Texas Energy Efficiency Forum Scheduled
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will host a virtual Energy Efficiency Forum showcasing 2027 energy efficiency plans for the four vertically integrated utilities:…
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March 27, 2026
March 26, 2026
PUCT Staff Seeks Comments On Proposed Rules Re: Certification and Obligations of Retail Electric Providers
On March 25, 2026 in a Staff Memo and Staff Proposal for Publication the Commission Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) proposes amendments to 16…
March 25, 2026
PUC Approves ERCOT’s Up-lift Charges
On March 23, 2026 the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issued an order approving ERCOT’s true-up compliance filing and recommendation that “the daily Uplift…
March 24, 2026
ALJ Issues Order Directing PUCT Staff to Remind Complainants of Two Alternative Options Available to Pursue Complaints with Texas Commission
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issued Order No. 1 that outlines two separate options “by which Mr. Brodbeck’ s…
March 21, 2026
Parties File Additional Comments in Support of Staff’s Revised Proposed Rule that Reduces the Financial Security and Large Load Interconnection Fee Commitments
In response to Texas Public Utility Commission’s (TPUC’s) Staff Memo on proposal for publication in the rulemaking to implement large load interconnection…
Customer Files Formal Customer Complaint Against REP -Tesla Energy Ventures
At the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), a customer files a formal complaint against Tesla Energy Ventures for – among other things- failure to disclose in…
March 20, 2026
The Texas Advantage: How Real Competition Transforms Energy Markets
Too often, the answer is framed through residential switching rates or customer participation levels. And in many markets, those numbers tell an incomplete—and sometimes…
PUCT Staff Outlines Circumstances in Which Energy Storage Resources Should be Allowed to Participate in Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service
In a Staff Memo, Commission Staff of the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) “requests that the Commission provide guidance to ERCOT market participants regarding the…
March 19, 2026
TX – R-A031826-01 Retail Market Qualification Testing (Flight 0626) begins May 12, 2026, application processing deadline of April 15, 2026, and a registration deadline of May 6, 2026.
Notice Date: March 18, 2026 Notice Type: R-A031826-01 Testing Short Description: Retail Market Qualification Testing (Flight 0626) begins May 12, 2026, application…
March 18, 2026
TX – M-A030626-02 Implementation of Market-facing changes for March 26, 2026
Notice Date: March 16, 2026 Notice Type: M-A030626-02 Release – Retail/Wholesale Short Description: Implementation of Market-facing changes for March 26, 2026…
