct 22, 2015: Blame activists when electric rates rise
Oct 21, 2015: Green-e Launches New Green-e Federal Renewable Energy Certification Option
Oct 21, 2015: Google’s newest renewable energy investment: Africa’s biggest wind farm
Oct 21, 2015: Apple To Raise China Solar Investment Fivefold with Climate Bid
Oct 21, 2015: Is SolarCity Changing the World of Solar Power?
Oct 20, 2015: Here’s how P&G plans to make Tide with wind power
Oct 20, 2015: Fox 5 test ‘drives’ Tesla’s self-driving car
Oct 20, 2015: Tesla Loses Consumer Reports Recommendation Amid Rise in Sales
Oct 20, 2015: ABB and Microsoft join forces to launch next-generation electric vehicle charging services platform
Oct 20, 2015: Intel’s Marty Sedler Wins 2015 Green Power Leader of the Year Award
Oct 20, 2015: Chevrolet Bolt EV To Be Developed Through Strategic Partnership Between GM and LG
Oct 16, 2015: Utilities defend stance on solar amid criticism in environmental report
Oct 15, 2015: For Pickens, Wind Claim May Be Last Power Play
Oct 16, 2015: Clean Energy Collective Partners with First Solar to Bring Community Solar to 1 Million Users
Oct 16, 2015: Congress Contemplates Renewable Energy Tax Credits
Oct 16, 2015: USDA seeks applications for renewable energy and energy efficiency loans, grants
Oct 16, 2015: This is where you’ll find some of the world’s most innovative solar power projects
Outside Texas
Oct 22, 2015: Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Federal Demand Response Rule
Oct 19, 2015: Professor, enforcer, chairman, fan: The roles of FERC chief Norman Bay
Oct 15, 2015: 2015-16 WinterEnergy Market Assessment
Oct 21, 2015: Judge rips state regulators in federal ruling on Duke Energy coal ash case
Oct 20, 2015: Startup Time for Fukushima’s Frozen Wall. Here’s Why it Should Work.
Oct 19, 2015: Tesla Mega Bull Back At It Again
Oct 16, 2015: ALJ warns FERC against allowing retail customers to challenge wholesale rates
Oct 15, 2015: FERC Refines Electric Market-Based Rate Program
Other News
Oct 21, 2015: 2015 Likely to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Oct 20, 2015: Utility Experts Address Innovation and Consumer Expectations at Annual Allconnect Summit
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For the Week of 10/9/15 — 10/16/15
Updated 10/16/15
Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Oct 16, 2015: ERCOT releases report on potential Clean Power Plan impacts
Oct 14, 2015: 194-MW Texas Wind Project Reaches Commercial Operation Ahead of Schedule
Oct 15, 2015: ESNA 2015: Why energy storage is key to a future with ‘no more gas turbines’
Oct 15, 2015: CPS Energy signs PPA with OCI Solar for another 50 MW
Oct 15, 2015: Austin Council Votes to Boost Solar Power
Oct 15, 2015: Denton, wind power among topics at PBPA state legislators panel
Oct 14, 2015: Hot Temperatures Cause High Electricity Demand
Oct 14, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy project begins operation in Texas
Oct 14, 2015: New Strategic Investment Firm to Focus on Innovation in Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Generation
Oct 13, 2015: Valley residents asked to conserve power or risk rotating outages
Oct 13, 2015: Rating the States on Their Risk of Natural Gas Overreliance
Oct 14, 2015: Affiliate of Retail Supplier Acquires Building Efficiency Intelligence Company
Oct 13, 2015: Calpine buys Boston power plant for $500 million
Oct 12, 2015: ERCOT real-time power prices spike above $600s/MWh
Oct 12, 2015: Energy storage needs to think bigger than batteries
Oct 12, 2015: America’s newest nuke plant shows why nuclear power is dying in the U.S.
Oct 12, 2015: Energy efficiency remains nation’s ‘most productive energy resource’
Oct 9, 2015: Dyer: Regulators Approve Nearly 20 Percent Fee Hike for Texas Electric Grid Operator
Oct 9, 2015: Coal industry opposes Clean Power Plan, while nuclear and gas find alliance
Oct 9, 2015: EIA: Gas generation surpasses coal in U.S. for 2nd time ever
Headlines
Oct 15, 2015: Texas AG Settles Lawsuit Over Mislabeled, Foreign Solar Panels
Oct 15, 2015: PUC seeks answers on sale of Oncor Electric to Hunt group
Oct 15, 2015: Oncor Schedules Third Quarter 2015 Investor call
Oct 15, 2015: CPS Energy board offers departing CEO Doyle Beneby a deal to stay
Oct 14, 2015: Report: Texas already on path to meeting most Clean Power Plan goals
Oct 13, 2015: On-site power for Texas stadium
Oct 13, 2015: Texas can profit from Clean Power Plan, nearly 90 percent compliant with business as usual
Oct 13, 2015: Residents consider legal action against Oncor
Oct 13, 2015: Entergy announces management changes
Oct 13, 2015: Sharyland Utilities Performing Cancels/Rebills For Customers Erroneously Subject To Demand Ratchet
Oct 12, 2015: DOE: Climate change poses a threat to grid resiliency
Oct 13, 2015: Texas well on its way to CO2 goals under CPP
Oct 9, 2015: Jackson: Oncor sale raises red flags for 3 million ratepayers
Oct 9, 2015: Hunter L. Hunt: Proposed acquisition means stability and investment for Oncor
Oct 9, 2015: Flipping switch made sense
Sept 30, 2015: Let the sunshine in: Lennar unveils Austin community where solar power stan ard
Oct 9, 2015: Luminant Senior VP Rafael Flores Elected to Ameren Board of Directors
Oct 9, 2015: Bottom 10: Who are the least energy-efficient states?
Oct 12, 2015: Texas TDU Exhausts Funds Under REP Reimbursement Program For Provision Of Smart Energy Devices To Low-Income Customers
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Oct 14, 2015: Report: Texas already on path to meeting most Clean Power Plan goals
Oct 13, 2015: Texas REP Now Offering 54 Hours of Free Power, “Most in Texas”
Oct 13, 2015: After Disposing Of Current Retail Suppliers, Parent Starting New Retail Provider, Names Former Retail Supplier CEO As VP
Power Grid Security
Oct 15, 2015: Officials: ISIS is attacking the US energy grid
Renewable Power
Oct 15, 2015: Tesla Adds High-Speed Autonomous Driving to Its Bag of Tricks
Oct 14, 2015: Toyota aims to nearly eliminate gasoline cars by 2050
Oct 13, 2015: Clean Energy Collective to use First Solar modules in projects
Oct 13, 2015: Solar and wind power surge in US as shale drilling and coal mining falter
Oct 12, 2015: New Mexico grants approval for Xcel solar purchase
Oct 9, 2015: Walmart Invests Heavily In Wind Power
Oct 12, 2015: NRDC: Wind Power Continues Domination Of Renewables Growth In U.S.
Oct 13, 2015: All You Need to Know About Solar Power Generators
Oct 11, 2015: Renewable Energy Financing Hits a Snag
Oct 9, 2015: Do Utilities Own the Sun?
Oct 9, 2015: U.S. Energy Secretary opens Solar Decathlon
Outside Texas
Oct 15, 2015: Electricity groups ask FERC to issue order clarifying new energy market in Northwest
Oct 16, 2015: FERC Commish Slams PJM Assignment Of Uplift To LSEs, Commission Denies Retail Supplier
Oct 13, 2015: Nuclear Matters Statement on Closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
Oct 9, 2015: NRG Power Marketing alleges MISO action effectively nullified results of FTR auctions
Oct 12, 2015: Nearly A Year After Shutdown, Vermont Yankee Continues To Spark Debate
Oct 12, 2015: CA Gov. Brown vetoes 6 CPUC reform bills
Oct 13, 2015: PJM Paper Calls For “Immediate” Reforms To Virtual Bidding
Other News
Oct 13, 2015: Notice of Violation from PUCT for Generator
Oct 13, 2015: NRG Energy announces completion of energy technology project at NRG Park
Oct 8, 2015: New Power Features Installation Complete at NRG Park
Oct 12, 2015: New Research Center Will Focus on Cybersecurity of Nation’s Power Grid
Oct 12, 2015: UTEP Receives $1.4 Million to Increase Focus on Nuclear Engineering
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For the Week of 10/3/15 — 10/10/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Oct 8, 2015: Texas Well-Positioned to Benefit from the Clean Power Plan
Oct 9, 2015: Texas PUC Approves 20% Increase in ERCOT System Admin Fee
Oct 5, 2015: DME pitches plant powered by natural gas
Oct 8, 2015: Gas power passes coal for the second time ever
Oct 8, 2015: Westinghouse Innovative Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor (LFR) Brings Bright Future for Nuclear Power
Oct 8, 2015: Battery-stored electricity could reduce power use and save money, report says
Oct 8, 2015: Move Over Coal, Natural Gas is Here to Stay
Oct 7, 2015: Wind costs fall to match coal, gas in key energy markets — report
Oct 1, 2015: New rules sink North Texas deeper into air quality hole
Oct 6, 2015: Call renewed for trading schemes to meet Clean Power Plan
Oct 5, 2015: Energy efficiency goes mainstream with help of regulations, demand
Oct 6, 2015: Central Texas reacts to new ozone standards
Oct 5, 2015: Google opens Nest protocols to developers, growing the ‘connected’ home
Oct 3, 2015: EPA will determine Coleto Creek’s air pollution impact
Oct 3, 2015: EPA smog regulations: Reactions from San Antonio business, environmental leaders
Oct 5, 2015: The Future of Energy and Utilities
Oct 4, 2015: Power plants challenged by carbon capture and storage
Oct 2, 2015: US new nuclear plants coming in regulated markets: Southern Company CEO
Oct 1, 2015: Falling prices, demand lead to negative outlook for North American coal: Moody’s
Oct 3, 2015: Request for hearing withdrawn in Van Alstyne power plant case
Oct 1, 2015: Energy company and San Augustine take steps to bring solar plant to town
Headlines
Oct 8, 2015: New Rankings: Electric Rates Are Highest in Hawaii, Lowest in Washington State
Oct 9, 2015: Texas Approves Change in Sharyland TCRF Allocation Factors
Oct 6, 2015: Energy conservation program helps district save millions on utilities
Oct 8, 2015: Xcel Energy executive says company focusing on cleaner energy
Oct 7, 2015: Oncor project teaches lesson about right-of-way
Oct 7, 2015: SunPower optimizes U.S. PV plant solar power production with Remote Operations Control Center
Oct 7, 2015: GE’s new Current gives the Internet of Things a jolt of energy
Oct 7, 2015: GE to sink $1 billion into energy efficiency, storage venture
Oct 5, 2015: Denton Announces Renewable Energy Plan
Oct 5, 2015: Intuit’s Plano campus now fully wind-powered
Oct 5, 2015: Oncor construction project roughs up residents’ backyards
Oct 5, 2015: Denton Municipal Electric to present new energy plans
Oct 5, 2015: Coleto Creek Power in legal battle over appraisal
Oct 5, 2015: Solid Income Company With A Dividend Increase Coming Soon: American Electric Power
Oct 5, 2015: Pro/Con: Should power lines be buried?
Oct 5, 2015: Utilities tiptoeing into live chat
Oct 2, 2015: Energy Future Holdings – Kicking a Very Large Can Down the Road
Oct 3, 2015: For Hunts, Oncor deal nearly a decade in the making
Oct 5, 2015: 5 things to know in Texas energy this week
Oct 2, 2015: Austin makes major investment in new solar
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Oct 7, 2015: Affiliate of Large Texas Customer Receives Retail Provider Certificate
Oct 5, 2015; Texas Staff: REP’s Enrollment Method Sought Under Rule Waiver, “Fail[s] To Adequately Protect The Customer”
Power Grid Security
Oct 5, 2015: Report warns of cyberattack risk at nuclear power plants
Oct 5, 2015: America’s nuclear power plants use passwords like ‘1234”
Oct 2, 2015: Security scare at Ft. Calhoun Power Plant
Renewable Power
Oct 8, 2015: Solar, Wind Power Reaching Tipping Point In U.S., Driving Fossil Fuel Prices Higher
Oct 8, 2015: EIA short-term winter outlook makes forecasts on renewable energy
Oct 7, 2015: Hydrogen: Power for the present and the future
Oct 7, 2015: California wants renewable energy for half its power by 2030
Oct 6, 2015: Northeast has more than 250k commercial rooftops suitable for solar
Oct 7, 2015: ARPA-E Announces $30 Million in Funding for Window Efficiency Technologies
Oct 6, 2015: Wind, solar power becoming more cost-competitive globally
Oct 4, 2015: Energy efficiency goes mainstream with help of regulations, demand
Oct 6, 2015: Solar and Wind Just Passed Another Big Turning Point
Oct 6, 2015: Renewables Won’t Succeed Without Energy Storage—But Storage Is Finally Catching Up
Oct 2, 2015: Elon Musk touts jump in Tesla demand after Model X launch
Oct 2, 2015: Jobs being created through the winds of change
Oct 2, 2015: SolarCity to Make High-Efficiency Panel
Oct 2, 2015: The Utilities’ Campaign Against Rooftop Solar Is Largely Failing
Oct 5, 2015: FERC To Hold Technical Conference On MISO Capacity Auction Mitigation Measures, Alternatives
Outside Texas
Oct 9, 2015: Cost Impact Of PJM Capacity Performance Adjustments Estimated At $7.3 Billion
Oct 7, 2015: Generators ask PJM to reconsider capacity performance rules
Oct 8, 2015: Entergy sells Rhode Island power plant
Oct 6, 2015: Can You Bet On Duke?
Oct 2, 2015: Moody’s to Mississippi Power: Stop the bleeding at Kemper coal
Oct 2, 2015: Exelon, DC mayor reach settlement on Pepco merger
Oct 2, 2015: US FERC approves Cal-ISO backstop power capacity auctions
Oct 2, 2015: Critic assails DOE inspector general finding that FERC investigations followed procedures
Other News
Oct 8, 2015: NRC, FERC Commissioners to Discuss Grid Reliability, Reactor Issues Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C.
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For the Week of 9/25/15 — 10/3/15
Updated 10/2/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Oct 2, 2015: TX PUC’s Marquez: Energy Market Changes Working In “Immediate” Term, Continued Review Needed; “Biggest Threat” To Competition Is “Mandates”
Oct 1, 2015: The What, When And How of Texas Electricity Prices Going Negative
Oct 1, 2015: SunEdison To Sell 116 MW Of Utility-Scale Solar To Luminant
Oct 1, 2015: BlackRock buys into new Texas wind projects
Oct 1, 2015: New federal EPA smog standard angers both sides of the issue
Sept 30, 2015: Emissions plan fails to account for nuclear power’s role in electric grid stability, industry leaders say
Sept 30, 2015: Interests of electric power transmission, generation often conflict in Texas: panelists
Oct 1, 2015: Wal-Mart’s Hendrix: No Rational Reason For Choice Not To Be Offered at Entergy Texas, SPS, NOIEs
Oct 1, 2015: Texas Seasonally Mothballed Generators Return To Operational Status
Sept 29, 2015: Consider This: Supporting a market solution for power generation
Sept 29, 2015: You think the power grid isn’t sexy? Think again.
Sept 29, 2015: Schneider Electric CEO: Let’s celebrate efficiency
Sept 30, 2015: Gas And Wind Could Displace Coal In Electricity Generation
Sept 25, 2015: Oil’s Killing U.S. Power Generators, And They Don’t Even Burn It
Sept 29, 2015: If Everyone Gets Electricity, Can the Planet Survive?
Sept 25, 2015: Why America’s power grid needs natural gas now more than ever
Sept 28, 2015: Pattern Energy (PEGI) Begins Operations at 200-MW Texas Logan’s Gap Wind Facility
Sept 25, 2015: US Nuclear Plants Set New Capacity Record for August
Headlines
Oct 1, 2015: Largest TX utility on the bidding block: Hunt files to acquire Oncor
Oct 1, 2015: Lennar to build 1st ‘solar-standard’ community in Austin, TX
Oct 1, 2015: Calpine Closes on Acquisition of Champion Energy
Sept 30, 2015: Andrews Chamber of Commerce Warns Residence of “Direct Energy” Scam
Sept 30, 2015: Commission must protect Oncor customers
Sept 30, 2015: Hunt, Oncor File Application with Texas Utility Commission
Sept 29, 2015: CPS Energy tackles the cost shift by building solar on its own terms
Sept 29, 2015: NextEra Energy Partners CEO still confident in yieldco despite sector ‘carnage’
Sept 29, 2015: Big electricity is looking at your roof
Sept 29, 2015: DOD officials: Third-party financing ‘crucial’ to advancing energy security goals
Sept 29, 2015: Hunt group files for takeover of Oncor power utility
Sept 29, 2015; Hunts officially file $18B plan to buy Oncor power utility from EFH
Sept 24, 2015; Sinn: PUC actions drive up rates for Texas consumers
Sept 29, 2015: PUC to consider Sharyland’s rate structure
Sept 30, 2015: Texas Staff: Sharyland TCRF Allocation Changes Should Be Approved, But Not Effective Until March 1, 2016
Sept 29, 2015: Solar may offer relief for Sharyland customers
Sept 28, 2015: Mobile Streaming Apps: Can They Work for Co-ops?
Sept 28, 2015: Wichita Falls Utility bill changes coming
Sept 28, 2015: EUB says ERCOT power proposal could save LP&L $20 million per year
Sept 24, 2015: Miso Region Electricity Resource Adequacy Forecast Improving
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Sept 30, 2015: Renewable Power Direct with Xoom Energy to Supply Wind Energy to Intuit in Texas
Oct 1, 2015: Retail Supplier Agents To Visit 46 High School Sporting Events
Sept 30, 2015: Texas Retail Supplier Names New Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer
Sept 30, 2015: Texas Rep Launches New Mobile Site, Referrals Made Easier
Sept 29, 2015: Texas Rep Unveils Disruptive Electricity Shopping Platform
Power Grid Security
Oct 1, 2015: Are Energy and Utilities at Risk of a Major Breach?
Renewable Power
Oct 1, 2015: Starbucks, Nike Moving Towards Total Adoption of Renewable Energy
Oct 1, 2015: 36 Major Corporations Commit to 100% Renewable Energy
Oct 1, 2015: Traditional utilities are showing more support for solar energy
Oct 1, 2015: Utility-scale solar averaging five cents/kWh, study finds
Oct 1, 2015: USDA funds small energy projects
Oct 1, 2015: Rob Schlein goes green
Sept 29, 2015: Tesla’s first SUV, the Model X, is finally hitting the road
Sept 30, 2015: Batheja: Google Takes Slow Ride to Testing Self-Driving Cars
Sept 29, 2015: How storage will shape the future of concentrated solar power
Sept 29, 2015: Australia Leads World On Household Solar … And On Coal
Sept 29, 2015: Wind, solar causing “upheaval” for utilities, San Antonio power exec says
Sept 29, 2015: Solar Panels Powering More Meals at Houston Food Bank
Sept 29, 2015: America has fallen behind on offshore wind power
Sept 28, 2015: Giant companies to combat climate change through renewable energy
Sept 28, 2015: Walmart doubles down on renewable energy with wind deal
Sept 25, 2015: How Vendors and Utilities Are Commercializing Large Solar-Plus-Storage Projects
Sept 28, 2015: Big utilities enter market for small rooftop solar
Sept 28, 2015: The Winds of Change: Wind Energy PPAs Are the Future for Data Centers
Sept 28, 2015: An ancient Japanese art is transforming solar power
Sept 25, 2015: Tesla Vs. The Lithium Oligopoly
Sept 25, 2015: DOE announces funding to boost low-impact hydropower tech
Sept 25, 2015: Folsom solar company opening offices as part of ambitious expansion plan
Sept 25, 2015: 10 Things I Love About My Electric Vehicle
Outside Texas
Oct 2, 2015: PJM Set To Seek FERC Approval For Increase in Energy Market Price Cap
Oct 2, 2015: FERC Enforcement Office Investigating Results of MISO Capacity Auction For Market Manipulation
Sept 28, 2015: FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) Regarding RTO/ISO Collection of Uniform Organized Market Participant Data
Sept 28, 2015: Calpine Updates Wildfire Impact on The Geysers Geothermal Power Facilities
Sept 28, 2015: Pushing for Pepco: Exelon to request merger rehearing
Sept 25, 2015: Fukushima reactor could have suffered total meltdown – report
Other News
Sept 30, 2015: Notice of Violation for Municipal Utility Generation Units
Sept 29, 2015: TXU Energy, Community Partners Help Customers Pay More than 40,000 Summer electricity bills
Sept 29, 2015: Northeast Broker Expands To Texas, Seeks Aggregation License
Sept 28, 2015: New Texas Aggregator Counting Market Veteran Among Management Receives License
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For the Week of 9/18/15 — 9/25/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Sept 23, 2015: ERCOT: Time to build more transmission in Texas Panhandle
Sept 23, 2015: PUC authorizes ERCOT to study adding Lubbock to power grid
Sept 23, 2015: Debate heats up over solar energy contracts in Austin
Sept 25, 2015: Opinion: Instead of Whining About Texas, Aspire Should Put Money Where It’s Mouth Is, Build New Plant
Sept 22, 2015: $183M solar project heats up in Texas Panhandle
Sept 23, 2015: A Tale of Two Regions: Why Wind Is Booming in Texas and Stalling in the West
Sept 23, 2015: Texas Business Groups Blast ‘Avalanche’ of EPA Proposals
Sept 23, 2015: How aggregated storage can help utilities create a ‘new kind of demand response’
Sept 23, 2015: The missing link: A win for smart grid interoperability
Sept 22, 2015: NRG reaches for reset button — again — as it plans ‘GreenCo’
Sept 22, 2015: German storage developer to construct first utility-scale Texas solar-storage project
Sept 22, 2015: Massive Texas “Electricity Island” To Get First Ever Solar Energy Storage
Sept 22, 2015: Younicos announces first integrated grid-scale solar PV plus-storage system in Texas
Sept 23, 2015: Demand Management Provider To Offer Constellation’s Efficiency Made Easy Program
Sept 21, 2015: New NYISO Head Brings Broad Experience
Sept 21, 2015: A Lone Star leader in solar
Sept 21, 2015: AEP’s stake in Greensmith is a boost for storage
Sept 18, 2015: The Night They Drove the Price of Electricity in Texas Down
Sept 18, 2015: Younicos to Achieve Another Battery Storage Milestone in Texas
Sept 18, 2015: Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant still pumping power after 25 years
Sept 18, 2015: Why uranium prices are poised to rebound
Sept 18, 2015: Miller says Texas Summit Clean Coal Plant moving forward
Sept 18, 2015: Most grid operators ‘comfortable’ with winter preparedness, but for some ‘it depends’
Headlines
Sept 23, 2015: Lubbock Power & Light seeks to join ERCOT grid in 2019
Sept 23, 2015: Lubbock mayor says joining ERCOT grid would be a ‘win’ for LP&L customers
Sept 25, 2015: Texas PUC To Set Workshop Process on Reliability Standard
Sept 23, 2015: Exelon appoints new director
Sept 23, 2015: Cheaper fuel ‘drove down’ MISO power prices this summer: monitor
Sept 23, 2015: Batteries Pose Sales Challenge for Power Companies, Moody’s Says
Sept 23, 2015: Luminant closes office in downtown Henderson
Sept 22, 2015: Texas Power Suppliers Keep Users Hooked by Turning Lights Off
Sept 21, 2015: Entergy adds gas/midstream veteran to board
Sept 21, 2015: Scientists develop transparent cooling coating for solar cells
Sept 21, 2015: U.S. judge warns Energy Future as it seeks votes to exit bankruptcy
Sept 21, 2015: Judge: Oncor sale to Hunt can move into next phase
Sept 18, 2015: Co-op to Sell 410 Miles of Transmission
Sept 18, 2015 Street light audit of city reveals errors in billing
Sept 17, 2015: PACE urges energy savings
Sept 16, 2015: This Could Be Tesla’s Worst Nightmare
Sept 18, 2015: Why Exelon Remains A Buy
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Sept 24, 2015: New Texas Retail Provider Offering Community Solar
Sept 24, 2015: Direct Energy Elected to NEM Executive Committee
Sept 21, 2015: Start-Up Texas REP Retains Market Veteran for Risk Management
Sept 21, 2015: Retail Supplier Offering Energy Services At “Permanent” Storefront Inside Wal-Mart
Renewable Power
Sept 23, 2015: Why This Surprising Partnership Is Leading the Way for Renewable Energy
Sept 23, 2015: Eco-friendly carwash chain installs solar systems
Sept 23, 2015: Are Rooftop Solar Companies Doing Enough to Protect Consumers?
Sept 23, 2015: Geothermal Industry
Sept 24, 2015: What solar’s latest growth numbers say about the sector’s future
Sept 22, 2015: Growing pains ahead for renewables industry
Sept 22, 2015: The House That Could Save the World
Sept 21, 2015: 5 Unexpected States That Are Growing Renewable Energy In The US
Sept 21, 2015: Could California’s Green Energy Strategy Backfire Soon?
Sept 18, 2015: Turning Utility into Texas-Size Solar Art
Sept 18, 2015: Clean energy in Georgia comes with some nasty side effects
Sept 18, 2015: Solar Tour reflects on Cedar Hill
Sept 18, 2015: DOE report encourages wind power across America
Sept 18, 2015: Wind PTC extension clears hurdle in the Senate
Outside Texas
Sept 23, 2015: China to Launch National Pollution-Trading System to Cut Emissions
Sept 23, 2015: FERC’s Aug. 2015 Infrastructure Report
Sept 22, 2015: AEP Ohio, Dynegy Continue War of Words Over PPAs
Sept 22, 2015: FERC Proposes To Expand Classes Of Information Collected From Participants In RTO And ISO Markets
Sept 22, 2015: Inside Southern California Edison’s energy storage strategy
Sept 21, 2015: S&P assigns issuer credit rating to Entergy Louisiana Power
Sept 22, 2015: Portland General Electric could join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market
Sept 17, 2015: NOPR Requires RTOs Switch to 5-Minute Settlements
Sept 21, 2015: Transmission Developers Launch Competitive Affiliates
Sept 18, 2015: New Hampshire PUC clears way for electric utilities to own gas pipeline capacity
Other News
Sept 25, 2015: Broker Led By Market Veteran Receives Texas Aggregator License
Sept 22, 2015: Vespa: Sorry, Greenies: Coal Isn’t Dying; It’s Restructuring
Sept 22, 2015: America Unprepared For Devastating ‘Black Swan’
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For the Week of 9/11/15 — 9/18/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Sept 17, 2015: NRG Exploring Fossil-Fuel Plant Sales, Plan Share Buyback
Sept 18, 2015: Why NRG Energy Inc (NRG) Is Disposing Assets And Repurchasing Shares
Sept 18, 2015: NRG Pushes “Reset” Button, Separating Retail Supplier From Home Solar, EV Businesses (Strategic Alternatives Possible)
Sept 18, 2015: NRG Yield to buy NRG wind assets for $210M
Sept 17, 2015: Tri Global Energy Announces Sale of Hale Community Energy Project
Sept 17, 2015: Fifth Circuit Reverses Criminal Conviction of Citgo in Corpus Christi Pollution Case
Sept 16, 2015: Texas Set To Be Wind Turbine Leader, Down To The Nuts & Bolts
Sept 16, 2015: Wind energy is making storage space scarce
Sept 16, 2015: Grid operator NYISO finds new CEO in Texas
Sept 14, 2015: Hearing scheduled for proposed Texas Van Alstyne power plant
Sept 14, 2015: Texas Mulls the Market Power of Distributed Energy Resources
Sept 11, 2015: Scientists demand enforcement of nuclear power fire safety regulations
Sept 14, 2015: Berkeley Lab: No Consistent Link Between Reliability T&D Expenditures
Sept 15, 2015: Super-sized smart grid innovation: Con Edison’s solar power play
Sept 14, 2015: ERCOT sets wind generation output record Sunday, real-time power prices move negative
Sept 11, 2015: Texas co-op eyes more purchases of power in ERCOT markets
Sept 13, 2015: NextEra Energy to develop Hale Community wind project
Sept 14, 2015: Constellation, Bloom deal highlights fuel cells
Sept 14, 2015: Nuclear, Gas Industries Oppose FERC Approach to Demand Response
Sept 12, 2015: EPA Power Plant Rule Debate Resumes
Headlines
Sept 17, 2015: Judge clears Energy Future to move ahead on selling Oncor to Hunts
Sept 18, 2015: Energy Future Holdings weighs Hunt’s offer for Oncor
Sept 16, 2015: Sam Houston EC puts $3.16 million back in members’ pockets
Sept 17, 2015: Oncor Files To Institute Rider To Refund Charges to Retail Providers
Sept 17, 2015: Second Workshop on Third-Party Access To Smart Meter Texas Data To Be Held
Sept 16, 2015: CenterPoint TDU Files To More Than Double Certain Charges Applicable to REPs
Sept 16, 2015: ERCOT announces new executives for grid and market operations, other key officers
Sept 11, 2015: Oncor Investigates Worker’s Death
Sept 15, 2015: Pedernales Electric Cooperative Selects Volt/VAR Optimization Platform
Sept 11, 2015: Austin Energy bills will be lower starting in November
Sept 12, 2015: Nineteen House members introduce resolution to impeach EPA chief
Sept 12, 2015: Chairman of TCEQ tells Congress EPA’s Clean Power Plan a loser for Texas
Sept 14, 2015: 10 States Burning the Most Coal
Sept 11, 2015: Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Provide Modernization of U.S. Energy Policy
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Sept 18, 2015: Retail Supplier Offering Energy Services At “Permanent” Storefront Inside Wal-Mart
Sept 14, 2015: New Texas REP Files To Offer Prepaid Service
Sept 14, 2015: Reliant Receives License In New State
Power Grid Security
Sept 11, 2015: Expert Announces Potential Weak Link In Cybersecurity
Sept 11, 2015: Energy Dept. computers repeatedly breached by hackers, records show
Renewable Power
Sept 17, 2015: Which Cities In the World Are Closest to Nixing Fossil Fuels?
Sept 17, 2015: California Bill Mandating Half of Electricity Come From Renewables by 2030 Headed to Governor’s Desk
Sept 17, 2015: Solar Power Just Gets Bigger
Sept 17, 2015: Virtual Power Plant: Canadian muni takes to the cloud for solar storage pilot
Sept 16, 2015: Low-cost saltwater battery wins $500,000 award
Sept 16, 2015: Renewable Energy Company Taps Utility Exec
Sept 16, 2015: Obama pledges $120M toward solar power, clean energy
Sept 16, 2015: Solar industry in denial about importance of ITC, advocates say
Sept 16, 2015: UPS purchases 125 new technology hybrid electric delivery trucks
Sept 15, 2015: How Investors Can Buy Obama’s Renewable Energy Plan
Sept 15, 2015: Sunny days: Solar power finding its way to Snoqualmie homes
Sept 15, 2015: Solar Power Fights Heat Up
Sept 14, 2015: Texas wind turbines keep getting closer
Sept 14, 2015: CPS Energy Rolls Out Two New Solar Offerings In San Antonio
Sept 11, 2015: IRS ruling seen as paving way for more community solar
Sept 9, 2015: Wind power growth faces sharp decline without federal aid, report says
Sept 14, 2015: Solar Power Today and its Potential for the Future
Sept 15, 2015: Large-scale energy storage a ‘holy grail’ for renewables development
Sept 12, 2015: Why the installed price of distributed solar keeps dropping
Sept 10, 2015: Hybrid solar power system combines photovoltaic and pyroelectric tech
Outside Texas
Sept 18, 2015: FERC Seeks To Raise Wholesale Market Electric Energy Rates Via Shortage Pricing, Under Guise of “Reform”
Sept 17, 2015: PJM auction seen as success, though not all happy
Sept 15, 2015: CPUC pushed to study solar-storage further after filing pegs value at $0.25/kWh
Sept 10, 2015: John ‘Bill’ Sheehan ends 10 years as chairman of Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Sept 10, 2015: Fukushima dumps first batch of once-radioactive water in sea
Other News
Sept 14, 2015: NOV Filed Regarding Cogenerator and ERCOT Protocols
Sept 14, 2015: NOV Filed Regarding Utility Violation of PURA and PUCT Rules
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Sept 10, 2015: Sierra Club: NRG coal plant near Houston violates pollution standards
Sept 10, 2015: Regulators halt study of cancer risks at 7 nuclear plants
Sept 8, 2015: Luminant inks deal with SunEdison to bring more solar power to Texas grid
Sept 8, 2015: Luminant to purchase 116 MW of solar power from SunEdison
Sept 8, 2015: Coal-Dependent Power Company Eyes West Texas Sun
Sept 4, 2015: Could the US meet its electricity needs with solar energy?
Sept 7, 2015: EPA to add new rule on power plant discharges
Sept 6, 2015: Logistics, distribution facility bringing wind turbines, jobs to Plainview
Sept 5, 2015: Abbott’s new law makes going ‘solar’ easier for Texans, but will they?
Sept 7, 2015: Luminant Enters Solar Rush
Sept 8, 2015: Luminant Solar Project Expands Diverse Mix of Generation
Sept 8, 2015: Luminant lands Castle Gap PPA
Sept 4, 2015: How Demand Flexibility Can Help During Hot Weather Electricity Price Surges
Sept 5, 2015: Hot and dry in the heartland: Radioactive Texas Waste Dump Threatens Key US Water Resource
Headlines
Sept 10, 2015: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Using Ge Gas Turbine To Support Renewable Power
Sept 10, 2015: Xcel Energy announces fuel cost refund in Texas
Sept 10, 2015: Dynegy Reports Results From 2017/2018 PJM Transition Auction
Sept 10, 2015: AEP Announces Outcome of PJM Capacity Auctions
Sept 9, 2015: University Of Texas Defends Fracking On University Owned Land
Sept 9, 2015: It’s time to embrace wind energy in the Texas Hill Country
Sept 9, 2015: Bryan Texas Utilities investigating cracks found at Lake Bryan dam
Sept 8, 2015: Energy Future bankruptcy plan attacked over fee payments
Sept 9, 2015: Texas PUC Staff: Shopping For Lowest Priced Offer Could Offset Nearly All of Sharyland Distribution Rate Increase
Sept 8, 2015: Fracking on UT System land posing environmental dangers
Sept 8, 2015: School districts may fight El Paso Electric rate increase
Sept 7, 2015: Uranium in the Ogallala: Is Lubbock at Risk?
Sept 3, 2015: Texas-Based CoServ Solar Station Features SolarWorld’s Solar Panels
Sept 8, 2015: California’s failed green energy project lesson for Texas
Sept 1, 2015: Co-ops Let Power and Light Shine Through at TEC 75th Annual Meeting
Sept 5, 2015: Smarts, hard work pay off for Energy Future Holdings lawyer
Sept 4, 2015: SolarWorld’s 72-cell modules used in 2.7MW Texas co-op plant
Sept 4, 2015: Report: Clean energy sector’s job market booms
Sept 3, 2015: Local group says solar power easier, more accessible than ever
Sept 7, 2015: Perhaps EPA’s NSR Enforcement Initiative Is Now Dead? EPA Loses Another
Sept 7, 2015: El Paso Electric wants to increase charges for solar homes
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Sept 10, 2015: REP Industry, Individual Providers Face Array Of Challenges
Sept 8, 2015: New REP Applications Filed at PUCT
Sept 9, 2015: Home Energy Management Company Seeks Texas Retail Electric Provider Certificate
Sept 9, 2015: Start-up Texas REP Launches Service With 3.5¢ Power To Choose-Listed Rate
Sept 9, 2015: Texas Market Veteran Launching New Broker
Sept 8, 2015: Gasoline Marketer Seeks Texas REP Certificate
Sept 8, 2015: New Texas REP Surpasses 250,000 Customer Threshold, Per PUCT Broadcast Fee Allocations
Renewable Power
Sept 9, 2015: U.S. solar power installations exceed 20 gigawatts
Sept 10, 2015: Hybrid solar power system combines photovoltaic and pyroelectric tech
Sept 9, 2015: Renewable Energy Projects Have Substantial Benefits For Public Health
Sept 8, 2015: Winding up
Sept 9, 2015: US researchers develop new solar water-splitting technology
Sept 9, 2015: Technology promises development of solar-powered fuel cells
Sept 9, 2015: DOE Initiatives to Advance Clean Energy Technologies
Sept 9, 2015: U.S. solar power installations exceed 20 gigawatts
Sept 4, 2015: The solar-panel market is ready to heat up
Sept 4, 2015: Solar chimneys meet fuel cells for power generation
Sept 3, 2015: Use of Solar Power Grows in Texas
Outside Texas
Sept 10, 2015: Brooklyn Plans to Avoid Blackouts With Utility-Disrupting ‘Microgrids’
Sept 9, 2015: Southern Power to acquire 151-MW wind park, its 2nd in Oklahoma
Sept 10, 2015: APPA Says Court Precedent Favors Remand of FERC Capacity Performance Decision
Sept 9, 2015: Renewable Energy Projects Have Substantial Benefits For Public Health
Sept 8, 2015: Winding up
Sept 9, 2015: US researchers develop new solar water-splitting technology
Sept 9, 2015: Technology promises development of solar-powered fuel cells
Sept 9, 2015: DOE Initiatives to Advance Clean Energy Technologies
Sept 9, 2015: U.S. solar power installations exceed 20 gigawatts
Sept 8, 2015: Mitsui, Iberdrola Among Those Piling Into Mexico’s Power Market
Sept 4, 2015: Bay eschews politics, embraces analytics as FERC chairman
Sept 8, 2015: Judge Cintron Named Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge
Sept 4, 2015: Japan Electricity Deregulation: Birth Of Municipally Owned Electric Utilities
Sept 4, 2015: MISO’s lack of tariff rules causing disputes
Other News
Sept 4, 2015: EPA Water Rule Applies to Texas After All
Sept 5, 2015: Abbott: We must strengthen our working relationship with Mexico
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Sept 3, 2015: Benefits, flex schedules put ERCOT on Austin’s Best Places to Work
Sept 3, 2015: Sweeping Retirement of Nuclear Power Could Make Obama’s Climate Plan ‘Impossible’
Sept 3, 2015: Plan for wind farm is getting blowback in Hill Country town
Sept 3, 2015: Texas Electric Cooperative’s 2.7 MW Solar Farm Nearly Ready For Business
Sept 2, 2015: Texas grid manager says it can meet winter demand
Sept 1 2015: Houston Seeks to Keep Power to Police Air Pollution
Sept 1, 2015: Duke Energy Renewables buys into Texas wind farm
Aug 27, 2015: Willacy County must be patient with wind farm expansion
Aug 28, 2015: The Procrustean bed of mandatory capacity markets
Aug 28, 2015: Protection Against Extreme Wind Events and Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants
Headlines
Sept 3, 2015: Is Texas lagging in an area of energy policy? Find out what the experts say
Sept 3, 2015: Texas is a growing state for clean energy, but more could be done
Sept 3, 2015: Hidalgo County hires consultant to shave $1.5M off electric bills
Sept 3, 2015: Energy Future Holdings – another major success for chapter 11 mediation?
