Texas Court Orders REP to Remove Switch Hold While PUC Case Is Pending
A Texas district court has ordered a retail electric provider to remove a switch-hold from a customer’s ESI ID—even though the dispute is already pending before the…
News Stories: Texas
March 5, 2026
March 4, 2026
TX – M-B022326-02 Planned system maintenance with impacted services
Notice Date: March 2, 2026 Notice Type: M-B022326-02 Retail/Wholesale Short Description: Planned system maintenance with impacted services Intended Audience: All Market…
ALJ Issues Proposed Order Adopting Parties Alternative Proposed Mechanism to Return Transition Charge Refunds to REPs
On March 3, 2025 an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued a Proposed Order and Memorandum that would require CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC to refund the…
March 2, 2026
Texas District Court Sides with Plaintiff by Requiring REP to Remove Switch Hold From Customer’s Account
On February 24,2026, Judge Erica R. Hughes of the 127th Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas, signed a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring BKV-BPP…
February 27, 2026
Luminary Strategies Presents “Speed to Power” Concept Paper for ERCOT Large Load Batch Study
Luminary Strategies Presents Speed to Power Concept Paper in ERCOT’s Large Load Batch Study. The “Speed to Power” concept paper suggests several steps ERCOT can take now…
February 26, 2026
Court of Appeals Concludes Written Consent Not Needed for Telemarketing Calls?
In Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Bradford v. Sovereign Pest Control 2026 WL 520620 (5th Cir. Feb. 25, 2026) held the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does…
TX – M-A022526-01 Planned system maintenance with impacted services
Notice Date: February 25, 2026 Notice Type: M-A022526-01 Outage – Retail/Wholesale Short Description: Planned system maintenance with impacted services Intended…
Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnections Workshop #3
1 Antitrust Admonition 2 Timeline and Workplan to get Batch Zero to June 1 Board 3 Batch Zero Study Scope Overview 4 Batch Process 5 Criteria for Batch Zero 6…
PUCT Staff and EDP Renewables North America Reach Settlement Agreement
The Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR), Mesquite Wind, LLC (Mesquite), Post Oak Wind, LLC (Post Oak) and…
February 25, 2026
TX – WMS Meeting: March 4, 2026 In-Person/Webex – Agenda and Materials
March 4, 2026 WMS Meeting (In-Person/Webex). WMS Standing Representatives are asked to do the following: Submit Alternate Representative or Proxy designations by 3PM the…
