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Texas Retail Electric Complaint Scorecard
For the month of December, 2025, the PUCT complaint staff received a total 809 complaints. This is approximately 100 more than they received in November; however, this is in line with what they typically receive in December. EP complaints…
What the Texas “Mini-TCPA” Means for Retail Energy Marketing
As discussed in our recent January Compliance Alert posted in Magnifyi, on December 2, 2025, the first litigation tied to the statute (TX SB140) was filed: Callier v Holistic Choice Labs LLC in the District Court for the Western District…
Don’t Blame Data Centers For Higher Rates, Experts Say
New demand from large loads like data centers can reduce retail electricity prices when the incremental costs of serving the new loads are below current average costs, a power industry research group said in a study released late last…
Clearing Up Some Common Misconceptions
In Texas retail electric providers (REPs) frequently ask whether they can require a minimum credit score as a condition of eligibility in order to manage credit risk. The short answer is no — but the longer answer is where many compliance…
PJM Clarifies How Data Centers Could Pay More for Supply
The PJM Interconnection responded within hours on January 16 to conform with many of the requests made by the Trump Administration and state governors to change capacity market operations. At the core of an impactful but non-binding…
Welcome to MAGNIFYI® – A New(s) Era Begins
The first iteration of MAGNIFYI® was an old-school PDF newsletter sent weekly with retail energy industry news headlines, emailed to colleagues and clients. As the years went on, we discovered a greater demand for this type of news and…
The Economic Costs of “Too Little Deregulation”
Although retail energy markets are imperfect, regulations aimed at improving market performance more often make things worse. The costs of imperfect regulation must be weighed against the costs of imperfect markets. The age-old question…