Sept 2, 2015: Mid-South Synergy constructing community solar program in Grimes County
Sept 2, 2015: Independent spent fuel storage installations
Sept 2, 2015: Decision on Hidalgo County clean energy finance program tabled
Sept 1, 2015: Exelon plans cost cuts, won’t rule out layoffs
Sept 2, 2015: CPS Energy takes step toward new headquarters
Aug 31, 2015: Why is Nest’s smart thermostat getting bigger?
Sept 1, 2015: GridLiance to Acquire the Transmission Assets of the City of Nixa, Missouri, no terms
Aug 31, 2015: Texas looks into price spike at Hunt-owned Sharyland Utilities
Aug 28, 2015: Fitch Affirms Southwest Power Pool’s Long-Term IDR at ‘A’; Outlook Stable
Aug 25, 2015: Transforming trash into energy in Denton
Aug 29, 2015: Austin first city outside California to test Google’s fully self-driving cars
Aug 28, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Hearing Dates Amended
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Sept 3, 2015: AEP Texas Commercial & Industrial Retail Limited Partnership Relinquishes Texas Retail Provider Certificate
Sept 3, 2015: Retail Market Veteran Leading New Broker
Sept 2, 2015: Just Energy Group Announces Favorable Renegotiation of Credit Facility
Aug 31, 2015: Satori Energy Acquires Another Texas Broker
Renewable Power
Sept 1, 2015: Clean Energy ETFs: Mother Nature Dampens U.S. Wind Industry
Sept 2, 2015: Solar Win in Coal’s Back Yard Shows Cheap Way to Beat Blackouts
Sept 3, 2015: 3 Technologies that Will Keep Energy Costs in Check
Sept 3, 2015: American Energy Alliance Leads Front Group Attack on Wind PTC
Sept 3, 2015: Top 10 Solar States Have Strong Renewable Energy Policies
Sept 3, 2015: U.S. Navy Invests in Solar Power
Sept 3, 2015: Made from solar concentrate
Sept 2, 2015: Germany’s E.ON eyes U.S. solar market
Sept 1, 2015: Clean Energy ETFs: Mother Nature Dampens U.S. Wind Industry
Sept 2, 2015: Solar Win in Coal’s Back Yard Shows Cheap Way to Beat Blackouts
Sept 1, 2015: SolarCity Creates New Fund to Finance $400 Million in Solar Projects
Sept 1, 2015: The US Just Made Its Largest Investment In Renewable Energy Yet
Aug 20, 2015: 6 really interesting renewable energy markets
Sept 1, 2015: Three dynamics are shaping the growth of renewable energy
Sept 1, 2015: Solar cell innovation may revolutionize mobile and IoT device charging
Sept 1, 2015: Wind-Power Producers Find Profits as Elusive as a Summer Breeze
Sept 1, 2015: If Only I Were Younger — Investing In Solar Energy
Aug 25, 2015: Elon Musk snaps up SolarCity stock
Sept 1, 2015: Google’s Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers
Sept 1, 2015: Energy Department will pay you $5,000 to design a new logo for plug-in cars
Aug 30, 2015: Exploring New Sources for Renewable Energy
Aug 27, 2015: HVDC Can Connect Low-Cost Wind To Demand Centers For 2 Cents Per Kilowatt-Hour
Aug 28, 2015: Investments In Renewable Energy One Reason Among Many For A Bullish View On Duke
Aug 30, 2015: Warren Buffett vs. the greens
Aug 28, 2015: Utilities Mum on Solar Tax Credit
Aug 28, 2015: Smart-Grid Renewable Energy Needs Intelligent Substations
Outside Texas
Sept 1, 2015: French electric car-sharing service launches in US
Sept 1, 2015: Mexico can be key player in demand surge for US gas, Morningstar analyst says
Sept 1, 2015: NRG To Acquire CT Generating Unit in PJM
Sept 1, 2015: Retail Suppliers Facing Near Doubling of Unhedgeable Capacity Costs For Next Year Under PJM Transitional Auction
Other News
Sept 4, 2015: NOV Filed Against CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
Sept 3, 2015: Dallas bank upbeat ‘except in the energy sector’
Sept 3, 2015: Cheap Oil vs Clean Energy: A Strong Environmental Trade-Off
Sept 3, 2015: Does Houston have the right to enforce clean air laws? The Texas Supreme Court will decide
Sept 1 2015: Amazon Competitor Tries To Lure Vendors, Shoppers By Selling Them Discounted Retail Electricity
Aug 28, 2015: Sitton: Energy outlook ‘rosy’
Aug 28, 2015: Judge Casts EPA Rule into Muddy Legal Waters
Aug 29, 2015: Pritzker: Coordinated strategy needed for US-Mexico projects
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Updated 8/28/15
Aug 28, 2015: Massive Bankruptcy Tests Texas Utility Regulators
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Aug 28, 2015: Texas PUC Staff: Generators’ Objections to Houston Import Project Should Be Denied
Aug 27, 2015: The Big Opportunity: Electric Utilities Must Learn To Leverage The Internet Of Things
Aug 27, 2015: There’s a big change coming to how we power our homes — and it isn’t about solar or batteries
Aug 27, 2015: US Nuclear Reactors Post Another Month of Reliable Electricity Production
Aug 26, 2015: Texas Grid Survives Heat, but Could Use More Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
Aug 26, 2015: In Texas, a coal mine opens to power Mexico
Aug 26, 2015: As natural gas replaces coal, U.S. utilities invest big in the future
Aug 25, 2015: Judge dismisses much of federal pollution suit againt Luminant, citing statute of limitations
Aug 25, 2015: US unveils USD 1bn in loan guarantees for distributed generation
Aug 24, 2015: Forwards recap: September power ekes out gains amid forecasts for persistent warming
Aug 20, 2015: A look at the world’s most competitive retail electricity market: Texas
Aug 21, 2015: El Paso Electric axes Fort Bliss solar plant plans
Aug 21, 2015: How Synchrophasors Are Bringing The Grid Into The 21st Century
Headlines
Aug 28, 2015: Massive Bankruptcy Tests Texas Utility Regulators
Aug 27, 2015: Commentary: Oncor to Change Owners? Two BIG Reasons Why It Matters
Aug 27, 2015: Texas Legislative Wrap-Up: A Summary of Electricity-Related Bills Passed by the 84th Legislature
Aug 28, 2015: Bryan Texas Utilities warns customers of phone scam
Aug 26, 2015: El Paso Electric’s new increased solar rate not sitting well with residents
Aug 26, 2015: Luminant sues appraisal district: EFH FILES IN BANKRUPTCY COURT SAME DAY
Aug 25, 2015: Is the end in sight for the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy?
Aug 25, 2015: Judge looks to end Energy Future bankruptcy
Aug 25, 2015: Hunt Consolidated Takes the Lead in the Bidding for Oncor, Energy Future Holding’s (EFH) Transmission and Distribution Utility
Aug 25, 2015: Why American Electric Power’s Recent Rally Will Continue, In 4 Charts
Aug 24, 2015: 2 Stocks to Watch in Energy REITs
Aug 24, 2015: El Paso Electric to create new customer class, proposes rate increase for solar customers
Aug 22, 2015: CTEC hosts annual meeting, elects board members
Aug 21, 2015: Hunt’s deal to buy Oncor faces scrutiny from Texas PUC and Justice Dept.
Aug 21, 2015: Oncor offers safety advice against imposters
Aug 23, 2015: Mexican energy reform brings big opportunities to Houston’s midstream companies
Aug 23, 2015: Texas PUC Staff Find Sharyland’s Proposal To Change TCRF Allocation Factors, “Reasonable”
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Aug 28, 2015: BlueDot Claims that its Rate Plan Optimizer Is Saving Texas Customers 51% on Electric Bills
Aug 27, 2015: Verde Energy USA Names Don Whaley Head Of Texas Affiliate
Aug 27, 2015: Texas Rep Now Offering Plenti Points For Paying Energy Charges on Bill
Aug 26, 2015: Japanese Retail Energy Company Says It Is Advancing Towards JV With U.S. Retail Supplier
Aug 26, 2015: Texas REP Receives Approval To Use Trade Name Circular Energy
Aug 25, 2015: Obama Cites Retail Supplier in Announcing Renewable, Energy Efficiency Actions
Power Grid Security
Aug 26, 2015: AEP security chief adds cybersecurity to duties
Renewable Power
Aug 27, 2015: SolarCity wants to help utilities plan better for distributed resources
Aug 27, 2015: Tesla’s New Car Is So Good, It Literally Broke the Consumer Reports Scale
Aug 26, 2015: Germany: 35% more PV storage installations
Aug 27, 2015: Whittington: Obama administration admits that solar, wind subsidies can end
Aug 11, 2015: The U.S. added 4.8 GW of wind power in 2014, 24% of electricity capacity additions
Aug 27, 2015: 5 Unique Ways to Use Solar Power
Aug 27, 2015; Geothermal Community Could Be a Game Changer
Aug 27, 2015: Clean-energy patent suits on the rise
Aug 26, 2015: Top leaders of Solyndra solar panel company repeatedly misled federal officials, investigation finds
Aug 26, 2015: New module lowers the cost of offshore wind power
Aug 27, 2015: “Smart” solar palm trees power Wi-Fi, phones in Dubai
Aug 26, 2015: DOE Attempts to Jump-Start Concentrated Solar
Aug 24, 2015: Utilities seeing solar in a new light
Aug 23, 2015: Vivint Solar Teams Up With Google In Newly Announced “Project Sunroof”
Aug 20, 2015: Thanks for Buying a $100,000 Tesla. Want a Tote Bag With That?
Aug 21, 2015: Wind Energy Is Having a Railroad Moment
Aug 24, 2015: Obama gives clean energy a $1 billion boost
Aug 15, 2015: Texas Leads Nation in Wind Power
Aug 24, 2015: Geothermal Heat with Little Environmental Impact
Aug 21, 2015: Solar power crosses threshold, gets cheaper than natural gas
Aug 23, 2015: Wind Energy Could Blow U.S. Coal Industry Away
Aug 21, 2015: Google’s Project Sunroof Aims to Bring Solar Power to the Masses
Aug 21, 2015: Food Waste And Beef Fat Will Be Making Airplanes Soar
Aug 21, 2015: Load Shifting With Electric Vehicles Is A Great Match To Wind In Many Areas
Aug 21, 2015: How wind’s record low prices are driving a ‘big build cycle’
Aug 21, 2015: Department of Energy Selects U.C. Berkeley To Lead Consortium For U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center’s Energy-Water Track
Aug 21, 2015: Turning red to blue for solar energy
Aug 20, 2015: Elon Musk’s hyperloop is actually getting kind of serious
Outside Texas
Aug 25, 2015: Exelon Just Won $653 Million Through PJM Capacity Auction, Why Is Nuke Bailout Needed?
Aug 21, 2015: PJM capacity prices clear ‘right smack’ on expectations
Aug 24, 2015: PJM Capacity Prices Spike For 2018-19
Aug 24, 2015: Three Exelon nuclear plants do not clear capacity auction
Aug 21, 2015: The Duke Energy Train Keeps Rolling Along
Other News
Aug 27, 2015: Texas is booming and investors are yawning
Aug 27, 2015: Texas A&M chemistry professor receives $1.5 million grant to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Aug 26, 2015: Priority Power Management Secures 10-Year Electrical Infrastructure and Services Agreement with Lucid Energy WesTex, LLC
Aug 26, 2015: September gas futures drift ahead of options expiration
Aug 24, 2015: September gas futures extend losses amid ongoing fundamental weakness
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Updated 8/21/15
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Aug 20, 2015: Fitch: US Nuclear Power Growth Prospects Uncertain
Aug 17, 2015: Texas electric grid serves record-high power demand
Aug 18, 2015: Dog days of summer no match for power of CPS Energy
Aug 18, 2015: Texas Sets Record for Gas Power Burn, Still Barely Enough
Aug 18, 2015: Panda Power Funds plans to expand Sherman 758-megawatt gas-power plant by 50 percent
Aug 18, 2015: New power plant in the Valley to increase energy reliability
Aug 18, 2015: Capacity Factor At Six-Year High In June
Aug 14, 2015: New 225MW gas-fired power plant for STEC under construction in North Edinburg
Aug 15, 2015: New Valley power plant brings jobs
Aug 17, 2015: The Grid that thinks for itself
Aug 17, 2015: U.S. Nuclear Plants Show Best Performance Yet
Aug 17, 2015: New Approach Could Reduce Human Health Impacts of Electric Power Generation
Aug 14, 2015: Texas Power Market Hasn’t Been This Hot Since It Was Cold
Aug 17, 2015: Texas Commissioner Anderson: 300 MW Of Price Responsive Load “Vaporizes” As ERCOT Prices Increase
Aug 15, 2015: Summer’s annual test of the Texas electric grid
Aug 11, 2015: Heck of a Class Project: An ‘Affordable, Robust, Compact’ Fusion Reactor Design, Buildable in a Decade
Aug 14, 2015; Nuclear Power Industry Still Has an Unclear Future
Aug 14, 2015: Most powerful nuclear power plants in North America
Headlines
Aug 20, 2015: Exclusive: Public utilities chief raises red flags on Hunt plan to buy Oncor
Aug 20, 2015; Upgrades To Texas Transmission Lines Slashes Wind Curtailment
Aug 20, 2015: Options Abound On Ways To Save On Your Utility Bills
Aug 19, 2015: Justice Department moves to block Energy Future bankruptcy over environmental liabilities
Aug 20, 2015; Feds ask court to block EFH bankruptcy over environmental issues
Aug 19, 2015: Study: Customer Service Is Key in Courting Retail Energy Prospects
Aug 19, 2015: From Steep to Cheap: Deregulated Power Prices in Texas
Aug 18, 2015: Deregulated TX: Lost savings in the multi-billions
Aug 17, 2015: El Paso Solar customers worry about rate case
Aug 19, 2015: All taxing entities would fund Luminant suit
Aug 17, 2015: Solar energy financing event to be in Austin next week
Aug 17, 2015: How Texas wind farms are putting intermittency concerns to rest
Aug 18, 2015: KKR Losses May Reach $5 Billion From Samson, Energy Future Busts
Aug 17, 2015: BBB warns of people posing as Oncor employees
Aug 14, 2015: New Texas Law Closes Loophole in Solar Panel-HOA Guidelines
Aug 17, 2015: Southwest Power Pool Appoints Mark Bowling Director of Compliance and Security
Aug 15, 2015: Beneby was ‘a change agent’ at CPS
Aug 16, 2015: We can only hope to scale back electric rate in El Paso
Aug 15, 2015: CPS Energy must stay focused on renewables
Aug 16, 2015: Suspicious phone scam circulates in the Permian Basin
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Aug 20, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Offering 10% Cash Back
Aug 20, 2015: Texas REP To Relinquish Certificate
Aug 19, 2015: New Texas REP Named Official Retail Electricity Sponsor of University of Texas Athletics
Aug 18, 2015: GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA Offers VRewards to Help Commercial and Industrial Customers Save Energy and Money
Aug 17, 2015: Crius-Comcast Retail Brand Launches In New State; Texas California Launches On Tap
Power Grid Security
Aug 20, 2015: World’s nuclear facilities vulnerable to cyber-attacks
Aug 18, 2015: Mitigating cybersecurity risk with the cloud
Aug 18, 2015: Lockdown of SRS is lifted after possible security threat
Aug 18, 2015: No explosives found at nuclear facility at Savannah River Site after lockdown, officials say
Renewable Power
Aug 20, 2015: Recycling: New facility will turn food scraps into natural gas
Aug 20, 2015: World’s First Solar Powered Airport Has Arrived
Aug 20, 2015: Cochin Airport Goes Green With Solar Power
Aug 20, 2015: Cheap Renewable Energy is Here. Why Doesn’t The Grid Plan For It?
Aug 20, 2015: Corporate Demand for Renewable Energy is Increasing
Aug 20, 2015: IT Industry’s Renewable Energy Procurement is Significant, Set to Climb
Aug 18, 2015: On The Rebound: Merchant Wind Projects Becoming Popular Alternative For U.S. Off-Take Agreements
Aug 19, 2015: Solar farm to be first in Texas
Aug 19, 2015: Renewable Energy Takes Second Place Spot Behind Coal
Aug 19, 2015: Wind Power Must Now Contend with Extreme Weather
Aug 19, 2015: Google’s Project Sunroof Makes Solar Power Easier
Aug 19, 2015: Why Renewable Energy in Latin America is a Winner
Aug 19, 2015: Audi, Mercedes ready challenges to Tesla luxury electric car dominance
Aug 19, 2015: New report makes recommendations to drive benefits of renewable energy
Aug 16, 2015: Going green: Alternatives to dwindling resources
Aug 19, 2015: Power companies may have found a new way to crack into the solar business
Aug 18, 2015: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Hydropower
Aug 18, 2015: Hydropower Market Expected to Grow into 2019
Aug 17, 2015: Natural Gas is Helping Build the U.S. Renewable Energy Portfolio
Aug 17, 2015: Google’s New ‘Project Sunroof’ Will Tell You How Much Solar Power You Could Be Generating
Aug 17, 2015: USDA shells $63m into biofuels and renewable energy
Aug 18, 2015: College student lives in 96-square-foot solar-powered house
Aug 15, 2015: The Lowly Lightbulb Outshines Solar and Wind on U.S. Power Grids
Aug 14, 2015: Investors have been dumping solar shares based on a misconception about energy
Aug 14, 2015: The financial problems with wind turbines and solar power
Aug 14, 2015: One of the newest, most viable forms of clean energy could beat all other existing options
Outside Texas
Aug 13, 2015: Summer Full of Historic Anniversaries for Electric Industry; NERC Board Approves Resolutions on ES-ISAC Strategic Review
Aug 14, 2015: NRC finds ‘small’ environmental impacts from proposed Yucca Mountain waste site
Other News
Aug 20, 2015: NextEra seeks to build natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma and Texas
Aug 19, 2015: Tesla Stock Sale Raises $738 Million as Banks Buy Option Shares
Aug 17, 2015: Better hedged, mid-cap gas producers seen driving production growth in 2016
Aug 17, 2015: Obama Proposal Targets Methane Emissions
Aug 17, 2015: Castleton Commodities International LLC Acquires Certain East Texas Assets from EDF Trading Resources, LLC
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Aug 13, 2015: ERCOT: Energy reserves return to normal
Aug 13, 2015: Meet the new man in charge of Texas’ electric grid
Aug 13, 2015: Sherman power plant helps ease ERCOT power demand
Aug 13, 2015: Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Celebrates 25 Years of Powering Texas
Aug 12, 2015: Gov. Abbott urges Texans to conserve energy responsibly as demand grows
Aug 12, 2015: Tax incentives paving way for Sherman power plant expansion
Aug 12, 2015: Coal industry bemoans ‘seesaw’ effect as utilities switch between coal, natural gas
Aug 12, 2015: Things aren’t looking too hot for coal & natural gas
Aug 12, 2015: Clean Power Plan will significantly impact US coal power
Aug 12, 2015: Big power company Constellation to finance Bloom Energy’s fuel cells
Aug 11, 2015: Despite records in heat wave, Texas power grid holds steady
Aug 11, 2015: Texans staying cool but paying the price
Aug 7, 2015: NRG expects 2016 startup for Texas carbon capture coal plant
Aug 11, 2015: What will Obama’s power plan do to the grid?
Aug 11, 2015: The nuclear waste divide
Aug 10, 2015: Triple-digit temps and record demand? No problem yet for Texas grid operator
Aug 10, 2015: ERCOT system breaks 69,000 megawatts in hourly peak demand for first time ever
Aug 9, 2015: SolarCity, Tesla roll out batteries that store sun’s energy for nighttime
Aug 4, 2015: Report: Storage boom to rival solar as battery prices drop 40-60% by 2020
Aug 10, 2015: Planned natural gas power plants making headway at many locations
Aug 11, 2015: The 30-Year-Old Trick That’s Going to Keep America’s Coal Alive
Aug 10, 2015: Obama plan has no role for nuclear power
Aug 7, 2015: US companies target investment in power sector
Aug 10, 2015: Texas PUC Staff Seek Guidance on Increasing or Eliminating MW Cap in Defining Distributed Generation
Aug 5, 2015: SunEdison Starts Construction On 300 MW Texas Wind Farm
Aug 9, 2015: ERCOT’s Heat Challenges: Balancing Electric Supply And Demand
Aug 9, 2015: Scheduled power outage in Sharyland area service delayed due to heat wave
Aug 7, 2015: Sonnenbatterie selects Ideal Power’s conversion system for commercial energy storage systems
Headlines
Aug 13, 2015: Austin Energy sets new record for peak energy demand
Aug 13, 2015: CPS Energy needs a more complete solar incentive package
Aug 13, 2015: Somervell County prepares for Luminant’s lawsuit
Aug 12, 2015: AEP Names Haynes Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Chief Risk Officer
Aug 12, 2015: CPS Energy’s CEO resigning
Aug 12, 2015: Energy Future Faces Criticism on Bankruptcy Plan
Aug 12, 2015: How Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy could change Oncor
Aug 12, 2015: Deregulated Electricity a Mixed Bag for Consumers
Aug 12, 2015: With creditor support, new EFH reorganization plan would convert Oncor to REIT
Aug 12, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Proposal Accepted by Hunt Consolidated
Aug 11, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Exit Plan Filed
Aug 12, 2015: Company looks to unload Oncor
Aug 12, 2015: Lubbock Electric board votes to take down RFP
Aug 10, 2015: Brownsville Herald: Lowering electricity use, costs in RGV
Aug 10, 2015: UT Austin, Japan Partner to Cut Energy Use at Data Centers
Aug 11, 2015: Phishing scam related to electric bills circulating
Aug 10, 2015: With Hunt deal in hand, Energy Future looks to end bankruptcy
Aug 10, 2015: Hunt’s offer to buy Oncor could revitalize EFH bankruptcy proceedings
Aug 10, 2015: Complex Electricity Grids, Ever More Data, And The Critical Human Factor
Aug 10, 2015: Energy Future Holdings chooses Hunt plan to exit bankruptcy
Aug 10, 2015: Energy Future cuts deal with Hunts for Oncor
Aug 10, 2015: Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Consortium Selected by Energy Future Holdings As Plan For Bankruptcy Solution
Aug 10, 2015: Energy Future Launches Bid to Exit Bankruptcy
Aug 9, 2015: Junior creditors close to taking control at Oncor
Aug 9, 2015: Strategic reduction in electricity demand means big savings
Aug 8, 2015: El Paso Electric to seek 8-12 percent rate hike
Aug 9, 2015: El Paso Electric Company Rating Lowered to Sell at Zacks
Aug 8, 2015: Berkshire Hathaway Is Said in Talks to Buy Precision Castparts
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Aug 14, 2015: Just Energy Margins Higher, Customer Count Drops As Company Focuses on Per-Customer Profitability
Aug 14, 2015: Spark Energy “Absolutely” Looking At More Acquisitions, Records Organic Growth
Aug 14, 2015: Crius Provides Date For Comcast Energy Rewards, Network Marketing To Be Operational in Texas
Aug 13, 2015: Spark Energy Reports Higher Earnings, “Enhanced Margins”
Aug 13, 2015: Crius Energy Reports Customer Growth, Earnings for Q2
Aug 13, 2015: Parent of Texas REP Exceeds 100,000 RCEs, Reports Earnings Growth
Aug 13, 2015: Texas Rep Offering Five-Year Residential Fixed Rate in Texas
Aug 13, 2015: Two Retail Suppliers Rank in Top 50 of Inc. 500 List
Aug 11, 2015: New Retail Provider Ranks Highest in Texas Customer Satisfaction, J.D. Power Rankings for 8 Other States Released
Aug 11, 2015: Constellation Expands Its Growing Home Energy Services Business to Texas
Aug 10, 2015: JPMorgan Purchases Stake in Retail Supplier
Aug 10, 2015: Texas Rep Offering Businesses “No Regrets” Energy Supply Pricing
Renewable Power
Aug 13, 2015: How Wind and Solar Will Blow Up Power Markets
Aug 14, 2015: Solar is having a great year, except on Wall Street
Aug 12, 2015: Is Sen. Cornyn blowing with the wind?
Aug 12, 2015: Another Low-Solar-Price Record: Saudi Electric Company Lands Solar PPA Under 5¢/kWh
Aug 12, 2015: Why Green Energy Execs Don’t Fear Falling Oil Prices
Aug 12, 2015: U.S. Wind Power Fleet Grew At 8 Percent Rate During 2014
Aug 12, 2015: Military’s Shift Toward Renewable Energy
Aug 12, 2015: How the wind power sector found a vital ally in Microsoft
Aug 12, 2015: US Investment In Wind Power Surges, With Texas Far In the Lead
Aug 12, 2015: Electric cars are only as green as their power grid
Aug 11, 2015: Wind Generation Met 4.4% of US Electricity Demand in 2014
Aug 4, 2015: Truck of the future weds hybrid and solar technologies
Aug 11, 2015: Here’s How Elon Musk Gets Tesla to 500,000 Cars a Year by 2020
Aug 7, 2015: This is why Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been buying up SolarCity’s bonds
Aug 10, 2015: Are electric vehicles harboring a dirty little secret?
Aug 7, 2015: SolarCity’s Prospects Remain Bright
Aug 10, 2015: Analysis: Wind power taking off in U.S.
Aug 9, 2015: Turning Cow Poo Into Power is Profitable for US Farm
Aug 7, 2015: Rooftop solar sales tactics draw scrutiny
Aug 7, 2015: Using biomass to power geothermal generation
Aug 9, 2015: USDA Invests $63 Million to Support 264 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Nationwide
Aug 7, 2015: Solar projects begin encroaching oil territory
Outside Texas
Aug 12, 2015: Retail Supplier Offers To Lead Discussions on Raising Offer Cap, Presents Proposal
Aug 11, 2015: Japan restarts reactor after break from nuclear power due to Fukushima meltdowns
Aug 10, 2015: In Sweltering Europe, Air Conditioning Is No Way to Cope with Heat
Aug 7, 2015: Entergy: Electricity rate to drop
Aug 7, 2015: Japan prepares to restart its nuclear power plants
Other News
Aug 12, 2015: New Texas Aggregator Counts Market Veteran Among Management
Aug 4, 2015: Software mogul Tom Siebel funds AI, drone research to tackle energy crisis
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For the Week of 7/31/15 — 8/7/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
Aug 6, 2015: Texas breaks 2 electricity demand records in 1 day
Aug 6, 2015: US Installs Record Wind Capacity In Q2’15, Texas Reigns Supreme
Aug 6, 2015: Texas has its own supply of cheap — and dirty — coal
Aug 6, 2015: Perspective: The costly power plant rule
Aug 6, 2015: Tesla’s new low-cost battery: ‘the missing piece’ in sustainable energy?
Aug 5, 2015: Hot weather could push ERCOT to new peak power demand record by week’s end
Aug 5, 2015: NRG, partners plan 2016 start for carbon capture project at Texas coal plant
Aug 5, 2015: Entergy pushes grid upgrades as wholesale earnings slip
Aug 5, 2015: Will State Correct A Big Mistake In What Texans Paid For Electricity?
Aug 4, 2015: Texas’ switch to wind, gas power likely to accelerate under EPA proposals
Aug 4, 2015: Comply or not? Texas officials now must decide about emission rules
Aug 4, 2015: Clean Power Plan Should be Met with Texas-Sized Innovation
Aug 4, 2015: Shale gas is surprise loser in Obama climate plan push for renewables
Aug 3, 2015: Pattern Energy acquires remaining capacity at Gulf Wind power facility
Aug 4, 2015: Nextera Reiterates “Bearish” Attitude on Merchant Generation In Addressing Texas Plant Sale Rumors
Aug 3, 2015: Texas, USA’s energy leader, faces power crisis. Why?
Aug 3, 2015: The winners, losers in Obama’s clean power plan
Aug 3, 2015: Obama Unveils Climate Rules, With Texas-Wide Implications
Aug 2, 2015: New Nuclear Power Seen as Big Winner in Obama’s Energy Plan
Aug 2, 2015: Construction underway for IKEA wind farm in South Texas
July 31, 2015: ERCOT Reports Record Week In Electricity Demand
July 31, 2015: ERCOT Says Plants Not Needed for RMR Service
July 31, 2015: What locational value do DERs provide to the grid?
July 31, 2015: Fuel cell industry charges forward thanks to big corporate customers
July 31, 2015: The grid that thinks for itself
July 31, 2015: Electricity from natural gas surpasses coal for first time, but just for one month
Headlines
Aug 6, 2015: New Transmission Line in the Valley a Year from Completion
Aug 6, 2015: Dynegy Announces 2015 Second Quarter Results, Launches $250 Million Share Repurchase Program
Aug 6, 2015: San Marcos warning residents about utility bill scam
Aug 6, 2015: Texas Retail Providers Oppose Delay Sought By OPUC in Sharyland TCRF Update
Aug 6, 2015: Ken Paxton: Wrong even when he’s right on Texas carbon emissions
Aug 5, 2015: Austin Energy Says it’s Ahead of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Aug 5, 2015: What CPP? Utilities already ahead of renewable goals
Aug 5, 2015: 16 states ask Obama admin to put power plant rules on hold
Aug 5, 2015: U.S. carbon emissions at 27-year-low
Aug 5, 2015: EPA rule earns ridicule in oil and gas country, but some support percolates
Aug 5, 2015: Major Google announcement coming today for SA
Aug 5, 2015: Tech Billionaire Tom Siebel Launches Institute To Tackle Proliferation Of Power Grid Data
Aug 4, 2015: Oncor Takeover Plan Gains Ground in Energy Future Bankruptcy
Aug 3, 2015: Power To Choose -Or To Pay More? State Of Texas Website Faulted By Consumers
Aug 4, 2015: NRG Reports “Record” Retail Results, Customer Count Drops on Attrition in Acquired Book
Aug 4, 2015: NextEra Energy (NEE) James Robo on Q2 2015 Results
Aug 3, 2015: EFIH 2nd Lien Noteholder Disclosure Materials through Kramer Levin (Counsel)
Aug 3, 2015: How utilities can address branding issues
Aug 3, 2015: TXU Parent Residential Customer Count Dips, C&I Growth Continues
July 30, 2015: Power to Choose will help consumers filter out electricity plans charging “minimum use fees”
July 29, 2015: Calpine: More Retail Acquisitions “Could Make Sense,” But Not “Super High Priority”
July 31, 2015: Texas REP’s Sought Waiver of TPV Requirement For New Sales Approach Set for Hearing, PUCT Weighs Whether Generic Rulemaking Needed
Aug 2, 2015: Austin water bills going up, electric bills decreasing
Aug 2, 2015: Obama to mandate steeper emissions cuts from US power plants
Aug 3, 2015: Obama’s Clean Power Plan faces tough legal scrutiny
Aug 2, 2015: Utilities Hope Texas Plays Ball on Clean Air Plan
Aug 1, 2015: New EPA rule on greenhouse gases the latest blow to King Coal
July 31, 2015: EPA plan to push back power plant deadline ‘window dressing,’ critics say
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Aug 5, 2015: Spark Energy Hires Retail Market Veteran As Executive Vice President
Aug 5, 2015: Direct Energy Focused on More “Sustainable” Business Model, Focuses on Delivering Organic Growth
Aug 4, 2015: Texas REP Files To Reflect New Ownership
July 31, 2015: Direct Energy Takes To Twitter To Reward Conservation In Light of ERCOT Plea
July 31, 2015: Retail Theater: NRG’s “Power Behind the Plug”
July 31, 2015: New Retail Provider Receives Texas REP Certificate
Power Grid Security
Aug 3, 2015: Cybersecurity Is a Priority for Local Texas Utilities
Renewable Power
Aug 6, 2015: Berkshire Hathaway Sharpens Focus on Renewable Energy Projects
Aug 6, 2015: Support for renewable energy up, fracking and nuclear down
Aug 6, 2015: UPS signs three renewable fuels agreements
Aug 6, 2015: When Relying On The Sun, Energy Storage Remains Out Of Reach
Aug 6, 2015: Among the States, Self-Driving Cars Have Ignited a Gold Rush
Aug 6, 2015: Solar projects begin encroaching oil territory
Aug 6, 2015: Tesla production falls behind
July 31, 2015: Is renewables investment making ownership more democratic?
Aug 2, 2015: Hydroelectric and wind energy projects lead investments in the Americas
Aug 3, 2015: Senate inquiry recommends national standards on windfarm noise levels
July 29, 2015: If wind energy is ‘strong,’ why does it need subsidies?
Aug 1, 2015: America’s first offshore wind farm is the test bed for a new industry
Aug 3, 2015: Van Sack: Booting Up — Solar’s day in sun nearing end
Aug 3, 2015: Solar installers brace for impact as tax credit cap sets in
Aug 3, 2015: BMW Drivers Get Paid $1,000 to Delay Charging i3 Electric Cars
July 31, 2015: Five Big Brands Using Renewable Energy
July 31, 2015: Butterfly pose helps solar panels boost efficiency
July 31, 2015: Liquid Solar Technology Could Be Next Gen of Renewable Energy
Outside Texas
July 31, 2015: 3 ex-TEPCO execs to face criminal charges in nuclear crisis
Other News
Aug 6, 2015: NOV Filed Concerning ERCOT Region Generation Resource
Announcement
July 6, 2015: Texas RE Announcement: New Texas RE Conference Center Available for Workshops and Events
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For the Week of 7/24/15 — 8/1/15
Updated 7/31/15
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
July 30, 2015: Texas Wholesale Power Surges as Grid Warns of Reserve Shortage
July 30, 2015: ERCOT calls for conservation as power demand nears record high
July 30, 2015: Coal has a future
July 30, 2015: Obamacare Case To Be Turned Against Government On Emissions Rule
July 30, 2015: EPA Ordered to Review Limits on Cross-Border Coal Emissions
July 29, 2015: Falling behind: EU shows why US electricity trading lagging
July 29, 2015: Blasting Air Conditioners Raise Power Prices as U.S. East Broils
July 29, 2015: Court slams White House and EPA overreach attempts in favor of Texas citizens
July 27, 2015: No brownout concerns despite East Texas heat
July 28, 2015: US to inspect Arkansas nuclear plant with poor safety record
July 26, 2015: Researchers at UT Arlington Develop Solar Cell that Stores Energy When It’s Dark
July 27, 2015: Power Purchase Agreements allow utilities to build renewable resources
July 26, 2015: University of Texas Develops More Energy Efficient Window
July 24, 2015: Praise for H-E-B’s RGV solar project
July 27, 2015: Three Ways The Energy Policy Act Ushered In The Frackopoly
July 24, 2015: Texas grid poised to handle summer heat well
July 26, 2015: Texas Microgrid Integrates 9 Different Distributed Generation Sources With Storage
July 27, 2015: Opening of “Shared Solar” Project Signals Strong Future for NRG and Community Solar Model
July 24, 2015: Could Next-Gen Reactors Spark Revival In Nuclear Power?
Headlines
July 30, 2015: Moody’s warns Hunt Consolidated that its Oncor plan has risks
July 30, 2015: Moody’s warns Hunt of risks on Oncor deal
July 30, 2015: Brodesky: Solar democracy, or CPS monopoly?
July 30, 2015; Solar Farm in the Works for Dawson County
July 30, 2015: CEO of Xcel Energy says the utility supports large-scale solar projects
July 30, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Corp. Bankruptcy Establishes Deadline for Filing Claims for Current or future asbestos-related illness
July 30, 2015: Oncor CEO Shapard loses chairman seat
July 30, 2015: Jim Adams Named Non-Executive Chairman of the Oncor Board
July 30, 2015: Oncor asks Texomans to conserve electricity usage
July 30, 2015: Midland Officials Warning Residents About ONCOR Scam
July 29, 2015: BlueDot can find you cheap electricity and monitor your home’s power use
July 29, 2015; Clear winners? Experts claim deregulated retail energy markets are better
July 29, 2015: County, MAD prepare for court battle with Luminant
July 29, 2015: PISD inn Texas sees first action in wind energy
July 28, 2015: High-wire act — rising costs in Texas challenge retail market
July 28, 2015; AEP gets new COO
July 28, 2015: Court orders EPA to redo air-pollution limits in 13 states
July 28, 2015: In Latest EPA Ruling, Both Sides Claim a Win
July 28, 2015: Texas Renewable energy group names new executive director
July 27, 2015: Xcel Energy Names Corporate Development Leader, New Treasurer
July 27, 2015: In new twist, Hunt Consolidated now in the lead to acquire Oncor
July 27, 2015: Fitch Rates Garland, Texas’ Series 2015 Ltd Tax & Electric Utility System Rev Rfdg Bonds ‘AAA’
July 23, 2015: AEP profits increase; predicts stronger ’15
July 27, 2015: AEP Names Wade Smith To Transmission Leadership Role; Bruce Evans To Lead AEP Texas
July 24, 2015: Energy Future favors Hunt debt repayment plan to exit bankruptcy
July 23, 2015: Luminant Generation Awards 5-Year Service Deal To Fluor Corporation
July 25, 2015: BlueDot can find you cheap electricity and monitor your home’s power use
July 25, 2015: Pratt receives Texas Public Power Association service award
Texas Retail Electric Providers
July 30, 2015: Direct Energy Records “Significantly Higher” Profit
July 30, 2015: Reliant Seeks Supplier Licenses in New States
July 29, 2015: TXU Says Aggregator’s Name Could Create Customer Confusion
July 29, 2015: Texas Staff Recommend REP Be Allowed To Use Trade Name Energy Rewards
July 28, 2015: Court Dismisses Suit Against Retail Supplier Which Had Alleged Prices Were Not Competitive As Promised
July 28, 2015: Parent of Texas REP Hires Energy Market Vet To Help Lead National Expansion
July 28, 2015: Retail Supplier Launches New Rewards Program
July 28, 2015: Texas REP Seeks to Use Trade Name Circular Energy
July 28, 2015: Texas REP Says It Wouldn’t Sue Over Use of Term “Energy Rewards”, But Reserves Rights If “Brand” Infringed
July 28, 2015: Direct Energy, First Choice Power Reveal New Brand Look
July 27, 2015: Texas Public Energy Alliance Receives Aggregator Certificate
Power Grid Security
July 30, 2015: Hackers can take over nuclear power plants thanks to Industrial Ethernet Switches
July 26, 2015: FERC: Tighter standards needed to guard against utility cyberattacks
July 23, 2015: Lloyd’s report highlights risk of cyberattacks on national power grid
July 24, 2015: Congressional Hearing reminds us of the terrifying possibility of apocalypse by solar storm
Renewable Power
July 30, 2015: UPS furthers strides toward renewable fuels
July 30, 2015: Obama administration aims to boost affordability of solar power
July 30, 2015: Offshore Wind Power Comes to the US
July 30, 2015: A new bill could improve geothermal energy developments in the U.S.
