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Texas PUC Enforcement Staff Seek $128,000 Penalty Against Retail Provider
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The Division of Compliance and Enforcement (DICE) of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a report seeking an administrative penalty of $128,700 against Our Energy, LLC for alleged violation of reporting requirements and deadlines to respond to PUC Staff inquiries
The DICE report does not represent Commission action and Our Energy may contest the report
Persons alleged to have committed a violation or continuing violation have a right to a hearing on
the occurrence of the violation or continuing violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.
Options available to Our Energy under the Commission’s rules to resolve this matter include
paying the penalty, requesting a settlement conference, or requesting a contested case hearing on
the occurrence of the violation or continuing violation, the amount of the penalty, or both the
occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty
DICE alleged, "Our Energy failed to file its annual reports for calendar years 2022 and 2023 and its semi-annual
report for calendar year 2023. These failures remain ongoing because Our Energy has yet to file
a report that meets the reporting requirements of the Commission’s rules."
DICE alleged, "Our Energy has not made any meaningful effort to correct the ongoing violations despite
Commission Staff’s repeated efforts to gain the company’s compliance. Though Our
Energy did file a document in response to communications concerning the 2023 semi-annual report, the filed materials did not satisfy the rule’s requirements, a fact Commission
Staff finds concerning given the entity’s 15-year history of providing certificated retail
electric service. Moreover, Our Energy made no further effort to correct that filing even
after Commission Staff alerted the REP to the deficiency of the filed materials.
Finally, Our Energy has made no overt effort to correct its poor business practices that have
led to repeated failures to respond to Commission Staff’s formal and informal
communication."
DICE's proposed penalty is comprised of the following components:
• $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file an annual report for calendar year 2022
by March 6, 2023;
• $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25.107(i) have allegedly persisted after
March 6, 2023;
• $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file a semi-annual report for calendar year
2023 by August 15, 2023;
• $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25.107(i) allegedly have persisted after
August 15, 2023;
• $500 for Our Energy’s alleged initial failure to file a semi-annual report for calendar year
2024 by March 5, 2024;
• $200 for each day that the alleged violations of 16 TAC § 25. 107(i) have allegedly persisted after
March 5, 2024; and
• $2,000 for each alleged instance Our Energy failed to respond to Commission Staff’s
requests for information.
Docket 56334
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