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TDU Seeks to Issue Rebates to Texas REPs

February 16, 2015

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Reporting by Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com

Sharyland Utilities, L.P. has filed a request at the Public Utility Commission of Texas to issue rebates, to retail electric providers, related to its performance versus reliability metrics, as required in the order approving Sharyland's acquisition of the Cap Rock service areas.

Sharyland proposes $46,000 in total rebates, paid through credits provided on the Texas Standard Electronic Transaction to a customer's REP of record. Nothing in Sharyland's petition makes receipt of the rebate by the REP contingent on the REP passing the rebate on to the customer.

Sharyland's Stiles substation, feeder 1, had a System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) value of 734.86 in 2014, which was more than 300% higher than Sharyland's system-wide SAIDI value of 148.63, and that same distribution feeder exceeded the standard in 2013. Accordingly, Sharyland said that a service reliability credit of $50 will be provided for each of the 535 ESI IDs on that feeder.

Sharyland proposes that the credit will be provided on the Texas Standard Electronic Transaction (SET) 810 invoice to the retail electric provider (REP) of record for each of the 535 ESI IDs. Sharyland will credit a total of $26,750, and the credit will be made by June 1, 2015.

Sharyland's system-wide SAIDI was 148.63 in 2014, which is greater than the 144.73 allowable standard (5% above the average SAIDI for 2007, 2008, and 2009 for Sharyland on a total system basis of 137.84). Accordingly, Sharyland will issue a rebate which totals the numerical difference between the actual and allowable SAIDI values, or 3.9, multiplied by $5,000, for a total rebate of $19,500.

Sharyland will distribute the total rebate on a per-capita basis among all distribution customers. As of February 8, 2015, Sharyland had 52,736 ESI IDs, including 3,326 unmetered lights. Therefore, Sharyland proposes to credit $0.37 on each Texas SET 810 invoice to the REP of record for each of the 52,736 accounts, with the credit to be made by June 1, 2015.

Docket 44451

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