July 27, 2015: Build San Antonio Green merges with Solar San Antonio
July 28, 2015: New material combines photons for big solar energy gains
July 28, 2015: Mid-South Synergy rolls out incentive for solar power
July 27, 2015: Good News for Renewable Energy
July 27, 2015: U.S. Wind Power On Course To Grow Big
July 27, 2015: In a Geothermal State of Mind
July 27, 2015: Secondary-Use Chevrolet Volt Batteries Power Their Way Into the Record Books
July 27, 2015: Wind turbines threaten Midwest birds, feds say
July 25, 2015: Solar technology could give consumers the power to get off the grid
July 24, 2015: Offshore wind power is finally coming to the U.S.
July 24, 2015: Electric Co-ops and White House Officials to Discuss Collaboration on Efficiency and Renewable Energy
July 23, 2015: Hydropower Market Installed Capacity Will Reach 1,524 GW By 2020: Grand View Research, Inc.
July 24, 2015: Change the rules on smart-grid investments
Outside Texas
July 30, 2015: New power rules may save two Exelon nuclear plants in Illinois
July 24, 2015: FERC clears Duke Energy Florida acquisition of 590-MW plant from Calpine
July 28, 2015: FERC Approves Termination of Tres Amigas Interconnection Agreement
July 26, 2015: Juárez is largest producer of solar panels in Mexico
Other News
July 30, 2015: Southwest student engineers rally at solar car race
July 30, 2015: FERC to review three LNG projects in Brownsville
July 28, 2015: Wired to fail
July 27, 2015: Texas Railroad Commission regulates oil and gas wells
Announcement
July 6, 2015: Texas RE Announcement: New Texas RE Conference Center Available for Workshops and Events
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For the Week of 7/17/15 — 7/24/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
July 10, 2015: Wind Power’s Growth In Texas Triggers Challenge To Renewable Energy Mandates
July 23, 2015: Clean Power Plan to hit Hispanic families in Texas hard
July 22, 2015: Outrage over EPA emissions regulations fades as states find fixes
July 22, 2015: Texas’ New Braunfels Utilities selects Silver Spring Networks for smart grid and smart water programme
July 24, 2015: Why We Need Nuclear Power
July 22, 2015: Smart Thermostats Begin to Dominate the Market in 2015
July 22, 2015: Smart grid companies raise $289M in first half of 2015
July 22, 2015: Foundation floats interstate compact to fight Clean Power Plan
July 22, 2015: Coal loses market share in MISO
July 22, 2015: Court rejects government position in nuke waste dispute with Entergy
July 22, 2015: August gas futures near unchanged amid indecisive fundamentals
July 21, 2015: Wind developers have 25.5GW of projects in ERCOT grid queue
July 17, 2015: The Privatization of Public Utilities Has One Major Upside
July 21, 2015: ERCOT Says Transferring Customer-Facing Aspect of Smart Meter Texas To ERCOT Inappropriate, Introduces Risk
July 21, 2015: The ‘Bring Your Own Device’ Movement Is a Vital Part of a Smart Grid
July 20, 2015: Can U.S. Nuclear Plants Operate For 80 Years?
July 20, 2015: U.S. nuclear outages are low during summer peak electricity demand season
July 17, 2015: HEB Unveils Largest Solar Panel Roof System in Texas
July 17, 2015: Natural gas fueling change in utilities
July 17, 2015: Natural Gas Overtakes Coal; American Electric Power, Utilities Capitalize on the Shift
July 17, 2015: Failing to compete
July 15, 2015: The human side of nuclear safety and the future of nuclear energy
Headlines
July 23, 2015: Energy Future Amends Chapter 11 Exit Plan
July 23, 2015: Hunt’s play for Oncor gets new life in Energy Future bankruptcy
July 24, 2015: About face: Hunt Consolidated still in running to get Oncor
July 24, 2015: Energy Future Amends Chapter 11 Exit Plan — Energy Journal
July 24, 2015: How Gridmates is crowdsourcing electricity to help eliminate energy poverty
July 23, 2015: American Electric Power Company’s (AEP) CEO Nicholas Akins on Q2 2015 Results
July 22, 2015: T&D Utilities: Rate Regulated, but Contributing to Higher Deregulated Prices
July 22, 2015: In Texas, New Retail Plans Ensure that Less Won’t Cost More
July 22, 2015: Dynegy on Houston hiring spree
July 22, 2015: American Electric Raises Guidance as Earnings Beat
July 22, 2015: American wind power continues to ramp up in 2015
July 22, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Legal Representative Sought
July 22, 2015: TCAD sets up for legal battle with Luminant
July 22, 2015: Fluor Awarded Power Maintenance Services Contract for Luminant’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant
July 22, 2015: Company warns of dangers of fishing from track trestle
July 22, 2015: TXU Energy presents Magnolia ISD with energy rebate
July 21, 2015: HP to Power Texas Data Centers With Wind Energy
July 21, 2015: Why is Hewlett Packard harnessing wind power?
July 21, 2015: Zion to retire early next year after 20 years of leading TPPA
July 20, 2015: Entergy New Orleans customers pick up tab as Texas exits power station deal
July 20, 2015: Frisco to Brazos: Burying power line can be cost-efficient
July 20, 2015: City crews cope with triple digit temperatures
July 20, 2015: Calpine to acquire Champion Energy for $240 million
July 20, 2015: Calpine To Acquire Champion Energy Marketing, Expanding Customer Channels In Texas And Northeastern U.S.
July 17, 2015: AECT leader John W. Fainter Jr., 76, to retire at year end
July 19, 2015: Electric companies take note of outcry over minimum use fees
July 17, 2015: In controversy over fees, some power companies reward turning lights off
July 17, 2015: Entergy Texas pulls out of power station purchase
July 18, 2015: Is the Denton city bureaucracy truly one of the region’s largest?
Texas Retail Electric Providers
July 23, 2015: Electricity “data tsunami” continues, with app that tracks appliances
July 24, 2015: Reliant Seeks Supplier License in New State
July 22, 2015: Frontier Utilities is the Exclusive Electricity Provider of the Houston Dynamo
July 22, 2015: Starting September 1st, Texas will require cash redemption of certain stored value cards
July 23, 2015: TXU Seeks Assurance Texas REP Seeking To Use Trade Name “Energy Rewards” Won’t Sue Other REPs Using Term
July 22, 2015: Texas REP Adopts New Slogan, Debuts Spot
July 22, 2015: Texas REP Debuts New Logo, Site
July 22, 2015: New Reliant VP “J.J.” Watt Amps Up Company’s Executive Roster
July 23, 2015: Texas REP Now Providing Texas Customers With Appliance-Level Monthly Cost Data
July 23, 2015: Texas City Selects New Retail Provider
July 23, 2015: Texas REP Unveils 1.2 Megawatt Solar Installation with H-E-B and SolarCity
Power Grid Security
July 22, 2015: How well do you know your security shortcomings?
July 20, 2015: FERC moves to combat emerging cybersecurity vulnerabilities
July 20, 2015: FERC Eyes Development of Supply Chain Cyber Controls in New Reliability Standards
July 20, 2015: New Survey Reveals Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Challenges
July 18, 2015: A culture of security is about both people and technology
Renewable Power
July 22, 2015: Some Hope for US Renewable Energy Tax Credits As Extension Bill Passes Committee
July 22, 2015: More SunEdison Wind, Solar And Acquisition Announcements
July 21, 2015: The stage is set in Cuba for a boom in renewable energy investment; can U.S. companies take advantage?
July 22, 2015: U.S. renewable energy share highest since 1930s
July 21, 2015: Thompson, Brady: The future of renewable energy is in private investment
July 21, 2015: SunEdison drops $2.2B to acquire Vivint Solar
July 20, 2015: The Environmentalist Case Against 100% Renewable Energy Plans
July 21, 2015: OCI to sell U.S. affiliates for US$429 mln
July 21, 2015: Wind energy production rising
July 20, 2015: 5 Solar Power Tech Trends To Watch in 2015
July 16, 2015: Big, Clean, Market-Driven Changes are Already Underfoot
July 16, 2015: Amid a solar boom, batteries draw attention and dollars
July 16, 2015: 30% Jump In Solar Energy Forecasting Accuracy Gained By “Machine Learning”
July 16, 2015: Renewable energy advocates say utility’s fee is unfair
July 20, 2015: Hope for Renewable Energy Tax Credits
July 20, 2015: White House Initiative Brings More Solar Power to Low-Income Communities
July 20, 2015: Awea Represents American Wind Power
July 20, 2015: Electric Highway aims to spark more EV use
July 18, 2015: Evanoff: Reaching for the wind to power Memphis
July 18, 2015: IKEA backs renewable energy targets despite government changes
July 16, 2015: How long until renewable energy powers the US?
July 17, 2015: Amazon Invests Big in Wind Power
Outside Texas
July 24, 2015: PJM Announces New Capacity Performance Transitional Auction Timeline
July 22, 2015: Some Hope for US Renewable Energy Tax Credits As Extension Bill Passes Committee
July 22, 2015: Mexico’s Energy Reform: A Look From Inside the Learning Curve
July 22, 2015: Hawaii governor comes down hard against NextEra purchase of HECO utilities
July 21, 2015: Power Marketer: “Plainly” Unreasonable To Subject Customers To Higher Capacity Costs From Outdated PJM Load Forecast
Other News
July 21, 2015: Austin energy works to restore early morning outages
July 20, 2015: TXSU Seeks Texas Aggregator Certificate
Announcement
July 6, 2015: Texas RE Announcement: New Texas RE Conference Center Available for Workshops and Events
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For the Week of 7/10/15 — 7/17/15
Updated 7/17/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
July 15, 2015: ERCOT electric power demand tops 65,000 MW for first time this summer
July 15, 2015: Exelon Breaks Ground on 1,000 MW Natural Gas Plant in Texas
July 15, 2015: Study Shows How Power Plant Rules Can Save Lives, Improve Public Health in Texas
July 16, 2015: First U.S. small modular reactor inches ahead
July 16, 2015: Industrial IoT testbed hooks equipment monitoring up to a public cloud
July 16, 2015: PUCT Requests Comments on ERCOT Budget Proposal
July 15, 2015: Gas overtakes coal but for how long?
July 15, 2015: A new business model for the electricity sector
July 14, 2015: ERCOT Seeks Fee Increase
July 14, 2015: Utility Black Hills Corp. acquires SourceGas for $1.2B
July 14, 2015: Utility: Rejecting plan would force closure of power plant
July 14, 2015: FERC, Grid Operator, Others File Supreme Court Briefs In Demand Response Case
July 14, 2015: New Report: U.S. Power Sector Continues to Reduce Air Pollution Emissions in Advance of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
July 13, 2015: Natural gas surpasses coal as biggest US electricity source
July 13, 2015: Black Hills Burns for Gas as Power Utilities Hunger for Growth
July 13, 2015: Dallas firm invests in wind power company
July 10, 2015: Exelon’s 1000-MW Natural Gas Plant in Texas Gets Underway
July 11, 2015: Leaders of failed Texas power plant indicted for mail fraud
July 10, 2015: Supreme Court Ruling has no effect on Borderland plants
July 10, 2015: Wind Power’s Growth In Texas Triggers Challenge To Renewable Energy Mandates
Headlines
July 16, 2015: Oncor applies for transmission lines
July 16, 2015: Oncor Schedules Second Quarter 2015 Investor Call
July 16, 2015: Texans Now Have a Convenient, One-Stop Website to Compare and Order Electricity via Allconnect’s ElectricityTexas.com
July 15, 2015: Retail Choice Has Doubled in the US—Does It Matter for Electric Industry Innovation?
July 16, 2015: It’s time to let Texas consumers better control energy costs
July 16, 2015: Powering Texas: Big, Clean, Market-Driven Changes are Already Underfoot
July 14, 2015: Energy Future Holdings – more bad news for bondholders on make-whole premiums
July 14, 2015: Texas energy group expands to Ohio
July 15, 2015: Texas-based power seller draws complaints for Maine door-to-door tactics
July 14, 2015: Thousands in the dark after Oncor outage
July 14, 2015: NRG Energy declares $0.145 dividend
July 13, 2015: Tips on beating the heat in Houston
July 13, 2015: AEP Texas warns of phone scam
July 13, 2015: AEP Texas won’t call you, ask you to pay bill
July 10, 2015: Second Tesla Gallery, Service Center Opening This Weekend In Houston
July 10, 2015: New Political Subdivision Corp. Seeking to Aggregate Texas Municipal Loads
July 11, 2015: Tesla’s Power Storage Batteries Are Making Waves
Texas Retail Electric Providers
July 17, 2015: New Texas Retail Provider Licensed By PUCT
July 16, 2015: CEO of Parent of Retail Supplier Retiring, New CEO Sought
July 16, 2015: Retail Theater: New Commercial for Texas Rep
July 15, 2015: Texas REP Responds to Staff Concerns Over Use of New Trade Name
July 14, 2015: Walmart Self-Supplier Files To Operate in More Service Areas
July 13, 2015: New Retail Provider Offering Service at Oncor With PowerToChoose-Listed Rate Of 4¢
July 12, 2015: Direct Energy electricity bill assistance program contract renewed
Power Grid Security
July 13, 2015: This means war, but are we prepared for cyber warriors?
Renewable Power
July 16, 2015: Google’s self-driving car involved in first injury accident
July 16, 2015: How much do electric cars actually pollute?
July 16, 2015: Solar Airplane’s Round-The-World Trip Is Halted Until 2016
July 16, 2015: Opening The Door To Solar Power For All
July 16, 2015: Could The U.S. Go Fully Green By 2050?
July 13, 2015: Amazon Invests in Wind Energy for East Coast Data Center
July 10, 2015: SEIA Supports Efforts to Increase Government Use of Renewable Energy
July 14, 2015: Facebook Wants More Green Energy. But Red Tape Is in
July 14, 2015: Integrating renewable and nuclear power plants into the electrical grid
July 13, 2015: Southwest High School students built an awesome solar-electric car for national competition
July 13, 2015: What are the Pros and Cons of Hydropower and Tidal Energy
July 13, 2015: Amazon builds 208MW wind farm to power AWS cloud data centers, its biggest renewable energy source yet
July 13, 2015: DOE launching renewable energy pilot
July 13, 2015: Army Researchers Invent Ridiculously Small New Solar Cell
July 10, 2015: South getting its first big wind farm soon
July 10, 2015: Obama green energy spending distorts solar power markets, risks ‘bubble’
July 10, 2015: Ice Energy and NRG Partner to Deploy 26 Megawatts of Energy Storage for SoCal Edison
July 10, 2015: White, Jamison: The Clean Energy Case for Transmission Has Never Been Stronger
July 10, 2015: Price of Solar Hits Record Low Again!
July 10, 2015: Facebook’s new data center will run entirely on renewable energy
July 10, 2015: SolarCity finalises two solar arrays at Walmart stores in Texas
July 9, 2015: For utilities, it’s not easy when we go green
July 10, 2015: SEIA Supports Efforts to Increase Government Use of Renewable Energy
July 10, 2015: A Positive Outlook for Hydropower
Outside Texas
July 15, 2015: Uber Fined $7.3 Million for Not Reporting California Accessibility Data
Other News
July 17, 2015: Texas job growth slows again in June, state adds 16,700 jobs
July 14, 2015: NOV Filed Regarding a Generation Resource Participation in Primary Frequency Response
Announcement
July 6, 2015: Texas RE Announcement: New Texas RE Conference Center Available for Workshops and Events
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For the Week of 7/2/15 — 7/9/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
July 9, 2015: Exelon upgrading power plant in Granbury, other Texas site
July 9, 2015: Exelon expanding gas-fueled power plants near Houston, Fort Worth
July 9, 2015: Duke Energy Renewables buys into Texas wind project powering candymaker Mars
July 8, 2015: Hydropower Continues to Brighten U.S. Renewable Energy
July 7, 2015: Nuclear Energy Adds $60 Billion a Year to US Economy
July 8, 2015: Duke Energy upgrades battery storage to better serve ERCOT grid
July 8, 2015: Talen Energy wants to buy more U.S. power plants including Texas : CEO
July 8, 2015: Joule Targets Texas Small Businesses for Demand Response Rewards
July 8, 2015: Businesses flock to White House in bid to shape power plant regs
July 8, 2015: Texas Is Suing the EPA – Again
July 7, 2015: Does California Or Texas Have Better Air Quality?
July 8, 2015: San Angelo City Council discussed solar project, watering schedule
July 8, 2015: Plans Emerge For The First West Texas Solar Electric Generating Facility
July 8, 2015: Helion Energy takes in $10.6M for fusion energy
July 8, 2015: US 2015 coal production at lowest level since 1987: EIA
July 6, 2015: Could These Truck-Sized Batteries Be the Solution to Our Renewable Energy-Storage Problem?
July 7, 2015: What About Nuclear Power Isn’t Good?
July 3, 2015: Former Dallas mayor: It’s time to build more nuclear reactors
July 6, 2015: Researchers at UT Arlington Develop Cell that Can Store Solar at Night
July 7, 2015: NRG and Ice Energy Partner for Southern California Utility Storage Projects
July 3, 2015: Court ruling considered
July 2, 2015: EIA Issues Response to EPA Action on High-GWP HFCs in New Delisting Rulemaking
July 6, 2015: Clean Power Plan battle looms
July 5, 2015; ERCOT Receives Notice of Mothballing, Re-activation of Plants
July 5, 2015: A private solution for storing America’s used nuclear fuel
July 2, 2015: Texas Wind Energy Infrastructure Lives On (For Now)
July 5, 2015: Nuclear power key to carbon reduction
July 3, 2015: Nuclear power deserves bigger role in supply
June 27, 2015: Supreme Court ruling against EPA may be too little, too late for power utilities
June 29, 2015: How the Supreme Court’s coal plant decision affects CPS Energy
July 1, 2015: Natural Gas Storage Tops 5-Year Average: Will It Impact Coal?
Headlines
July 9, 2015: Oncor cautions about telephone scams
July 10, 2015: New Political Subdivision Corp. Seeking to Aggregate Texas Municipal Loads
July 7, 2015: NRG Energy Ranks the Lowest in Terms of Price to Sales Ratio in the Independent Power Producers Industry (NRG, AES, CPN)
Nov 9, 2015: NRG and Lucid Join Forces to Bring Smarter Building Management to Businesses
July 8, 2015: Court ruling helps Energy Future’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy
July 8, 2015: Energy Future Ducks $431 Million Debt Claimed by Hedge Funds
July 7, 2015: CPS Energy to unveil new programs for businesses to save money
July 7, 2015: A threat to their credit ratings
July 8, 2015: Doña Ana County Residents Express Concern Over El Paso Electric Rate Case
July 8, 2015: Tesla’s downturn wipes out more than $3 billion in market cap
July 7, 2015: Facebook is building a big wind-powered data center in Texas
July 7, 2015: Facebook data center could have far-reaching impact on Fort Worth
July 7, 2015: Austin neighborhood helping with clean energy research
July 8, 2015: Texas TDUs Report Updated Data on Customers Opting Out of Smart Meters
July 8, 2015: State OKs electricity rate break
July 6, 2015: Texas AG calls out attorney in Energy Future bankruptcy
July 6, 2015: Austin Energy, East Austinites talk solar project
July 5, 2015: San Angelo City Council to discuss solar energy project
July 7, 2015: Texas Staff Invite Stakeholders To Provide Positions on Smart Meter Texas
July 5, 2015: Law firms feast on EFH case
July 2, 2015: Waco man sentenced to 3 years, restitution to TXU Energy in wire fraud case
July 1, 2015: Board stands ground on Luminant power plant appraisal
July 2, 2015: Environmental groups put settlement to green use
June 30, 2015: Amarillo City Council moves forward in wind facility negotiations
July 3, 2015: Utility drones could inspect equipment, scan for outages
Texas Retail Electric Providers
July 10, 2015: Spark Energy Acquires Retail Supplier, Upsizes Credit Facility
July 9, 2015: Affiliate of Large Texas Customer Seeks Retail Provider Certificate
July 9, 2015: Discount Power Announces Houston Church As Affinity Partner
July 8, 2015: Crius Energy Purchasing Books From Retail Supplier
July 8, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Applies to Bring Trade Name of Comcast Retail Energy Brand to Texas
July 8, 2015: County Withdraws Complaint Against Texas REP That Had Sought Refund of GRT Charges From 10 Years Ago
July 8, 2015: MainStreet America Gets “Smart” with NRG Showcase Home
July 7, 2015: Retail Supplier Announces New Critical Peak Rebate Program Paying Up To $500/MWh
July 6, 2015: FERC Approves Sale of Retail Supplier
Power Grid Security
July 8, 2015: Cyber attack on US power grid could cost country $1tn
Renewable Power
July 8, 2015: Region lands next solar energy farm
July 8, 2015: Why Alps Electric is a key corporate partner for RGV
July 9, 2015: What Could Elon Musk’s SolarCity Be Hiding?
July 9, 2015: Hydropower Continues to Brighten U.S. Renewable Energy
July 8, 2015: $15 Trillion Plan Would Have All of America on Renewable Energy by 2050
July 8, 2015: U.S. Expansion of Renewable Energy Brings Increased Risks to Workers
July 7, 2015: Texas solar company shining across the nation
July 7, 2015: Behold the use of solar power
July 8, 2015: Solavore, RREAL team up to spread renewable energy
July 8, 2015: USTDA to highlight renewable energy programs on social media in July
July 8, 2015: Steady State Geothermal Breaking New Ground in Renewable Energy Finance
July 7, 2015: White House plans rooftop solar panel initiative for inner-city neighbourhoods
July 7, 2015: Obama Administration Promotes Solar Power For Low And Moderate Income Americans
July 7, 2015: WeatherBug and Emerson Partner to Deliver Home Energy Efficiency and Comfort Using Local Weather and Wi-Fi Thermostat Data
July 7, 2015: Google expands self-driving car project to Austin
July 3, 2015: Solar-powered plane flies from Japan to Hawaii
July 7, 2015: The White House Just Made It Easier to Power Homes With Solar Energy
July 6, 2015: A Tale Of Renewable Energy Innovation Through Patents And Standards
July 6, 2015: Geothermal Heat Pump Market to Grow at 15% CAGR by 2019
July 6, 2015: Poll: Younger Americans oppose offshore drilling, nuclear power
July 6, 2015: 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Solar Power
July 6, 2015: How the Digital Wind Farm Will Make Wind Power 20% More Efficient
July 2, 2015: Five El Paso teens aim to race in national solar car competition
June 30, 2015: California scores nearly 2,000 clean energy jobs
June 29, 2015: Corporate and environmental front groups emerge influential in Southeast solar battles
July 1, 2015: White House touts EPA emission rules as long-term subsidy for wind
July 5, 2015: EIA report finds fossil fuels will remain dominant energy source
July 5, 2015: Electric Utilities Often Clinging To The Past
July 5, 2015: What Is Powering Renewable Energy
July 5, 2015: Record-breaking flight shows the power of solar energy
Outside Texas
July 9, 2015: Dynegy CEO: ‘It’s not worth putting money into California’
July 6, 2015: Counterpoint: Why Order 745 does still matter
July 1, 2015: FERC Imposes $15 Million Penalty On Power Marketer, Trader
June 30, 2015: Why FERC Order 745 no longer matters
July 3, 2015: Calif. regulators approve major overhaul of residential electric rate design
July 2, 2015: PNM files ownership plan, coal supply deal with regulators
Other News
July 7, 2015: The next-gen nuclear workforce pipeline
July 8, 2015: Dallas Fed narrows its 2015 job growth forecast for Texas to 1%
July 7, 2015: This Little Device Increases The Cooling Capacity Of Your AC, So You Can Be Cool For Cheap
July 6, 2015: Texas Creates More Jobs Despite Lower Oil Prices, Reports The Real Estate Center At Texas A&M
July 4, 2015: Scam involves people claiming to work for Oncor
Announcement
July 6, 2015: Texas RE Announcement: New Texas RE Conference Center Available for Workshops and Events
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For the Week of 6/26/15 — 7/3/15
Updated 7/2/15
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
June 29, 2015: EDF acquires 6th local wind farm in Texas
July 1, 2015: Buffett’s Berkshire commits tax equity for Texas wind project
June 29, 2015: Some Texas power companies already spent billions on EPA compliance, before Supreme Court ruling
June 30, 2015: Which Power Plants Emitted the Most Mercury?
June 30, 2015: Texas’ Big Day at the U.S. Supreme Court
June 30, 2015: Mercury regs ruling emboldens Clean Power Plan critics, but few changes seen for utilities
June 30, 2015: Industrial Sales a Bright Spot for U.S. Utilities in Otherwise Lackluster Sales Environment
June 30, 2015: Outage Management Systems: Integration with Smart Grid IT Systems, IT/OT Convergence, and Global Market Analysis and Forecasts
June 29, 2015: NGX Extends Discounted Fees for ERCOT Physical Power Futures (Block) Transactions Arranged Through an ERCOT Voice Broker
June 29, 2015: Supreme Court strikes down EPA power plant regulations, says costs must be considered
June 29, 2015: Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants
June 29, 2015: EPA ruling may be a ‘big plus’ for natural gas
June 26, 2015: With improved technology, fuel cells could alleviate power demand
June 29, 2015: US Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Equipment Market
June 26, 2015: Exelon: Changing along with the energy landscape
June 29, 2015: Dynegy Sees Retail Business Becoming Dominant Player in Southern Illinois Market, With Market Share Eclipsing All Competitors Combined
June 29, 2015: Dynegy Details Retail Acquisition Strategy, Discloses Cost Advantage From Generation Ownership
June 29, 2015: Dynegy Sets “Priority” States for Retail Expansion
June 29, 2015: Retail Supplier Exiting Market, Books Purchased By GDF Suez
Headlines
June 30, 2015: Duke Energy Upgrades its Wind Project’s Notrees Energy Storage System at West Texas
June 30, 2015: Small Commercial Facilities in Texas Reap Untapped Demand Response Rewards with New Ally, Joule Assets
July 2, 2015: TNMP Files to Reduce Certain Discretionary Charges
June 30, 2015: Luminant plays hardball on appraisals
June 27, 2015: Solar market demand in Valley high, but financing challenges remain
June 30, 2015: Energy Future Holdings drops Oncor bankruptcy auction
June 25, 2015: Texas TDU Reports on REP Reimbursement Low-Income Smart Thermostat Program
June 25, 2015: Clean Energy Collective Brings Roofless Community-Shared Solar Solution to Texas
June 26, 2015: Energy Future reaches deal to hand Oncor to creditors, but Hunt is still fighting
June 26, 2015: Texas capitalizes on smart meter investment
June 26, 2015: State Can Further Empower Texans to Manage Their Electricity Use
Texas Retail Electric Providers
July 2, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Offering New Build Your Own Plan Option
July 1, 2015: Millions Still Available For Reimbursement to Retail Providers Under Texas Low-Income Smart Device Program
July 1, 2015: TDU Says Exiting Texas REP Has Fulfilled Obligations
June 30, 2015: New Texas REP Listing Offers On Power To Choose With Rate Below 5¢
June 29, 2015: Retail Supplier Names Market Veteran as Senior Vice President
June 26, 2015: Renewable Power Direct Announces Alliance With Retail Supplier to Offer Renewable Power to Businesses
June 26, 2015: Stream Wins Legal Case Brought by Solavei
Renewable Power
June 29, 2015: The Coming Solar Crash
June 26, 2015: Couple shows off solar panels, wind turbine setup on ‘Old House’ TV show
June 29, 2015: Where Electric Vehicles Actually Cause More Pollution Than Gas Cars
July 1, 2015: Here’s what the future of solar power could look like
July 1, 2015: Rumors of energy efficiency’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
June 28, 2015: Solar Power Trivia for the Curious
June 30, 2015: 7 Surprising Realities Behind the Transition to Renewable Energy
June 30, 2015: US, Brazil sign renewable energy targets
June 30, 2015: Shining Rewards: The Value of Rooftop Solar Power for Consumers and Society
June 30, 2015: Extensive Solar Cost-Benefit Studies Now Highlighted on SEIA Website
June 24, 2015: GAO hits Obama administration on renewable energy projects: audit
June 24, 2015: The economic limitations of wind and solar power
June 24, 2015: Houston energy tech company closes investment round, prepares for acquisition
June 29, 2015: U.S. Investors Eye Renewable Energy Sector
June 29, 2015: Grants aid switch to solar
June 26, 2015: Clean Energy Potential Gets Short Shrift in Policymaking, Group Says
June 29, 2015: US Rep Introduces Geothermal Tax Bill
June 28, 2015: Gates to invest $2bn in breakthrough renewable energy projects
June 25, 2015: The Future Is Here: Google Is Turning An Old Coal Plant Into A Clean Energy-Powered Data Center
June 25, 2015: America’s First New Nuclear Plant in 30 Years Is Well Under Way
June 25, 2015: Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage
June 28, 2015: Start-ups provide bright spots in solar power sector
June 25, 2015: Why Solar Energy Is a Good, Renewable Energy Source?
June 28, 2015: Follow Google’s lead on use of renewable energy
June 19, 2015: Utilities and Solar Companies Fight Over Arizona’s Rooftops
June 28, 2015: Solar Impulse plane departs Japan, headed for Hawaii
Outside Texas
July 1, 2015: DR Providers File FERC Complaint Over DR Exclusion in PJM Capacity Performance Incremental Auctions
July 2, 2015: State Regulators Say Use of Outdated Forecast Model in PJM Capacity Market To Cost $600 Million
July 1, 2015: Puerto Rico Utility Staves Off Default as Debt Crisis Escalates
June 27, 2015: Germany’s oldest remaining nuclear plant shuts down
June 23, 2015: A look at 24 new energy projects up for bid in Mexico
Other News
June 29, 2015: The Big Picture From Grid Edge Live 2015
June 25, 2015: EPA Ozone Rules Seen as Huge Job Killer for Texas
June 25, 2015: Houston’s economy: It’s about to get worse
June 26, 2015: Heines named AEP Texas Corporate Communications director
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Texas Headlines
Generation Adequacy
June 22, 2015: Attorney General Paxton: Texas will fight the EPA’s Carbon Rule
June 24, 2015: U.S. lawmakers promise scrutiny of coal cleanup program
June 25, 2015: Luminant protests property values – again
June 25, 2015: American Electric Power Releases 2014 Performance Summary
June 25, 2015: El Paso Electric, five other utilities to pay $1.5 million fine for Four Corners Power Plant problems
June 23, 2015: Texas still has work to do to keep lights on
June 23, 2015: US power landscape prepares for markets, demand to heat up with summer
June 24, 2015: U.S. Power Grid Being Hit With ‘Increasing’ Hacking Attacks, Government Warns
June 24, 2015: A new look for nuclear power
June 23, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy Expands Wind Portfolio in Texas with the Acquisition of Salt Fork Wind Project
June 23, 2015: Largest Dual-Axis Solar Power Plant Coming to Texas Pecos County
June 23, 2015: What Do Last Week’s Falling Crude Oil Prices Mean for Coal?
June 23, 2015: MISO sees CO2 rule cutting coal demand by half
June 22, 2015: Texas enjoys record-breaking quarter as new solar capacity soars
June 22, 2015: Co-ops Call on Congress for Coal Ash Certainty
June 19, 2015: TurningPoint To Help Texas Co-op Develop Community Solar
June 22, 2015: Largest Dual-Axis Solar Power Plant Coming to Pecos County
June 19, 2015: EnviroMission receives first payment from Texas solar tower developer
June 18, 2015: NRC Recommends New Emergency Preparedness Rules for Small Reactors
June 19, 2015: MISO region resource adequacy forecast improving
June 19, 2015: MISO relaxes concerns about retiring coal capacity
June 19, 2015: EPRI receives $3M award for advanced power plant cooling research
Headlines
June 25, 2015: Energy Future Holdings calls off sale of Oncor amid $42 billion bankruptcy
June 25, 2015: Energy Future Drops Oncor Auction for Rival Bankruptcy Deals
June 25, 2015: Texas power company Energy Future scraps bankruptcy auction plan
June 25, 2015: Energy Future Holdings drops bankruptcy auction for Oncor
June 25, 2015: Is the auction off? EFH could give Oncor to creditors
June 25, 2015: Energy Future plans to hand Oncor to creditors, Hunts fighting for control
June 25, 2015: Wet and Wild Weather Hits Electric Co-ops
June 23, 2015: When it comes to environment protection, Texans trust Texas
June 22, 2015: New House bill could open nuclear waste storage opportunity in Texas
June 24, 2015: Minor Chlorine Leak at Bryan’s Dansby Power Plant Brings Fire Crews
June 24, 2015: PNM says coal plant plan will be ready for state regulators’ review by Aug. 1
June 24, 2015: Texas Coalition of Affordable Power Members Receive Summertime Dividends
June 24, 2015: Texas Staff Recommend Rate for Low-Income Discount Provided Through Retail Providers
June 23, 2015: Mntgomery Council approves annex, denies Entergy rate increase
June 22, 2015: Dallas Signs Power Contract Worth at Least $320 Million
June 23, 2015: Texas Has a Great, and Most Unusual, Economic Stimulus Package
June 23, 2015: NRG Yield, Inc. Announces Pricing of $250 Million in Aggregate Principal Amount of 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2020
June 22, 2015: With 3 possible offers on the table, the fight for Oncor is getting interesting
June 21, 2015: How to accelerate the Texas economy
June 22, 2015: A Neighborly Approach to Cleaning the Air in South Texas
June 22, 2015: Texas Balking as Federal Climate Rules Loom
June 22, 2015: When Climate Disaster Hits Home
June 22, 2015: Southwest Power Pool Appoints Matt Morais Associate General Counsel
June 22, 2015: Texas Staff Recommend Denying Self-Generator Application Due to Wholesale Sales
June 19, 2015: Competitive bidding may have saved Dallas millions
June 19, 2015: West Texas Bishop Addresses Energy Sector in Light of Pope’s Encyclical on the Environment
June 19, 2015: Texas Wind: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
June 19, 2015: Fitch Rates Corpus Christi, Texas’ Utility System Junior Lien Revs ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
Texas Retail Electric Providers
June 25, 2015: Texas Rep Offers Texans Summer Relief with Beat the Heat Center Locations, Energy Assistance Programs
June 25, 2015: XOOM Energy Implements Nexant RevenueManager to Streamline and Enhance Billing and Customer Care Management
June 24, 2015: Retail Supplier Expands Air Miles Incentives To Solar Installations
June 24, 2015: Texas REP To Use New Trade Name, Debuts Logo
June 24, 2015: Texas TDU To Return Deposits to Retail Providers
June 23, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Paying $1/kWh for Critical Peak Curtailments
June 19, 2015: Reliant Wins Contract With ISD
Renewable Power
June 25, 2015: Texas Solar Has Best First Quarter Ever
June 25, 2015: Texas Wind Power Subsidies In Jeopardy
June 25, 2015: Energy Storage Will Likely Follow Renewable Energy’s Rapid Growth Path
June 23, 2015: Does Going Off the Electric Grid Make Sense?
