April 23, 2012
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has sought guidance from the Commission concerning potential amendments to rules governing retail electric providers' obligation to submit reconnection requests, including shortened timelines for REPs to submit such requests after a…
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October 27, 2011
The PUCT, with several clarifying revisions, adopted Staff's latest proposal for adoption for amendments to customer protection rules and the retail delivery tariff relating to advanced meters (38674).
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October 21, 2011
The ERCOT TDUs have agreed to send personnel out to the field to complete Advanced Metering System (AMS) service requests on Saturday if they are unable to communicate with a provisioned advanced meter, PUCT Staff reported in offering clarifying revisions to its earlier proposal for adoption…
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September 23, 2011
A PUCT Staff recommended proposal for adoption would retain the rescission period for all enrollments of customers under 50 kW, and also provides a later deadline than originally proposed for the submission of an AMS reconnect for it to be completed on the same day.
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September 13, 2011
The Joint ERCOT TDUs have offered to agree to extend by one hour, for a premise with an advanced meter, the deadline for the submission of a reconnect request to ensure same-day completion, even where communication with an advanced meter fails. The TDUs also alternatively suggested extending the…
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August 29, 2011
Members of the ERCOT Market Coordination Team, composed of REPs and TDUs, have proposed that the PUCT add a deadline for the submission of same-day switches for customers with provisioned advanced meters.
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July 5, 2011
Retail electric providers in Texas have opposed the proposal from transmission and distribution utilities to include a separate Priority Move-In charge for premises with provisioned advanced meters with remote connect/disconnect capability (38674).
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June 22, 2011
The PUCT should retain the three day right of rescission for all types of contracting for electric service, consumer advocates and the Texas Energy Association for Marketers said in separately filed comments (38674).
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May 2, 2011
PUCT Publishes for Comment Proposed Rule to Eliminate Rescission Period, Facilitate Same-Day Switching
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April 22, 2011
PUCT Staff have filed a proposal for publication that, in order to allow same-day switches with advanced meters, would eliminate the rescission period, except where required by federal law (Project 38674).
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