June 22, 2015: Why the Saudis Are Going Solar
June 23, 2015: Big step toward solar power for small electronic devices
June 24, 2015: Electric Vehicle Tariffs From Utilities Gaining Traction In US
June 23, 2015: Investment In Renewable Energy Yields More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Sector
June 23, 2015: Renewable Energy To Topple Fossil Fuel With $8 Trillion Investment Surge By 2040: Report
June 22, 2015: NRG Could Be The Green Victim Of Green Energy
June 23, 2015: NRG Renew to Develop 20MW Solar Energy Facility for Cisco
June 23, 2015: OneRoof Energy to Provide Solar Choices to Fry’s In-Store Customers
June 22, 2015: Taking the U.S. to 100 Percent Renewable Energy State by State
June 21, 2015: College divestment pledges are mostly empty gestures
June 18, 2015: California Is On Track for a Major Renewable Energy Boost
June 22, 2015: Japan is building huge floating solar power plants
June 21, 2015: First Solar CEO: ‘By 2017, We’ll be Under $1.00 per Watt Fully Installed’
June 18, 2015: U.S. Army Enlists Apex Clean Energy For Hybrid Wind-Solar Project
June 18, 2015: Everything That Can Go Wrong When You Go Solar
June 18, 2015: Power Your Worksite With a Remote Solar Power Kit
June 18, 2015: IKEA to invest $680m in renewable energy to be ‘energy independent’ by 2020
Outside Texas
June 25, 2015: New Mexico coal plant owners settle Clean Air Act violations
June 19, 2015: Japan set to open markets under pending trade pact
Other News
June 25, 2015: Railroad Commission Executive Director to Retire
June 25, 2015: Texas Could Become Major Supplier of Natural Gas to Japan
June 24, 2015: NOV Filed at PUCT Concerning Transmission Service Provider
For the Week of 6/12/15 — 6/19/15
Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
June 18, 2015: Demand response makes some Texas legislative gains, yet more needed
Generation Adequacy
June 17, 2015: SPP adds 5,000 MW generation, 9,500 miles of line as federal power agency joins
June 16, 2015: MISO coal burn declines in May
June 18, 2015: El Paso Electric proposes new community shared solar array
June 17, 2015: EPA coal ash rule receives criticism
June 18, 2015: Sen. McConnell secures language to protect states that do not submit plan for EPA power plant guidelines
June 16, 2015: Lower Colorado River Authority Signs Texas PPA
June 18, 2005: Wind tower plant planned for Amarillo
June 17, 2015: Deal bringing renewable energy manufacturer to Texas is being praised by environmentalists
June 17, 2015: Consolidated Edison Development Completes Project Financing for Solar Power Plant in San Antonio, Texas, US
June 17, 2015: Nuclear power could be restored in U.S., new research indicates
June 15, 2015: Coal Confronting Bigger Threat Than Obama’s Rules for Clean Air
June 15, 2005: AWEA explains how wind will be reliably integrated into the grid
June 16, 2015: El Paso Electric wants to let customers buy solar power from proposed Montana plant
June 11, 2015: Summit says final contracts for clean coal plant imminent
June 15, 2015: Dozens of U.S. companies bet on nuclear power revolution: report
June 10, 2015: El Pasoans could get access to solar power through pilot program
June 11, 2015: Living Proof: High levels of renewables can be part of the grid
June 8, 2015: Climate Plan Will Transform How You Get Your Electricity
June 15, 2015: This U.S. state could win big from the EPA’s clean power plan
June 15, 2015: EPA Clean Power Plan reenergizes the US climate policy debate #peakoil
June 11, 2015: FWST: EPA studies airline emissions
June 12, 2015: EPA Clean Power Plan will not hurt MISO power reliability
Headlines
June 18, 2015: EFH considers dropping auction and weighs Hunt’s offer for Oncor
June 19, 2015: Texas PUC Weighs “Informational”, Multiple Reserve Margin Measurements, Commission In No “Hurry” Given Healthy Margins
June 19, 2015: Opinion: Texas Co-op Customer Concludes Customer Choice Only Way to “Escape” High Rates
June 18, 2015: Law Extends Electric Bill Help for Poor Texans
June 19, 2015: U.S. Army enlists Apex Clean Energy for large-scale wind-solar hybrid project at Fort Hood
June 17, 2015: New solar plant going in
June 17, 2015: Xcel Energy’s CSR Report Reveals its Green Undertakings
June 17, 2015; Southwest Power Pool Accepting Applications to Serve on Competitive Transmission Construction Review Panel for 2016
June 17, 2015: PUC looks into Oncor’s role in electricity price spike
June 17, 2015: Politics kills clean-energy program in Texas
June 17, 2015: Struggling Companies Find REIT Conversion Not a Cure-All
June 17, 2015: Dallas City Council OKs awarding TXU contract worth up to $450 million
June 16, 2015: Smart Grid for Good: How the Texas PUC is Putting Money Back into the Pockets of Texans
June 16, 2015: Hunt-led group of creditors could upend NextEra bid for Oncor
June 17, 2015: Outgoing Dallas council’s packed agenda draws criticism
June 16, 2015: Denton To Add More Solar Power
June 16, 2015: Hugh McDonald to retire from Entergy Arkansas in 2016
June 16, 2015: Entergy appoints vice president of federal governmental affairs
June 15, 2015: Snakes, Birds and Co-op Power Outages
June 16, 2015: Why is Dallas City Hall in such a hurry to award $450 million contract to TXU?
June 16, 2015: Macquarie Says InfraREIT Will Outperform On ‘Simple’ Story
June 12, 2015: 5 reasons why General Electric may want to move to Texas
June 10, 2015: Aspen Poised to Move to 100 Percent Renewable Electricity
June 12, 2015: Energy Future Holdings creditors said to join with Hunt for Oncor bid
June 11, 2015: City of Denton claims breach in suit against NRG
June 12, 2015: Century-old companies are rare but D-FW has more than a few
Texas Retail Electric Providers
June 19, 2015: TDU Intervenes in REP Relinquishment Proceeding, Citing Current Balance
June 17, 2015: In Time for Hurricane Season: NRG Home to Offer Home Backup Generators
June 15, 2015: Texas REP Offering Free Smart Thermostat, $40 Bonus For Enrolling in New Demand Response Program
June 11, 2015: Texas TDU Reaches 75% Threshold for REP Reimbursements Under Low-Income Smart Thermostat Program
June 15, 2015: Texas Staff: New Enrollment Process Envisioned by REP “Relatively Unknown,” Necessitates Hearing
June 15, 2015: Texas REP Receives OK to Add Business-Focused Trade Name To Certificate
Renewable Power
June 17, 2015: RWE Race to Catch Up on Renewables Seen as Too Little Too Late
June 17, 2015: Renewable energy giant SolarCity to make first community solar investment in Minnesota
June 16, 2015: White House receives $4 billion in Clean Energy Investment commitments
June 12, 2015: Solar Industry Hustles As Tax Credit Deadline Nears
June 15, 2015: Judge Denies Injunction Request For Nextera Solar Power Project
June 15, 2015: Extracting Renewable Energy from the Oceans. What will it take for the sector to live up to its potential?
June 15, 2015: Renewable Energy Could Dominate Electricity Market In 15 Years
June 15, 2015: Bosch raises geothermal awareness
June 15, 2015: How the Transition to Renewable Energy Could Come
June 11, 2015; ‘Green’ Google in talks to back massive African wind project
June 10, 2015; Prison labor helps U.S. solar company manufacture at home
June 10, 2015: Toshiba Mitsubishi Doubles Solar Capacity on Asia, U.S. Demand
June 15, 2015: The Computer that is powered by Water!
June 14, 2015: This Plane Runs on Sun and Is About to Smash Some Records
June 10, 2015: USDA Invests $6.7 Million in 544 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Nationwide
June 12, 2015: Fifty-States Plan Charts a Path Away from Fossil Fuels
Outside Texas
June 16, 2015: ’Devil Is in the Details’ of FERC Capacity Performance Order, PJM Stakeholder Says
June 16, 2015: Norman Bay’s Dissent in FERC Capacity Performance Decision: Two Carrots and a Partial Stick
June 16, 2015: Utilities respond to PJM Capacity Performance plans
June 15, 2015: D.C. Opens Investigation on Grid Modernization (Distributed Resources, Storage, Etc.)
Other News
June 17, 2015: Gov. Greg Abbott considers TCEQ replacements
June 16, 2015: Lorenzo tree owner: Power company should be more careful
June 14, 2015: Texas planners look to aquifers to prepare for next drought
June 14, 2015: Texas planners look to aquifers to prepare for next drought
June 15, 2015: NOV Filed for Retail Provider at PUCT
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For the Week of 6/5/15 — 6/12/15
Updated 6/12/15
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
June 8, 2015: Dyer: 84th Texas Legislature — Good News & Bad News for Energy Consumers
June 8, 2015: Osborne: Low-income assistance on electricity bills gets reprieve
June 5, 2015: New Texas law makes going solar easier as homes are being built
June 5, 2005: After Early Momentum, Energy Legislation Stalls
June 5, 2015: Environment: Hydrocarbon Rules — Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session
Generation Adequacy
June 11, 2015: Natural gas usage share in ERCOT falls, but maintains lead: grid operator
June 11, 2015: Tomlinson: The energy cloud could short-circuit the traditional electric grid
June 11, 2015: Culberson County Considering Proposal to Store Nuclear Waste
June 11, 2015: Planes to face EPA emission rules
June 10, 2015: Abbott Tries Wooing General Electric to Texas
June 10, 2015: Public Power Riding US Economic Recovery and Low Rates
June 10, 2015: Report: Cost For ERCOT and Xcel to Integrate Wind and Solar is Less Than Expected
June 10, 2015: ERCOT To Raise System Administration Fee 20% (Cost for REPs)
June 10, 2015: New Report: Utilities and Grid Operators Demonstrate that Renewables Can Be Seamlessly Integrated into the Grid
June 9, 2015: Appeals court tosses suits challenging climate change plan
June 9, 2015: What’s missing from Moniz’s new energy deal
June 5, 2015: Rolling blackouts not expected, grid operator says
June 8, 2015: Conservation efforts reduce risk to ERCOT grid
June 8, 2015: Are new EPA regulations an opportunity for nuclear energy?
June 5, 2015: Scarlett: Electric Opportunities
June 5, 2015: Sounding Off: Plano-area readers tell us whether Texas Commission on Environmental Quality violated federal Clean Air Act
June 3, 2015: Longhorn Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational
June 5, 2015: ERCOT to end power conservation in the Valley
June 5, 2015: Simulator upgrade for South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant
June 5, 2015: Texas Mulls New Grid Markets for Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources
June 5, 2015: Sam Rayburn Reservoir begins 24/7 Hydropower Generation Operations
June 2, 2015: Coal Stocks: Contrarian Opportunity Or Value Trap?
Headlines
June 11, 2015: Can Residential Electricity Customers Handle Variable Rate Plans?
June 11, 2015: This Big Texas City Will Soon Be Powered Entirely By Wind And Sun
June 11, 2015: OCI Solar Power Announces Construction on Texas’ Largest Solar Plant
June 11, 2015: Alexander blasts Clean Line wind line
June 10, 2015: NextEra Said to Be Frontrunner for Energy Future’s Jewel
June 10, 2015: Power giant NextEra pulls ahead in Oncor auction
June 11, 2015: Who’s leading the pack in the hunt for Oncor?
June 9, 2015: Surveillance Cameras Tape Suspects Robbing Co-op
June 9, 2015: Dallas solar company backed by Ray Hunt plans IPO this week
June 9, 2015: Hunt Consolidated in talks to acquire Texas utility Oncor
June 9, 2015: Porter Takes Over as Railroad Commission Chairman
June 9, 2015: Politicking in PEC election is not in the public interest
June 9, 2015: 2 REITs That Should Do Well Even With Rising Interest Rates
June 8, 2015: AEP Names Dion Vice President, Technology Business Development
June 8, 2015: InfraREIT (HIFR) Updates on Investor Filing, Talks with Management
June 8, 2015: InfraREIT Comments on SEC Filing by Related Party
June 9, 2015: Hunt Consolidated To Begin Discussions With InfraREIT Regarding Potential Oncor Acquisition
June 5, 2015: PNM officials ask for more time to supply required documents for plan to keep San Juan Generating Station operating
June 5, 2015: Xcel Energy wins approval to use drone technology for infrastructure inspection
Texas Retail Electric Providers
June 11, 2015: Glacial Energy Relinquishing Texas REP Certificate
June 11, 2015: New REP Certification Application/Amendment Filed at PUCT
June 11, 2015: New Texas REPs Offering Free Nights Plan
June 9, 2015: New REP Application Filed at PUCT
June 9, 2015: Citing Delay, Texas REP Opposes Hearing on Good Cause Exception Request Related to Enrollment Verification Rules
Renewable Power
June 11, 2015: Bill Yerkes, Hailed as Father of Modern Solar Industry, Wins SolarWorld Einstein Award
June 11, 2015: A Futurist Looks at Where Cars Are Going
June 10, 2015: Texas School District Lowers Peak Demand Using CALMAC’s Ice-Based Energy Storage
June 9, 2015: Kodak and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Announce New Collaboration
June 9, 2015: Plan For Complete Reliance On Renewable Energy Outlined For Texas
June 9, 2015: The new economics of sustainable energy are pulling the future faster into the present
June 9, 2015: Chinese Solar Billionaire Remains an Enigma After 47% Plunge
June 9, 2015: Big solar accelerating in US ahead of deadline: analysts
June 8, 2015: IKEA Commits More Big Bucks For Wind And Solar Power
June 4, 2015: Are You A Candidate For Solar Power?
Outside Texas
June 10, 2015: FERC decision clears way for PJM capacity auction
June 11, 2015: FERC Denies Sought Make-Whole Payments in PJM, But Opens Investigation of Issue
June 10, 2015: FERC Chair: “Flawed” PJM Capacity Performance Design Will Allow Generator To Profit From Non-Performance
June 8, 2015: Former FERC Chairman Defends Demand-Response Program as It Heads to Supreme Court
Other News
June 11, 2015: Lifetime TV Features Constellation on Designing Spaces(R)
June 9, 2015: Bluebonnet Co-op to donate $3 million in grants to nonprofits
June 8, 2015: NOVs for Generation Resources
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For the Week of 5/29/15 — 6/5/15
Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
June 3, 2015: TCAP: Legislation a Big Win for Electric Customers, Government Accountability
June 4, 2015: What’s the Damage?Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative Session
June 3, 2015: Aycock ‘shocked’ by Fraser’s decision to leave state Senate
June 2, 2015: Texas passes bill giving PUC wind transmission oversight; bill to end RPS dies
June 2, 2015: At end of session, environmental, business interests differ on results
May 31, 2015: Chambers Settle Railroad Commission Squabble
May 31, 2015: Environmentalists upset over new state permit law
June 1, 2015: Legislature sides with residents in Central Texas water fight
May 31, 2015: City utility safe for now, but still under legislative scrutiny
May 30, 2015: Proposal Would Delay Railroad Commission Scrutiny
May 31, 2015: Railroad Commission to get increased scrutiny
June 1, 2015: Texas renewables mandate repeal bill flounders in state House
Generation Adequacy
June 3, 2015: Proposed power plant in Texas inches forward
June 4, 2015: EDF Renewable’s Longhorn wind project in Texas fully operational
June 4, 2015: NASA Releases Space Nuclear Power Study
June 4, 2015: Lawyers split on legality of EPA power plant rule
June 3, 2015: EIA Analysis Shows the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Affordable, Renewable Energy Makes a Key Contribution
June 3, 2015: ERCOT: Valley needs to conserve energy through Friday
June 3, 2015: ComEd-Nest-Xfinity demand response program paves way for new utility business models
June 2, 2015: Demand Response Could Have Saved Texans $85M in One Day
June 3, 2015: 49 US states making plans to cut power plant emissions
June 3, 2015: Southwest Power Pool Expands Electric Grid Management to 14 States
June 2, 2015: July natural gas trades up amid signs of tightening supply/demand balance
June 2, 2015: Utilities seen transitioning to ‘platform’ managers
June 3, 2015: How the EPA Clean Power Plan will transform the US energy system
June 1, 2015: American Electric Power stops generation at 10 coal-fired plants
June 1, 2015: Moniz predicts power industry will be cross border with reform
June 1, 2015: Nuclear could be key resource in global warming fight
May 31, 2015: Climate change may cut Texas’ power supply at some plants
June 1, 2015: Nuclear industry intensifies push to reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
June 2, 2015: WCS sees boost as permit plan advances
June 2, 2015: Does hydropower make sense in a warming world?
May 28, 2015: Water, the West, and the Clean Power Plan
May 28, 2015: Sales of energy storage batteries take off as utilities try to smooth power demands on the grid
May 29, 2015: Tesla Battery Being Used In Duke Energy Florida & University of South Florida Solar Project
May 29, 2015: Texas Co-ops to Build Hydropower
May 31, 2015: Electricity must be reliable day and night
June 2, 2015: Opinion: Report Reveals Investors’ Statements on Market Design Preferences Can’t Be Trusted; Follow The Money
May 29, 2015: Big Boom: Second Central Texas Power Plant Unit Imploded
May 30, 2015: Elon Musk’s growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
May 29, 2015: EPA Proposes Three-Year Ethanol Rule
May 29, 2015: Emails show how easily Texas regulators roll over for coal polluters
Headlines
June 4, 2015: Leadership set to change at Texas Railroad Commission
June 4, 2015: Texas Targets Home Displays for Low-Income Efficiency
June 4, 2015: PNM promises final San Juan agreements by Aug. 1
June 3, 2015: PNM signs executed letter agreement with Westmoreland
June 4, 2015: CFTC proposes order to exempt Southwest Power Pool products
June 5, 2015: Crius Energy Trust Announces C$30.6 Million Bought Deal Equity Financing
June 3, 2015: Why China is buying up Oklahoma and Texas
June 1, 2015: Willbros Announces New President of Chapman Construction
June 3, 2015: Texas PUC Could Be Asked To Prohibit REPs From Limiting Customer Choice of DR Provider (LMP-G Draft)
June 1, 2015: Readers react to Elon Musk’s $4.9 billion in government subsidies
June 1, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Reorg Period Extended To Year-End By Frustrated Judge
June 1, 2015: Bankruptcy judge scolds warring Energy Future parties
June 1, 2015: Energy News Roundup: Bloom’s Fuel-Cell Blueprint For Ikea, Energy Holdings Group Avoid Liquidation & Saudi’s Domestic Surge
May 31, 2015: RRC: Over $261 million invested in alternate fuels
May 29, 2015: Inside the Minds of Regulators: How Different States Are Dealing With Distributed Energy
May 29, 2015: EPA’s ethanol goals unpopular with farm groups, could have political fallout in rural areas
June 1, 2015: The Energy Storage Industry Charges Up in Texas
May 28, 2015: Entergy works to improve energy grid reliability
May 28, 2015: Austin solar company to open office in Valley, install commercial arrays
May 28, 2015: Four El Paso Electric board members re-elected at shareholders meeting
May 29, 2015: CenterPoint Energy reports lower net income for Q1, reaffirms annual outlook
May 29, 2015: CenterPoint eliminates smart meter surcharge
May 28, 2015: Installation of temporary power station under way in New Summerfield
May 29, 2015: Fitch: US Utilities, Power & Gas Companies Show Moderate Growth
Texas Retail Electric Providers
June 4, 2015: Texas Complaint Which Had Implicated REPs’ Obligations In Communicating Changes in TDU Charges Dismissed
June 4, 2015: Texas REP Reports Change in Management
June 4, 2015: Texas REP Announces It Will Cease Billing CenterPoint AMS Surcharge
June 3, 2015: Texas REP Has New Ownership/Control
Renewable Power
June 2, 2015: Here Comes UT Students’ Sun-Powered Home
May 27, 2015: Solar Shines as Sellers Sometimes Pay Buyers to Use Power
May 27, 2015: Energy Investors: Keep an Eye on Solar Growth
June 3, 2015: Cities Cut Energy Bills by Tapping Solar on Rooftops
June 3, 2015: Is solar’s investment tax credit in need of a new strategy?
June 3, 2015: ExxonMobil Sticks To Its Guns But US Army Sees The End Of Oil, Banks On Renewable Energy Future
June 1, 2015: Shout it from the rooftops: solar is a job-creation engine
June 2, 2015: Most Americans support renewable energy standards
May 28, 2015: Saudis Confirm Switch from Oil to Solar
May 28, 2015: Why energy tax breaks we take should go away: CEO
May 29, 2015: Report shows that new energy capacity in the US comes from clean power systems
May 29, 2015: Your Home Doesn’t Matter for Tesla’s Dream of a Battery-Powered Planet
May 22, 2015: NRG Energy sees shining future for solar
May 30, 2015: Solar-powered plane begins unprecedented China-to-Hawaii flight
Outside Texas
June 3, 2015: Talen Energy sees value in PJM coal assets
June 4, 2015: California Senate Passes Bill To Expand Retail Choice, With Renewable Source Proviso
June 3, 2015: NYISO revamps consumer impact analysis to enhance engagement
June 1, 2015: FERC Fines Power Traders Nearly $30 Million
May 30, 2015: Dynegy accused of market manipulation to increase electricity rates
June 1, 2015: Dynegy Statement on MISO Capacity Market Complaint
June 1, 2015: Exelon: Bills To Support Nukes Won’t Be Enacted This Session
May 28, 2015: Mexico-U.S. Seen Integrating More Power Than Oil, Moniz Says
Other News
May 27, 2015: Next Decade’s LNG project would hurt Valley tourism
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Updated 5/29/15
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
May 27, 2015: Texas backing away from cutting support for wind, solar energy
May 24, 2015: Abbott Signs Bill to Speed Permits, Limit Protests
Generation Adequacy
May 28, 2015: ERCOT: Rotating power outages not expected in the Valley
May 27, 2015: Did Texas Illegally Relax Rules on Coal Plants?
May 28, 2015: In a power shift, natural gas closes in on ‘king coal’
May 29, 2015: When batteries are included, electric utility customers can save money
May 27, 2015: Quantum Utility Generation Acquires ERCOT Development Portfolio from Navasota Energy
May 27, 2015: Construction kicks off for Lake Livingston hydroelectric plant near Houston
May 27, 2015: Environmental groups likely to ask feds to oversee Texas coal plants
May 27, 2015: Austin Climate action plan blows past committee
May 27, 2015: EPA tightens pollution controls on plants during startup, shutdown
May 27, 2015: EPA signals final Clean Power Plan rule due in August
May 22, 2015: EIA’s Clean Power Plan Analysis: What It Does and Does Not Say
May 27, 2015: Power Outages May Become Worse Absent Upgrades To National, State Reliability Rules
May 24, 2015: Low gas prices expected to stay for summer
May 26, 2015: Texas Spot Power Drops to 7-Week Low as Storm Cuts Demand
May 27, 2015: On Texas power grid, coal’s prominence is sliding
May 27, 2015: Inside the war on coal
May 26, 2015: 90 GW of coal retirements expected under EPA’s Clean Power Plan
May 25, 2015: New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar
May 22, 2015: Entergy still looking for cause of Indian Point Nuclear Plant fire
May 26, 2015: Retail Provider Partners With Texas Coalition for Affordable Power To Offer Demand Response Programs
May 22, 2015: Austin Energy tapping into new solar power source
May 23, 2015: Price of Power
May 25, 2015: New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar
May 21, 2015: Entergy continues to monitor oil leak at Indian Point nuclear power plant
May 22, 2015: NRC to develop different fees for small modular nukes
Headlines
May 27, 2015: Creditors Say Energy Future Privately Aims To Thwart Alternate Reorganization Plans
May 28, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Letter Filed
May 29, 2015: Delaware Court Rules Make-Whole Premium Not Payable Upon Early Repayment of Bond Debt in Bankruptcy
May 29, 2015: Lawsuit alleges TX regulators illegally allowed coal plants to pollute above EPA limits
May 29, 2015: Austin City Council Extends Certain Hospital Energy Contracts
May 27, 2015: Texas Co-ops Hit by Massive Floods
May 26, 2015: Xcel Energy to use drones to inspect infrastructure
May 28, 2015: Calpine Closes $1.6 Billion First Lien Term Loan
May 28, 2015: NextEra Energy announces settlement rate for equity units issued in May 2012
May 27, 2015: Electric Utility Industry Created Their Own Air Pollution Permits, Held Private Meetings With Texas Regulators
May 27, 2015: Scam artists claiming to be utility employees target business
May 25, 2015: Compressed air comes to fore as method of storing wind, solar energy
May 26, 2015: Duke and Austin Energy announce completion of Los Vientos III project in Texas
May 26, 2015: Citing Past Experience, Texas REPs Express Concern With Timing For Any Sharyland TCRF Changes
May 24, 2015: Wind project says mission to promote region is done
May 22, 2015: What the drone shows: Tesla’s Gigafactory rises from desert
May 23, 2015: Energy Future Holdings: How the Biggest Leveraged Buyout In History Became a Disaster
May 24, 2015: Powerful storms knock out utilities for thousands of East Texans
May 20, 2015: Electric substation close to reality
May 22, 2015: Fitch Affirms Bryan Texas Utilities, TX City Electric System Revs at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
May 22, 2015: NextEra Energy board declares quarterly dividend
May 22, 2015: Fitch Rates Lower Colorado River Auth’s, TX Transmission Contract Rev Bonds ‘A+’
May 21, 2015 : Houston gains in energy efficiency while other Texas cities lag, according to scorecard
Texas Retail Electric Providers
May 29, 2015: Texas Market Veteran Joins Retail Provider as VP Of Small Commercial Sales
Power Grid Security
May 27, 2015: ABB and U.S. policymakers meet to address grid vulnerability issues
Renewable Power
May 26, 2015: Solar Shines as Sellers Sometimes Pay Buyers to Use Power
May 28, 2015: Tech giants urge halt to green-energy freeze
May 26, 2015: Texas A&M Bat Expert Helping to Protect Wildlife at Wind Energy Plants With 3D Ultrasonic Whistle
May 28, 2015: Solar power: The bright side of no cloudy days
May 29, 2015: Analysis: Understanding Tesla’s Potemkin Swap Station
May 26, 2015: SEIA Applauds Efforts by DOE to Expand Solar Deployment
May 26, 2015: Wind and Solar Provide 100% of New Generating Capacity in April
May 26, 2015: Wind Power Could Be Coming To All 50 States, Report Says
May 27, 2015: Buffett’s BHE Renewables buys 655 MW of wind, 7 solar projects
May 27, 2015: US Energy Department evaluates potential for wind power in all 50 states
May 26, 2015: Wind Power Could Be Coming To All 50 States, Report Says
May 22, 2015: Study results encouraging for more renewable generation in Western Interconnection
May 25, 2015: If more people go solar, what will happen to the grid?
May 22, 2015: Top 16 U.S. Cities For Solar Power
May 22, 2015: Elon Musk is not Mr. Tesla, in case there was any confusion
May 21, 2015: 1.2 Million Clean Job Opportunities Available in First Quarter of 2015, According to Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index
May 22, 2015: Wind power can increase to all 50 states
May 22, 2015: 6 sites for learning about solar power
May 21, 2015: Geothermal is key to clean energy future
May 21, 2015: We Need To Support All Types Of Solar: Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Community, And More
Outside Texas
May 29, 2015: Public Citizen to FERC: Investigate Dynegy Role in MISO Capacity Price Jump
May 27, 2015: Duke developing 2 MW storage facility for PJM frequency regulation
May 27, 2015: UC Berkeley researchers say they have found a cheaper carbon capture solution
May 26, 2015: PJM, New York electricity markets experience price spikes
May 25, 2015: Fukushima leak ‘could cause hydrogen explosion’ at nuclear plant
May 22, 2015: California Public Utilities Commission Approves NRG Energy’s Carlsbad Energy Center
Other News
May 26, 2015: NOV Filed for QSE at PUCT
May 26, 2015: Texas Power Marketer To Pay $10,000 To Resolve Allegedly “False And Misleading” Financial Statements
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Updated 5/22/15
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
May 20, 2015: Bill to require single-district voting for PEC board of directors stalls
May 18, 2015: Tesla Was Just Dealt Another Huge Blow
May 18, 2015: Sen. Jose Rodriguez bill makes it easier to use solar panel
Generation Adequacy
May 20, 2015: Inside Texas electricity supply, demand: How this year may be different
May 21, 2015: Gasp! Texas could lead under Clean Power Plan
May 13, 2015: Top 10 San Antonio polluters revealed amid concerns smog could choke economy
May 21, 2015: Entergy continues to monitor oil leak at Indian Point nuclear power plant
May 20, 2015: ERCOT issues summer forecast for energy usage across Texas
May 19, 2015: Electricity Rates in Some Parts of Texas May Be Increasing Soon
May 19, 2015: New life for old power plant
May 20, 2015: Is nuclear power zero-emission? No, but it isn’t high-emission either
May 19, 2015: June gas futures rally stalls at fresh 4-month high; market ends lower
May 19, 2015: CPS Energy’s Mission Road Power Plant to be reborn as “innovation center”
May 19, 2015: College Station Utilities Ranked Among Most Reliable in Texas
May 19, 2015: Senate panel gives boost to Texas firm’s bid to store nuclear waste
May 16, 2015: Army demonstrates Energy Informed Operations microgrid
May 18, 2015: Army pushing energy efficiency closer to the front
May 18, 2015: Natural Gas is on Coal’s Heels
May 18, 2015: Where does nuclear power fit in our future?
May 15, 2015: US coal-reliant grids meet summer reserve margins
May 15, 2015: The New Normal? Renewables, Efficiency, and ‘Too Much Electricity’
May 18, 2015: Fossil fuels as a financial bubble has oil companies wondering if they’ll flame out
May 18, 2015: Report: Capacity Markets States Have Higher Electric Rates
May 15, 2015: Resources ‘adequate to meet summer electricity demand,’ NERC assessment says
May 15, 2015: Over 12,000 MW of coal plants will retire in 2015
Headlines
May 21, 2015: Utilities Not Effectively Marketing Service Offerings to Hands-On Preferring Gen Y Customers
May 20, 2015: Calpine names executive vice president and chief commercial officer
May 22, 2015: 7 stocks are like giant piggy banks
May 18, 2015: Is Texas going green with rebates for electric cars, hybrids?
May 21, 2015: Jigar Shah, DoE and utilities speak at Energy Storage Association event in Texas next week
May 19, 2015: CPS Energy partners commit $15M for EPIcenter
May 20, 2015: Xcel Energy Inc. Board Declares Dividend on Common Stock
May 20, 2015: Calpine reports lower net loss for Q1, provides annual outlook
May 20, 2015: PNM Resources reports higher net earnings for Q1, affirms annual outlook
May 18, 2015: Managing the energy grid: Inside MISO and SPP
May 19, 2015: AEP revises request for coal-plant income guarantee
May 18, 2015: Energy banker Skip McGee returns to Wall Street with a new firm
May 18, 2015: Critics Hear E.P.A.’s Voice in ‘Public Comments’
May 19, 2015: Senate Subcommittee Approves FY2016 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill
May 18, 2015: Solar energy companies look to shine across the Valley
May 18, 2015: El Paso Electric warns higher rates are comin
May 15, 2015: San Antonio businesses seek to finance clean energy through property tax assessments
May 18, 2015: TCEQ: Air quality continues to improve
May 15, 2015: Energy Future Holdings M.O.R. Filed
May 12, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Extension Sought
May 13, 2015: EPA’s Clean Power Act is all pain, no gain for Texas economy, energy production
Texas Retail Electric Providers
May 21, 2015: Texas REP Files Complaint Against TDU For Refusal To Disconnect Customer
May 21, 2015: New REP Application Filed at PUCT
May 21, 2015: Texas REP Seeks to Add Business-Focused Trade Name To Certificate
May 20, 2015: Xoom Energy Awarding Customers “Koiyn” Under New Loyalty Program
May 19, 2015: Mobile Services by Stream Now Offering CDMA Coverage, New Mobile Tools
May 19, 2015: Direct Energy Piloting Remotely Controllable Smart Water Heaters For Demand Response, Frequency Regulation
May 18, 2015: Vantage Commodities To Acquire Another Retail Supplier
May 18, 2015: Affiliate of Texas Retail Provider Seeks License in Northeast
May 18, 2015: Parent of Texas Retail Provider Posts Profit, Doubles Revenue
May 18, 2015: Xoom Energy Offering Service in New Territories
Power Grid Security
May 15, 2015: Does ISIS pose a threat to the electric grid?
Renewable Power
May 21, 2015: We Need to Support All Types of Solar: Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Community, and More
May 21, 2015: Schools Turn to Propane Buses as Stricter Emissions Standards Loom
May 24, 2015: A Leading Offshore Wind Farm Developer Explains Why The Company Is Entering The U.S. Wind Power Market
May 18, 2015: Geothermal Power Ready to Meet Future Power System Needs, New Report Concludes
May 20, 2015: Hanergy stock plunges as China solar industry’s woes deepen
May 19, 2015: Geothermal Power Plants Unique Safety Challenges
May 19, 2015: Siemens launches wind turbine with 10 percent higher annual energy production
May 19, 2015: Six Flags Has a Plan for a Solar Energy Farm. It Would Kill 19,000 Trees
May 15, 2015: Conservative push for solar is backed by usual green advocates
May 18, 2015: After Idling Its Factory, LG Chem Expands Production of Electric-Vehicle Batteries in Michigan
May 19, 2015: New Analysis Shows Huge Growth in Solar Over Past Decade
May 19, 2015: DOE: New wind power turbines to unlock renewable energy potential
May 18, 2015: Geothermal Power Ready to Meet Future Power System Needs, New Report Concludes
May 18, 2015: Get Ready for Solar Boom From China Plants as Asia Demand Swells
May 18, 2015: Solar Stocks Bask Again In Leadership’s Bright Light
May 16, 2015: Wind power could be export to neighbors
May 14, 2015: Rule will force motorists into unsafe, high-priced cars
May 14, 2015: New rules save money by staving off costs of climate change
May 18, 2015: Solar takes a giant step
Outside Texas
May 18, 2015: UTSA economist: US firms can help shape Mexico’s energy industry
May 19, 2015: ‘Nigeria can generate 7,000MW of electricity from flared gas’
May 16, 2015: : Just how smart are these energy meters? Hundreds of thousands of households left in billing limbo by clever gadgets
May 20, 2015: Calif. PUC Presses Forward With Case Against Two Energy Suppliers For Over-Priced Crisis Contracts
May 15, 2015: Canada excludes tar sands industry from greenhouse gas cuts
May 15, 2015: Exelon evaluating list of 46 conditions to Md. PSC approval of Pepco deal
May 15, 2015: PNM asks New Mexico to approve San Juan coal supply agreement with Westmoreland
Other News
May 15, 2015: Utility Systems Solutions President and CEO David Shutler Recognized as Texas 2015 Small Business Person of the Year
May 12, 2015: Energy Department Authorizes Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
May 14, 2015: End of the Road for Tesla, Ride-for-Hire Bills
May 13, 2015: Mystery shrouds “financial gain” claim around Texas contested cases
May 15, 2015: Texas Bill Extending Authority for TDUs To Use Alternative Ratemaking Passes Both Houses
May 13, 2015: Commentary: Energy Consumers and the 84th Texas Legislature
May 13, 2015: Stop unlimited penalties on environmental violators
May 11, 2015: Texas bill would create county payment system for colonia electricity
May 6, 2015: Texas Senate bill causing concern in Panhandle wind industry
May 8, 2015: House approves research for statewide water grid
Generation Adequacy
May 14, 2015: Are Texas Power Prices Poised to Rise?
May 15, 2015: New Battery Technology Will Fundamentally Change The Way The Grid Operate
May 12, 2015: How New York’s Microgrid Prize Is Testing New Energy, Market Relationships
May 11, 2015: Why Tesla batteries will fast-track switch to renewables
May 14, 2015: Climate Scientists Get Respect, So Why Don’t Nuclear Scientists?
May 13, 2015: Is Tesla’s Elon Musk Selling Solar Snake Oil?
May 13, 2015: NRG’s Goal Zero Announces Availability of Venture 30, the World’s First Smart and Weatherproof Backup Battery
May 13, 2015: Alexander: How to Prevent a United States Without Nuclear Power
May 13, 2015: Bipartisan Group of Senators to Hold Press Conference on New Greenhouse Gas Legislation
May 13, 2015: NRC updates approach to foreign ownership
May 13, 2015: From the Ground Up – TCEQ Chairman Says EPA Is Overreaching
May 12, 2015: Keep nurturing Texas wind power
May 11, 2015: East Texas Electric Cooperative To Host Event To Celebrate Groundbreaking For New Hydroelectric Power Plant At Lake Livingston
May 8, 2015: NRG sees tight power supplies in ERCOT, higher prices in PJM
May 8, 2015: Coal Industry Knocks Study of EPA Power Plant Rule
May 8, 2015: NRC endorses nuke industry approach to post-Fukushima reg
May 8, 2015: ERCOT outlook masks plants’ timing risk
May 9, 2015: Now That ERCOT Forecasts Adequate Reserves, NRG Suddenly “Skeptical” of CDR Report
May 7, 2015: Electric Companies Working to Update Infrastructure in Valley
May 6, 2015: Exelon’s Nuclear Oops — Washington D.C. Resists Pepco Merger
May 11, 2015: EPA Regional Haze Ruling: Texas Governor, Luminant & TCEQ Respond
Headlines
May 14, 2015: El Paso Electric Company Earns “Hold” Rating from Jefferies Group (EE)
May 14, 2015: Entergy says grid manager savings exceed projections
May 13, 2015: Attitudes in real estate moving in a greener direction
May 14, 2015: Most U.S. energy executives are changing their business models to cut costs
May 14, 2015: Cornyn, Cruz co-sponsor bill to roll back EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan
May 13, 2015: EPA’s Clean Power Act is all pain, no gain for Texas economy, energy production
May 12, 2015: Spark Energy, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Oasis Energy
May 14, 2015: Crius Energy Sets Growth Plans for Texas, Comcast in Reporting Earnings
May 13, 2015: New Breunfels Utilities increases renewable energy portfolio with wind acquisition
May 13, 2015: El Paso Electric seeks 9 percent rate increase for residential customers in New Mexico
May 13, 2015: Rapidly Changing Energy Marketplace Forcing Energy Execs To Focus On Business Models, Growth Strategies: KPMG Survey
May 13, 2015: Can High-Tech Companies Compete With Mainline Utilities For Energy Customers?
May 13, 2015: Utilities Sector Equities under the Scanner – AES Corp., NRG Energy, Calpine, DTE Energy, and Vivint Solar
May 13, 2015: Texas Staff: REPs’ Duty To Communicate Demand Charges to Customers Applicable “Upon Enrollment”
May 12, 2015: Exelon sinks toward bottom in customer satisfaction survey
May 12, 2015: Calpine Announces New Chief Commercial Officer,Succession Plan for Chief Accounting Officer
May 12, 2015: El Paso Electric Files 2015 New Mexico Rate Case
May 11, 2015: CenterPoint files to build $300M transmission line to serve Houston
May 9, 2015: Co-op to return $3.9M to members
May 11, 2015: 5 things to know in Texas energy this week
May 11, 2015: Nextera Energy Partners reports higher Q1 net income, provides annual outlook
May 5, 2015: Sharyland: Under the Microscope
May 6, 2015: Sharyland: Under the Microscope Part Two
May 8, 2015: Fitch Rates NextEra Energy Capital Holdings’ Debentures ‘A-‘
May 9, 2015: Sen. Cantwell Introduces Bill to Provide for Electric Grid Modernization, Security, Resiliency
May 7, 2015: Sen. Murkowski introduces 17 bills in push for comprehensive energy legislation
May 8, 2015: Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Establish Energy, Water Interagency Coordination Committee
May 9, 2015: NRG Reports “Strong” Retail Margins, Customer Count Down Slightly
May 9, 2015: Dynegy Sees Itself Expanding Retail Book Through Acquisitions
Texas Retail Electric Providers
May 14, 2015: Spark Energy Reports “Strong” Unit Margins, Continues SoCal Attrition
May 15, 2015: Just Energy Mass Market Customer Count Dips, Records Overall Growth On C&I Gains
May 15, 2015: Green Mountain Energy Assumes Supplier Role in Arlington, TX Affinity Program
May 11, 2015: Stream Announces Partnership with Cell Phones For Soldiers
May 12, 2015: Green Mountain Energy Inks Supply Deal With Baseball Team
Renewable Power
May 14, 2015: Natural Gas, Renewables Projected to Provide Larger Shares of Electricity Generation
May 12, 2015: 5 Ways We Could Get More Solar Power
May 13, 2015: Debunking the latest spin from the anti-wind lobby
May 12, 2015: Entergy plans solar project in eastern New Orleans
May 13, 2015: Test-Driving the Toyota Mirai: Will a Bet on Fuel-Cell Vehicles Pay Off?
May 12, 2015: Food Trucks In NYC To Ditch Diesel, Go Solar In Attempt To Clean Up City’s Air Pollution
May 13, 2015: Entergy to test solar power project in New Orleans
May 13, 2015: Humans to blame for accidents involving self-driving cars
May 12, 2015: The Green Energy Revolt
May 9, 2015: Future still looks electric to GM, but pickups, SUVs drive profits
May 9, 2015: MIT Study suggests current solar power tech is good enough
May 8, 2015: NRG targets solar on low power prices, wind output
May 8, 2015: Elon Musk Demonstrates Why Solar Roadways Would be Really Silly
May 8, 2015: Tesla battery orders hit $800 million
Outside Texas
May 14, 2015: Nuclear Plant Fire North of NYC Brings Back Relicensing Concerns
May 13, 2015: Falling short of required votes, Hawaiian Electric extends NextEra merger consideration
May 12, 2015: Board Vice Chair Named President, CEO of Ulteig; Resigns from NERC Board
May 12, 2015: Germany Phasing Out Nuclear Has Meant More Fracking And Coal, Not More Solar
May 12, 2015: Japanese Firms Look to U.S. for Power Deregulation Input
May 9, 2015: DGR Is Preferred Nuclear Waste Solution for Canada, Scary for U.S.
May 8, 2015: Mexico’s energy reform has potential to be transformative
Other News
May 14, 2015: NRG Moves Reliant Innovation VP To Goal Zero
May 12, 2015: An unlikely alliance: Ranchers and environmentalists fight Texas pipeline
May 12, 2015: Privacy Concerns After Flyer Warns Release Of Personal Information Possible
May 12, 2015: Texas Generator Notice of Violation Filed at PUCT
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
May 5, 2015: House bill will revamp how electricity rates are determined
May 5, 2015: East Texas legislators ‘carry the water’ for utilities
May 5, 2015: El Paso City Council opposes TX House utility bill
May 3, 2015: Texas fuels for Texas fleets
May 4, 2015: Method of Choosing Electricity Plan in Texas Faulted
May 3, 2015: Tesla bills in reverse at the Texas Legislature
May 1, 2015: Texas Secretary of State looking to create binational energy task force
Generation Adequacy
May 7, 2015: Rolling Blackouts Possible for Valley
May 7, 2015: Clean Line Energy Signs Agreement With East Texas Cooperatives
May 7, 2015: Smart Grid Workshop focuses on challenges in evaluating smart grid solutions
May 7, 2015: Energy Storage: Poised for Growth
May 6, 2015: Cheap gas sidelines coal on Texas grid
May 6, 2015: U.S. Will Pay Dearly for Obama’s Anti-Carbon Crusade
May 6, 2015: Tesla’s New Battery Doesn’t Work That Well With Solar
May 6, 2015: Tesla’s Musk calls battery demand ‘crazy off the hook’
May 6, 2015: Will Tesla batteries kill off nuclear plants?
May 4, 2015: Mild summer helps Texas power margins
May 5, 2015: Demand Response Spending is Expected to Exceed $1.3 Billion a Year by 2024, According to Navigant Research
May 4, 2015: EPA’s Clean Power Plan will mean fewer jobs, higher rates
May 1, 2015: Calpine, Texas co-op to build 418MW peaker
May 1, 2015: Entergy plans to build new power generating station
May 3, 2015: Energy Outlook: Slack Demand, Higher Prices
May 4, 2015: Supreme Court to rule on breaks for cutting peak-demand energy use
May 1, 2015: EPA’s haze rules come under fire
May 3, 2015: Tesla’s battery storage announcement involves Oncor project
May 3, 2015: Here’s Why Tesla Motors Inc Energy Will Be “Multi-Billion Dollar” Business In “Near Term”
May 1, 2015: Sunrun And Tesla Collaborate To Offer Consumers Home Energy Storage Nationwide
May 1, 2015: EPA’s haze rules come under fire
Headlines
May 7, 2015: Fitch: Oversight Would Challenge US Public Power Credit Quality, including Austin Energy
May 7, 2015: TXU Parent Grows Residential, C&I Retail Energy Customer Count During Q1
May 8, 2015: TXU Parent Records Impairment of $700 Million of Goodwill Due To Lower Forecast Wholesale Prices
May 8, 2015: NRG Energy (NRG) Incurs Q1 Loss, Misses Earnings Estimates
May 8, 2015: NRG Energy, Inc. Reports Record First Quarter Results
May 7, 2015: NRG Says Retail Business Shows “Particular Strength”
May 7, 2015: Exelon Q1 net income increases
May 7, 2015: Constellation: Retail Energy Suppliers Must Innovate to Meet Changing Customer Expectations
May 7, 2015: It’s Time to Bring Energy Policy Into the Smartphone Era
May 6, 2015: El Paso Electric sales up, profit down in first quarter; NM rate increase filing next week
May 6, 2015: Entergy Texas Seeks Proposals to Satisfy Growing Power Needs
May 4, 2015: More job cuts hit Texas energy companies
May 6, 2015: Dynegy Announces 2015 First Quarter Results; Affirms 2015 Guidance
May 5, 2015: Fitch Affirms Oncor’s IDR at ‘BBB’; Outlook Stable
May 5, 2015: NY Officials Investigating Texas Energy Company
May 4, 2015: New York PSC Launches Investigation Into Retail Supplier
May 6, 2015: Towns with Texas Energy Company’s service report no problems
May 4, 2015: Creditors win big as Energy Future Holdings’ bankruptcy plan put on hold
May 4, 2015: Judge puts EFH bankruptcy plan on ice
May 4, 2015: Judge orders mediation in Energy Future bankruptcy
May 1, 2015: There’s a titanium-clad mystery in Hutto
May 5, 2015: 2015 Electric Power Usage Update
May 4, 2015: US House Passes Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
May 1, 2015: CenterPoint requests CCN from Texas PUC for Houston Import Project
May 1, 2015: Energy Future seeks to set course out of its year-old Chapter 11
May 1, 20215: AEP reports higher earnings for Q1, reaffirms annual outlook
May 4, 2015: Champion Energy and NEC Retail Select CEIVA Energy for LITE-UP Texas Energy Efficiency Program
April 30, 2015: EPE nets top 10 award for solar production
May 1, 2015: How the utility-customer relationship is changing
Texas Retail Electric Providers
May 7, 2015: CEO Departs Texas Retail Provider
May 6, 2015: Texas REP Introduces Free Mornings And Evenings Plan
May 6, 2015: Direct Energy Powers California City’s Choice Aggregation Plan
Power Grid Security
May 5, 2015: Military eyeing former Cold War mountain bunker as ‘shield’ against EMP attack?
Texas Retail Electric Providers
May 5, 2015: Texas REP Offering Up To 10,000 Plenti Points For Enrollments (New AMEX Loyalty Program)
Renewable Power
May 7, 2015: Are Apple and Google Disrupting America’s Century-Old Energy Market?
May 4, 2015: Why Tesla Batteries Are Cheap Enough To Prevent New Power Plants
May 5, 2015: Tesla ‘R’ Us: more solar firms partner with the Powerwall
May 2, 2015: Tesla Tees Up To Mass Produce Energy Storage For Green-Centric Utilities
May 4, 2015: Clean energy industry not leading innovation
May 4, 2015: Could Tesla’s Powerwall Batteries Really Take You Off The Grid?
May 4, 2015: Why Tesla’s Powerwall Is Just Another Toy For Rich Green People
May 3, 2015: How much land is needed to power the U.S. with solar? Not that much
May 3, 2015: New solar power capacity could treble this fiscal, to top 3,000 MW
Outside Texas
May 6, 2015: PJM May Have Overpaid Generators By Up To $15 Million
May 6, 2015: Utilities commission flunks another smell test
May 4, 2015: FERC Issues $5 Million Penalty Against Generator For Manipulating Reliability Payments
May 2, 2015: Small radioactive leak detected at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant
May 1, 2015: Entergy eyeing up to $300M investment in natural gas reserves
Other News
May 6, 2015: NOV filed by PUCT staff against RV park
May 5, 2015: June natural gas unwinds amid lack of fundamental support
May 4, 2015: Resource Entity NOV for Failures during ERCOT Measurable Frequency Events
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
April 30, 2015: Texas Lawmakers Move to Speed Permits, Limit Protests
April 30, 2015: Texas State Affairs Chair “Fully Supportive” of Energy-Only Market
April 29, 2015: Wind Energy — It’s What Texas Does Best, If State Leaders Will Let Us
April 29, 2015: Texas Bill That Would Nullify in Practice Some EPA Regulations Receives Public Hearing
April 29, 2015: Opinion: Repatriating our tax dollars – an argument for an audacious Texas RPS
April 24, 2015: Help me unlock these pro-consumer bills in Austin
April 27, 2015: Craddick: Rename the Railroad Commission? Not so fast
April 27, 2015: Bill to repeal Texas’ wind energy support would have unintended consequences
April 27, 2015: Texas Bill Which Would Ban Capacity Market Gets Hearing
April 25, 2015: Texas Senate bill affecting incentives causing concern in local wind industry
April 25, 2015: Climate change bills mildly heat up
Generation Adequacy
April 30, 2015: Calpine Announces 400 MW of New Generation in ERCOT
April 30, 2015: With Its Utility Scale Batteries, Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Wants To Become A Major Supplier For Microgrids
April 30, 2015: Batteries to store solar energy could presage independence from utilities
April 30, 2015: New Tesla batteries for home, industry look toward goal of zero carbon emission
April 30, 2015: Tesla needs dirt cheap power to charge its batteries, but from where?
April 30, 2015: Tesla CEO Elon Musk reveals Powerwall home battery
April 30, 2015: Tesla’s Powerwall is the latest step toward our clean-energy future
April 30, 2015: Why Tesla’s Battery Might Spell a Global Energy Revolution
April 29, 2015: The world’s 10 longest running energy utility companies, including EFH and CenterPoint
April 29, 2015: Exelon Announces First Quarter 2015 Results
April 30, 2015: Exelon Seeing Strong Retail Margins, Well Within Benchmarked Range
April 28, 2015: Exelon Corporation Declares Dividend
April 28, 2015: CB&I to cut more than 300 jobs after contract with Luminant ends
April 28, 2015: As Coal Jobs Go Up In Flames, New Energy Positions Will Emerge From Ashes
April 28, 2015: HSBC Advises Clients To Get Out Of Fossil Fuels
April 27, 2015: El Paso Electric seeks approval for $46.7M solar project at Fort Bliss
April 22, 2015: NEI Presses DOE to Focus on Nuclear Energy Policy
April 27, 2015: Application To Export Electric Energy From US to Mexico; Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation
April 24, 2015: If battery tech keeps improving, more homes might go off the grid
April 26, 2015: Coal provides energy for East Texas, but new EPA rules could make it more costly
April 25, 2015: Nuclear power industry hopes for a new era
Headlines
April 30, 2015: After A Year In Chapter 11, Energy Future Holdings Still Divided, Outlook Unclear
April 29, 2015: Obama signs energy efficiency bill into law
April 30, 2015: EPA estimates 80,000 job loss with closure of coal-burning plants
April 30, 2015: The Latest Combatant in the War on Coal: General Motors?
April 30, 2015: Exelon: Industry Can Achieve EPA Carbon Reduction Goals at Low Cost Through Compliance Option That Includes Price on Carbon
April 30, 2015: Fitch Downgrades Exelon Generation
April 30, 2015: Calpine Reports First Quarter Results, Reaffirms 2015 Guidance
April 29, 2015: People Stealing Energy That You Pay For
April 29, 2015: Storms Hit Co-ops in Texas and La.
April 29, 2015: Oncor Prepares to Build New Transmission Line to Improve Power
April 29, 2015: Conservation Services Group to Join Texas firm CLEAResult
April 28, 2015: Oncor to build high-capacity line across city
April 28, 2015: Entergy profits fall during first quarter
April 28, 2015: Xcel construction plans not hampered by oil prices
April 28, 2015: Jasper Experiences massive Power outage
April 28, 2015: Spring Has Sprung and So Have Power Scams
April 28, 2015: BRIDGE Energy Group Survey Shows Customer Calls, Not Smart Meters, Still Primary Source of Power Outage Notification for Utilities
April 28, 2015: AEP Subsidiary Appalachian Power To Redeem Senior Notes
April 27, 2015: Sharyland Utilities Selects the VertexOne™ Customer Experience Platform
April 27, 2015: Tesla’s new home battery will have a lease option: report
April 27, 2015: Tesla wants you to have one of its batteries
April 27, 2015: These are Tesla’s main rivals in energy storage
April 27, 2015: Direct Energy Reports Continued Improvement in Business Margins
Texas Retail Electric Providers
April 28, 2015: J.J. Watt inks partnership with NRG and Reliant
April 28, 2015: South gets NRG sun-powered charge station
Renewable Power
April 30, 2015: New Study Examines Alternative Fuel Vehicles’ Impact
April 30, 2015: Texas finds wind security in hedges
April 30, 2015: Xcel relying more on wind
April 30, 2015: Alexander blasts EPA for favoring wind and solar over nuclear power
April 29, 2015: DOE grants $75M to project for harnessing solar power to create fuel
April 28, 2015: H&M Among Leading Green Power Users In The U.S.
April 28, 2015: Xcel Energy making bigger push into solar
April 27, 2015: 3 women hope to change the face of Wind Energy Technology
April 24, 2015: NRG Bundles Solar With Water Efficiency in California
April 26, 2015: Electric Car Evolution
April 27, 2015: NREL Report Estimates Market Potential of Shared Solar and Discusses Relevant Securities Regulations
April 24, 2015: NRG Bundles Solar With Water Efficiency in California
April 25, 2015: Analysts: Solar energy is on the verge of a ‘global boom’
Outside Texas
May 1, 2015: PJM Says Capacity Performance Proposal Will Aid Retail Suppliers
April 30, 2015: Exelon CEO: “Clear” That Current PJM Capacity Market Can’t Ensure Reliability
April 24, 2015: Coal Faces a Day of Reckoning in New Mexico
April 27, 2015: FERC Delays PJM Base Residual Capacity Auction
Other News
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
April 22, 2015: Self-Driving Car Bill Stalled by Google, Carmakers
April 21, 2015: Bertin: A Legislative Push to Get Texas Serious About Demand Response
April 21, 2015: After quake report, Azle Republican recommits support for state control of oil and gas
April 21, 2015: Railroad Commission bill works to clarify drilling control
April 20, 2015: Will Texas Ever Change Railroad Commission Name?
April 19, 2015: Texas Must Protect Our Grid Against Attack — The Feds Won’t
April 17, 2015: Texas House approves so-called ‘Denton fracking ban’ bill
April 17, 2015: Legislation would rename the state’s ‘worst-named agency’
April 17, 2015: Don’t mess with success
April 19, 2015: Wind power industry could lose subsidies
Generation Adequacy
April 23, 2015: Oncor wants storage as it gears for EPA’s Clean Power Plan
April 23, 2015: CenterPoint Energy to file application to construct 345-kV electric transmission line
April 23, 2015: E.ON & GE Christen Texas Wind Farm
April 23, 2015: Dow Chemical Has An Alt Kind Of Love
April 23, 2015: AEP’s coal burning has a little less flame this year
April 23, 2015: Texas moving away from coal without federal mandates
April 23, 2015: U.S. Power Grid’s $2 Trillion Push Needs European Efficiency
April 23, 2015: The Top Companies Disrupting the US Electric Market
April 22, 2015: New Balance of Power
April 22, 2015: Workshop addresses power grid challenges
April 22, 2015: Electricity, Energy, and Global Warming By the Numbers, Part 1
April 22, 2015: Tesla to unveil not one, but two new battery products next week
April 21, 2015: With Reliability And Security At Stake, Microgrids Are Going Mainstream
April 21, 2015: Did Exelon Corporation Just Quietly Admit That Nuclear Power Is Dead?
April 21, 2015: The top charts from White House report on energy demand and infrastructure
April 20, 2015: Texas wind power surge means negative prices
April 17, 2015: EPA Issues Correction on Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting
April 17, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy Celebrates the Hereford Wind Project in Texas with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
April 17, 2015: Texas traces low March coal burn to longer outages
April 19, 2015: Coal would have to be more expensive for EPA plan to work
April 17, 2015: Conca: Talking to the Future — Hey, There’s Nuclear Waste Buried Here!
Headlines
April 23, 2015: Fitch Affirms Austin’s (TX) Electric Utility System Revs at ‘AA-‘; Outlook Stable
April 23, 2015: Austin Energy mum on details as council weighs new rates for big users
April 23, 2015: UT students construct home powered entirely by the sun
April 23, 2015: Cheap fuel, solid economy will give Texas a break from rising rates
April 23, 2015: Hate Your Utility? Don’t Try to Cut the Power Cord Just Yet
April 23, 2015: Conference topic switches to electricity
April 21, 2015: AEP’s Investment In Core, Regulated Operations Supporting Earnings Growth, Shareholders Learn At Company’s Annual Meeting
April 21, 2015: New solar installer comes to North Texas with bold plans
April 21, 2015: El Paso-area electric bills expected to decrease due to lower fuel costs
April 21, 2015: Energy Future Lenders Say They’ll Suffer Losses Without Premium
April 21, 2015: Tri Global CEO: Senate’s move could ‘force us to go outside the state of Texas’
April 22, 2015: Texas Staff Recommend Hearings on Dispute Over REPs’ Charging of GRT A Decade Ago
April 21, 2015: Hearing officer rejects PNM’s rate hike proposal
April 21, 2015: PNM: Rejecting San Juan plan will hurt customers
April 21, 2015: DOE warns ‘modern life’ threatened by terror, climate threats to electric grid
April 20, 2015: Energy Future Creditors Seek $431 Million Bankruptcy Payment
April 21, 2015: AEP Texas Launching Energy Efficiency Customer Portal Offering Services From “Limited” Number of Retail Electric Providers
April 20, 2015: Direct Energy’s Bill Of The Future Could Change The Way We Use Electrons
April 20, 2015: Opinion: Texas Should Stop Listing REP Rates On Power To Choose Site
April 19, 2015: Energy-saving efforts at Fort Worth wastewater reclamation facility lauded by federal officials
April 17, 2015: Interactions lands $10M to make customer service tech smarter
April 20, 2015: Sharyland Utilities “Looking” At Feasibility of Filing Earlier Rate Case
April 20, 2015: PUCT Approves Refund to Sharyland Customers, REPs
Texas Retail Electric Providers
April 17, 2015: Texas Rep Launches New Tool Providing Insights on Customer Usage, Predicted Energy Spend
Renewable Power
April 23, 2015: New solar-powered charging station installed at Texas State Aquarium
April 23, 2015: ACORE Forum Highlights Key Role of Policy in Driving Renewable Energy Growth
April 23, 2015: Renewable energy, the best investment of the 21st century
April 23, 2015: A new kind of utility: Why SolarCity wants to be ‘more than a solar company’
April 22, 2015: Renewable energy shows growth in employment
April 22, 2015: Record Numbers Of Drivers Trading In Electric Cars For SUVs
April 15, 2015: Energy Department Recognizes Fort Worth for Leadership in Advancing Energy Efficiency
April 15, 2015: Energy Department Recognizes San Antonio Area Partners for Advancing Energy Efficiency
April 21, 2015: End of tax credit could dim solar industry
April 21, 2015: Green energy job growth outpaces losses in coal industry
April 21, 2015: The True Benefits of Wind Power
April 11, 2015: What’s the True Cost of Wind Power?
April 21, 2015: Ecotricity to produce gas from grass as the answer to fracking
April 21, 2015: Solar Power Makes Electricity More Accessible On Navajo Reservation
April 21, 2015: The Great Energy Transition to Solar and Wind Is Underway
April 13, 2015: SoCalGas joins NREL and NFCRC to launch power-to-gas project in US
April 20, 2015: NRG Home’s New Solar/Water Bundle Helps Residents More Efficiently Use Resources
April 20, 2015: Another state senate votes to eliminate wind tax credit
April 17, 2015: Xcel Energy Named No. 1 Utility Wind Provider For 11th Consecutive Year
April 19, 2015: Arizona is the best state in America, for having and harnessing the sun
Outside Texas
April 22, 2015: Troubling Interdependency of Water and Power
April 21, 2015: Fukushima plant pumps halted, toxic water leaking into ocean
Other News
April 23, 2015: Dozens of Energy Regulators Applied for Industry Jobs in 2014
April 23, 2015: The shale-bust recovery may be coming this time — slowly
April 22, 2015: Freeport LNG expects train 3 FID next week
April 17, 2015: Water War In USA As Texas And Mexico Spar Over Rio Grande Share
April 17, 2015: Water War In USA As Texas And Mexico Spar Over Rio Grande Share
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
April 17, 2015: Texas Senate Passes Bill To Grant Texas PUC Authority To Review Interconnections That Import/Export ERCOT Power
April 17, 2015: Texas Senate Passes Bill To Extend TDUs’ Ability To Rely on Alternative Ratemaking In Assessing Charges to REPs
April 16, 2015: Senate approves Fraser’s SB 709 on environmental permits
April 16, 2015: Texas House to Drill Into “Denton Fracking Bill”
April 16, 2015: AECT: Texas Should Require Brokers To Be “Registered ” With PUC
April 15, 2015: Texas’ shortsighted wind energy policy
April 14, 2015: Texas Senate passes bill to end state renewable program
April 14, 2015: Senate Votes to End Renewable Energy Programs
April 14, 2015: Austin Energy deregulation bill sent to Senate
April 13, 2015: After gas well leak in Arlington, another look at HB 40
April 13, 2015: Bill to let Tesla sell cars in Texas may go nowhere
April 13, 2015: Tesla Makes Sales Pitch to House Panel
April 13, 2015: Selling cars direct to customers shouldn’t be illegal in Texas
Generation Adequacy
April 16, 2015: EPE begins operation of first two generating units at MPS in Texas
April 16, 2015: Texas Power Advances as Wind Generation Lags Behind Forecast
April 16, 2015: GE Power Sales Boost Profit Past Estimates Amid Oil Slump
April 15, 2015: Texas Power Falls as Wind Output on ERCOT Grid Exceeds Forecast
April 15, 2015: NRECA, CEOs Raise Concerns at EPA
April 15, 2015: EPA strikes a deal to release Renewable Fuel Standard by June 1
April 15, 2015: Powering the Future: Why UT Is The Energy University
April 15, 2015: What To Do With Nuclear Waste? Texas A&M Researcher May Have the Answer
April 15, 2015: D.C. Circuit Court will hear Clean Power Plan challenge on Thursday
April 15, 2015: Climate Change Plan Faces High-Profile Legal Test
April 15, 2015: SPP: Clean Power Plan goals will be difficult to reach through any route
April 14, 2015: Texas Renewable Energy Highlights for the 2nd half of 2014 – Few and Far Between
April 14, 2015: Texas coal use slumps on maintenance
April 14, 2015: Government Policies Propel Texas to the Forefront of Wind Energy Generation.
April 14, 2015: TPPF says Federal government continues to limit energy production in Texas
April 14, 2015: Texas makes its case against a tighter ozone standard
April 14, 2015: As Deadline Nears for Texas Haze Rule, A Look at How Lawsuits Shape Regulation
April 13, 2015: Natural gas usage for power in ERCOT remains strong as coal falls
April 13, 2015: Off-grid solar power vs grid-connected solar power in 21st century
April 13, 2015: A new era for nuclear power?
April 13, 2015: How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use?
April 11, 2015: New power plant coming to Valley
April 11,2015: Wastewater from Fayette power plant concerns environmentalists
April 11, 2015: A Slim Majority of Americans Say They Support Nuclear Energy
April 11, 2015: US power sector emissions poised to fall to two-decade low in transformative year
April 11, 2015: Yucca Mountain nuclear dump gets another look
Headlines
April 16, 2015: How CenterPoint’s Integrated Smart Grid Is Paying Off
April 16, 2015: Texas crowdfunding venture aims to ‘change the world’ with energy sharing
April 15, 2015: Energy Future Talks Aim to Raise $11 Billion, End Bankruptcy
April 15, 2015: Oncor Schedules First Quarter 2015 Investor Call
April 15, 2015: CPS continues search for headquarters site
April 15, 2015: Heavy rain leaves thousands of South Texas residents without power
April 14, 2015: EFH files revised plan to reorganize by end of year
April 14, 2015: Energy Future Holdings reveals its path out of bankruptcy
April 14, 2015: Energy Future in new talks with creditors to develop bankruptcy plan
April 14, 2015: Texas power firm Energy Future lays out debt overhaul plan
April 14, 2015: Energy Future Holdings moves to begin bankruptcy trial in November
April 14, 2015: Cole Schotz Wins $1.5 Million Judgment for Oncor Electric Delivery
April 14, 2015: Oncor Launches Paradigm-Breaking Microgrid in Texas
April 13, 2015: Oncor auction passes another deadline Monday
April 13, 2015: Caterpillars Knock Out Co-op Power
April 11, 2015: Schnurman: Is Texas afraid of going green?
April 10, 2015: New Water Heater Rules Bring Lower Energy Bills
April 11, 2015: End Texas’ Tesla tyranny
April 11, 2015: What type of smart energy technology will make the biggest impact in the future?
Texas Retail Electric Providers
April 17, 2015: Texas Rep Launches New Tool Providing Insights on Customer Usage, Predicted Energy Spend
April 16, 2015: New Texas REP Offering Free Sundays Plan
April 16, 2015: Texas Rep Promotes Small Business Summer Savings Program
April 13, 2015: A Dozen Retail Electric Providers Agree to Pass Sharyland Service Quality Credit On To Customers
Renewable Power
April 16, 2015: The Future Of Electricity In America – Clean Power
April 16, 2015: Earth Day Brings EnergySage to Rooftop Solar
April 16, 2015: Wind Energy Adding Water to Its Sales Pitch
April 16, 2015: Spate of rulings in US states set to hamper solar industry
April 15, 2015: Will big corporations snatch the wind opportunity away from utilities?
April 15, 2015: Scientists make strides in beaming solar power from space
April 15, 2015: NRG bundles solar with water-saving products in California
April 14, 2015: How Utilities and Solar Developers Can Deploy PV as a Grid Resource
April 14, 2015: Mapping The End Of Utilities: Where Grid Defection Will Happen Fastest
April 14, 2015: Is Energy Efficiency Disrupting the Electric Utilities’ Business Model?
April 14, 2015: E.ON Energy Services Sets New Leadership Team for U.S. Market
April 14, 2015: Small-Scale Solar Installations Are Taking Back The Power Grid
April 14, 2015: Ocean energy plus cybernetics can supply a quarter of the US’s power
April 14, 2015: Energy Department Announces New Projects to Help Protect Wildlife at Wind Energy Plants
April 14, 2015: Natural Gas Parity: The Next Hurdle For Wind’s LCOE
April 13, 2015: Nest, SolarCity team up to strengthen residential solar power
April 13, 2015: IKEA plans to install fuel cell system in Emeryville, California
April 13, 2015: MAKE Predicts Wind Energy Uncertainty after 2016
April 13, 2015: DOE Releases New Wind Report, Examines Future of Industry
April 10, 2015: US Business Says Hello To US Wind Energy, Goodbye To Fossil Fuels
April 10, 2015: Alternative energy sources power market niche
April 10, 2015: How Much Wind Energy Does The Future Hold?
April 10, 2015: Enabling wind turbines to operate at high wind speeds
April 10, 2015: Why Ocean Energy Needs a Cyber Infrastructure to Thrive
April 11, 2015: California Utility to Make Gas From Solar for Pipeline Storage
April 10, 2015: USDA Rural Development Renewable Energy Grant deadline approaching
Outside Texas
April 15, 2015: Dynegy Reports MISO Capacity Auction Results
April 15, 2015: Entergy Louisiana Chief Executive to Discuss Surging Power Demand at IEEE Green Technologies Conference in New Orleans
April 15, 2015: Japan halts restart of nuclear power reactors
April 15, 2015: Could The World Cope With Almost Limitless Energy?
April 13, 2015: Power Grid Operator Argues for Controversial Proposal to Guarantee Capacity
April 13, 2015: Georgia slams brakes on electric cars
April 11, 2015: Japan to Construct 43 New Coal Power Plants
Other News
April 15, 2015: Opinion: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: The Electricity Version
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
April 9, 2015: HB 40 sparks three petitions
April 9, 2015: Senate okays bill boosting rights of private property owners
April 8, 2015: West Texas economic officials worry Senate Bill will hinder wind energy industry
April 8, 2015: Home Rule Under Fire
April 6, 2015: 84th Texas Legislature: This Week’s Energy Consumer Bills
April 6, 2015: Oncor’s big storage buy flops in Texas state legislature
Generation Adequacy
April 9,2015: Gas-Happy Texas Goes Solar
April 9, 2015: How Conservative Texas Took The Lead in U.S. Wind Power
April 9, 2015: Major utility to begin closing down power plants next month
April 8, 2015: Is America’s electrical grid fading to black?
April 8, 2015: Obama Announces a Former Luminant Nuclear Plant Director for a Key Administration Post
April 8, 2015: A New Kind Of Nuclear Reactor?
April 8, 2015: US FERC official eyes prompt engagement on EPA climate rule
April 7, 2015: Storage game revs up as power grids face strain
April 7, 2015: ‘Load Defection’ From Customer-Owned Solar and Batteries Is Already Here
April 7, 2015: Could Fort Hood be the new site for White House’s solar program?
April 7, 2015: Power outages sweep through nation’s capital
April 7, 2015: D.C. power outage caused by downed transmission line, not blast, officials say
April 6, 2015: Some worry that climate change rules threaten reliability of electrical grid
April 6, 2015: Experts Urge Regional Approach To Epa Climate Change Rules
April 7, 2015: APPA asks EPA to provide early information on federal implementation plan for CO2 cuts
April 6, 2015: American Electric Power : prepares to close 6 coal-fired plants in Ind., Ohio, Va. and W.Va.
April 6, 2015: Markey Welcomes NRC’s Rejection of Industry-supported Flooding Protection Plan
April 3, 2015: Inside Houston’s nearest nuclear plant
April 1, 2015: NRC Will Hold an Open House on River Bend Nuclear Plant Performance
Headlines
April 9, 2015: A 2-cent overcharge leads to $1.5M settlement for Oncor
April 9, 2015: Oncor develops Texas microgrid to showcase storage, renewables integration
April 9, 2015: How Wellinghoff, Rabago, and other grid reformers would design their own electricity markets
April 9, 2015: Tesla will offer a new, improved base Model S
April 8, 2015: Oncor Microgrid Includes Battery Storage and Onsite Renewables
April 8, 2015: Schneider and S&C flick switch on advanced microgrid for Texas utility Oncor
April 8, 2015: Wind Power Creates 30,000 Texas Jobs, Generates $85 million in Taxes
April 8, 2015: Sharyland Utilities Files To Change TCRF Allocation Factors To Remove Inter-class Subsidies, Lower Residential Bills
April 7, 2015: Despite Earning Excess Profits for Years, CenterPoint Is Asking for a Rate Increase
April 7, 2015: County residents sound off against Sharyland electric rate increases
April 7, 2015: Connecticut electric company buys big in The Woodlands
April 7, 2015: Unlocking the Hidden Value of NRG
April 7, 2015: Texas Co-op Eyes Renewable Options
April 7, 2015: S&C, Schneider Electric and Oncor Complete Innovative Microgrid
April 6, 2015: TVA may import wind power from Texas, Oklahoma
April 7, 2015: CenterPoint TDU Files Amounts for New DCRF Charge Applicable to Retail Providers
April 3, 2015: Austin Energy to seek up to 600MW utility-scale solar
April 2, 2015: Astrum Solar rebranded as Direct Energy Solar following $54M acquisition
April 6, 2015: TVA may import wind power from Texas, Oklahoma
Texas Retail Electric Providers
April 10, 2015: Texas ALJ Denies Extending Disconnect Moratorium From Complaint Case To Customer’s Current REP
April 10, 2015: Retail Suppliers Ranked in Direct Selling News List of Top Network Marketers
April 8, 2015: Texas Staff: ALJ Has Discretion To Extend Disconnect Moratorium From Complaint About Customer’s Former REP to Current REP
April 8, 2015: Green Mountain Energy To Launch “Evergreen Alliance”
April 7, 2015: Texas Rep “Turning On The Spigot” For More C&I Sales
April 7, 2015: Texas REP Increases Incentive To Join Critical Peak Rebate Program
April 7, 2015: Texas REP Planting Trees for Customer Enrollments
Power Grid Security
April 8, 2015: What Caused the White House and Much of Washington to Lose Power
April 8, 2015: Homeland Security Expert: DC Power Outage Shows Vulnerability
April 8, 2015: Both Calvert Cliffs nuclear units go offline due to D.C. area disruption
April 7, 2015: National power grids hit by cyber terrorist onslaught
Renewable Power
April 8, 2015: US customers could source 97% of load from grid-connected solar by 2040: Rocky Mountain Institute
April 8, 2015: How A Yeast Cell Could Transform The Biofuel Industry
April 8, 2015: Interactions’ Conversational Virtual Assistant Solutions Selected As 2015 MITX Award Finalist
April 8, 2015: Solar Power’s Shining Moment
April 8, 2015: U.S. Renewables Sector Soars, With Help From Tax Credits
April 7, 2015: Clean Energy Revolution Is Ahead of Schedule
April 7, 2015: Target Installs Solar on 180 Stores
April 7, 2015: Utilities Must Adjust To Solar And Not The Other Way Around
April 7, 2015: Utilities May Lose More Grid-Connected Customers, And Billions of Dollars
April 7, 2015: Feds want to add 75K new solar power workers
April 6, 2015: US Solar Proponents Square Off With Power Utilities As Americans Install More Rooftop Solar Panels
April 2, 2015: Clouds on horizon for solar projects
April 2, 2015: Revenge of the renewables: How wind and solar play in Germany and Texas
April 6, 2015: How To Deploy Solar As A Grid Resource
April 5, 2015: Rooftop Solar And The $55 Billion Wake-Up Call
April 4, 2015: Pauline van Dongen creates phone chargeable Solar Shirt
April 1, 2015: Report critical of SolarCity and solar subsidies
April 3, 2015: Tapping into mine water for geothermal energy
Outside Texas
April 8, 2015: PJM Seeks Delay in Upcoming Base Residual Auction For Capacity
April 8, 2015: Green Mountain Energy Launches Service in Two New States
April 6, 2015: FERC rejects PJM demand resources proposal on the grounds that it is premature
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For the Week of 3/27/15 — 4/3/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
April 2, 2015: Why should I pay more for saving electricity?
April 2, 2015: Legislation Would Ban Fees for Conserving Electricity
March 31, 2015: Texas debates bill to eliminate utility fees for low demand customers
March 31, 2015: Legislation Would Curtail Citizens’ Ability to Challenge Pollution Permits
March 31, 2015: Bills could deter public’s say in environmental decisions
March 31, 2015: Legislation Aims to Boost Electricity Conservation
March 30, 2015: Bill barring ‘fracking bans’ advances out of committee
March 30, 2015: House Committee Passes Compromise on Drilling Rules
March 28, 2015: Watchdog: Thanks to you, pro-consumer bills are moving forward
March 29, 2015: State legislature faces off with municipalities over oil regulation
Generation Adequacy
April 2, 2015: Texas Electric Grid Vulnerable To Cyber-Attack
April 2, 2015: Texas Generator to Return Mothballed Plant to Service
April 2, 2015: Corporate America’s position on the EPA’s clean power act
April 2, 2015: AEP-backed website opposes proposed emission rules
April 2, 2015: GE’s New Gas Turbines Are State of the Art, But Are We Getting Too Cozy With the Fuel?
April 1, 2015: Summit expects to reveal estimate for Texas Clean Energy Project in ‘a few weeks’
April 2, 2015: Clean air rules likely to cause power generation shortages in much of US: NERC chief
April 2, 2015: States to FERC: Clean Power Plan too much, too fast
April 1, 2015: The State of U.S. Mercury Control in Response to MATS
April 1, 2015: Seismic Hazard Resiliency at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
March 31, 2015: Enel Green Power’s Wind Power Is Blowing In America
March 31, 2015: Enel Sells Stake in U.S. Renewable Assets to GE for $440 Million
March 31, 2015: Exelon eyes other types of power generation as nuclear plants see losses
April 1, 2015: State Bills to Thwart the Clean Power Plan Run into Opposition – from Utilities
March 30, 2015: The Evolving Power Grid – As EEI President Sees It
March 30, 2015: Most Americans still back nuclear power, see future in solar – poll
March 30, 2015: FERC Issues Proposal to Ease Regulation of Gen-Tie Lines
March 30, 2015: Coal deliveries to US utilities in January up year over year: EIA
March 27, 2015: NRG seeks Texas approval to buy a 388MW power plant being moved from Mississippi
March 27, 2015: What Dow Chemical’s Huge Texas Wind Deal Says About Our Energy Landscape
March 27, 2015: Tenaska : Expands Presence in Solar Development Industry, Pursues Distributed Generation Investment Strategy
March 27, 2015: FERC Approves The Sale Of Duke Energy’s Non-regulated Midwest Generation Business To Dynegy
March 28, 2015: Wellinghoff says Texas Needn’t Fret Over Climate Rules
March 27, 2015: Smart Grid Testbed to Test Microgrid Deployments for Efficient Power Generation
March 27, 2015: Coal’s percentage of US power generation drops in January: EIA
Headlines
April 2, 2015: Dynegy Completes Duke Midwest Acquisition; Transformational Growth in generation assets and retail business for Company
April 2, 2015: Dynegy closes ‘transformational’ multibillion-dollar deals
April 2, 2015: Tender Offer Approved to Implement Classwide Debt Exchange Outside Plan of Reorganization
April 2, 2015: Entergy Declares Dividend
April 3, 2015: Water Ruling Cuts State’s Power in Droughts
April 2, 2015: Oncor workers take to the skies to repair power grid
April 3, 2015: Texas ALJ Rules on Whether Additional REPs Are Included in Complaint Case, Seeks Staff Opinion on Disconnect Hold
April 3, 2015: RRC speaks with confidence on the future of Texas energy
April 2, 2015: Solar power saves electric costs for Texas Borderland homeowners
April 1, 2015: CenterPoint Energy Electric Unit to File Distribution Cost Recovery Factor Application
April 1, 2015: NextEra Energy: A Tale of Two, and Maybe Three, Companies
April 1, 2015: Court Rules ERCOT Not A Governmental Unit, Denies Appeal from Retail Provider
April 1, 2015: Retail Net Churn At TXU Parent Improves During 4th Quarter; Company Sees Gains Among Large Customers
March 31, 2015: Energy Future Holdings make-whole ruling extends rationale of important SDNY decisions to Delaware
March 30, 2015: Stockton, CA Smart Meters Explode After Truck Causes Power Surge
March 30, 2015: Hold the phone — does telecom provide the right model for power?
March 23, 2015: MISO Board Questions Execs on Entergy Out-of-Cycle Requests
March 31, 2015: Prepay Energy Primed for Growth in Utility Sector
March 31, 2015: DEFG’s Survey Finds Interest in Prepaid Electric Service
March 31, 2015: Vinson &Elkins Adds Former Top Texas Energy Regulator Barry Smitherman as Partner
March 30, 2015: GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company
March 31, 2015: Company helps customers across the country save on utility bills
March 30, 2015: Energy Efficiency Improvement Act passed by Senate
March 26, 2015: Fitch Affirms American Electric Power and Subs; Outlook Stable
March 27, 2015: Funding cut for Oncor’s energy-efficiency incentives
March 27, 2015: Austin-based Noesis Energy raises $5 million
March 28, 2015: Texas TDU Asks Whether Complaint Case Against Customer’s Former REPs Extends to Customer’s Current REP
March 27, 2015: Elon Musk Wants Dallas to Get Excited About Solar Power
March 27, 2015: Ross: Why My Texas Town Ditched Fossil Fuel
Texas Retail Electric Providers
April 2, 2015: Crius Energy Trust Announces Successful Close of TriEagle Energy Acquisition
April 1, 2015: Summer Energy Sees Customer Growth in 2014
March 31, 2015: Ambit Energy Hires Retail Market Veteran As SVP of Commercial Products and Sales
March 31, 2015: Parent of Texas REP Doubles Revenues
March 31, 2015: Texas Rep rebrands its solar subsidiary
March 31, 2015: Texas REP Granted Use of Trade Name Texans Energy
March 27, 2015: Spark Energy: M&A Targets Range From Tuck-Ins to Companies Equivalent to Spark’s Size
Renewable Power
April 2. 2015: Best practices guides aim to lower financing costs for solar energy systems
April 2, 2015: Wind Power Your House Or Apartment
March 30, 2015: AEP Ohio Offers Incentives for Electric Motor Repairs
April 1, 2015: Why Utilities Are Hating on Their Solar-Producing Customers
April 1, 2015: Are Simple Cycles or Combined Cycles Better for Renewable Power Integration?
April 1, 2015: With ‘Megadroughts’ in the Future, We Need More Renewable Energy Today
April 1, 2015: Cheap oil vs wind and solar: fight for future of energy
March 31, 2015: Canadian Solar Completes Acquisition of Recurrent Energy from Sharp
March 29, 2015: Facebook joins Apple, Google in the smart home market
March 31, 2015: Inside the new approach to finding the true value of solar
March 31, 2015: U.S. Continues Support for Hydropower
March 31, 2015: Shinning the light on solar subsidies
March 31, 2015: “Wind rush” underway across much of America
March 31, 2015: Adding renewable energy to power grid requires flexibility
March 31, 2015: Stormy weather ahead for wind farms?
March 28, 2015: Nation’s biggest nuclear firm makes a play for green money
March 30, 2015: Google Is a Big Renewable Energy Investor
March 30, 2015: DOE Releases 2014 Geothermal Tech Report
March 30, 2015: Federal Hydropower Agreement A Positive Sign For America’s Largest Source Of Renewable Energy
March 30, 2015: American Wind Energy Association Touts Wind Energy Advantages
March 30, 2015: Wind Could Meet 20% Of U.S. Electricity By 2030
March 30, 2015: New report shows wind energy can become one of America’s top electricity sources, while saving consumers money
March 30, 2015: Just how green is wind power?
March 30, 2015: Wind Power And Solar Energy Industries Release Handbook To Help States Use Renewable Energy
March 27, 2015: Solar Photovoltaic Technology could meet Ever-growing Demand for Electricity
March 28, 2015: Target to expand solar deployments to 180 stores and DCs
March 29, 2015: Natural gas and solar power have been growing together. Can that last?
March 27, 2015: Global Wind Power Installations Increased by 42 Percent in 2014, According to Navigant Research
Outside Texas
April 1, 2015: ONEOK Partners and Fermaca to Construct an Export Natural Gas Pipeline from West Texas to Mexico
April 1, 2015: U.S. FERC seeks more info on PJM grid plan, utility stocks drop
April 1, 2015: PJM May Consider Hourly Pricing as Generators Lobby for Market Changes
April 1, 2015: FERC Staff Calls PJM Capacity Performance Proposal Deficient, Directs Further Filings
March 31, 2015: Major Power Outage Darkens Dozens Of Cities In Turkey
April 1, 2015: Impala to Fire Platinum Refinery With Fuel Cells Amid Price Drop
March 30, 2015: Duke Energy gives $1M to Indiana battery center for energy storage research
March 30, 2015: Three Reasons Carbon Reduction Is Easy In The Central U.S.
March 26, 2015: The biggest surprise of EPRI’s Smart Grid Demonstration Initiative
March 26, 2015: Entergy completes outage & overhaul at Indian Point 3 nuclear unit
Other News
March 31, 2015: Texas Towns Under Pressure From Low Oil Prices
March 31, 2015: More bad news in Texas as retail survey plummets
March 30, 2015: Texas NOV Filed for Air Liquide
March 28, 2015: What a drag: Low oil prices continue to slow Texas job growth
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
March 26, 2015: Texas legislative panel advances grid bills
March 26, 2015: Electric industry pushes back against bill restricting minimum-use fees
March 26, 2015: Texas Senator rethinking his own renewable energy program
March 25, 2015: TIPRO Applauds Senate Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee for Passing Senate Bill 1165
March 24, 2015: Lawmakers: Trim Austin Energy spending, allow for competition
March 24, 2015: Texas weighs bill to end renewable energy incentives for utilities
March 24, 2015: With Potential Repeal Of RPS, Wind Developers In Lone Star State Face Texas-Sized Headaches
March 24, 2015: Tesla Motors Inc Allowed To Hold More Test Drive Events In Texas
March 24, 2015: Texas lawmakers get earful as they consider banning cities from banning fracking
March 24, 2015: Senate Committee Advances “Denton Fracking Bill”
March 24, 2015: Fort Worth Officials Are Asked to Help Rewrite Drilling Bill
March 23, 2015: Solar potential has sunny outlook in Texas
March 23, 2015: Fracking bills in Legislature fuel city-control debate
March 22, 2015: As wind power booms, Texas lawmakers consider yanking support
March 20, 2015: Energy Technology Firms Press Texas on Smart Electrical Meter Program
March 21, 2015: Energy slump strikes Texas Capitol
March 20, 2015: Agency name change would benefit Texans
Generation Adequacy
March 26, 2015: Texas small hydro project loses exemption
March 26, 2015: Former Dallas mayor, U.S. ambassador Ron Kirk pushes nuclear power in Texas
March 26, 2015: Closing Coal Plants Don’t Need Replacements, Thanks to Energy Efficiency
March 26, 2015: Railroad Commissioner Rallies for Natural Gas
March 26, 2015: The road to lower emissions: America’s power providers take the lead
March 25, 2015: Power’s on for half of $375M Montana Power Station in far East El Paso County
March 25, 2015: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Latest Texas v. EPA Challenge
March 25, 2015: The Supreme Court Is About To Decide If Coal Plants Can Keep Emitting Unlimited Mercury
March 25, 2015: Justices appear split on EPA plan for cutting toxic energy-plant emissions
March 25, 2015: Natural Gas Continues To Replace Coal: ‘Bridge’ Fuel To Lower-Carbon Energy
March 24, 2015: El Paso Electric starts up two 88 MW gas power units in Texas
March 24, 2015: Wind Project Adds 200 Megawatts to Texas Grid
March 24, 2015: Power Companies Seek to End Losing Streak on EPA at Top U.S. Court
March 24, 2015: Feds Ask Solicitor General to Review NJ’s Plan to Subsidize Power Plants
March 24, 2015: Supreme Court seeks US view on generator subsidies
March 23, 2015: AEP to shut six US coal-fired power plants by the end of May
March 23, 2015: Why Better Energy Storage Matters
March 23, 2015: SolarCity Making Storage The Hot New Trend In Solar
March 23, 2015: Whitfield Unveils Ratepayer Protection Act to Address EPA’s Overreaching Power Plant Rule
March 23, 2015: EPA rule on power plant emissions faces formidable hurdle in Supreme Court
March 20, 2015: El Paso Electric Announces Commercial Operation of Montana Power Station Units 1 and 2
March 22, 2015: Walmart signs PPA with Akuo Energy USA for Texas wind project
March 20, 2015: Dow to buy 200 MW/year of wind power for Freeport, Texas
March 23, 2015: U.S. Energy Storage Market Could Triple This Year
March 23, 2015: Survey says: Most favor U.S. nuclear power now & in the future
Headlines
March 26, 2015: Texas PUC Commissioner Muses Whether TDU Costs Charged to Retail Providers Should Rely More On Fixed, Not Volumetric, Charges
March 26, 2015: Energy Future Holdings bondholders rebuffed
March 26, 2015: For those with fears about smart meters even the opt-out device is a concern
March 26, 2015: Some customers say they’re ‘legally robbed’ by deregulated power
March 26, 2015: How Energy Disaggregation Can Inspire Efficiency
March 26, 2015: EPA’s Energy Star Names Odessa, TX, as Nation’s Top Small City for Energy Efficient Buildings
March 26, 2015: Ranking puts Dallas near the bottom for solar power capacity
March 26, 2015: Solar energy growing fast in Houston and California
March 26, 2015: Is this the world’s most innovative street?
March 25, 2015: County stands against transmission line, Cross Texas submitting PUC application next month
March 25, 2015: PNM files settlement agreement with FERC for transmission formula rate case
March 25, 2015: Crius Energy Trust Reports Third Consecutive Quarter of Strong Financial Results
March 16, 2015: Crius Energy buys Houston firm Trieagle for $22M
March 25, 2015: Net Churn Continues At Crius Energy, Unit Margins Expand
March 25, 2015: Newly Filed Complaint Against Texas REP Seeks Refund of GRT Charges — From 10 Years Ago
March 25, 2015: Emerging Technologies Can Pave the Way for Time-Variant Electricity Pricing
March 25, 2015: NextEra Energy Inc. is a good growth-oriented dividend stock — but can it ever be great?
March 25, 2015: Entergy “Powers a New Day” in its 2014 Integrated Report
March 24, 2015: Energy Future bankruptcy unlikely to resolve for another year
March 24, 2015: Oncor debt gets a BBB+ rating from Fitch while auction looms
March 24, 2015: Houston consumer prices drop for gasoline, electricity
March 24, 2015: What Should Clean Air Cost?
March 24, 2015: Industry in Turmoil: Coal Plants Shutting Down Around the World
March 23, 2015: Texas “Advanced Energy” Going Big, Report Finds
March 23, 2015: Fitch Rates Oncor’s Senior Secured Notes ‘BBB+’; Outlook Stable
March 23, 2015: Fitch Rates Lubbock Power & Light, TX’s $13.3MM Power System Rev Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
March 20, 2015: Fitch Affirms CenterPoint Energy and Subsidiaries; Outlook Stable
March 22, 2015: CPS tapping tech to track energy usage
March 20, 2015: Sharyland Utilities Customers Upset Over Unusually High Delivery Service Charges
March 20, 2015: InfraREIT: State-Regulated Transmission Utility Hiding As A REIT
March 23, 2015: Clean Air Act and Dirty Coal at the Supreme Court
March 21, 2015: Sustainable Power Generation: Coal Gasification
March 21, 2015: 1 Chart That Defines Our Energy Future
Texas Retail Electric Providers
March 27, 2015:Texas TDU Files Intent to Implement New Charge Applicable to Retail Electric Providers
March 25, 2015: TXU: Customers Not Switching Away Due to EFH Restructuring
March 25, 2015: New Retail Electric Provider Receives Texas License
March 23, 2015: Texas REPs, PUC Staff File Stipulation Regarding Refund of Transition Charges to REPs
March 23, 2015: New Texas REP Offering Free Weekends Product, Other TOU Rate
March 19, 2015: Texas Rep Now Bundling Smart Sprinkler With Electricity Offers
Power Grid Security
March 26, 2015: APS power grid has endured 9 minor acts of sabotage in recent years
March 25, 2015: National Investigation Reveals Alarming Number of Attacks on U.S. Power Grid
March 25, 2015: Power grid security fears surge since 2003 blackout
March 24, 2015: Bracing for a big power grid attack: ‘One is too many’
March 24, 2015: Examining power grid attacks across America, Texas
Renewable Power
March 26, 2015: Nation’s top 20 cities for solar include San Antonio, Austin
March 26, 2015: San Antonio No. 7 solar power in nation
March 26, 2015: Environment America Report: 20 American cities account for 6.5% of total PV capacity in the US
March 26, 2015: Federal agencies renew commitment to hydropower
March 26, 2015: Solar Power Sees Unprecedented Boom in U.S.
March 26, 2015: US Electricity From Wind Beat Hydro For 1st Time Ever In November (Exclusive)
March 26, 2015: Facebook is building a fleet of giant solar-powered drones
March 25, 2015: EnerNOC and SunPower Partner to Blend Commercial Solar With Energy Market Intelligence
March 25, 2015: U.S. EPA Recognizes Sand Valley Landfill Renewable Energy Program as Electricity Project of the Year
March 25, 2015: Are Solar-Powered Homes Jacking Up Everyone Else’s Electric Bills?
March 25, 2015: Pricing Solar Power Fairly
March 25, 2015: Cities and Towns Choose Renewables to Save Money
March 24, 2015: Survey: People love solar power if it does not cost them extra
March 24, 2015: No Country For King Coal – The Changing U.S. Energy Mix
March 23, 2015: Another victim of the price drop: Texas renewable energy
March 23, 2015: IBM, Walmart, Dow Chemical Building Renewables Into Business Plans
March 23, 2015: Xcel Energy Purchasing 140 MW Of Solar PV From Planned Developments In Roswell, New Mexico
March 23, 2015: U of U researchers say crystalline material has incredible solar power potential
March 23, 2015: Harrop: The sun is rising globally on solar panels
March 23, 2015: GOOGLE ‘C’ : & SolarCity Create $750 Million Solar Fund
March 23, 2015: Stanford: Look to cities for utility-scale solar
March 23, 2015: Solar Power Spreads, Diverse Users Fight Utility Attempts To Penalize It
March 23, 2015: Wind Power Becoming Increasingly Affordable
March 21, 2015: Industry study ranks Texas 10th in solar capacity
March 20, 2015: Wind turbines generating 4.5% of US electricity
March 20, 2015: Solar Power Inc. to develop floating solar projects
Outside Texas
March 26, 2015: US firm to build Mexico’s first waste-to-energy plant
March 24, 2015: The future of energy service is all about you
March 23, 2015: PNM Files Comprehensive Settlement Agreement in FERC Transmission Rate Case
March 23, 2015: California drought could reduce the share of hydropower in the state
March 21, 2015: Why California’s drought means higher utility bills
Other News
March 26, 2015: Texas’ job growth in February slows to smallest gain since fall 2011 due low oil prices
March 25, 2015: Drought conditions threaten water supply in Brazoria, Galveston counties
March 24, 2015: NextDecade says U.S. energy agency will consider Texas LNG project
March 24, 2015: January Data From Texas May Show Production Decline Underway
March 24, 2015: Texas Landmen Left out of Work as Oil Patch Boom Times Go Bust
March 23, 2015: Kohlberg’s Sabre Industries Acquires FWT from Satori Capital
March 23, 2015: Public Power Communities Shine the Light on Innovation
March 22, 2015: ET energy summit set for Friday
March 19, 2015: NEMA Publishes ANSI C12.9-2014 Standard for Test Switches and Plugs for Transformer-Rated Meters
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March 19, 2015: Energy technology firms press state on demand-response
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
March 19, 2015: A Roundup of Energy, Water, and Climate Bills in the 84th Texas Legislative Session
March 19, 2015: Bills to preempt fracking bans moving in Austin
March 19, 2015: Energy technology firms press state on demand-response
March 19, 2015: Chamber delegation heads to Austin to meet with officials
March 18, 2015: PEC board opposes Dale bills as ‘undemocratic interference’
March 18, 2015: Lubbock leaders praise Texas Senate proposal that would benefit LP&L, 2019 deadline
March 18, 2015: With Changes, Texas Smart Thermostat Bill Now Has Support From Retail Electric Providers
March 18, 2015: Texas plans to power government vehicles with natural gas
March 18, 2015: Lawmakers Hope to Steer Self-Driving Car Bills to Abbott’s Desk
March 17, 2015: Texas renewable energy requirement in cross-hairs at Capitol
March 17, 2015: Bipartisan Texas shale caucus gathers to discuss key bills
March 17, 2015: Bill Would Throttle Local Government’s Ability to Sue Polluters
March 16, 2015: Texas legislature pushes back against EPA with two new bills
March 16, 2015: Texas Bill Would Allow Customers At Muni Austin Energy to Choose Electric Supplier
March 16, 2015: “Clean” Anti-Capacity Market Bill Filed With Texas Legislature
March 13, 2015: What is demand response and how 2 bills could bring it to your Texas home
March 15, 2015: Watson, Turner file demand response bills empowering consumers
March 13, 2015: As drilling slows, lawmakers turn away
March 13, 2015: Bill would let Texas counties keep some mineral wealth for damaged roads
Generation Adequacy
March 19, 2015: Industry study ranks Texas 10th in solar capacity
March 19, 2015: Obama to unveil fracking rules
March 19, 2015: Obama announces order to cut greenhouse gas output by 40 percent
March 19, 2015: Interior Department to Ramp Up Energy Regulation
March 13, 2015: NRG Texas Power nears permit for new unit at Bertron power plant
March 11, 2015: Exelon Says Texas LNG Terminal Would Grow Wholesale Gas Business
March 16, 2015: Texas Staff Updates Estimate of ERCOT Capacity Used for Small Fish Swim Free Rule
March 16, 2015: Texas-led states’ letter to EPA asks to scrap ozone change
March 13, 2015: Dow Chemical seals 200-MW wind PPA
March 15, 2015: Xcel Energy Announces Purchase of Solar Energy from New Mexico
March 12, 2015: Analysis: Texas coal burn hits three-year low
Headlines
March 19, 2015: How Energy Ogre uses tech to slash your electric bill
March 19, 2015: Fitch Rates Lubbock Power & Light, TX’s $13.3MM Power System Rev Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
March 19, 2015: Austin’s Digital Turbine projects revenue to double after merger
March 19, 2015: Waste-to-fuel firm wants less of Beaumont’s trash
March 19, 2015: Who should operate the distribution grid?
March 19, 2015: Utilities Struggle to Deliver Customer Service via Mobile Websites
March 18, 2015: Georgetown to go 100% renewable energy, first in state, city says
March 18, 2015: Fitch Rates Corpus Christi, Texas’ Utility System Junior Lien Revs ‘A+’; Outlook Stable
March 18, 2015: Electric Grid Security: A Closer Look At CIP-014-1 Standard
March 18, 2015: NRG Energy Announces Plan to Repurchase Additional Common Stock As Part of 2015 Capital Allocation Plan
March 17, 2015: NRG’s Goal Zero Launches Solar Ready Program; Unveils First Collaboration With Gregory Products
March 17, 2015: Energy costs are low but electric bills aren’t
March 17, 2015: Local, state leaders urge EPA to shelve changes
March 16, 2015: Three companies file bid for CPS Energy’s rooftop solar program
March 16, 2015: Pa. Judge Overrides Ambit’s Texas Forum Selection Clause
March 16, 2015: SolarCity, a Vocal Critic of the Utility Industry, Joins It
March 17, 2015: Pressed By Customers for Choice, Texas Co-op Claims Deregulation Would Require Smart Meters
March 11, 2015: Battery Hackers Are Building the Future in the Garage
March 12, 2015: Tesla to Unveil Update on Model S
March 13, 2015: Surprise! Economy speeds up, pollution stalls
Texas Retail Electric Providers
March 18, 2015: Texas Rep Launches Redesigned Website
March 18, 2015: Direct Energy Among Members Of New Cross-Company Loyalty Program Plenti Launched By American Express
March 16, 2015: Spark Energy Acquires Book of 34,000 Customers
March 16, 2015: Texas REP Officially Announces Debut of Power Express Brand With Customer Satisfaction Guarantee
Renewable Power
March 19, 2015: IBM establishes 20% renewables target for 2020
March 19, 2015: Solar eclipse and freak weather may mess up renewables
March 19, 2015: Solar Power Inc. Seeks to Develop Floating Projects in U.S
March 19, 2015: Solar-powered plane lands in Myanmar on latest leg
March 19, 2015: New Survey Shows Strong Support for Nuclear Energy
March 18, 2015: SolarCity and DIRECTV Make Solar Power More Accessible and Affordable to Homeowners Across the Country
March 18, 2015: Wind power will grow if conditions are favorable
March 18, 2015: Wind May Win The Renewable Race – But At What Price?
March 18, 2015: Target stores installing solar arrays on their rooftops
March 17, 2015: SolarCity launches microgrids with Tesla batteries to protect communities from blackouts in natural disasters
March 17, 2015: Texas City Pulls Plug on Fossil Fuels With Shift to Solar
March 18, 2015: Huge Barriers Remain in Rapid Shift to Renewables, But Solution Is at Hand
March 17, 2015: Green jobs are growing, but politics get in the way
March 16, 2015: University team builds NexusHaus for US Solar Decathlon
March 16, 2015: Uncovering the secrets of super solar power perovskites
March 16, 2015: Renewable energy players undaunted
March 16, 2015: An idea so good that it’s mandated
March 13, 2015: Natural Gas, Wind Will Replace Many Coal-Fired Plants
March 13, 2015: SolarCity Is Ramping Up Its Expansion
March 13, 2015: Clean energy suffers along with O&G
Outside Texas
March 16, 2015: Shell Energy Warns of “Overnight” Implementation of PJM Capacity Performance Changes, Seeks Clarity
March 16, 2015: New PUC billing rules could challenge Duquesne Light
March 14, 2015: For Boquillas del Carmen, the wait for electricity was a long one
March 16, 2015: Ex-energy official’s $1.7 million gig draws fire
Other News
March 19, 2015: House passes bill to ban EPA ‘secret science’
March 19, 2015: The Pinnacle Group Honored for Supplier Excellence by Oncor
Announcement
March 13, 2015: Central Texas Association for Energy Economics and the U.T. Energy Institute offer Workship on The Impact of the EPA Clean Power Plan on Texas
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
March 11, 2015: Tesla Motors Inc Wants to Mess With Texas and This Ain’t Their First Rodeo
March 11, 2015: Texas lawmakers consider whether to give state power to block some city ordinances
March 10, 2015: State lawmakers want feds to end oil export ban
March 7, 2015: Watchdog: This week is Legislature’s last chance for Texas electricity reform
March 7, 2015: Lawmakers push for streamlined environmental permitting process
March 7, 2015: Bill seeks to ease pollution burden on poor, minorities
Generation Adequacy
March 12, 2015: New Solar Deal, Like Everything Else in Texas, Is Big
March 12, 2015: Texas to install 10GW of solar by 2029, says report
March 12, 2015: CPS Energy Wants To Rent Your Roof
March 11, 2015: Report: Texas’s Advanced Energy Market Estimated at $16B in Revenue – Enough to Buy Dallas Cowboys Five Times Over
March 11, 2015: Coming soon to Texas: Demand response growth?
March 11, 2015: Palestine power firm cancels Leviathan natural gas deal
March 10, 2015: SolarCity Bringing “Full Net Metering” To Texas (This Is Big)
March 10, 2015: Solar City pushes into Texas
March 10, 2015: New SolarCity program could make solar viable for Texas homes, awaken ‘sleeping giant’
March 10, 2015: EIA: Scheduled 2015 capacity additions mostly wind, natural gas
March 10, 2015: Electricity Generation – Plans for 2015
March 7, 2015: Reliability of Rio Grande Valley’s electricity remains a concern ahead of summer
March 8, 2015: Entergy to fight the state on use of decommissioning fund
March 6, 2015: 4 Reasons Why a National Grid Won’t Happen
March 9, 2015: US Senate to hold hearing on the State of Technological Innovation Related to the Electric Grid
March 9, 2015: How Are Buildings Going To Stabilize Our Electric Grid? By Becoming More Like Electric Cars
March 7, 2015: Once extravagant, renewable power plans in Texas go cheap
March 6, 2015: NRC Issues Annual Assessments for Nation’s Nuclear Plants
Headlines
March 12, 2015: West Texas Landowners Take on Local Utility Companies
March 12, 2015: Feeling Snookered in Wind Energy Deal, City of San Angelo Heads to Court
March 12, 2015: Nicaragua’s Renewable Energy Revolution Picks Up Steam
March 12, 2015: City of Arlington to Save $14MM through Landmark Energy Program Featuring LED Streetlights
March 11, 2015: Entergy announces third reliability project in Conroe, Texas
March 11, 2015: Entergy Texas unveils new service reliability project in Winnie area
March 11, 2015: Entergy announces conversion of irrigation pumps from diesel to electric
March 11, 2015: Fitch Rates Lower Colorado River Authority, TX’s Rev Bonds ‘A’; Outlook Stable
March 10, 2015: Energy Future Holdings can pay down $750M in debt, bankruptcy court says
March 10, 2015: Oncor may draw multiple bids in bankruptcy auction
March 10, 2015: Hendricks: Company wants to read utility meters from the sky
March 9, 2015: Texas Residential TDU Rates – Time for Change
March 9, 2015: CPS Energy Chair Nora Chavez on San Antonio’s “New Energy Economy”
March 5, 2015: FERC upholds new method for determining ROE for transmission set by Opinion No. 531
March 9, 2015: Texas ranked sixth for clean energy job growth in 2014
March 8, 2015: Amp Electric Aiming To Be The Tesla Motors Of Delivery Trucks & Vans
March 5, 2015: Tesla revs up hiring spree as it looks beyond cars
March 9, 2015: Texas Environmentalists may face new hurdles in opposition to industrial permits
March 8, 2015: Obama’s Clean Power Plan will cost Texas jobs
Texas Retail Electric Providers
March 13, 2015: Texas REP Pioneer Power Changing Technical/Managerial Qualifications
March 13, 2015: Pilot Power Group Relinquishing Texas REP Certification
March 13, 2015: Direct Energy Now Offering Nest Learning Thermostat Bundle to Small Businesses in Texas
March 10, 2015: Texas Staff Recommend Expedited Review of REP Certificate Application To Avert Potential POLR Drop
March 10, 2015: Texas Rep Partners With Solar Provider to Offer Solar to Texas Homeowners for Less Than Utility Power Without Local Incentives
March 10, 2015: Energy America Enters Credit/Supply Agreement With Texas Retail Provider
March 7, 2015: Solar plane takes off for flight around the world
March 7, 2015: New concept in solar energy poised to catch on across US
March 7, 2015: Fact check: Are “green” energy plans doing what they say?
March 7, 2015: How a Solar Farm Set Hundreds of Birds Ablaze
March 7, 2015: Utilities strive to fetter solar industry’s growth
Renewable Power
March 12, 2015: Wind and solar projects will power half of U.S. utilities’ new output for 2015
March 12, 2015: Annova LNG seeks federal approval for export facility in South Texas
March 12, 2015: Top 10 states for solar installation in 2014
March 12, 2015: Local solar gadget maker looks ahead to SXSW, ‘Shark Tank’
March 12, 2015: Solar Eclipse Will Test Germany’s Green Power Grid
March 11, 2015: IDTechEx See a Change of Course with Fuel Cells
March 9, 2015: Battery storage proves to be far cleaner than coal-fired plants in stabilizing power grid
March 10, 2015: Biofuels and ethanol lobbies part ways
March 11, 2015: Scientist to watch Texas’ endangered species
March 10, 2015: Greensmith Delivers Over One-Third of All U.S. Energy Storage Deployments in 2014
March 10, 2015: Could solar power overtake natural gas in the US?
March 7, 2015: Solar plane takes off for flight around the world
March 7, 2015: New concept in solar energy poised to catch on across US
March 7, 2015: Stop dumping billions into unreliable wind power
March 10, 2015: Principal Solar building second major solar facility in NC
March 7, 2015: New concept in solar energy poised to catch on across US
March 7, 2015: Solar plane takes off for flight around the world
March 7, 2015: New concept in solar energy poised to catch on across US
March 7, 2015: Fact check: Are “green” energy plans doing what they say?
March 7, 2015: How a Solar Farm Set Hundreds of Birds Ablaze
March 7, 2015: Utilities strive to fetter solar industry’s growth
Outside Texas
March 12, 2015: Market Monitor Finds PJM Wholesale Electricity Markets Competitive
March 9, 2015: Marin Clean Energy and Calpine Sign Agreement to Displace System Power Purchases with Local, Affordable Energy
March 10, 2015: FERC should be cautious about price formation rules for RTOs, say APPA and NRECA
March 9, 2015: The World Of Energy Is Getting Diversified
March 9, 2015: Fukushima residents torn over nuclear waste storage plan
March 9, 2015: FERC Show Cause Order Seeks $15 Million Penalty Against Power Marketer, Trader
March 9, 2015: Retail Supplier: PJM Uplift Mechanism “Grossly Imperfect”; PJM Cites Filed Rate Doctrine in Opposing Refunds
March 9, 2015: NRG Home (Reliant) Seeks Natural Gas Supplier License In New States
March 7, 2015: Colorado State sharing research cost at Japan nuclear site
Other News
March 12, 2015: NOV for CPS Energy Concerning Non-Spinning Reserve
March 11, 2015: Notice of Violation for NRG Concerning Responsive Reserve Service
March 9, 2015: AEP, FirstEnergy Win Inaugural EPRI Interoperability Leadership Award
March 8, 2015: River coalition calls for better conservation after TCEQ action
Announcement
March 13, 2015: Central Texas Association for Energy Economics and the U.T. Energy Institute offer Workship on The Impact of the EPA Clean Power Plan on Texas
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
March 5, 2015: Parry: Selling climate change action in Texas
Feb 28, 2015: Bill would allow property owners to sue over drilling ordinances
Generation Adequacy
March 5, 2015: Coal and nuclear power are part of energy solution
March 5, 2015: Loyal to the Core — Nuclear Values at Work
March 5, 2015: Alexander to Nuclear Regulators: U.S. Needs More, Not Fewer, Nuclear Reactors
March 4, 2015: Texas Power Falls to Lowest in Two Weeks as Wind Rises
March 4, 2015: Tesla Motors steps up hiring for battery storage unit
March 4, 2015: Co-ops Raise Reliability Concerns at FERC Conference
March 3, 2015: RES Americas finalises 110-MW wind park in Texas
March 3, 2015: Proposal to cut demand for natural gas has utilities on edge
March 2, 2015: Public Utility Commission chair speaks against Clean Power Plan at Texas Tech law school
March 2, 2015: Electricity Price Index Hit Record—Again–in January
Feb 26, 2015: Proposed natural gas power plant moves forward
Feb 27, 2015: Will Power Plant Rules Cause Blackouts?
Feb 19, 2015: The Clean Power Plan: A View from FERC
Feb 26, 2015: The Clean Power Plan: A View from FERC, Part II – Infrastructure
Feb 26, 2015: EPA may delay ozone standards by a year
Feb 26, 2015: EPA Rules Looks to Regulate Puddles, Energy Production, and Much, Much More
Feb 26, 2015: Udall, Portman, Burr and Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Promote Conservation and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Headlines
March 6, 2015: Area dodges storm’s worst; North Texas not as lucky
March 5, 2015: Power Outages Reported In Parts Of Central Texas
March 5, 2015: City of Corpus Christi Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve
March 5, 2015: Entergy elects two new board members
March 4, 2015: CenterPoint Energy reports higher Q4 net income, provides guidance for 2015
March 4, 2015: Pflugerville solar projects find new life
March 4, 2015: After outages, Oncor to trim more trees, farther from lines
March 4, 2015: Lamar EC member information meeting on deregulation set for March 14
March 4, 2015: Proposed EPA Air Quality Standards Could Spell Trouble For SA
March 3, 2015: Council debates deregulation of Austin Energy
March 3, 2015: Austin Council puts energy consulting contracts on hold
March 2, 2015: Want to buy Oncor? Today is the deadline to get your bid in
March 2, 2015: Bankrupt Glacial Energy Files To Convert Case to Chapter 7
March 2, 2015: Exelon: Utilities Must Stay Focused on Customers’ Essential Energy Needs as Industry Transforms
March 2, 2015: Entergy’s Indian Point Begins Refueling Outage of Unit 3
Feb 27, 2015: EFH Junior Noteholders Want $750M Repaid If Fund Feud Ends
Feb 27, 2015: FuelCell Energy Completes Sale of University Micro-grid Project to NRG Yield
Feb 26, 2015: PNM Resources Board Declares Quarterly Common Stock Dividend
March 2, 2015: NRG Expects to Add 25,000-30,000 Home Solar Customers During 2015
Feb 25, 2015: Electric Utilities & Safety Culture in an Aging Workforce
Texas Retail Electric Providers
March 6, 2015: Texas Retail Provider Offering Plan for Pet Lovers
March 6, 2015: New Texas REP Now Listing Offers on Power To Choose
March 6, 2015: New Name Granted for Texas REP
March 5, 2015: Mega Energy Adding the Name “Texans Energy”
Power Grid Security
Feb 27, 2015: States Seek to Shore Up Electric Grid Vulnerabilities
Renewable Power
March 5, 2015: The 3 best states for renewable energy
March 5, 2015: Once extravagant, renewable power plans go cheap
March 5, 2015: Energy Department taps SwRI-led consortium to help improve solar-plant efficiency
March 5, 2015: USDA has more money for rural renewable energy projects
March 4, 2015: Solar Firms Expand As Solar Electricity Costs Fall
March 3, 2015: Crispy Ducks: Solar Array Test Cremates 130 Birds In One Morning
March 3, 2015: Google turns to renewable energy to power its data centres
March 3, 2015: Wind Power Transmission Project Would Save Natural Resources
March 2, 2015: Offshore Wind Accelerator publishes pioneering guidance on cable burial risk management
March 2, 2015: Research partnership explores how to best harness solar-power
Feb 27, 2015: Phase 3 of 400 MW Alamo Solar Project in Texas Now Online
Feb 27, 2015: Hydropower and the New (Old) Model for Clean Energy
Feb 27, 2015: Agriculture secretary champions the biofuels industry
Feb 27, 2015: Nuclear Waste Could Offer Carbon-Free Energy, Scientists Suggest
Feb 27, 2015: Effort to stymie wind is long on rhetoric but short on facts
Feb 27, 2015: Apple Car: will the tech giant build an electric car?
Outside Texas
March 3, 2015: New York PSC Bars Utility Ownership of Distributed Energy Resources
March 1, 2015: Strengthening U.S. ties with Mexico and Central America
March 2, 2015: Beyond the substation: How 5 proactive states are transforming the grid edge
Feb 27, 2015: Pattern Energy + Cemex Developing 1 Gigawatt Of Renewable Energy Projects In Mexico
Feb 26, 2015: China looks to renewables, nuclear power to reduce pollution
Other News
March 5, 2015: LCRA increasing water supply by using Round Rock’s waste?
March 5, 2015: Tomlinson: China’s new economic normal will hit Texas economy
March 3, 2015: Texas completes abandoned mine reclamation in South Texas
March 3, 2015: Texas Co-op Helps Nonprofits Obtain Grants
March 3, 2015: What the Water Sector Could Learn from the Electric Side
March 3, 2015: Comfy Launches Unbill to Simplify Living Expenses
Feb 26, 2015: Federal Reserve Bank Of Dallas: Oil Price Drop To Cost Texas About 140,000 Jobs
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Feb 25, 2015: Third time the charm? Legislators want to rename Texas Railroad Commission again
Feb 25, 2015: TX Bill Would Extend TDUs’ Ability To Rely on Alternative Ratemaking In Assessing Charges to REPs
Feb 22, 2015: Should PUC do gas utility rate cases? Watson asks
Feb 20, 2015: A Texas Clean Power Plan? Or, ‘Just say no!’
Generation Adequacy
Feb 26, 2015: How power plant upgrades are boosting flexibility
Feb 26, 2015: Why generators are the unsung heroes of power plant efficiency
Feb 25, 2015: Texas Electricity Gains as Demand Rises While Wind Output Falls
Feb 25, 2015: FERC seeks information from PJM, MISO and monitors tied to seam issues
Feb 24, 2015: Power plants keeping up with increased demand despite record cold
Feb 24, 2015: Nuclear power group sees central role for FERC tied to EPA plan to reduce plant emissions
Feb 24, 2015: Uranium Resources Commences Exploration Drilling in South Texas
Feb 23, 2015: Battle still brewing over Houston power line
Feb 23, 2015: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Sets 2014 Power Production Record
Feb 20, 2015: Energy experts seek consensus on Clean Power Plan’s timeline, reliability fixes
Feb 23, 2015: Manufacturers decry Clean Power Plan, threaten to take flight
Feb 17, 2015: Do we need a carbon price to comply with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan?
Feb 20, 2015: Texas tax collections point to surging fuel demand
Feb 20, 2015: Texas wind generation is up 71% in 5 years
Feb 22, 2015: BlackRock taking stake in 594MW of EDF Texas wind power
Feb 22, 2015: EPA Coal Cuts Light Up Washington
Headlines
Feb 26, 2015: K.K.R.-Owned Oil and Gas Producer Is Said to Hire Restructuring Advisers
Feb 26, 2015: El Paso Electric’s profit was $91.4M in 2014; higher rates wanted in 2016
Feb 26, 2015: NRG Energy Posts Profit In Full-year
Feb 26, 2015: NRG Energy (NRG) Misses Q4 Earnings Estimates
Feb 26, 2015: NRG reports $119 million in fourth quarter profits
Feb 26, 2015: NRG Energy swings to profit on renewables growth
Feb 25, 2015: Abbott picks Christi Craddick to Southern States Energy Board
Feb 25, 2015: El Paso Electric Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results
Feb 25, 2015: NRG Energy (NRG) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Friday
Feb 25, 2015: Will NRG Energy (NRG) Disappoint This Earnings Season?
Feb 25, 2015: A Sunny Picture: Solar Industry Jobs in Texas Growing
Feb 25, 2015: Solar energy increasingly popular in San Antonio
Feb 25, 2015: U.S. Utilities — For or Against a Green Future?
Feb 24, 2015: Will CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Miss Q4 Earnings Estimates?
Feb 24, 2015: Ice storm hits parts of Texas, cancelling flights, crippling traffic
Feb 24, 2015: Dynegy reports $104 million loss for fourth quarter
Feb 23, 2015: Pflugerville trying to build nation’s largest solar farm
Feb 23, 2015: ConEdison Development moves into San Antonio solar energy market
Feb 20, 2015: CPS Energy’s Alamo 3 solar farm now energizing
Feb 22, 2015: Davis Polk Advises El Paso Electric on the Sale of Its Interest in the Four Corners Power Plant
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Feb 24, 2015: Texas Rep Expands Texas Service Offerings
Feb 24, 2015: Texas REP To Use New Brand, Phase-Out Existing Brand
Power Grid Security
Feb 26, 2015: Electric Grid Security: Regulations – A Poor Substitute
Renewable Power
Feb 26, 2015: Even county odd couple gets behind green program
Feb 26, 2015: Google Is Paying Millions to Help You Switch to Solar Power
Feb 26, 2015: Google’s big new solar investment
Feb 26, 2015: SolarCity : Creates Fund to Finance $750 Million in Residential Solar Projects with Investment from Google
Feb 23, 2015: Apple to Spend $1.9 Billion Building Two Europe Data Centers
Feb 25, 2015: Steffy: Why Wind Subsidies Are More Than Just Political Hot Air
Feb 25, 2015: Solar power set to become cheapest source of energy over next decade, German think tank says
Feb 25, 2015: Rise of a New Green King
Feb 25, 2015: Solar panels add premium to home value, study finds
Feb 25, 2015: US deploys 540 MW of renewable power capacity in Jan 2015
Feb 25, 2015: Geothermal Power Generation Market Is Expanding at a CAGR of 23.58% from 2013 to 2019 : TMR
Feb 25, 2015: These Concentrated Solar Arrays Produce 50% More Power Than Normal Panels
Feb 25, 2015: Wind generation seasonal patterns vary across the United States
Feb 25, 2015: Solar eclipse to disrupt power supplies
Feb 24, 2015: What do we have to show for government subsidies of wind power?
Feb 24, 2015: Apple Data Center Announcement Hints At New Wind Energy Storage System
Feb 24, 2015: How regulators and legislators make it harder for you to use solar power
Feb 23, 2015: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
Feb 23, 2015: Tenaska bets on solar with stake in roof-panel installer
Feb 23, 2015: NRG Renew enters into agreement with Kaiser to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Feb 23, 2015: Apple’s €850 million data centre gets big welcome in Galway
Feb 23, 2015: Wind-and-gas hybrid power — Wyoming’s idea of California dreamin’
Feb 19, 2015: World Wind Energy Generation Capacity Hits 369,553 Megawatts
Feb 22, 2015: My Case For Following Apple Into Solar
Feb 22, 2015: Long term demand for silver in solar panel manufacture remains resilient
Feb 22, 2015: Apple wants to build electric cars by 2020
Outside Texas
Feb 26, 2015: California State Senator Introduces Legislation To Expand Customer Choice
Feb 26, 2015: FERC announces technical conference on increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency through improved software
Feb 26, 2015: FERC Approves NERC’s Risk-Based Approach For Monitoring and Enforcement
Feb 24, 2015: West Texas to Mexico Pipelines On Track for 2017 Finish
Feb 23, 2015: California PUC hires outside criminal lawyer to help with probe
Feb 23, 2015: Advances in Smart Grid Technology Transforming the European Market
Feb 23, 2015: Cheap natural gas might doom new Fermi nuke plant
Feb 20, 2015: Pattern signs JV with CEMEX Energia, announces 1 GW of wind and solar energy projects in Mexico over the next five years
Feb 20, 2015: Groups Allowed To Expand Coal Ash Lawsuit Against NRG Energy
Other News
Feb 26, 2015: Interior Secretary: Feds won’t overrule tougher state fracking regulations
Feb 24, 2015: Conservation Efforts Pay off for PSJAISD
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Feb 19, 2015: Permian Basin well-represented in state committee assignments
Feb 19, 2015: Tesla’s bid for direct sales attracts odd allies
Feb 18, 2015: Texas Dealers Reach Out, but Tesla Slams the Door
Generation Adequacy
Feb 19, 2015: Black & Veatch tapped for Exelon’s two 1000 MW combined cycle gas turbine projects in Texas
Feb 19, 2015: Wind generates more than 10% of Texas electricity in 2014
Feb 19, 2015: CPS Energy releases list of companies bidding for community solar contract
Feb 19, 2015: Offer ‘concrete ideas’ for electric reliability safety valve — EPA’s McCabe
Feb 19, 2015: The Climate Post: Clean Power Plan Targets May Change
Feb 19, 2015: Will Shuttering Coal Plants Really Threaten the Grid?
Feb 19, 2015: EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Achievable goals and deadlines are critical for reliable, affordable electricity
Feb 19, 2015: Exelon: EPA’s Carbon Rule for Existing Power Plants Can Be Implemented Reliably and on Time Using Existing Market Mechanisms
Feb 18, 2015: Developers wait for Texas power supply to tighten
Feb 18, 2015: PSEG Solar Source Dedicates El Paso Facility
Feb 18, 2015: EDF Renewable Services Wins O&M Contract for Stephens Ranch Wind Project PSEG Solar Source Dedicates Its 10th Facility
Feb 18, 2015: NARUC meetings: Will the EPA’s Clean Power Plan change? It’s ‘very much on the table’
Feb 18, 2015: EPRI head calls for review of entire power system
Feb 18, 2015: Nuclear Energy: The Sixty-Year Pitch
Feb 17, 2015: Morningstar Names EPA Clean Power Plan Winners — And One Potential Loser
Feb 17, 2015: AEMA: SPEER report reinforces need to expand demand response in Texas
Feb 17, 2015: ViZn, an Energy Storage startup, to move HQ to Austin and hire soon
Feb 17, 2015: Billions in Texas wind power waiting for final go-ahead from feds
Feb 17, 2015: MagneGas nabs one of 5 largest U.S. electric utilities as its newest retail customer
Feb 16, 2015: US House committee seeks cross-border transmission permitting reform
Feb 12, 2015: 02/11 Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices
Feb 16, 2015: Texas To Become US Clean Energy Leader
Feb 16, 2015: Tracking Down the Brazos Valley’s Super Polluters
Feb 16, 2015: Future of Power 2: Outrunning the Revolution
Feb 13, 2015: As wind boom continues, Texas CREZ capacity in question
Feb 13, 2015: Analysis: Developers study 5.3GW of solar in Texas
Feb 13, 2015: Calpine launches new era, may pursue wind farms
Feb 13, 2015: Calpine exec says ERCOT power market ‘balanced on a razor’s edge’
Feb 14, 2015: The White House Walks Away from Clean Coal
Feb 16, 2015: NEI CEO sees greater recognition of challenges facing nuclear plants in markets
Headlines
Feb 19, 2015: Energy Future’s ‘Make-Whole’ Tender Offer Survives Appeal
Feb 19, 2015: Centrica, Direct Energy’s parent company, sees £1.2bn wiped from its valuation as it cuts dividend and warns on profits
Feb 20, 2015: Direct Energy Cites “Challenging” Sales Environment in Texas, Northeast for Profit Decline
Feb 19, 2015: Pecan Street Launches “Check Engine Light” Service for Solar Panel Owners with eGauge Monitoring
Feb 19, 2015: Rice moves to seven percent solar energy
Feb 19. 2015: FERC conditionally accepts Order No. 1000 interregional filings by SPP and MISO
Feb 18, 2015: Trinity Valley EC customers petition for investigation and deregulation after recent high bills
Feb 18, 2015: EFH Blasts ‘Blatantly Improper’ Experts In $665M Bond Row
Feb 17, 2015: The Internet of Anything: The System That Pays You to Use Less Electricity
Feb 17, 2015: Higher electric bills alarm Texas local residents, questions arise
Feb 17, 2015: N. Texas Residents Unite To Fight Rising Electric Rates
Feb 17, 2015: Lubbock Power and Light Director of Utilities Named to Texas Public Power Association Board of Directors
Feb 17, 2015: NRG Energy’s Embrace of Change a Likely Path to Industry-Leading Position
Feb 17, 2015: EPRI Unveils Benefit-Cost Framework for an Integrated Grid
Feb 16, 2015: Battle over carcass of Energy Future Holdings heats up
Feb 16, 2015: Residents Picket Outside Lamar Electric Co-op
Feb 16, 2015: San Antonio takes different tack on solar energy
Feb 16, 2015: NextEra Energy CFO Moray P. Dewhurst to Retire
Feb 16, 2015: Exelon Announces Fourth Quarter 2014 Results, Provides 2015 Earnings Expectation
Feb 16, 2015: Major Verdict in Electric Utility Easement Case
Feb 13, 2015: Energy Future Holdings Seeks Bankruptcy Court Approval to Pay Down Debt
Feb 13, 2015: Some Port Aransas residents see spike in electric bills
Feb 13, 2015: CenterPoint Energy uses smart grid tech to alert consumers to outages
Feb 16, 2015: Exelon Expects Retail Competitors to Remain “Aggressive” In Pursuit of Market Share
Feb 13, 2015: NextEra Energy board declares quarterly dividend
Feb 13, 2015: NextEra Energy announces appointment of Amy B. Lane to board of directors
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Feb 18, 2015: Texas Rep Launches Integrated Home Security, Automation Solutions
Feb 18, 2015: Texas Rep’s Residential Supply Customer Count in Texas, US Northeast Slides By 150,000
Feb 17, 2015: Crius Energy Trust Announces Acquisition of TriEagle Energy
Feb 17 2015: New Texas Retail Brand Listing Offers on Power to Choose
Feb 16, 2015: Texas REP Suggests PUCT Should Consider Updating Requirements for Electricity Facts Label
Feb 16, 2015: TDU Seeks to Issue Rebates to Texas REPs
Renewable Power
Feb 19, 2015: World Wind Energy Generation Capacity Hits 369,553 Megawatts
Feb 19, 2015: AWEA’s Gramlich To FERC: Additional Transmission Needed Regardless Of Clean Power Plan
Feb 19, 2015: USDA announces funding for renewable energy projects
Feb 18, 2015: How Do You Know Your Solar Panels Are Working Correctly? You Probably Don’t
Feb 18, 2015: UW researchers discover more effective method to obtain geothermal energy
Feb 18, 2015: Geothermal Outlook 2015: International Market Ripe with Opportunity as US Market Withers
Feb 18, 2015: Wind Intermittency Is a Myth, says AWEA
Feb 17, 2015: NRG Renew to Deliver America’s Largest Solar Solution for Kaiser Permanente, a Healthcare Provider
Feb 17, 2015: Risk Analysis for U.S. Offshore Wind Farms: The Need for an Integrated Approach
Feb 17, 2015: Three Military Bases Partner with DOE to Train Veterans for Solar Jobs
Feb 16, 2015: DOE Announces Open Meeting of Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
Feb 17, 2015: Ballard To Supply Fuel Cell Modules For FTA-Funded Bus Deployments In The U.S.
Feb 17, 2015: The Solar Energy Compensation Debate Continues In 2015
Feb 16, 2015: DOE Announces Open Meeting of Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
Feb 13, 2015: New US solar jobs census finds ‘coast to coast’ economic boon
Feb 13, 2015: Apple’s $850 million solar power investment should open a few eyes
Feb 13, 2015: How Legislation is Boosting Hydro Development in the U.S.
Feb 13, 2015: Look who’s against innovation, competition and customer savings
Feb 13, 2015: $9.5 Million Funding Available for Research on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technologies
Emerging Technologies
Feb 17, 2015: Imergy Power Systems Introduces ESP250 Series Flow Batteries for Grid-Scale, Commercial and Industrial Energy Storage
Outside Texas
Feb 18, 2015: PJM CEO Terry Boston To Retire At Year-End
Feb 20, 2015: FERC Round-up: RMR Contracts, MISO SSR Costs, Market-Based Rates for Frequency Response
Feb 19, 2015: Retail Supplier Files Complaint Against PJM Over Uplift Charges, Seeks Refund
Feb 19, 2015: NYISO Files at FERC To Implement Revised Shortage Pricing, Costs May Exceed $3,000/MWh
Feb 19, 2015: Comcast Selects New Retail Supplier As Partner To Relaunch Retail Energy Effort
Feb 19, 2015: British Gas (Owned by Centrica, which is Direct Energy’s parent company) Jumps Into Home Automation With AlertMe Acquisition
Feb 12, 2015: N.J. commissioners approve Exelon-Pepco merger
Other News
Feb 19, 2015: EPRI Unveils Open-Source Demand Response Software
Feb 18, 2015: Notice of Violation Filed Against Texas QSE
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Feb 9, 2015: Will clean power have to await a special session?
Feb 7, 2015: Watchdog: My ideas to fix Texans’ electric bills spark debate – outside Legislature
Generation Adequacy
Feb 12, 2015: Dynegy may have cleared regulatory hurdles for its $2.8B purchase of Duke Energy merchant plants
Feb 12, 2015: Can the Electric Utility Industry Support Both Solar and Fossil Fuels?
Feb 11, 2015: CPS Energy seeks partners for rooftop solar expansion
Feb 11, 2015: Dozens of states face double-digit power price increases under EPA Clean Power Plan, Inhofe says
Feb 10, 2015: Siemens receives order from US wind customer Pattern Development in Texas
Feb 10, 2015: U.S. burns record Natgas to generate power in January
Feb 10, 2015: West Texas Nuclear Waste site seeking to expand
Feb 10, 2015: WCS to seek license for temporary high level nuclear waste storage
Feb 9, 2015: Starwood Energy Group Completes Acquisition of Texas Power Plant
Feb 8, 2015: Nuclear power the only green energy
Feb 9, 2015: West Texas Site Wants Nation’s Spent Nuclear Fuel
Feb 9, 2015: As Customers Disconnect From Grid, Wind And Solar Energy Are Threatened
Feb 4, 2015: Power Demand In U.S. Remains Steady Even As Economy Grows
Feb 8, 2015: Clean coal setback fuels industry attacks
Feb 5, 2015: FutureGen’s Demise Shows Carbon Capture for Coal Faces Woes
Feb 6, 2015: Nuclear Energy Renaissance Takes Another Blow and May Never Recover
Feb 6, 2015: Alexander: US could lose nuclear power
Feb 6, 2015: Are We Sunk? The Electric Utility’s Titanic Problem
Feb 4, 2015: Electricity: A smart grid, simply self-organized, decentralized, and hack resistant
Headlines
Feb 12, 2015: With Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia
Feb 12, 2015: AT&T to unveil 2,000 solar panel array in Lancaster Texas
Feb 12, 2015: A Growth Spurt for Electric Co-ops
Feb 12, 2015: Oil Prices Will Not Stall Bakken Growth
Feb 12, 2015: Texas solar jobs increasing
Feb 12, 2015: Waste Control Specialists’ Plan for Nuclear Waste Is a Dallas Valentine for Rural Texas
Feb 12, 2015: Xcel Energy Seeks Lower Fuel Charges for Texas Customers
Feb 12, 2015: Lower fuel prices might mean lower bills for Xcel customers
Feb 11, 2015: Proposed Texas PUC rules harm consumers
Feb 11, 2015: CenterPoint Energy continues investing in innovative, customer-focused technologies
Feb 11, 2015: Too Much Power? Oncor takes the hacksaw approach in a historic neighborhood.
Feb 11, 2015: Leaning power pole has Athens residents concerned for safety
Feb 11, 2015: Texas Customers question electric bill increases
Feb 11, 2015: NRG Energy, Inc. Files SEC Form SC 13G, Statement of Acquisition of Beneficial Ownership By Individuals
Feb 11, 2015: American Electric Power to Optimize Inventory
Feb 10, 2015: Oncor Schedules Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2014 Investor Call
Feb 11, 2015: Texas Co-op Customers Protest In Favor of Electric Choice
Feb 10, 2015: Fifteen Percent of Texas Broadband Households Own a Smart Energy Device
Feb 10, 2015: Locals in Abilene, Texas, Experience Sudden Increase In Electric Bills
Feb 10, 2015: NextEra Energy reports higher Q4 net income, provides guidance for 2015
Feb 10, 2015: The U.S. Power Grid is in Need of a Technology Upgrade
Feb 9, 2015: NRG Energy, Inc. to Present Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2014 Financial Results on February 27, 2015
Feb 9, 2015: Brokerage Firm Rating Disclosure Update on NRG Energy Inc
Feb 9, 2015: Is This 2015′s Most Powerful Dividend Stock?
Feb 6, 2015: Energy Future Fights for Control of its Bankruptcy — Week Ahead
Feb 7, 2015: El Paso Electric Board Elects New Chairman and Vice Chairman
Feb 7, 2015: GVEC customers frustrated after electric bills double
Feb 7, 2015: Dallas company seeks to store nation’s spent nuclear fuel at West Texas site
Feb 6, 2015: Politically connected waste site to seek high-level radioactive waste
Feb 11, 2015: Texas Rep Now Providing Nest Learning Thermostat Offer in Texas
Feb 11, 2015: Texas REP Offering 3 Free Months of Service
Feb 9, 2014: Take It To Akin – A Houston company says it can shop for you and save you money on electric bill
Feb 9, 2015: Texas Rep Listing Offers In New Service Areas
Feb 9, 2014: Texas Rep Listing Offers in New Service Areas
Renewable Power
Feb 12, 2015: Are Solar Companies Ripping You Off?
Feb 12, 2015: P&G, Constellation to build $200M biomass plant in Georgia
Feb 12, 2015: Low Oil Prices Could Be Good for Electricity and Renewables
Feb 12, 2015: Apple has a new solar farm, and greens hate it
Feb 12, 2015: Scientists create ‘bionic leaf’ that converts solar energy into liquid fuel
Feb 12, 2015: Solar Jobs Boom Makes Keystone XL Pipeline Look Like A Tinker Toy
Feb 12, 2015: Solar Arrives In Mexico Border Town, Could Be Key To Rural Economy Restart
Feb 12, 2015: Solar energy: New plant can power up to 160,000 homes
Feb 12, 2015: EIA: Next Two Years Looking Strong for Renewable Energy Growth
Feb 12, 2015: Solar Power Is Now Cheaper Than Conventional Energy In America
Feb 12, 2015: New US solar jobs census finds ‘coast to coast’ economic boon
Feb 12, 2015: Apple Inc. And Google Inc. Sign Major Renewable Energy Deals As Wind And Solar Energy Costs Plunge
Feb 12, 2015: Wind power can help U.S. meet EPA Clean Power Plan while keeping the lights on
Feb 11, 2015: Wind farm representative presents program at (Cooke County, TX) commissioners court
Feb 11, 2015: Google Inc To Power Headquarters Through NextEra Energy Inc Wind Farm
Feb 11, 2015: Google Will Soon Use Wind Power to Run Its HQ
Feb 11, 2015: Apple invests heavily in solar energy to cut costs
Feb 11, 2015: Volkswagen of America to Invest $10 Million in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure by 2016
Feb 10, 2015: Balance of Power
Feb 10, 2015: USDA Announces Funding for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects
Feb 10, 2015: A Biofuel Debate: Will Cutting Trees Cut Carbon?
Feb 10, 2015: The Great Solar Panel Debate: To Lease Or To Buy?
Feb 10, 2015: Apple to build $850M solar farm in Calif.
Feb 10, 2015: New DOE Report Shows Solar Growth Spurred by Loan Program
Feb 9, 2015: Lighting up your life with smart bulbs can be pricy, addictive … but Wi-Fi enabled bulbs have their advantages.
Feb 9, 2015: The World’s 10 Biggest Solar Farms
Feb 9, 2015: Floating wind turbines to produce affordable power
Feb 9, 2015: Unique DP System Thrusts US Offshore Wind Sector
Feb 9, 2015: Intellectual Property Battles Roil the Wind Power Industry
Feb 9, 2015: Are Solar Companies Ripping You Off?
Feb 7, 2015: The War On Solar Vs. The War On Coal
Feb 8, 2015: Is solar poised for shale-like breakthrough?
Feb 6, 2015: Nuclear Power Counts As A Renewable? Arizona Senate Committee Says So…
Feb 6, 2015: Researchers at UT at Austin use nanotechnology to increase solar power efficiency
Feb 6, 2015: Solar: Energy, But Not Oil
Feb 6, 2015: Obama’s budget is fighting to keep solar energy afloat
Feb 6, 2015: FERC: U.S. added 254 MW of biomass capacity in 2014
Feb 6, 2015: Sen. Carper Renews Push For Offshore Wind Energy, Investment Tax Credit
Feb 3, 2015: Wind Industry, Riding Tax-Credit Rollercoaster, Reports Year Of Growth
Outside Texas
Feb 12, 2015: Electric Transmission In Transition – Sheltering $1 Billion A Year In Potential Future ROE
Feb 12, 2015: FERC authorizes 19 hydropower projects totaling 1,936.744 MW in 2014
Feb 12, 2015: Montana coal-fired power plant is latest to shut down
Feb 12, 2015: NextEra Energy Services Seeks Retail Natural Gas Supplier License
Feb 11, 2015: The U.S.-India nuclear breakthrough that wasn’t
Feb 11, 2015: US signals it won’t oppose Russia-Egypt deal on nuclear reactors
Feb 11, 2015: Texas Rep Launches Service in New Territory
Feb 10, 2015: Calpine : Duke looks to acquire its’ Osprey gas power plant
Feb 10, 2015: Egypt president: Russia, Egypt to build nuclear power plant
Feb 9, 2015: Federal Regulators Won’t Investigate Green Mountain Power For Alleged Deceptive Marketing Practices
Feb 9, 2015: FERC Approves RTO’s Request To Compensate Generators In Excess of $1,000/MWh Offer Cap, Recovery Via Uplift
Feb 9, 2015: GDF Suez and Tendril team up to bring ESM to Europe
Feb 5, 2015: FERC Won’t Require E-Tag Info on Electric Quarterly Reports
Other News
Feb 11, 2015: EPRI Unveils Open-Source Demand Response Software
Feb 9, 2015: Top Officials from EPA, DOE, and Electric Power to Speak at EUEC 2015
Feb 6, 2015: Feds intervene in to de-smog Big Bend
Feb 9, 2015: Fitch: Texas Water Utilities Lead in Innovation as Supply Tug-of-War Continues
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Feb 3, 2015: Texas electric agenda includes battery storage
Feb 4, 2014: Texas Bill Would Require PUCT To Publish Number of Complaints Against Each REP
Feb 2, 2015: Texas Bill Would Expand Public Utility Commission to 5 Members
Generation Adequacy
Feb 5, 2015: “Emerging Issues in the Federal Regulation of Electricity Markets”
Feb 4, 2015: Better Batteries Might Hold Enough To Power Your Neighborhood
Feb 4, 2015: First Standard for Energy Storage Systems Being Developed
Feb 4, 2015: Industry Urges Congress to Scrutinize NRC Operations in FY2016 Budget Request
Feb 4, 2015: Last Tango for Nuclear?
Feb 3, 2015: Starwood Energy Group’s Stephens Ranch Wind Project (Phase I) in Texas Becomes Operational
Feb 3, 2015: With Oil Prices So Low, What’s That Fuel Surcharge For, Exactly?
Feb 3, 2015: FERC Says NatGas Nearly Half of New Power Generation in 2014
Feb 2, 2015: Tenaska clears last hurdle on $500 million Texas power plant
Jan 29, 2015: E.ON Climate & Renewables and GE Energy Financial Services close tax equity financing for Texas Grandview Wind Farm, LLC
Jan 30, 2015: Fitch: High-Cost, High-Rate States Most Challenged by EPA Clean Power Plan
Jan 29, 2015: Fitch: Distributed Generation Growth Prospects Unaffected By Plunging Energy Prices
Headlines
Feb 5, 2015: Creditors Turn Up the Pressure in Energy Future Bankruptcy
Feb 5, 2015: New EFH Ch.11 Period Gets Tax-Conscious Creditors’ Support
Feb 2, 2015: Energy future judge sets bar date for unmanifested asbestos claims
Feb 5, 2015: AT&T & GE: A look at the next generation of smart energy solutions
Feb 5, 205: AT&T And GE Strengthen Alliance, Fuel Innovation With Smart Energy Solutions
Feb 5, 2015: Entergy sees growth ahead despite lower oil prices
Feb 5, 2015: Texas’s other black gold
Feb 5, 2015: Going Off The Grid Is Hurting Energy Utilities
Feb 4, 2015: United Co-op talks ways to save
Feb 3, 2015: Entergy: chilly January may bring larger Feb. bills
Feb 4, 2015: Dallas Based Principal Solar says its solar farm in North Carolina will be largest east of the Rockies
Feb 4, 2015: Dallas Based Principal Solar to Sell Power to Duke From 78.5-Megawatt Project
Feb 4, 2015: NRG Energy: Bolstering Solar Infrastructure With Partial Acquisition Of Verengo
Feb 4, 2015: NRG Renew and SunShare to finance and build solar projects in Colorado
Feb 3, 2015: Modeling a Distribution Network: How Oncor’s “Reality Check” Improves Reliability
Feb 3, 2015: Proposed wind farm project draws ire of some El Paso County residents
Feb 3, 2015: Top 10 bankruptcies of 2014
Feb 3, 2015: Increase in Llano utility bills deliver shock, concern
Feb 3, 2015: Calpine Corporation Announces Closing of Senior Unsecured Notes Offering
Feb 3, 2015: NRG Acquires Verengo Solar’s Northeast Sales and Operations Teams
Feb 2, 2015: CenterPoint Energy appoints executive vice president of finance and accounting
Feb 2, 2015: CPS executive Ögelman to lead Gulf Coast Power Association
Feb 3, 2015: Dallas Family blames smart meter on house fire that killed 74-year-old
Feb 2, 2015: AEP reports lower earnings for Q4, reaffrims guidance for 2015
Feb 1, 2015: American Electric Power: A Coal Powerhouse Repositions Itself
Feb 2, 2015: White House budget: Energy Department get get $2.5B increase
Feb 1, 2015: Understanding Coal Power Plant Heat Rate and Efficiency
Jan 30, 2015: Hunt family’s InfraREIT power line IPO jumps right out of the gate
Feb 1, 2015: Get ready to pay for growth in many different ways in El Paso
Jan 30, 2015: El Paso Electric Announces Quarterly Dividend
Jan 29, 2015: GEUS seeking applicants for Board of Trustees
Jan 30, 2015: Entergy Declares Dividend
Jan 29, 2015: AEP generation fleet sale may depend on Ohio rate case
Jan 29, 2015: Utilities Look to Leverage Smartphones for Connected Home Analytics
Jan 30, 2015: A $48 Billion Opportunity for U.S. Electric Customers
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Feb 5, 2015: TXU Energy Customers Start 2015 with More than $45 Million in Annual Loyalty Rewards
Feb 4, 2015: New Franchise Growth for Direct Energy Family of Brands
Feb 4, 2015: Texas REP’s Business Offering Texas Businesses $250 For Referral
Feb 2, 2015: Rice signs landmark energy agreement with MP2 Energy
Feb 3, 2015: Agera Energy Acquiring Glacial Energy’s Business
Texas Generators
Feb 6, 2015: Sherbino Wind Farm Applies to Modify Texas REC Certification
Feb 6, 2015: Keechi Wind Files to Modify Texas PGC Registration
Feb 6, 2015: Longhorn Wind Project Files for Texas REC Certification
Power Grid Security
Feb 4, 2015: Complexity Makes The U.S. Electric Grid Vulnerable
Feb 4, 2015: Report faults energy commission for exposing vulnerabilities of U.S. power grid
Feb 3, 2015: Cybersecurity and the Electric Grid
Feb 1, 2015: Cyber Threats Proving Their Power over Power Plant Operational Technology
Renewable Power
Feb 4, 2015: Ascent Solar’s EnerPlex Products Now Available in 300 TCC, Verizon Premium Retailer, Stores
Feb 5, 2015: Are “aesthetic reasons” a valid excuse to justify banning rooftop solar?
Feb 5, 2015: Investment in sustainable energy continues at a higher rate
Feb 4, 2015: Partnership enables community solar power development
Feb 4, 2015: Ready or not, the U.S. clean power ‘revolution’ is here
Feb 4, 2015: Report: Wind and solar energy have tripled since 2008
Feb 4, 2015: Renewables Beat Natural Gas, Provide Half of New US Generating Capacity in 2014
Feb 4, 2015: Wind power industry grew last year, but tax credit still needed
Feb 4, 2015: New Research Report Analyzes the Future Cost of Wind Power Market
Feb 4, 2015: EPRI to Lead Clean Energy Incubator Network to Support Entrepreneurs
Feb 3, 2015: Could This Be Solar’s Breakout Year In Texas?
Feb 3, 2015: Principal Solar to Build Largest Solar Project East of the Rockies
Feb 3, 2015: In Texas suburbia, solar not always welcome
Feb 3, 2015: Canadian Solar to acquire Recurrent Energy for $265MM
Feb 3, 2015: New dawn for U.S. solar power capacity
Feb 3, 2015: DOE Puts New Emphasis on Innovation, Community Development
Feb 2, 2015: How green energy impacts utility spend management
Feb 2, 2015: Solar City is making renewable energy more affordable in the US
Feb 2, 2015: Can Sun and Wind Make More Salt Water Drinkable?
Jan 31, 2015: Biofuels: The truth matters
Feb 1, 2015: Electric public transportation firm makes comeback
Feb 2, 2015: Apple To Build A $2 Billion Data Command Center In Arizona
Feb 2, 2015: Nothing Can Stop The US Solar Industry Juggernaut Now
Feb 2, 2015: Geothermal Resources Council Announces Yellowstone Workshop
Jan 30, 2015: Energy efficiency may require new types of utilities
Jan 28, 2015: American wind power rebounded in 2014, adding over four times as much as year before.
Jan 30, 2015: Incentives for wind and nuclear energy needed
Jan 30, 2015: DOE announces over $59MM investment in solar power
Jan 30, 2015: NRG Energy : Solar power firm to develop 5 ‘garden’ projects, including one in Colorado Springs
Jan 30, 2015: U.S. beer maker boasts of solar power capacity
Jan 30, 2015: US and Europe string new transmission lines for clean energy projects
Jan 30, 2015: 2014: natural gas, wind, solar led new projects
Feb 1, 2015: New Report Destroys Biofuel Claims
Jan 30, 2015: Washington state solar battle heats up, splitting installer trade groups
Emerging Technologies
Feb 2, 2015: UT Arlington Professor Develops Innovative Sensors to Monitor Conditions of Coal-Fired Boilers
Outside Texas
Feb 5, 2015: Price Plunge Adds New Wrinkle to Mexican Energy Reform
Feb 5, 2015: Pilot project takes smart grid technology to the next level
Feb 4, 2015: AEP selects C3 Energy customer analytics for customer engagement
Feb 4, 2015: Global Nuclear Power Industry Analysis and Forecasts 2012 – 2018
Feb 4, 2015: Utica, Marcellus Part of World Energy ‘Revolution’
Feb 3, 2015: How California Can Dramatically Streamline Interconnection of Distributed Energy
Feb 2, 2015: FERC Seeks $5 Million Penalty Against Generator, Alleging Manipulation
Jan 30, 2015: First U.S. nuclear plant in decades is over budget, behind schedule
Feb 1, 2015: EIA: Electricity Generation Jobs Down Except in Renewables
Feb 2, 2015: FERC Dismisses Generators’ Petition to Eliminate Clawback in Capacity Market
Jan 30, 2015: FERC Proposes to Strengthen Hold-Harmless Policy for Electric Mergers
Jan 30, 2015: First U.S. nuclear plant in decades is over budget, behind schedule
Jan 30, 2015: State agents search homes of ex-CPUC chief Peevey, former PG&E exec
Jan 30, 2015: New Florida bill would block utilities from passing on gas exploration costs
Other News
Feb 6, 2015: NOV Filed Concerning Texas QSE Violation of Emergency Response Service
Feb 3, 2015: Moody’s economists see recession for some Texas cities, not whole state
Feb 2, 2015: America’s Energy Network Set to Launch The First Television Network Exclusively Dedicated to the Energy Industry
Jan 29, 2015: Central Texas water district eyes desalination plant to expand supply
Feb 2, 2015: Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Chesapeake Gas Royalty Feud
Jan 30, 2015: The Future of the American Coal Industry
Jan 29, 2015: Doctors’ groups press EPA for much stricter federal ozone limit
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For the Week of 1/23/15 — 1/30/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Jan 28, 2015: State lawmakers warned of coming environmental rules
Jan 28, 2015: The EPA Hopes To Kill The Texas Jobs Machine
Jan 26, 2015: Homeowners fight to take drilling battle to legislature
Jan 24, 2015: Border Senators Pleased With Committee Assignments
Jan 24, 2015: Lt. Gov. Patrick decides on Texas Senate committees
Jan 23, 2015: Lawmakers Consider Boosting Earthquake Research
Generation Adequacy
Jan 29, 2015: Texas’ wholesale power prices sliding alongside natural gas decline
Jan 29, 2015: Texas Spot Power Slumps on Stronger-Than-Expected Wind Output
Jan 28, 2015: Another Step Forward for Demand Response, FERC Order 745 Case
Jan 28, 2015: EPA hears from the North Texas public Thursday on a stronger smog standard
Jan 27, 2015: First Texas co-op peaking power plant under construction
Jan 27, 2015: CPS Mothballed Generation Unit Returning to Service
Jan 27, 2015: EPA Seeks Input on Federal Plan for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants
Jan 27, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy’s Hereford Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational
Jan 23, 2015: Texas Electricity Rises as Use Gains While Wind Output Slides
Jan 22, 2015: GE secures financing for 150-MW Briscoe Wind Project in Texas
Jan 25, 2015: Exelon Corporation: Nuclear Power Isn’t Going Anywhere
Jan 25, 2015: That’s Cool: Ice Energy Heats up Storage Market
Headlines
Jan 29, 2015: Hunt utility REIT goes public, ready to expand
Jan 29, 2015: IPO Report: InfraREIT (HIFR)
Jan 29, 2015: Xcel Energy Tops Q4 Earnings, Revenues on Rate Hike
Jan 29, 2015: Calpine Corporation Announces Senior Unsecured Notes Offering
Jan 29, 2015: Meeting the Challenges of Today’s Utilities
Jan 29, 2015: Why 50 million smart meters still haven’t fixed America’s energy habits
Jan 28, 2015: NRG Energy Inc To Go Ex-Dividend on January 29th
Jan 28, 2015: NRG Energy (NRG) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes
Jan 28, 2015: EFH Seeks More Exclusivity Time To Craft Ch. 11 Plan
Jan 28, 2015: TPG Sues Ex-White House Aide Alleged to Threaten ‘Take Down’
Jan 28, 2015: TPG sues ex-spokesman, claims he stole documents in extortion plot
Jan 28, 2015: LCRA: Drought conditions still exist
Jan 27, 2015: Exelon Corporation Declares Dividend
Jan 27, 2015: Water way to power communities
Jan 27, 2015: Entergy Mississippi’s ‘Bright Future’ Plan Takes Effect Feb. 1
Jan 27, 2015: Entergy cranks up new $655 million Ninemile natural gas-fired unit
Jan 26, 2015: InfraREIT to raise $483M in IPO set for Jan. 30
Jan 26, 2015: Behavior Change and Energy Efficiency
Jan 26, 2015: Brokerages Set $41.50 Target Price for El Paso Electric Company
Jan 26, 2015: The 10 Largest Bankruptcies Of All Time
Jan 26, 2015: Tesla seeks OK for its first San Antonio ‘gallery’
Jan 24, 2015: Schnurman: With energy glut, why no break on electricity?
Jan 23, 2015: Smart Meters: Energy In, Privacy Out
Jan 23, 2015: Fitch Rates New Braunfels, TX Utility System Revs at ‘AA’; Outlook Stable
Jan 22, 2015: Another group pulls out of PNMs power plant proposal
Jan 23, 2015: Fitch: Oil Price Reversal Weighs Against Renewables’ Competitiveness
Jan 25, 2015: 1 Utility May Find the Future of Energy More Difficult Than Anticipated
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Jan 28, 2014: Texas Rep Announces Home Safety and Automation Service
Jan 28, 2015: Prepaid Brand of Texas REP Now Listing on Power to Choose
Jan 27, 2014: Discount Power Unveils a No Monthly Minimum Usage Fee Product
Jan 27, 2015: Smith County expects to save with power contract extension with a Texas Rep
Jan 27, 2014: Ambit Energy Hosts 5th Annual Simulcast, Announces Expansion in New Markets and Solar Partnership
Jan 27, 2015: Texas REP Launches New Brand
Jan 26, 2015: Miami HEAT, NRG Energy Launch Business and Clean Energy Partnership
Jan 26, 2015: Just Energy’s Terrapass Launches Innovative Sustainability Program With The City Of Palo Alto
Jan 23, 2015: Texas Rep Files to Deploy Advanced Meters
Renewable Power
Jan 29, 2015: Low gas prices, incentives change math for electric cars
Jan 29, 2015: Electric cars not selling as EPA rules loom
Jan 29, 2015: Pro Sports Teams, Organizations Embracing Solar Energy
Jan 29, 2015: The next energy revolution won’t be in wind or solar. It will be in our brains.
Jan 29, 2015: Solar company granted abatement
Jan 29, 2015: Solar-Powered Space Travel Could Be Happening Soon, According to Bill Nye
Jan 28, 2015: Tesla and NRG Energy Charging Ahead Together in 2015
Jan 28, 2015: Ready or not, wind energy coming
Jan 28, 2015: Survey shows buyers willing to pay thousands more for solar homes
Jan 28, 2015: Kansas City area to get 1,001 electric car chargers
Jan 28, 2015: U.S. Wind Power Quadruples in 2014 as Texas Leads Installations
Jan 28, 2015: Alt-Energy Stock Outlook
Jan 28, 2015: Balcombe ‘fracking’ village in first solar panel scheme
Jan 28, 2015: Photovoltaic, Wind and Hydro Star as Top Renewables, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Jan 27, 2015: Programmable light bulbs the newest thing
Jan 27, 2015: BioSolar Plans to Lower the Cost of Solar Power With Energy Storage Technology
Jan 27, 2015: Wave Power Could Supply Half the U.S. With Cheap Electricity—Here’s Why It Doesn’t
Jan 27, 2015: Denver’s SunShare lands “significant” solar garden investment from NRG
Jan 24, 2015: Venture capital in green energy continues unabated
Jan 25, 2015: Utilities vie for time in the sun
Jan 25, 2015: Grant helps innovation in wind energy take flight
Jan 26, 2015: Annual Sales of E-Bicycles Are Expected To Surpass 360 Million Annually by 2023, According to Navigant Research
Jan 23, 2015: America’s first offshore wind project dealt major setback after utilities bolt
Jan 23, 2015: Rooftop Solar Increases a Home’s Selling Price Across Multiple Markets
Jan 25, 2015: New material found for producing cheaper solar energy
Jan 25, 2015: A Surprising Move Could Save First Solar From Failure
Jan 25, 2015: Geothermal Developments Highlights from SMU Conference in Dallas
Jan 25, 2015: Twelve Dams That Changed the World
Jan 25, 2015: Forever 21 Goes Solar
Jan 25, 2015: Largest Area of Federal Waters in U.S. to be auctioned for Offshore Wind Power Projects
Jan 25, 2015: Funding Available for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Research, Development and Demonstrations
Outside Texas
Jan 29, 2015: Mexico’s CFE announces tenders for 12 projects
Jan 27, 2015: Drug Cartels Threaten Mexican Energy Future More Than Oil Prices
Jan 27, 2015: New Wind Pact for Western Farmers EC
Jan 26, 2015: Mexico postpones sale of shale oil and gas leases amid slumping prices
Jan 26, 2015: U.S., India reach agreement on nuclear power
Jan 23, 2015: Pakistan plunges into darkness after power breakdown blamed on militants
Other News
Jan 29, 2015: NOV Filed for Texas Wind Energy Units
Jan 29, 2015: Texas PUC to Submit Proposed Water Regulation Rules for Adoption
Jan 28, 2015: USGS to raise Texas earthquake hazard risk
Jan 28, 2015: Tesla Motors, Car Dealers Clash Over Franchise Law
Jan 27, 2015: Brasovan Group Files for Certification as Texas Aggregator
Jan 27, 2015: Texas Railroad Commission Revises Media Policy
Jan 27, 2015: Israeli company eager to solve Texas’ water woes with desalination
Jan 27, 2015: NOV Filed Concerning Texas REP’s Prepaid Service
Jan 26, 2015: Perryman: No recession seen for Texas despite falling oil prices
Jan 26, 2015: Energy no longer most-preferred sector for Houston investors
Jan 26, 2015: Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners to merge with Regency Energy in $18B deal
Jan 26, 2015: No need for Texans to panic yet as oil prices drop: Q&A with Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick
Jan 27, 2015: Bidgely Unveils Suite of Energy Management Products at DistribuTECH 2015
Jan 23, 2015: EPA General Counsel to lead off UH Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center Spring Speaker Series
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
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Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Jan 16, 2015: Texas should hold off on excessive EPA mandate
Jan 19, 2015: Why Texas won’t get busted again by low oil prices
Jan 16, 2015: Texas lawmakers forced to speculate what the future of energy will have on economy
Generation Adequacy
Jan 22, 2015: Power generation company plans for Houston growth
Jan 22, 2015: Capital Dynamics finances 150MW Texas wind project
Jan 21, 2015: GE – Report Highlights Opportunities to Build Tomorrow’s Electricity Sector
Jan 21, 2015: Looking at the power system
Jan 5, 2015: PG&E partners with BMW to extract grid benefits from electric vehicles
Jan 20, 2015: 4 Things to Watch For in the 2015 Energy Storage Market
Jan 20, 2015: AEP’s coal use to fall slightly in 2015 at regulated US power plants
Jan 20, 2015: NERC assessment examines winter power system reliability, fuel diversity
Jan 19, 2015: NRG’s plans to manage DG transition
Jan 20, 2015: NRG to Expand eVgo to 20 Markets Over Next Two Years
Jan 18, 2015: Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to crack down on Texas coal plant emissions draws support in Oklahoma
Jan 18, 2015: EPA says it will issue common-sense regulations soon
Jan 17, 2015: New regulations will be costly for oil, gas industry
Jan 17, 2015: Brown panel: To cut CO2 emissions, make it profitable
Jan 16, 2015: Power Prices in Texas Jump Amid Lower Wind Output on ERCOT Grid
Jan 16, 2015: Power Grid Will Be More Vulnerable Due To New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules, Experts Claim
Jan 16, 2015: Natural gas–fired power plants are cheaper to build
Jan 16, 2015: The essential basics of nuclear power plants
Jan 16, 2015: US opens new ‘smart’ power plant
Headlines
Jan 22, 2015: Oklaunion Power Plant Looking at Alternative Water Sources
Jan 22, 2015: TCEQ Fines Brownsville PUB
Jan 22, 2015: American Electric Power Declares Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock
Jan 22, 2015: NRG’s Elizabeth Killinger: How to pace your climb on the corporate ladder
Jan 22, 2015: GOP to seek changes to EPA coal ash rule
Jan 22, 2015: Republicans introduce bill to rein in regulators
Jan 22, 2015: Power Industry Made Record Levels of Investment in Transmission and Distribution
Jan 19, 2015: Goldman Sachs: Parsley Energy in Austin is a ‘consolidation candidate’
Jan 20, 2015: InfraREIT Launches Initial Public Offering
Jan 20, 2015: Electricity-Focused InfraREIT Lines Up $400M IPO
Jan 20, 2015: NRG Energy Inc Announces $0.15 Quarterly Dividend
Jan 20, 2015: NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend
Jan 20, 2015: NRG’s Plan to Double Revenues: Win the Hearts, Minds and Wallets of Millennials
Jan 16, 2015: Keeping PACE in Texas: Revitalizing Industry, Saving Water, Guiding Better Policy
Jan 18, 2015: West Frisco to Texas’ electric power regulators: ‘Bury the lines’
Jan 20, 2015: Constellation Expands Into CNG Market with Acquisition of Seven Fueling Stations in Midwest
Jan 20, 2015: Accenture and Exelon Rollout State of the Art Mobile Technology Solution
Jan 20, 2015: Dynegy delays power plant purchase, citing regulator’s inquiry
Jan 19, 2015: FERC Requests Additional Information to Process Dynegy Acquisitions Applications
Jan 19, 2015: American Electric Hits 52-Week High on Strong Fundamentals
Jan 19, 2015: Utility Consolidation and Its Impact on Transmission and Distribution Contractors
Jan 19, 2015: EPA to push Texas utilities
Jan 16, 2015: Texas Cooperative proposes two routes for transmission line
Jan 18, 2015: More homes in Central Texas get panels to harness sun’s power
Jan 16, 2015: Duke Energy, Other Utilities: Drones Have Role in Energy Sector
Jan 16, 2015: US helps train nuclear power human resources
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Jan 23, 2015: ERM Power Completes Purchase of Source Power & Gas LLC
Jan 23, 2015: Texas Power Reserve Withdraws Application to Become Texas REP
Jan 22, 2015: TrailStone Acquires Stake in Retail Supplier
Jan 19, 2015: Texas REP Expands Rewards Program to New States
Texas Generators
Jan 23, 2015: Enchanted Rock Ops Amends Texas PGC Registration
Jan 23, 2015: RE Roserock Registers as New Texas PGC and EWG
Power Grid Security
Jan 14, 2015: FERC Pushes Utilities to Adopt Protection Standards for Both Cyber and Physical Security
Renewable Power
Jan 22, 2015: Houston lags other Texas cities in solar incentives, study finds
Jan 22, 2015: Low gas prices, incentives change math for electric cars
Jan 22, 2015: Constellation Awarded Contract by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for $25.8 Million Energy Efficiency Upgrade
Jan 21, 2015: NRG’s Grand Ambition To Dominate The Solar Market
Jan 21, 2015: SEIA Board of Directors Welcomes sPower Executive Chairman
Jan 21, 2015: Portman Energy Efficiency Amendment Adopted
Jan 21, 2015: SolarWorld Applauds Final Injury Votes in Cases Against China, Taiwan
Jan 21, 2015: NREL Reports Examine Economic Trade-offs of Owning versus Leasing a Solar Photovoltaic System
Jan 21, 2015: 8 Solar Predictions for 2015
Jan 21, 2015: Biofuels industry in regulatory gridlock as it awaits EPA ruling
Jan 21, 2015: USA, Not China, Is #1 In Wind Power
Jan 21, 2015: The state of the wind industry is strong
Jan 21, 2015: Solar Power is at a Tipping Point (The Upshot is Massive Profits)
Jan 21, 2015: Solar as an Energy Equity Solution
Jan 20, 2015: Harnessing the Power of the Sun, and the Economy
Jan 20, 2015: APS authored Congressional letter to feds asking to crack down on solar industry
Jan 20, 2015: HyperSolar Comments on Toyota Release of Over 5,000 Patents Designed to Spur Growth in Hydrogen Fuel Sector
Jan 20, 2015: Wind and Water Power Program: Guidance and Application for Hydroelectric Incentive Payments
Jan 20, 2015: Energy Department Accepting Applications for a $3.6 Million Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
Jan 20, 2015: Top U.S. Energy Rating Companies Join Forces to Create New Industry Collaborative
Jan 19, 2015: Free solar power planning tool to boost solar projects
Jan 17, 2015: Big money exerts greater power than wind turbines
Jan 20, 2015: New GHG Protocol guide aims to help firms source 100 per cent renewables
Jan 20, 2015: Amazon Web Services to use wind farm power
Jan 18, 2015: Utility of the future – solar, storage, EVs and micro-grids
Jan 19, 2015: The strengths of wave power
Jan 17, 2015: Rooftop Solar Shines Light On Bad Business Practices
Jan 17, 2015: You’re Doing it Wrong! Your Rooftop Solar Panels Aren’t Facing the Right Way
Jan 19, 2015: Free solar power planning tool to boost solar projects
Jan 19, 2015: U.S. Solar Industry Sees Growth, But Also Some Uncertainty
Jan 19, 2015: Single-Family Residential Solar Power Investment Beats S&P 500 in Most US Cities
Jan 19, 2015: First Solar launches PV project assessment application at the 2015 World Future Energy Summit
Jan 19, 2015: Google Makes Two More Solar, Wind Investments
Jan 16, 2015: GONE WITH THE WIND: 1 In 4 Wind Turbine Companies Went BUST In Last Two Years
Jan 16, 2015: How to store solar energy for a rainy day? A really big battery
Jan 16, 2015: New solar energy system installed in the US ever 2.5 minutes
Jan 16, 2015: Enel extends framework agreement with Vestas to develop wind farms in US
Jan 15, 2015: U.S. wind power can lead the way on 50 percent renewables by 2030
Jan 16, 2015: Green-Energy Inspiration Off the Coast of Denmark
Emerging Technologies
Jan 21, 2015: EPRI Unveils Open-Source Demand Response Software Designed to Help Appliances and Devices Respond to Changes in Grid
Jan 21, 2015: EPRI Unveils Open-Source Demand Response Software Designed to Help Appliances and Devices Respond to Changes in Grid
Jan 20, 2015: Why It’s Taking The U.S. So Long To Make Fusion Energy Work
Jan 16, 2015: Thorium Power Is the Safer Future of Nuclear Energy
Outside Texas
Jan 22, 2015: Retail Suppliers: “No Rational Way” To Develop Retail Rates Under PJM’s New Capacity Allocation Design
Jan 21, 2015: Natural gas bottlenecks plague region’s power grid
Jan 21, 2015: FERC, coalition seek reversal of decision vacating DR compensation rule
Jan 21, 2015: PJM files with FERC changes to rules involving demand response
Jan 21, 2015: Direct Energy Warns of “Political Consequences” From PJM Transitional Capacity Performance Mechanism
Jan 21, 2015: Pa. PUC Shows Fatal Flaw to PJM Transitional Capacity Performance Proposal
Jan 20, 2015: National Grid launches dynamic pricing pilot in Northeast
Jan 16, 2015: Obama admin. appeals to Supreme Court on FERC Order 745
Jan 19, 2015: FERC Asks Whether Offer Caps Should “Float” With Gas Prices, Whether Shortages Pricing Should Be More Locational
Other News
Jan 22, 2015: HOUSTEX 2015 Student Summit Offers 3D Printed Wind Turbine Challenge for Houston Area High Schoolers
Jan 22, 2015: Entergy Charitable Foundation provides grant for FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center
Jan 22, 2015: Notice of Violation for ERCOT QSE
Jan 22, 2015: NRG eVgo Network Provides More Choices to Electric Vehicle Drivers in Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland
Jan 21, 2015: Texas Generation Resource Fined $70,000
Jan 13, 2015: Survey: Widespread energy layoffs could continue in Houston
Jan 15, 2015: NOV Settlements Filed at PUCT
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For the Week of 1/9/15 — 1/16/15
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Today’s News Flashes by Texas Electric News
Copyright 2015 by Competitive Assets, LLC. All rights reserved
Texas Headlines
84th Legislative Regular Session
Jan 15, 2015: Fallout of falling oil prices will dominate legislative session
Jan 15, 2015: Elon Musk hits Texas, spreads around political cash
Jan 13, 2015: Texas Legislature Weighs How Free Markets Should Be as Tesla Seeks Foothold
Jan 13, 2015: It’s Opening Day for the 84th Legislature
Jan 8, 2015: Patrick: Reducing Texas Business Taxes, Supporting Energy Industry Top Priorities
Jan 9, 2015: The Biggest Energy Questions Heading Into The Texas Legislature
Jan 11, 2015: Texas Lawmakers Should Stand Up Against EPA
Energy Future Holding
Jan 14, 2015: Bankruptcy Judge Oks Energy Future Holdings To Move Ahead On Oncor Auction To Begin March 2
Jan 13, 2015: Energy Future Creditors Want Auction Delayed During Plan Talks
Jan 13, 2015: Energy Future Pushes To Resume Oncor Auction In March
Jan 13, 2015: Energy Future To Open Bidding On Oncor Again
Generation Adequacy
Jan 15, 2015: Feds Clear Texas Plant To Store Nuclear Waste
Jan 14, 2015: Residents voice concerns at TCEQ public hearing for proposed Van Alstyne power plant
Jan 15, 2015: Coal-Fired Power Plant Vendors Face Opportunities
Jan 14, 2015: Texas Coal Plants Are Polluting the Air Across Several States
Jan 14, 2015: U.S. Power Reliability: Are We Kidding Ourselves?
Jan 14, 2015: Obama’s Methane Plan: Why It Matters for Texas
Jan 13, 2015: Advanced Energy Technology of the Week: Utility-scale Nuclear Power
Jan 13, 2015: Texas Power Rises Amid Forced Line Outage, Wind Production Drop
Jan 13, 2015: Temple Power Plant Keeps Texas Grid Charged
Jan 13, 2015: E.ON Commissions Two New Renewable Projects In US-One in Texas
Jan 13, 2015: Obama Moves To Regulate Methane Emissions
Jan 13, 2015: US coal output to slip in 2015-2016 after rising 1.2% in 2014: EIA
Jan 13, 2015: Commentors Disagree on FERC’s Proposal to Change the Gas Day Start Time
Jan 13, 2015: TIEC: Texas Generators Seeking to Use SSO Rule to Shift Operational Risks to Customers
Jan 12, 2015: FERC Conferences to Address Impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan on Electricity Reliability and Markets
Jan 11, 2015: EPA To Finalize Carbon Rules By Mid-Summer
Jan 12, 2015: Power Outages from Cold Weather and Regulatory Storm
Jan 12, 2015: Ejecting The Power Line Foxes From The Electric Customer Henhouse
Jan 12, 2015: Wholesale Power Prices Increase Across The Country In 2014-18% increase at ERCOT Houston Zone
Jan 11, 2015: Q&A: He helps keeps the lights on for Texas
Jan 9, 2015: Natural Gas Power Generation In High Demand
Jan 9, 2015: New Regs For Monday: Nuclear Power Plants, Gas Pipelines,Endangered Species
Jan 8, 2015: Spot Steam Coal Prices In 2014 Fell In East And Rose In West
Headlines
Jan 15, 2015: Second opinion from a long-time PEC member-PEC Year in Review
Jan 14, 2015: CPS Energy Recognized for Renewable Energy Progress, Customer Service as New Energy Economy Thrives
Jan 15, 2015: Solar advocates force the issue, turn in petition in North Richland Hills
Jan 15, 2015: Schlumberger To Cut 9,000 Employees, Including In Houston
Jan 15, 2015: Musk says Texas a “Leading Candidate” for Hyperloop Track
Jan 15, 2015: Musk touts Texas for speed-of-sound transit test site
Jan 15, 2015: Fort Worth was close to landing Tesla’s ‘gigafactory’
Jan 16, 2015: NRG Chasing Millennials As “Most Important Constituency”
Jan 15, 2015: Massachusetts Company Alleges Solar Power Patent Infringements In San Antonio
Jan 15, 2015: Dynegy Approves Dividend on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
Jan 14, 2015: Top 10 Utility Commission Issues to Watch in 2015
Jan 14, 2015: PNM: Rise In Power Plan’s Cost Due To Errors
Jan 14, 2015: CPS Energy Recognized for Renewable Energy Progress, Customer Service as New Energy Economy Thrives
Jan 14, 2015: Fitch Ratings Says The Sharp Fall In Oil Prices May Hurt Economic And Revenue Trends Of Some Texas Cities
Jan 14, 2015: Satisfaction Improves for More than 80 Percent of Utilities for Second Consecutive Year
Jan 13, 2015: Data Mining From Smart Meters Doesn’t Happen In Texas, Expert Says
Jan 2, 2015: Smart Meters Say A Lot About You And Utilities Could Get Rich Selling It
Jan 13, 2015: Goldman Sachs Downgrades NRG Energy (NRG) to Neutral
Jan 13, 2015: Xcel Offers $500 Per Kilowatt Of Recycled Energy
Jan 13, 2015: Fed: No Recession in Texas Due to Lower Oil Prices
Jan 13, 2015: Texas Job Growth Will Slow Even More This Year
Jan 13, 2015: Fed Economist: Low Oil Prices Will Slow State’s Growth, But Not Stop It
Jan 13, 2015: A Repeat Of The ’80s? Nay, Experts At Forums Say
Jan 13, 2015: Oil May Not Mess With Texas
Jan 12, 2015: Just Energy Enters Into Agreement With Clean Power Finance To Address The U.S. Residential Solar Market
Jan 12, 2015: Washington: Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas Tariff Revision
Jan 8, 2015: El Paso Electric Company Rating Lowered to Hold at Gabelli
Jan 11, 2015: Townhomes Fighting CPS Energy’s Smart Meters
Jan 9, 2015: NRG Energy Earns Outperform Rating from Analysts at Credit Suisse
Jan 9, 2015: NRG’s 18 Months Of Experience Provides Lesson On ‘Yieldcos’
Jan 9, 2015: SolarCity Launches First-of-its-Kind Solar Service in El Paso
Jan 8, 2015: Exelon Generation Announces $750 Million Bond Sale
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Jan 16, 2015: Renewable Power Direct Withdraws Texas REP Application
Jan 15, 2015: Minotaur Legacy Group dba Carbon Free Power & Light Applies for Texas REP Certification
Jan 13, 2015: Just Energy Partners To Provide Retail Solar Power
Jan 13, 2015: Houston Chronicle Reporter Seeking Customers Fed Up With REPs’ Minimum Usage Fees
Jan 14, 2015: Retail Supplier Terminates Network Marketing Arm
Texas Generators
Jan 16, 2015: Logan’s Gap Wind Files for Texas REC Certification
Jan 16, 2015: Downie Ranch Solar files for Texas REC Certification
Jan 16, 2015: Baffin Wind Files Notice of EWG Status
Renewable Power
Jan 15, 2015: Offshore Wind Blows Drilling Out of the Water: Report
Jan 15, 2015: Solar Industry Jobs are Growing at 20 Times the National Rate
Jan 14, 2015: Going Vertical: Offshore Wind Power Must Find A New Axis
Jan 14, 2015: Wind Power Is Beginning To Look A Lot More Economically Viable
Jan 14, 2015: Wind Industry Policy Uncertainty Affects Global Supply Chain
Jan 14, 2015: Stay.Solar Seeks To Bringing Solar Power To The Hotel Industry
Jan 14, 2015: Solar Power: Will Homeowners Pay The Extra Costs?
Jan 14, 2015: The Greatest Solar Market Isn’t Where You Think it Is
Jan 14, 2015: The Solar Energy Explosion of 2015
Jan 14, 2015: Swedish Retailer IKEA to Install Missouri’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array on Future St. Louis Store Opening Fall 2015
Jan 14, 2015: That Wind Chill You’re Feeling Is Also Delivering Record Electric Power
Jan 13, 2015: Starwood, NRG Energy Unveil Project To Integrate Clean Sustainable Energy
Jan 13, 2015: HelioVolt Assets Go Up For Grabs
Jan 13, 2015: SRP Will Provide Free Wind Energy To Super Bowl
Jan 13, 2015: US Offshore Wind Energy Potential Is Staggering
Jan 13, 2015: New Study Touts Solar as ‘Investment Opportunity’
Jan 13, 2015: SunPower and Sunverge announce agreement to offer solar power solutions in US
Jan 13, 2015: Cyrq Energy to acquire Soda Lake geothermal facility from Alterra Power
Jan 13, 2015: Cape Wind may have lost offshore wind power fight, but the dream isn’t doomed
Jan 13, 2015: Vestas Receives Order From EDF For V100-2.0MW Turbines In US
Jan 13, 2015: Rep. Lee Introduces Bill to Provide Work Opportunity Tax Credit for Employing Veterans in Renewable Energy Field
Jan 13, 2015: Open Source Ecology Offers First Open Source, Alternative Energy, Compressed Earth Brick Micro-House
Jan 13, 2015: RedWind Consulting Partners with Nayxa Energy to Provide Wind Resource Assessment Services
Jan 12, 2015: Eos Energy Storage Announces Private Placement of $15 Million
Jan 12, 2015: Trends in Residential Solar Energy Storage
Jan 12, 2015: National View: Tilting At Turbines
Jan 12, 2015: 8 Solar Predictions for 2015
Jan 12, 2015: Vaisala and US Department of Energy to Improve Wind Forecasting in Complex Terrain through $2.5M Study
Jan 9, 2015: Google, Scatec to build 104MW solar power plant in Utah
Jan 11, 2015: A Place In The Sun For Alternative Energy: A Brooklyn Resident’s Experience with NRG
Jan 8, 2015: Which Solar Companies Are Active in the Solar-Plus-Storage Market Today?
Dec 24, 2014: Will NRG Energy’s Residential Solar Ambitions Play Out?
Jan 8, 2015: Companies Continue to Invest in Distributed Power Solutions
Jan 9, 2015: Alternative Energy ETFs Endure Oil, Tesla Woes
Jan 9, 2015: Clean Energy investment jumps 16% to $310 billion in 2014
Jan 8, 2015: Making Electric Vehicles Fun
Jan 9, 2015: Brite Energy Forms New Residential Solar Program with Morgan Stanley and Main Street Power Company
Jan 5, 2015: EPA: Google, Kohl’s And REI Reflect Trends In Green Power
Emerging Technologies
Jan 15, 2015: Power Plant Saves 1.3 Million Gallons of Water per Day
Outside Texas
Jan 15, 2015: Judge Orders PG&E to Release 65,000 Emails
Jan 14, 2015: FERC Approves Demand Response Integration In New England Wholesale Market
Jan 14, 2015: PJM Files to Recognize Demand Response in RPM, Post-EPSA, By Reducing LSEs’ Capacity Obligations
Jan 13, 2015: Spanish Companies Plan To Invest $14 Bn In Power Projects In Mexico
Jan 13, 2015: Oil Slump Slams Mexico With Cuts Causing 10,000 Job Losses
Jan 13, 2015: Entergy Officially Notifies Feds Vermont Yankee Is No Longer Producing Power
Jan 13, 2015: How RadioShack Became a Co-op Success Story
Jan 12, 2015: Nuclear Plant: Security, Safety Are Top Concerns In Wake Of 9/11
Jan 12, 2015: Radioactive Tritium Leak Reported At Nuclear Plant In Northern Alabama
Jan 6, 2015: Argonne Partners With Industry On Nuclear Reactor Work
Jan 12, 2015: NRG Residential to Mail Connecticut Residential Customers Concerning Rebranding as NRG Home
Other News
Jan 15, 2015: Fracking threatens electric cars – Musk
Jan 14, 2015: Newcomers Take On Entrenched Business Interests In Austin
Jan 13, 2015: Franklin Energy Extends Energy Efficiency Experts of Tomorrow Scholarship Submission Date to Jan. 31
Jan 12, 2015: Texas Comptroller: State Can Expect Slow, Moderate Growth
Jan 10, 2015: Diversity Pays — As Energy Jobs Fall In Texas, Public-Sector Jobs Grow
Jan 10, 2015: Oil price plunge expected to send shudder through Eagle Ford, shiver through San Antonio
For the Week of 1/2/15 — 1/9/15
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Texas Headlines
Energy Future Holdings
Jan 8, 2015: Energy Future Dodges Asbestos Claimants: Bankruptcy
Jan 5, 2015: EFH Bondholders Press Appeal Of $4B Bankruptcy Deal
Jan 7, 2015: EFH Says Bond Trustee Is Using Make-Whole Suit As Leverage
Dec 30, 2014: Energy Future Holdings Digging In For Long-Term Bankruptcy
Dec 12, 2014: Energy Future Holdings – Bidding Procedures Fight Highlights Conflicts Among Affiliated Debtors
Generation Adequacy
Jan 8, 2015: Natural Gas Industry Bullish Over Electric Power Generation
Jan 8, 2015: Companies Continue to Invest in Distributed Power Solutions
Jan 6, 2015: FERC Rejects Southwest Power Pool Interconnect Deal For Texas Wind Project
Jan 7, 2015: Power-Grid Officials Criticize Plan for Cutting Emissions
Jan 7, 2015: A Future For Nuclear Energy?
Jan 7, 2015: Gas Price Drop Raises Risk for Aging Coal, Nuclear Power
Jan 7, 2015: US Nuclear Capacity on the Decline
Jan 7, 2015: Nuclear Power Turns To Salt
Jan 6, 2015: The Next Challenge for Grid Batteries
Jan 6, 2015: Texas Benefit Stacking Could Overcome Energy Storage’s ‘Crippling Challenges’
Jan 5, 2015: US Power Grids Weigh Capacity Payments
Jan 6. 2015: Exelon : Troubled New York Reactors Costs Test The Future Of Nuclear Power
Jan 6, 2015: Hyman G. Rickover: PBS Looks At America’s “Forgotten” Father Of Nuclear Power
Jan 5, 2015: 2014 Energy Story #1: Collapsing Oil Prices And The (Non)-Effect On U.S. Power Markets
Jan 5, 2015: PG&E and BMW Partner to Extract Grid Benefits from Electric Vehicles
Jan 5, 2015: Texas, Calif. Throw Their Weight Around On Power Plant Regulations
Jan 2, 2015: US Gross Gas Production Hits New Record: EIA
Jan 4, 2014: Past Year Saw Progress Toward Greater Electrical Reliability In The Valley
Jan 2, 2014: In A Dimly Lit Room, They Light The Whole State
Jan 2, 2014: Take a Look Inside ERCOT’s Control Room
Dec 29, 2014: Texas Says Federal Plan For Coal Plant Emissions Is Too Harsh
Jan 2, 2015: Solution To Carbon Emissions Limit Is Underfoot
Dec 29, 2014: Vermont Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down as Industry Evolves
Dec 29, 2014: Nuclear Matters Statement on Closure of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Facility
Dec 29, 2014: US Power Grid Counts On 29GW Of Demand Response
Jan 3, 2015: FERC’s Clark Looks To States For Help Fixing Dysfunctional Markets
Headlines
Jan 8, 2015: NRG Energy, Inc. to Hold Investor Meeting
Jan 5, 2015: NRG Yield Completes Acquisition Of Second Set Of Assets From NRG Energy
Jan 8, 2015: Fitch Rates Garland, TX’s 2015 Electric Revs ‘AA-’; Outlook Stable
Jan 8, 2015: SolarCity Aims For Big Chunk Of El Paso-Las Cruces Home Solar Market With New Program
Jan 8, 2015: American Electric Power Capitalizes on AssetWise and Bentley Substation to Optimize Substation Design Processes
Jan 8, 2015: Entergy Pursuing New $187M Transmission Project In Southwestern Louisiana
Jan 7, 2015: Frigid Weather a Challenge to Texas Co-ops
Jan 7, 2015: Sierra Club Hires Reggie James As Interim Director Of Lone Star Chapter
Jan 7, 2015: RRE Austin Solar’s Solar Farm Deal Not Fried Yet
Jan 5, 2015: Energy Fuels And Uranerz To Merge, Creating Largest U.S. Uranium Producer
Jan 5, 2015: SWEPCO withdraws application to construct proposed 345 kV Shipe Road-Kings River Transmission Project
Jan 6, 2015: American Electric Power Taps Goldman for Plant Sale of Up to $3.6B
Jan 5, 2015: EnerNOC: A Promising Smart Grid Play
Jan 5, 2015: Clean Energy Sells Stake in Texas Biomethane Facility
Jan 5, 2015: Xcel To Double Renewable Energy Mix By 2030
Dec 29, 2014: Energy Future Still Hiring as Restructuring Bid Continues
Jan 5, 2014: For Some Texans, Smart Meter Is Unwelcome Intrusion
Dec 30, 2014: Power Primer: How To Shop For An Electric Company In Texas
Dec 28, 2014: Smart Thermostat Programs Roll on in Texas, Arizona, and Maryland
Dec 30, 2014: Texas Atmos Energy Incorporates High-Tech Meter Reading
Dec 30, 2014: Entergy Announces Completion of New Combined-Cycle Plant in Louisiana
Dec 29, 2014: Solar Wars: North Richland Hills Residents Petition To Throw Out New Regulations
Dec 30, 2014: County Gives Planned Solar Farm More Time To Find Customers
Dec 30, 2014: Spent Nuclear Fuel, Including Plutonium, Might Be Headed To West Texas
Dec 29, 2014: Slumping Oil Prices May Pinch Energy Corridor
Dec 28, 2014: East Texas Planners Criticize New Cross-State Air Pollution Rule That Takes Effect Jan. 1
Jan 1, 2015: Longview News Journal: Texas Must Stop Suing, Find Ways To Improve Air Quality
Jan 1, 2015: Smart Grid Powers Up Privacy Worries
Jan 2, 2015: New Market Research Report: United States Power Report Q1 2015
Texas Retail Electric Providers
Jan 9, 2015: Acacia Energy Changes Name to Brooklet Energy Distribution
Jan 9, 2015: Source Power & Gas Change in Ownership/Control Approved by PUCT
Jan 9, 2015: NA Power Application to Change Financial Qualifications Dismissed by PUCT
Jan 8, 2015: PUCT Staff Recommends Dismissal of Second Request by Jade Energy to Change Ownership
Jan 8, 2015: Clearview Energy Now Offering DirecTV Service
Jan 8, 2015: Texas REP Offering Service in New Territories
Jan 8, 2015: Former President of Amerex Brokers Named President of Start-up Broker
Jan 7, 2015: Texas Rep’s GreenUp Program Helps Texans Go 100 Percent Green
Jan 7, 2015: Just Energy Settles Deception Charges For $4 Million
Jan 7, 2015: Texas Rep Enjoys Strong Growth In 2014, Discusses What’s On The Drawing Board
Jan 6, 2015: Retail Energy Supply Association Elects 2015 Officers and State Chairs
Jan 5, 2015: Stream Energy CEO: “We’re Going After The Home,” As Company Beta Tests New Services, Launches Mobile
Dec 31, 2014: Texas REP Offers Power Bonus New Year Promotion – $0.00 per kWh & $100 Free
Dec 30, 2014: CenterPoint Files to Refund Overcollection of Transition Charges
Jan 5, 2015: Network Marketer Announces Partnership With Large Broker to Lunch Service in Texas
Jan 5, 2015: Ambit Energy Launching in New State
Texas Generators
Jan 9, 2015: Logan’s Gap Wind Files for Texas PGC Registration
Power Grid Security
Jan 4, 2015: Catch Me If You Can: More Drones Break Into France’s Nuclear Air Space
Renewable Power
Jan 8, 2015: Renewable Energy Producers Unworried by Falling Oil Prices
Jan 8, 2015: Blattner Energy Joins SEIA Board of Directors
Jan 8, 2015: Wind Generation Sets Records, Saves Consumers Money as Extreme Cold Grips Nation in Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic
Jan 8, 2015: Wind Energy Is Saving You Money
Jan 8, 2015: Wave Energy Integration Costs Should Compare Favorably to Other Energy Sources
Jan 8, 2015: 2014: A Positive Sign of What’s to come in Clean Energy
Jan 8, 2015: National ‘Shout Out For Solar’ Day Gaining Momentum
Jan 7, 2015: Google Inc’s Smart Home Strategy Taking Shape
Jan 5, 2015: Will Google’s Nest Become Central Command for Smart Homes?
Jan 7, 2015: SolarCity Corp Gets $350 Million Investment Fund From JPMorgan
Jan 7, 2015: As Oil Tumbles, Clouds Gather for Solar ETFs
Jan 7, 2015: Leasing Rooftops For Solar Will Be A Hot Trend In 2015, Palk Says
Dec 24, 2014: Will Fracking, Climate Change, Solar Reshape US Security?
Jan 7, 2015: Wave Energy Could Be Cheaper Than Solar And Wind Power, Study Suggests
Jan 6, 2015: Will 2015 Be The Year Of Solar In Texas?
Jan 5, 2015: Nuclear Power Best Answer To Climate Change, Scientists Claim
Jan 6, 2015: CES 2015: Toyota Opens Patents On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
Jan 6, 2015: Solar Power Becomes More Affordable For Mining Companies
Jan 6, 2015: What’s Affecting Solar Stocks?
Jan 6, 2015: Solar Overwhelmingly Popular In US, Says Harvard Scientist
Jan 5, 2015: Solar And Wind Energy Provide Over 70% Of New U.S. Generating Capacity In November 2014
Jan 5, 2015: Solar Is Changing the Game
Jan 6, 2015: New Report Helps Define The Evolving Roles Of Solar And Oil In The U.S.
Jan 5, 2015: Why Falling Oil Prices Don’t Hurt Demand For Renewable Energy
Jan 5, 2015: The Most Energy-Efficient States In America
Jan 6, 2015: EDF Renewable Energy Confirms Turbine Order with Vestas for 150 Megawatts
Jan 5, 2015: Nextera Wants To Make Hawaii’s Power Cleaner And Cheaper
Jan 5, 2015: As hearing on PNM power plan begins, some say utility needs to rely more on renewables
Dec 30, 2014: US Congressmen Put Heat on ‘Deceptive’ Rooftop Solar Leases
Dec 30, 2014: Solar Rebates Face Dim Future
Jan 4, 2014: States Work To Meet New Renewable Energy Standards
Jan 3, 2014: Utilities Fight For Revenue Lost To Solar Power
Dec 31, 2015: Why 2015 Will Be the Year of Solar Energy
Dec 29, 2014: How Smart Glass Windows Slash Energy Bills
Dec 31, 2014: Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank Turning Old Cash into Power for Area Homes
Jan 2, 2015: US Governors Urge Wind Rethink
Jan 2, 2015: Americans Want America To Run On Solar and Wind
Jan 2, 2015: Listen Up: New Solar Products for 2015
Jan 2, 2015: Global Solar Tracker Market Worth $2.14 Billion By 2020: Grand View Research, Inc.
Jan 2, 2015: Vestas Receives 60 Mw Wind Turbines Order For A Wind Power Plant In The USA
Dec 30, 2014: Tesla Software Upgrade Will Let Model S Reach 155 Mph, Carmaker Says
Dec 29, 2014: 10 Renewable Energy Questions for 2015
Dec 30, 2014: 5 Top Clean Energy Stories of 2014
Outside Texas
Jan 8, 2015: NIMBYism Threatens To Derail Amazon Data Center Project
Jan 8, 2015: PNM Resources Files Request For Electric Rate Increase In New Mexico
Jan 8, 2015: Nuclear Energy Facilities Going Strong to Counter Arctic Deep Freeze
Jan 8, 2015: California Roadmap Paves the Way for Energy Storage Technology
Jan 8, 2015: GE, National Grid, DOE And Clarkson University Partner On Microgrid Project
Jan 7, 2015: Aquion Energy Enters Agreement for Major Microgrid Battery System Deployment at Bakken Hale in Hawaii
Jan 7. 2015: Thyroid Tablets Being Distributed In Vogtle Power Plant Area
Jan 7, 2015: Vermont Just Lost 70% of Its Power From This Nuclear Shutdown
Jan 7, 2015: Californian Grid Operator To Address Net Imbalance
Jan 5. 2015: Nuke Plant Reports 2-Month Oil Leak Into Lake Michigan
Jan 6, 2015: Martingale Reveals Design for Mass-Produced Nuclear Power Plants
Jan 2. 2015: Mexico Inaugurates Interocean Gas Pipeline
Jan 2. 2015: Westinghouse, Bechtel Announce Foremost Alliance for U.S. Decontamination, Decommissioning and Remediation
Jan 3, 2015: US Energy Information Agency Predicts 2015 Short-Term Outlook
Dec 29, 2014: Fukushima radiation: US West Coast will likely see peak by end of 2015
Dec 22, 2014: Fed Scores in Bid to Keep Cash From Trash
Dec 31, 2014: Power Marketer to Pay $2.5 Million in FERC Settlement
Other News
Jan 8, 2015: US Electric Car Sales Continues To Rise
Jan 8, 2015: Texas, New Jersey Mocked As Luddites For Banning Tesla Sales
Jan 9, 2015: Could Google Launch An Online Retail Energy Shopping Portal (Broker)?
Jan 6, 2015: Scammers In Tarrant County Pose As Oncor Workers
Jan 6, 2015: Exelon Generation Promotes Top Two Nuclear Execs
Jan 6, 2015: First Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Vehicles Land In Canada
Jan 6, 2015: 9 Earthquakes Rock North Texas In Less Than A Day
January 6, 2014: Raise your home’s IQ: smart gadgets take center stage at CES
January 2, 2014: Has Texas Instruments Cracked the Self-Powered Internet of Things?
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